The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-08-20
JRANTON, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20. 1886.

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lars. Part of his army was then
sent to reinforce Gen. Scott, who
entered Mexico from Vera Cruz.
On February %, 1847, Taylor, with
5000 men, defeated 81, 900 Mexican
veterans under Sata Anna at Buena
Vista. This was the last battle III
Taylor's campaign, the Mexicans
not attempting to interfere with
the Americans in that portion OF
Mexico during the remainder of
the war.
In August, 1916, Gen. Stephen
Kearney marched from Fort Leav-
enwOrth, and wrested New Mexico
from the mother country. He then
went to California, which had also
been portion of Mexico up to this
time, and found that Capt. John G.
Fremont and Commodore Stockton
had conquered that province in the
name OF the United States. The
victories of the Americans was
| continued by 1000 Missouri volun.
teers under the command of Col.
Doniphan, making descent OH the
city OF chihuahua and capturing it.
Fifteen days after the battle of
Buena Vista Gen. Scott, with fif
teen thousand men, invested Vera
Cruz, tue principal seaport of Mex.
leo. defended by its strongest for.
treSs, which was soon captured.
Then began another series of Amer
lean victories as brilliant and con
Spicuous as those won by Gen.
Taylor 500 miles to the north ward
il few months before. That at Ger
70 Gor,lo took place on April 18th,
followed by the capture of Jalapa
on the 10Th, Perote on the 22nd,
aud Puebla on May 10Th. Being
reinforced, he stormed and captur-
ed COntreraS and Cherubusco on
August Goth. An armiStice ending
without result, Chapultepec was
taken by assault on September
18th, and the following day the
American army entered the City of
Mexico, the capital of the country,
and flung the stars and stripes to
the breeze from the top of the
national palace. This ended hostil-
tiles.
The Americans, whether under
Taylor or Scott, had beeu success.
full in every battle fought, although
confronted with superior numbers,
in ii country which interposed great
natural obstacles to the march of
an invading army. Considering
the result attained and the Difficult
ties SurmOunted with the means at
command, those campaigns should
rank with the. most conspicuous
military exploits recorded III the
annals of war, aud deserve place
in history beside Alexander's sub
jugalion of Asia, Caesars conquest
of Gaul, Bonaparte's overthrow OF
Prussia, Nathaniel Green's cam
paigD against CORVALLIS, and Sher-
mau'S march to sea.
On February 2, 1S4S, about five
months after Scott entered the
Mexican capital, the treaty of Gaui-
alupe HidaIgo was negotiated, and
a few weeks later Mexico was evac-
uated by the American troops.
Mexico, in this treaty, conceded
the Rio Grande as the westerly
boundary of Texas, and gave New
Mexico and California to the United
States, our country paying Mexico
$15, 200, 900 and assuming MexicO's
debts to American citizens, provid-
ing those debts should not exceed
SO, 100000. Thus ended the third
and last war waged by the United
States against a foreign power.
The principle of the public debt |
was $15,55O,2O2 on July 1, 1S46,
which had grown to $47, ,044, ,S62 on |
July 2, 1S4S, an increase of $751;
494, $3.50, nearly all of which growth
was caused by the war.