No finer body of men ever enlisted in an heroic enterprise than those who volunteered to bear the flag in Mexico.

They were young, ardent, enthusiastic, brave almost to recklessness, with a fervor of devotion to their country's honor.

The march of Taylor from the Rio Grande, ending with the unexpected victory against superior numbers at Buena Vista, kept the country in a state of excitement and elation, and in the succeeding year elevated him to the Presidency.

Not less splendid in its succession of victories was the march of Scott from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico, where he closed his triumphal journey by taking possession of the capital, and enabling his government to dictate terms of peace.
DEMOCRATIC DEFEAT IN 1846.
For the first and only time in our political history, an administration conducting a war victorious at every step, steadily lost ground in the country.

The House of Representatives which declared war on the 11th of May, 1846, was Democratic by a large majority.