The Hillsborough recorder., 1879-03-05
GEN. SHIELDS SPEECH.

| large basket of fiowers dec0rafed the dvrk
az Senalar shi<l.ls, of Missouri. While
delivering his Hrprai IN l.ehalf ftie SUR
llvvn. v, terans ofthe Mexican war. the.
se: atar himself Mexican veteran, he
received the undivided attention ofSnA-
tors. and spoke without no;rs. He rnisl
There are now hut ! .0VD nIcn living wha
followed the American flag IN tho Mexi-
can war. and In srsasIng 81 The esnvrct
.oiiicerxhs Sa.d Taylor, srott. Noffas
" col, fwirs, kearnry, Critten len, Pillow;
Pierre, Cushing. a'd tadwalsier, are all
gone. He appealed tothe Senate To Il"
something foi the brave survivors befo:e
u L. ioo laie. Put II oii's few SESSIONS
longer and they will aIl lie In their graves.
A SOUTH cARoLINA REGIMENT.
He'toid of Snuth Catoiliia regiment.
painting 10 Sraator Butler, which had
l,lO0 men when mustered iiito service,
but which entered the city %: hi~xicn With
only 2a23. A delegate 10 the Mrxican
Veterans Convention nj Baltimore in-
furnied him to-day that he snd seven
others are all that now remain Of that
gallant baud who so noLly uIheld the
palmetto flag. e.
HE PAIDA GLOWING Tribute. To THE
| AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO sERvkD IN
MEXICO.
n" histo-y, he said. has done halfjus.
ticc To the Aaheriran soidirr who fought
| the battles aid won the yiciorirs In Next,
cu. aud no nation nerd he ashamed uf
such soldiers They never suffered de.
feat hor rpiniI~e from the day they rn-
tered Mrxiro until romplets victory l'-r.
ci,-d ulon their hanners' II has been
said with sneer that they fought only
Mrxicans. hut there were plenty ofll.rn,;
and u you ask the French what they
think of the Mrxicans as soldiers they
will tell you usst M peasantry 10 all Eu-
rope fare death with lees fear. They arr
uot M gmni sulii.rs NJ tie Irish. the
Anglo Saxons. or the Germans. said
General Shields. but they know how To
fight.
HE GIVES THE PREsESr ARMY 4 Licg1s
IN this runnectInn he said hr cuuld not
speak of the present American aImy i'e-
cause he was nat familiar ~Ith IL, hut u iIs
soI.lIcry are all like these Who first starved
aud then murdered tie Chryennrs they
never would have eni-red the city ~ Ih.
M"ntrzumRs except as pri-onrrs of
war. This was rather enjoyed by those
not specially In lave with tIe present
military system of the United stairs
now AMERIcAs sniDEKs BEHAVED ~
MEXiCn
The men who served in Mexics,, he saisi,
| we're distinguished for their bravery. and
Innp~rty, life. aud faIily honor we're never
before or since more secure in aexicu than
they were during tie American occiIla-
tinn OfihHt cuunIry. ln fact, no army
ever served iu q foreign country With
fewer offenders 10 Its ranks against law
aud gonI order. They were = simple.
matiy, aud brave set ~ mrn. aud he did
not believe that - Mexican veteran has
ever died In a pehitrnt.ary, hut he feared
snnIr nay have died ln th. IHH,r house
InS"vAS's EXPEDITION ACEuss THE Dg-
sEKT.
lie rrcountr,l the story Of Donovan aud
his men, who. IeavIng Missouri, marched
2.UD miles across desert plains aud through
hostile couutry, and who finally cap
tUred u large city. without ever having
I.erpe,TaIed a single crime Can tile
Country forget such nen, lie aske'l. es-
prriaIIy wheh through their riinrls was
acquitted the splendid territory along the
Pacific slnpr. with its gold aud
silver aud vast resources?
TIN vIcmRIEs oF TAYLOR AND stnTT.
lie pictured old lsough and Ready
standing "m the Riu Grande wi.h 3,OUO
trH,Ir-, aud eunfr0Bte'l by ten miIliUns %
people, aud declared Buena Vista was 0nc
of tie foremost battles IN history. He
told ~ the capture of Vera Cruz. aud.
pointing to General Ccrru G"rIo Williams.
shu sat l,rhind hin, aud who vas 10 that
battle. said We there fought u iositI"n
four times ~ sirung ~ tile men Win ,ls'
fcndr,I Il, aud they out nu:nI'.rrd Tie
Anirricans two Co one. He ranked this
battle with that Of New Orlrans when old
Andrew Jackson, ~ he termed him. lie.
fraied thp Britisit
THE ARMY THAT ENTERED TITE CITY ~
MExICn
Amer compIInieDiing the skill 81 tile
conlander in chief, the skillof the eIi-
ginrers. aud tile management of eur ars,
tiIIrry. he said "n tile 18Th ~ September,
1917, 600 Americans creased the TAM.
I,arts aud entered tie city UE Mrxict,. with
a IopuIali"n of 2W.OOO, aud defended by
3O,OOO disciplined trooIs. The AnIericaiiH
lO0ked ~ magnificent When drawn upin
tile grand plaza that II was fortunate that
the ritizeur thUrgbt il1in bnt the AL
va,,vr guard of "ur army. Al English
resident. an belmH toIi that this was tile
army that lad taken Ire city, remarked.
You Americans are n"t only brave. but
ypu aIe ths nIvst imprudvnt people IN Tie