Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-08-23

service he entered before the celebrated
Jack Hays. He also distinguished him
self at The battle of Plumb Creek in
fight with the Indians. who at tho time
burned and sacked the town of Linnville.
He joined the expedition against Mier,
but, not agreeing with the plans of the
leaders, he returnd home before the fight,
and escaped the cruel hardships and i'm
prisonment of that command, which had
surrendered to the perfdious Ampudia.
When the war broke out with Mexico
he rallied band of Texan warriors on
the banks of the Gaudaloupe, and set out
for the seat of war on the Rio Grande
The company arrived four days after the
battgssbt. palo Alto and the Resaca. His
company was accepted by Genesal Taya,
lor, and he was afterwards employed in
the daring scouting expedition towards
Monterey, in which battle, as we'll as that
of Buena Vista, he won imperishable re-
nown He afterwards joined Gen Scott's
army, and continued with it to the con
quest of the city of Mexico. For his
gallant services he was honored with a
national reputation, and the office of IT,.
S. Marshal of Texas was given him by
President Pierce.
Gen. Mccullough was married three
or four years since, and characteristic
story is told Of him when his first child, a
boy, was born, that he insisted, to the
great horror of his young wife, in having
the youngster christencd Buffalo Hump,
in honor of particular friend, an old In
dian chief of that unique name.
The General is thin, spare man, of
great muscle and activity, and is now
about AZ years of age. He has pleas
ant face, and is mild and courteous in his
manners, with an air of diffidence lie
is very cool and Of determined bravery"
The American Crisis Considered.
From the Liverpool Mercury, July End
The doctrine of secession is third in
stance in which Europe (and the North
too, in this case) holds views contrary to
American, though not to European ideas
of government Here again, if VIC would
pursue truth and arrive at correct con
illusions, American political questions
must be judged by American principles
As every one knows, those principles
were laid down three quarters Of centu-
ry ago, in the Declaration Of Indepen-
dcnce, and every year since that period
this famous statement of rights has been
read in every city, town, and village Of
the Union and it has been proclaimed
to the whole world amid the firing Of
guns, pistols, 30, that I've hold these
truths to be self nvident-thM all qOyern-
mept Is dertred from the consent Of he
gorcymcd, and that his right Is iaoltena-
be-" All this was fought for and Sc
cured.
4 X
Let us examine the cast as well as We
are able. Nine millions of people de-
mand, for some cause or other, the right,
so clearly announced, and once fought
for. OF governing themselves 1t is de-
MED; but the diversity and weakness Of
the reasons for the donial afford clear
proofs of the perplexity of a people con-
scious of doing dishonest thing Ono
great statesman, for instance, wishing to
drink at the same moment "at the foun-
tain and mouth of the Nile" asks how
the North can give up the Gulf Of Mexi-
co to foreign power? He would have
the great lakes Of the North and the great
Gulf Of the South and why not the ST.
Lawrence and Amazon as well This is
that selfish view Of the case, which sup
poses that all other nations are forever to
be penned up in their present limits,
while the States are to spread over and
own unlimitablc territory. Another urges
as a reason for war the Stolen" forts,
/ &c; forgctting That He North rciains, in
fojts, custom houses, mints and other pnJ-
Tic baiidings, property Of perhaps ten
times The ralue ofttat toLen IN he Smith
on lis orn soil, n sag nothing fhe mholc
Unitcd States nary noio turnd dgaina
Mose uho hcipcd 10 buid II,
Another cites the firing Of the lirss gun
by the South, forgetting that that gun
was not fired until an armed squadron
left New York hnrbor, after Mr. Lin
coins express declaration that he would
collect the the revenue in the South, and
retake the forts, arscnals. &c. A man
docs not usually wait until the blow de-
sends, if he sees his enemy approaching
him with raised budgeon; the approach
constitutes. the attack. Besides, if the
South were in earnest in secession, it
would have been folly to wait until the
whole navy had arrived from the Pacific
and the Fast to throttle them at their
doors.
Another statesman seems only dosirou,
Of showing Europe how strong govern.
mont republicanism may have, and thai
il is no failure forgetting that the exer.
else Of that power in such way is simply
dospotism, and proves the failure, and
that war for Uniop implies in itselfdis.
u1iion. II n - y
But we pass by all this TO consider the
point most strongly urged by the Presi-
dent, namely, as to what would happen
If tho doctrine Of secession were acknowl-
edged as n right. We answer, 1"st tint
,eould aappeH rhich roaldhappc" byoe-
4 kaopledgiaq he rjghof @lEgogernment
\ The Lqa IogicaHy impiies HE fJt An
attempt is made TO ovade this in the
North by saying that they acknowledge
the right Of revolution which is an abb
surdity, as government cannot allow
or acknowledge what it forbids; besides,
If the revolution be overcome, then the
+. conquered or twenty millions, az
the case may be--are Immediately denied