The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-02
mo WAS THE HERO !?
s.x the Battle of Buena Vista
Was Saved.
srrsson DAVIS PART IN IT.
). xs<h Credit Has Been Given 80 she
rase Ex-Prssident 81 the
Confectionery.
eFERson DAVIS Part IN IT.
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- has been said AID written, be-
q - since the death OF Jefferson Davis.
..'lsvv 81 hts bravery and military skill
= entirely exfFsvsgans and not IN
- rstb iaets. that the writer viii be
sss...a fur ghzt be nov writes. more IN
80 dan III anger, notxlt1st Anasug the
.rassof, bolh Ut caHdor and truth.
go % easily forget, much more easily
:. .hey foYgsvs. AAny Of the ealoglsta
- paws forget that II Wal the ARMY OF
3 rnisea states--its few regulars sud
.s..se.r forces--ihat saved the battle Cs
- vets. the writer being one Of the suT-
- d sEe latter force.
=, rlosiaers OF Mr.. Davis, who claim
eshe hero OF "Monterey" and
- vista. forget General Zaek Tay-
s I'D zAck:a General John +. Wool,
8 foionels Yeil, Mckee, Clay. Hardin
81 Hs.sesi in TIE parts they took At Buena
-. Eli four Of the colonies falling three
.ssa n tbs last grand repsiise Of Santa
lsrss charges on that bloody held.
/ ~ faes, the iBcoatgoyertlbie fact. Is 80
: lasn DAVIS and the gallant regiment OF
/ @sS.,spusans he commanded. saving that
- t..e mea Of which were brave as
- sasa dared 10 be- Davis laundering
: sks hazardous formation 81 his regiment
7 a. forus oE a letter v. thus opening his
-, d receive 9 charge he and his regi-
s.ms xefe only saved humiliation, not
ss|stznding the bravery Of his men. By
8 eeeoad indianians. under Colonel
/ "a. "A.
I - EssseIl, and bat for Colonel Bissells
| AL movement there would In all human
wsAsh.llsy have been no Colonel JEFF Davis
Fl k.s few Il any OF his regiment left to
/ 9 he tale Of Bnena Vista. The move
4 nsat Il Colonel JEFF Davis was a blunder,
/ 81 nothing bas the fighting qualities OF
i Il sen and that Of the Second Illinois
"a escond Indiana regiments saved him
o. ADD there
. IL lor Davis extraordinary military
esssaser being the turning point Of the
ssss hattie the greaiest battle ever fought
s lie continent up - the war of the Re-
sssDn il was not 70 be compared with the
ssy fspuise OF the charge BY Santa Anna
n 500 infantry. supported BY artillery
non de pateau. where the famous order
- given. "a little more grape, Captain
f.sks nor the one later still, with still
Assser and more formidable bastalinns.
ssah he pass Of Angostura, between
nagos on the right and "the hill when
Kashlnmon'a battery OF the Fourth ArtiE-
IN. supported By the Second Kentucky
- First Illinois regiments and few reg
ss. resisted Il, and where Colonies Nc.
~ Cay and Harkin all fell within few
ykras Of each other.
EskGers Of history and congressional de-
klss ought 10 remember, II not, many liv-
h slsnessex do, that upon that occasion
II sklll and bravery OF Mr.. Davis. the
mAjxs Of debate IN congress, was said TO
Asa saved General Taylor's army "a dis
easial rons, and Northern bravery was
efsasntesl al Buena Viatas
Eazouel William III. Blsseii. then q mem
Mel The House Of Representatives. de-
nencea the ahoye statement. and declared
/ vas the eowsFaice of Davis that nearly
hst that sield that Northern troops saved
bat battle This led 20 a challenge 10 Coll
ensl Flssell ~ Davis hat he (Isisselil
nast retract his charge or fight. Colonel
klssell accepted the challenge: weapons,
essatee. time. and place were agreed upon
is the meeting. Colonel Bisseil, with
bends and a surgeon. was on the ground
. time. Mr.. Davis did not come 10 time.
tensral Taylor was then president, the
hiaer-ialaw of Davis. aud by him the
sHsl was prevented by reasons of state
"a such disgrace should not be enacted
ia words spoken in debate. etc. besides. Il
seame known that the weapons and dis
tAhce meant death 90 one or both. The
tEstA vas Colonel Bisseil meant business.
e vas not &c be eowed. lie knew his
fghis ard the kind OF stuff his antagonist
- inside Of, and that Northern blood and
saaTaee we're as sacred as Southern blood
Nd courage ever could be.
Men who knew the battle OF Baena Vista,
20 we're there and who knew Davis and
hssell Al The time Of the debate referred
hsvrf doubted what the result OF that
act Soald have been. and the writer an.
ass'satnrly siiiFms that Colonel BiSsesl
sauid not in al probability have missed
aaalm- A drawer, nohler, cooler. truer
sasssiian soldier never pulied a trigger or
s'ss q blade, and he contributed ten fold
500 70 the saving OF the battle OF Buena
VISTA thaa did Jefferson Davis.
IA not Colonel Yell. Of Arkansas, been
saed by the unfortunate breaking Of bis
aaSse 8 birdie biz he could have told more
" story than Mr. Dayis widest ealo-
- sveF dreaned Ct in their exsFasa.
Fake. snd the deaths et Colonies Hardin,
hsAee, Cav sad Yell, sealed lips that. liv-
$ eosld tell Of the brave deeds of Baena
ssssa sass certainly Mr., DAVIS took no part
= and which bad more 20 Dc in saving
Aat battle, next to 0ndaanted American
ssfessm that survived il. that die not
saes when Il sas whipped as General
aver expressed Il. saan Mr.. Davis ever
eeaghi OF dreamed Of
I8eA.t.