St. Mary's beacon., 1861-02-07

Rraouases, DAVIS, Mckee and Marshall. -
And there we're also present other fel
officers Of lower grade from the Militar
Academy. Oae Regiment shus had it
field oficeas thus selected Gen. Tay
lor had the candor to tell the world. i
his official report. that be relied m.ini
upcn such officers. Gen. Wsol. Wit
feqssl sandor, sid thst wisheut ths Ar
tillery. which was solely under contro
Of the regular troops. the field woul
not have been held one hour. 1t
often thought that the success of on
arms during the Mexican war might d.
US incalculable injury. Bat if Ave fact
were generally known. the mischie
would be Corrected First. that sixtee,
Of the Volunteer Regiments were com
manded by graduates Of Wsst-Point, ant
tha, there was very large number o
Lieutenant Colonels. Majors. Captain
and Subalterns from the same Institution
in tn. varinus corps Of the militia. Sec
ond. that while President Polk had q.
scruple about iplacing lawyers and mer
chants over the heads Of cid officers Of th,
Army. yet all of those mushroom Generals
even the most conccited. selected graduates
Of West Point AS their Aids and Adjutant,
to teach them what to do Third that th.
militia troops were Away associated with tn.
regulars, except at Cerro Gordo. and ther.
Pillow. at his own earnest solicita'ion. hao
al insi"pendant command of militia. ano
was badly beaten. Fourth. tha, the guer.
rillas were So discriminating as never te
attack tho regular troops. and so far as il
known they did not even FIRE single sho
st them. while they annoyed th. volun.
teers on every possible occasion. Fifth
that the brunt Ct every battle rested upon
the old Regulars will appear from the fol-
lowing facts:
There we're 1876 old Regulars en-
gagged in the war. of these 49,, died in bat
tie. There we're ll.1SG new Regulars
"r Raw Levies; Of these 2ll died in bat
tie. There were $500 Volunteers. ang
Of these 600 only were killed in battle
So that less than l6, 900 Regulars lost a.
many. save 20. AS the ST. coo raw troops
1t il ;h- hish.St possible ercor.uns OH The
ssi.Aufry Of the old establishment to men.
tios the fact that 63 on. Of the 1872 killed
we're commissioned officers. or about one.
twelfth Of the whole. though ths proportion
Of of.c. RS and men was not greater than
to % in any Regiment. and in sone Regi-
ments was not greater than l to i0 II
is curious fact that more Volunteers were
accidentally killed in their intercoxrse With
one another than was killed by the enemy
80 that = stroll about their CAMP WAS more
dangerous than battle:
But to return from this disgression -
The gallan.ry Of the Rife Regiment. COM
posed mostly of Virginians. at Vera Cru.
Cerro Gordo. Contreras. Cdurubusso
Chapultepec and the the Gsri.as. is famil.
lar to al acquainted With the history o
tbs campaign. Equally we'll known is ,h.
intrcpidity Of the Palmettoes on the same
fields of battle 1t 10. too, proud fac. 70,
South Carolina that her Gag was the 6rs,
to enter the City Of MEXICO and to be plant.
cd on the National Palace. In one word
If any body Of troops vas pre-eminentl,
distinguished during the war. il was al.
ways Southern corps, an. :. any indivii.
ual was thus distinguished, you nigh. feel
certain tia, he was Southern born.
But surely it is unnecessary to multiply
proof Of Southern chiv~lry. a. i. vas on
the sacred soil Of the Old North State
where the FIRST blood was shed 10 the Rev.
olution. where first Declaration o1
Independence was proclaimed. and where
the 6rst Colonial Governor was openly
resisted In the town Of WILMINGTON. in
the year 1865, the people in the broad
light Of day marched to the Governor
Palace. bslllS scised the Stamp Master
carried him to the market-house and ther,
made him swear that be would not At
tempt to execute the duties Of bis Office
Compare this open. manly act with tn,
creeping Of the Boston Tea party in th'
darkness Of the night. disguised AZ In
dians. to tn: tea ships, defended only b,
unarmed sailors. But the snesking afsai
., Boston has been trunpeted all over th,
world. and is taught to our own children
along with their nursery hymns, Will,
the fearless resistance to . Royal Cover
nor in bis own Palace is not generally
known. even where j. happened. Tb.
truth ia. the North has had all the bisto,
risns. and therefore all the glory. Of th.
Revolution. Hence it is that all the world
knows of the battle Of Bunker Hill. while
the far more glorious battle Of Moultris
is scarcely spoken Of. Hence it 10 that
school-boys are familiar with the blood.
less capture Of Tieonderoga. while the
fierce couaict at Hanging Rock 10 No.
noticed. Hence it is that We are bette'
acquainted. even at the South. With ths
re.l aud imaginary exploits of Northern
Troops than With the heroic doeds Of ON
own soldiers.
As the North has produced all the bis
torians. We have overlooked the curious
faet that her great military achievements
those Of which she specially bossss, were
ssrpriars. Thus Breeds Hill was ssised
aud fortified at night. and Gen Gage va.
thet.sasE sAScs. .: vpavsSes. Thus Tjeop.