The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-02-22
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s'Tis the star Spanaled Banner;
O. long may Il wave,
o'er the lard OF the free. and the
home % the hraVelH
Francis Scott Key


Churchill gave me her hand and
her heart forever tor which
have not yet ceased to thanh God
there began the guns of Paio
Alto Later. there came she fields
ol Monterey Rucun Vista. teffo
Molluo del Rey Ht last Che guns
sounded al the gate 0f the old cts
of Mexico itself Some of that
nghtius / myself saw, but much oi
the rfme ! WAS employed ln that
manner OF special work which had
ENGAGED nae tor che last few years
Ii was thruugh Mr. CalhOuns
agency that I reached u certain i'm
por,anco in these matters, and 80
I was chosen as the commissioned
co ucsolate q peace with Mexico
This honor later proved &C. be a
dauEeru8s and questionable one
General Scott wanted no iuferfer
ouce or This Kind. especially since
he knew Nr Calhoune influence
ia ms choicc BE thwarted all ms
attempts 90 reach the headquarters
oi the enemy. aud did everything
he could 90 secure a peace ct his
own. al the mouth of the cannon
I could offer no better terms than
MIR Buchanan. then our secretary
Of state. had prepared for me and
these we're rejected by the Mexl
can government az last vas or.
dered by MIR Polk 20 state that
We had no better terms 60 offer
and as for myself, ! was told Co ~
turn 20 Washington. At that time
| could not make my way out
through the tines. nor. Ia truth. did
| much care TO do 20.
A certain event not written tn
history Influenced me % remain
for a time AZ the little village 81
Guadalupe Hidalgo Here. IN short.
received word from a lady whom
| had formerly known. none less
than sonora Nturrio. once a mem
Der 81 The Mexican legation az
Washington True 90 her record.
she had again reached influential
position IN her country. uEine
methods of her own she told me
nov 20 pay no attention 90 What
had been reported 10 Mexico In
fact, vas approached again by
the Mexican commissioners. intro
duced b. her what was done
then Is history We signed then
and there the pedce % Guadalupe
Hidalgo. 10 accordance with the
terms originally given me hy our
secretary Of state So. after an
Caihuuns Kindness to a wumaa in
distress was not lost. aud 80. after
All. be unwiitiugls helped Ia the
ending Of the war he never wished
begun
Meantime. I had been recalled to
Washington. bur did NOT know the
nature Of that recall When al
last ] arrived there / found myself
dlsgraced and discreditrd Ny &C.
lions were repudiaied b. the 81
mluIsgFafion myself was dis
missed from the service without
pay-sad enough blow for a young
man who had been married less
than q year
Mr.. Folks jealousy u John Cal
houn vas not the ouly cause ~
this Polk did not forget bis re-
ycnge on me Yet. none the less.
after his usual fashion. he Naa not
averse 20 receiving such credit az
he could He put the responsible
ity ~ the treaty upon the senate
u was debated hotiy there FOR
some weeks. and ~ lsst. much 10
bis surprise and my qualification.
4 vas ratified
The North. which had opposed
this Mexican War that same war
which later led inevitably to the
War Of the Rebellion found
Itself unable 20 say much against
the great additions 10 our domain
which the treaty had secured We
paid fifteen millions. in addition
to our territorial indemnity claim.
and We got a realm whose wealth
could not be computed So much.
u must be owned. did fortune do
for that singular favorite. Mr.
Polk And. curiousiy enough. the
smoke had hardly cleared from Pa
10 Alto field before Abraham Lin
coin, young member In the
House Of Congress. was iulrnduc.
ing resolution which asked the
marking Of "fhe spot where that
outrage was committed Per.
haps IL was an outrage Many suli
hold u So But iei us reflect shat
would have been Lincoln'a life had
matters not gone just az they did
With the cessiona from Mexico
came the great domain of CaHfor
mia Nov. look how strangely his.
tory sometimes works out itself
Had there been any suspicion ~
gold IN California. neither Mexico
nor our republic would have owned
90 England surely would have
taken H. The very year that my
treaty eventually was ratified wac
that In which gold vas discovered
in California, But DO was too tate
then for England 10 interfere. too
late then. also. for Mexico 10 claim
it We got untold millions 81 treas.
ure there. Most OF those millions
vent to the Northern States. lnto
manufactures. into commerce Tho
North owned that gold ANA II wa
that gold which gave the North the
power 70 crush that rebellion
which WAS born 0l the Mexican
war hat same rebellion 81
which England. 700 late. would
gladly have seen this Union dis.
rupted. go that she might have an
other chance al those lands abe
nov has lost for ever
Fate seemed still i0 be- With us
after All. 40 ] have go often had oc
caslon to believe may be- q possible
thing That war Of conquest which