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Speech by Winfield Scott at Sandusky, Oct 11th 1852
He said, “An offer was made to me to remain in Mexico and govern it. The impression which generally prevails that the proposition emanated from Congress is an erroneous one. The overture was made to me by private citizens men of wealth and prominence. During our stay in Mexico our system of government and police was established which as the inhabitants themselves confessed gave security for the first time perfect and absolute security to person and property. About two fifths of all the branches of government including nearly a majority of the members of Congress and the Executive were quite desirous of having that country annexed to ours.
“They knew that upon the ratification of the treaty of peace nineteen out of twenty of the persons belonging to the American army would stand disbanded and would be absolutely free from all obligations to remain in the army another moment. They supposed if they could obtain my services I would retain these twelve or fifteen thousand men and that I could easily obtain one hundred thousand more from home. The hope was that it would immediately cause annexation. They offered me one million of dollars as a bonus with a salary of 250,000 per annum and five responsible individuals to become security in any bank in New York which I might name. It would be so arranged that I might get it in five days. They expected that annexation would be brought about in a few years or if not that I could organize the finances and straighten the complex affairs of that government. It was understood that nearly a majority of Congress was in favor of annexation and that it was only necessary to publish a pronunciamento to that effect to secure the object. We possessed all the arms of the country and occupied their cannon foundries and powder manufactories had possession of the fortified places and could easily have held them in our possession if this arrangement had gone into effect. A published pronunciamento would have brought Congress right over to us and with these fifteen thousand Americans holding the fortresses of the country all Mexico could not have disturbed us. We might have been there to this day if it had been necessary.
“I loved my distant home I was not in favor of the annexation of Mexico to my own country. Mexico Proper has about eight millions of inhabitants and out of these eight millions there are not more than one million who are of pure European blood. The Indians and mixed races constitute about seven millions. They are exceedingly inferior to our own. As a lover of my country I was opposed to mixing up that race with our own. This was the first objection on my part to this proposition. May I plead some little love of home which gave me the preference for the soil of my own country and its institutions.”
- - - Winfield Scott, [ pg. 18, The new Rome; or, The United States of the world (1852)
By Theodore Poesche, Charles Goepp ]
One can only imagine what institutions he refers to, since this was long before the glorious socialist revolution of 1933, and its people's republic.
- - - "As military commander of Mexico City, he was held in high esteem by Mexican civil and American authorities alike, primarily owing to his pacification policy and fairness. For example, when he drew his "martial law order" to be issued and enforced in Mexico (to prevent looting, rape, murder, etc.), all offenders, both Mexicans and Americans, were treated equally."
Mexico has always had a very corrupt government. From top to bottom, Mexican politicians and public workers are for sale to the highest bidder. We have a lot of corruption in this country, but Mexico is far worse. The country has a long history of it. Yes, many of the Mexican people are hard workers, but you can work in Mexico your entire life and never get out from under the crushing poverty. My heart goes out to the people of Mexico, but only they can fix their country an they need to find the intestinal fortitude to do it. Of coarse it is illegal for most in Mexico to own firearms, so it's not like they can form a coup.
They are not all hardworking. There is a lot of violence, crime and mischief.
Europeans have a history of standing up to the elites in power and demanding freedom, autonomy and a more fair share of power and wealth. We are losing those ethos of standing up to elites.
NATIONAL IQ scores National IQ Scores - Country Rankings
Canada . . . . . 99
United States .98
Mexico . . . . . 88
. . .
South Korea 106
Japan 105
Italy 102
China 100
Russia 97
Saudi Arabia 84
India 82
Zimbabwe 82
South Africa 77
Liberia 67
North Korea 150 (j/k)
They are not all hardworking. There is a lot of violence, crime and mischief.
Europeans have a history of standing up to the elites in power and demanding freedom, autonomy and a more fair share of power and wealth. We are losing those ethos of standing up to elites.
Really?
The wealthiest, smartest, most cultured ethnic group in Europe, the Germans, succumbed and found themselves taking a blood oath to a man that was a retired corporal from Austria that couldn't even gain entrance into an art school.
Think about it... accomplished German Field Marshalls in the Prussian Military tradition laid down and took orders from an ex-corporal from a provincial podunk ass country like Austria whose combat experience consisted of running messages from trench to trench in WW1.
Europeans have a history of standing up to elites in power? LMAO...laughable. Europeans have a history of knuckling under to power. Until the French Revolution, they thought swearing an oath to monarchy was noble. Please.
Europe, the land of hereditary succession...where the population could find themselves ruled by a teenager.
They are not all hardworking. There is a lot of violence, crime and mischief.
Europeans have a history of standing up to the elites in power and demanding freedom, autonomy and a more fair share of power and wealth. We are losing those ethos of standing up to elites.
Careful - you are not supposed to point out the obvious.
Ever see any pictures of the Mexican elite?: they all look very European. Weird.
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Why Isn't Mexico Like Canada or the US
