. El puchero; or, A mixed dish from Mexico, embracing General Scott's campaign, with sketches of military life, in field and camp, of the character of the country, manners and ways of the people, etc . grant that it be ever so with our belovedcountry; that wisdom and harmony govern her councils; and we ^have nothing to fear from any human power. In my travels, which jyou know have been somewhat extended, never have I seen the ipeace, happiness, and prosperity that rests upon the soil of our great Jrepublic. Would to Grod every man, woman, and child nurtured in iits bosom could see and know the
. El puchero; or, A mixed dish from Mexico, embracing General Scott's campaign, with sketches of military life, in field and camp, of the character of the country, manners and ways of the people, etc . grant that it be ever so with our belovedcountry; that wisdom and harmony govern her councils; and we ^have nothing to fear from any human power. In my travels, which jyou know have been somewhat extended, never have I seen the ipeace, happiness, and prosperity that rests upon the soil of our great Jrepublic. Would to Grod every man, woman, and child nurtured in iits bosom could see and know the difference between their ownfavoured condition and that of those not enlightened by the broad, .diffusive beams of universal education, nor cheered by the blessingsof civil liberty ! The blighting spirit of discord could then neverfind a resting-place among a people knowing, by comparison, their |strength and their happiness. In this country, Mexico, so far as my observation goes, there is wanting the fiist element of national greatness, i. e. a people. What ; matters it that a population of seven or nine millions of human j beings occupy the same soil, if between them there is no harmony, j i. A MIXED DISH FROM MEXICO. 85 no fellowship ? Such is the condition of things here—aristocracyand dregs—the sturdy middle class, the bone and sinew, ay, thevital element, exists not here. The most important link in the socialchain is wanting or defective; the nations heart, for I may termit so, scarcely throbs. What marvel, then, that the body is punyand sickly ? Note.—The 20th day of August, 1847, stands upon the annalsof our history, marked by a victory, or a series of victories, as bril-liant as any known in the records of wars. The Mexican forcesaveraged with the Americans as three to one; at San Antonio, Con-treras, Churubusco, (the church, and the Tefe du pant, or bridge-head,) they had strong fortifications, exceedingly difficult of approach;with heavy batteries mounted, wit
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