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Title: The army and navy of America : containing a full view of the heroic adventures, battles, naval engagements, remarkable incidents ... from the period of the French and Indian wars to the close of the Mexican war ...
Year: 1852 (1850s)
Authors: Neff, Jacob K
Subjects: Military art and science United States -- History, Military To 1900 United States -- History, Naval To 1900
Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Pearsol
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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is a questionof grave moment. Though, beyond all doubt, a sudden influx ofthat kind must be injurious; yet it will probably be far less sothan a similar event in the history of Spain and Portugal provedto be, when America was first discovered. The commerce of theworld, and the arts of life now require and will absorb a muchlarger amount of gold, without materially disturbing the conditionof communities, than then ; and the habits of the people of theUnited States are much better calculated to bear the effects ofsuch a change, than were those of the proud, indolent and luxuri-ous conquerors of Peru, Brazil and Mexico. On the whole, there-fore, it may reasonably be expected that the evils usually attendantupon wealth acquired suddenly and without proportionate labor*may, in this case, be either neutralized by the peculiarities of ournational habits, or overbalanced by the undoubted beuefits atten-dant on the acquisition of this great western outlet tor our com-merce and our enterprize.
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^»Uit--v.5«*4J THE MEXICAN WAR. 651 CHAPTER IX Vera Cruz. Determination to strike at Mexico by a new route—Concentration of forces under Scott atLobes—Landing at Vera Cruz—Investment of the place—Bombardment during five days—Capitulation-Terms—Spoils—Value of the place as a post—Services of the Navy—Cause ofdelay at Vera Cruz The unbroken series of defeats suffered by the Mexicans on theRio Grande, and the loss ot New Leon, Coahuli, Chihuahua,New Mexico, and the Californias, having failed to convincethem of the futilit) of further hostilities, it became the duty of theUnited States Government to adopt some more summary means ofbringing the war to a close. The mode concluded on was to landa strong force at Vera Cruz; and, after capturing that place, withthe Castle of San Juan DUlloa by which it is defended, to pushdirectly for and take the city of Mexico. Nothing short of thisextreme measure was sufficient to convince the Mexican nation, orrather their rulers, of th

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