Where are the Heroes of the War?
Where are the Heroes of the War?

Where are the Heroes of the War? Are they misled by the fact that General Taylor is the Federal Candidate?

    CALL OVER THE ROLL:
    General Worth--Hero of Monterey--for whom will you vote on the 7th of November? For Cass and Butler, the candidates of the National Democracy!
    Gen. Twiggs--Hero of Cerro Gordo--for whom will you vote? For Cass and Butler.
    Gen. Smith--Hero of Contreras--will you vote for Gen. Taylor? No! I am the ardent friend of the Democratic party and its candidates.
    Gen. Quitman--Hero of Chepultepec--where will you be found on the 7th of November? Under the flag of Democracy, defending its principles, and voting for its candidates.
    Gen. Shields--Hero of Churubusco and Cerro Gordo--where will you be found on Tuesday next? With my gallant state, Illinois, and my glorious adopted country, aiding in the election of Cass and Butler.
    Gen. Patterson--Hero of Vera Cruz and of Cerro Gordo--will you be among the missing on Tuesday? I will be found where I have always been, with the glorious party of my choice--and with those who prefer Cass and Butler.
    Colonel Jefferson Davis--Hero of Buena Vista--what is your determination on the question of the Presidency? To vote for the selections of the Democratic National Convention cheerfully, because I believe their principles necessary to the duration of our beloved Union.
    Gen. Harney--Hero of Cerro Gordo--what is your choice for the Presidency? The candidates of the Democratic party.
    Gen. Franklin Pierce--Hereo of Contreras and Churbusco--will you be found among the supporters for Taylor? No! I will be one of the thousands at the New Hampshire Democracy that will aid in the triumph of Cass and Butler.
    Gen. Lane--How do you feel on your road to Oregon? That Cass and Butler ought to be and will be elected.
    Gen. Cushing--statesman soldier--what are your preferences? For the candidates of the Great Democratic party.
    Gen. Morgan--How will you vote on Tuesday? I will aid Ohio to cast twenty-three votes for Cass and Butler.
    Gen. Wool--Hero of Buena Vista--How will you vote on the 7th of November? For Cass and Butler with all my heart.
    Col. Black, Col. Wynkoop, Col. Lane, Col. Curtis, Col. Marshall--where all these brave soldiers now? On the stump for Cass and Butler.
Point to rightWhere are the glorious RANK AND FILE--those who have escaped the bloody hands and hospitable graves of the Mexicans, recommended to them by General Taylor's friend, Corwin? Nearly all in the field for Cass and Butler.


Source:

Unknown, "Where are the Heroes of the War? Are they misled by the fact that General Taylor is the Federal Candidate?," Brooklyn Eagle and Kings County Democrat, Brooklyn, Saturday, 4 November 1848, p. 1.

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