American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-06-06
war opened in Nav. 1916, with the bnt-

war opened in May, 1916, with the bat
ties Of Palo Alto and Resca de la Palma.
followed by those of Monterey and Beuna'
Vista in September and February-all
son by dvna Tayiurs Itswas eriaenty
after the stofining0f AIon Grey, that hos
tilities, to He Effective, must be carried
into the interior of Mexico, and d new
line of operations chosen, having the. cap.
ital for its objective The army for this
task was placed under the command of
Gen. Scott, who landed at Vera Cruz
with $4,000 men, March 9, 1877; captur-
ed the city after bombardmeut fifteen
days; and on the 9Th of April began his
march toward Mexico. The heights of
Gerro Gordo, where Santa Anna had
thrown his army across the Americans
path, were stormod with magnificent gal
lantry on the 18th; Jalapa was taken on
the leth, Perote on the I'D, and Puebla
on May Is, Here Gen. Scott was com.
PEELED to halt, and wait for reinforcements
until August 7, when, the troops having
been well drilled and order restored in
the conquered Provinces by the rigorous
enforcement of code of laws deduced
from the articles of war and the general
criminal Jurisprudence Of the United
States, he resumed bis march aud on the
| Goth reached Mexico. Santa Anna had
not been idle. ] he city was strongly
placed and had been carefully fortified
Coneealing his movements by a demon.
stration from the Eastern side Of the city,
Scott transferred his army suddenly to
the South Of it, ard carried the convent,
church, and tefe de pom of Gherubnseo
and the intreuched camp Of Contreras,
held by General Valencia with 1000
picked men, beside reserve of 12000
under Santa Anna. The city might now
have been taken, but il was deemed best
TO negotiate, and an armistioo was grant
ed, but without any good result At the
beginning of September; operations were
resumed on the s. W. side of the city.
The wooded heights of Ghapultepec, with
the Molno defIley and the Gasa Mata,
were stormed by Worth, Quitman, and
Pillow, September 13, aud the same night
the San Cosme and Belen gates were car.
| ried after heroic fighting. The next
morning the American army entered the
city in triumph, and the war was virtu,
ally at an end. The treaty OF q uadalupe
Hidalgo was signed March 2, 1913, and
the troops soon afterward evacuated the
capital, having won he esteem of the
citizens by their strict discipline aud or.
dery conduct ia
Gen Scott, of course, received sue
cession of popular ovations on his return
to the United States and the two House;
of Congress presented him with join
resolution Of thanks. A motion was re-
peatedly Introduced to confer upon hin
the brevet rank of lieutenant. general, bu
1he opposition Mr. Jefferson Davis de
leated it, and the General did not receiv,
this rnefited recognition of his services
until 1866 His conduct in Mexico ha
also been criticised, and he was forcet
at the very hour of his great victory tt
undergo the modification of acourt Of in
| quiry, which fully exoneroted him, af
ter a long investigations He was can
didate for nomination ia the Whig Pros
idental Convention in lS49, but Cen
Taylor was preferred to him. 4 ;'ga,
nominated by the Wing party in 1852
and received 1,JS6,560 votes, agains
beal 274 for the successful candidate
: States-Mssa1ch'aah. be carried only fou
tucky, and Tennessee. In 1897. Ken
ordered to our extreme North w ester
frontier, to settle disputed question @
boundary with the British authorities G
Vaneouvers Island H a.'A
The outbreak of the Rebellion foun,
Gen. Scott still at the head of the Army
but iniirm in health and no lol ger capa-
bic of directing an active campaign Blu
he was trequently in consultation will
the Cabinet aud military authorities a
Washington. As earlyas October, 1860
he had urged President Buchanan to gar
rison the Southern forts, and he repeated
ly begged leave to send such troops as ht
could reach to Charleston, Pensacola
/ and Mobile harbors. Our readers will
remember the controversy on these mat
ters which took place between him apG
ex-President Buchanan some time after
ward. On the 81 of March, 1861, he
addressed to Mr. Seward a note of advice
| in which he urged him, as tho probable
chief member of the new Cabinet. tc
throw off the old designation OF Republi
cans and assume that of the Union party;
to adopt the Crittenden Compromise, and
| to collect the import duties outside the
ports of which the Government had lost
| the command, OF else to blockade them
He wanted no war in any case, and con,
cluded with these words "Say to the
seeded States-'W Hayward sisters depart
in peace "
On the 31st of October 1861, having
been cripple and unable to walk with.
out assistance for three years, he retired
from the army, President Liucoln and
all the Members of the Cabinet waiting
upon him to bid him farewell. BY spe.
cial act of Congress he retained his full
pay and allowances He sailed for Eu.
rope in November, in search of health
but the threatening nature of our rela-
tious with Great Britain, arising out of
the seizure of Mason and Slidell, induced
him to hasten home for the purpose of
using his influence with the Adn,inistra-
tion in the cause of peace. The next two
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