 | John Frost - 1848 - 356 էջ
...thirty-nine, including sixteen officers ; wounded, eight hundred and seventy-six, with sixty officers. After so many victories, we might, with but little...against precipitation — lest, by wantonly driving THE WAR. ; Armistice. away the government and others — dishonoured — we might scatter the elements... | |
 | George C. Furber - 1849 - 660 էջ
...numbers, and the many approaches to the depol, il might well have become, emphatically, the post of honor. After so many victories, we might, with but little additional loss, have occupied the capital til'- same evening. Bui Mr. Trist, commissioner. &c.. us well as myself, had been admonished by ihe... | |
 | Lucien Bonaparte Chase - 1850 - 576 էջ
...never been signal until the metropolis yielded. * "After so many victories, we might, with butlittle additional loss, have occupied the capital the same...of peace —intelligent neutrals and some American residents—against precipitation, lest by wantonly driving away the government and others—dishonored—... | |
 | Raphael Semmes - 1851 - 506 էջ
...victories [he means, Contreras, and San Antonio, and the three battles into which he divided Churubusco], we might, with but little additional loss, have occupied...capital the same evening. But Mr. Trist, commissioner, etc., as well as myself, had been admonished, by the best friends of peace — intelligent neutrals,... | |
 | Raphael Semmes - 1852 - 392 էջ
...victories [he means, Contreras, and San Antonio, and the three battles into which he divided Churubusco], we might, with but little additional loss, have occupied...capital the same evening. But Mr. Trist, commissioner, etc., as well as myself, had been admonished, by the best friends of peace — intelligent neutrals,... | |
 | George C. Furber - 1857 - 662 էջ
...numbers, and the many approaches to the depot, it might well have become, emphatically, thepost of honor. After so many victories, we might, with but little...intelligent neutrals, and some American residents— against preeipitation ; lest, by wantonly driving away the government and others — dishonored—we might... | |
 | George C. Furber - 1857 - 688 էջ
...approaches to the depol, it might well have become, emphatically, the pott of honor. 1 After so ninny victories, we might, with but little additional loss,...capital the same evening. But Mr. Trist, commissioner, Ace., as well as myself, had been admonished by the best friends of peace—intelligent neutrals, and... | |
 | Orville James Victor - 1861 - 132 էջ
...ways, to induce the Mexican people and commissioners to come to terms. He wrote, August 28th : — " After so many victories, we might, with but little...capital the same evening. But Mr. Trist, Commissioner, etc., as well as myself, had been admonished by the best friends of peace — intelligent neutrals... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1888 - 712 էջ
...that a misfortune or an error originates in a defective judgment. General Scott himself wrote : — " After so many victories, we might, with but little...capital the same evening. But Mr. Trist, commissioner, etc., as well as myself, had been admonished by the best friends of peace, intelligent neutrals, and... | |
 | Benjamin Perley Poore, O. H. Tiffany - 1885 - 792 էջ
...with but little additional loss, we might have occupied the capital. But Mr. Trist, the Commissioner, as well as myself, had been admonished by the best...precipitation, lest by wantonly driving away the Government we might indefinitely postpone the hope of accommodation. Deeply impressed with this danger, and remembering... | |
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After so many victories, we might, with but little additional loss, have occupied the capital the same evening. But Mr. Trist, commissioner, &c., as well as myself, had been admonished by the best friends of peace — intelligent neutrals and some American... 
