Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-10-12
SRETCUES,
FOR FACTIOUs pRINTs.-r

Gen. SCoTT-Coi DUANE.
The FIRST point we touch. is the 1.sr
which the Aurora his dropt-This sn;,s
the desultory style, which we mean tn a.
dopt-We shalt deal in Sketches, not in
disQnSifions-For who breaks bukferS,,
upon q wheel ?"
Come then to the bar. Mr.. Duane, and
speak for YOURSELF
''Thtre is only one point which remains w., ,olo
touched ; The Enquirer insinnates something about
gen. Scott, some Drir'Gfe reasons for loz,f,to him
Whether this he gravity iro7v, is not easy 70 de.
termne' unless ny theplusion to the absence of gen.
Scot in Europe.
e" IL the Enquirer refers TO sny motives which
that gentleman nav have assigned for enmilv to
the editor OF this psper We know of move that cnnJ
Justify it. During the turbulent and factions coon.
mand ofeen Hsnptop in the snutl, when lie
saiiant Fake WAS the object ola brutal and facti.
ons persecution and the veteran Gushing was 60
,sno'nini'usJ dragged through the wilderness and
Kept several months in arrest; when he was bro't
~ cuur'-mariia, and the iniquitY employed Ia ru
IN nm then had failed. Col. Cushi.r IN whom tlc
e'itor had never b fore ,pokena word nor writer's
me, rogue sed tie editor Co render him service bv
purchasing copy OF the PROCEEDINGS Of the copri-
marital, which the iudgn advocate the Court had mr.
nert Aen 10 publ beire il had reeaived the apDrc-
ha'ion o. transportation ofihe superior military su-
th"fitV ms request wascnmplch with as j, " ould
'' "'eh ''''ilfn WIN lOF Silr other fcSncctlhia
stranger his is the only transaction, exceDt Il
was To be the friend of Pike ard Wilkinson. fwe
men "'io understood their protestant hat could
ever have produce any dislike in gen Scott towards
tie editor. To@srds him, The editor cou!h have
no cause tor he had never seen him at the time
Il Tor those reasons and there could be no ether
gen. Scott ceived hostility to the e,,tor il is
certainly . he regretted. because it reflected no
honor on hm.'' 0
ne EnGu'rer msy, perhaps. know something
wH'eh tne Editor does not bnt cersiuiy the editor
never sad so much about that gentleman, or con-
corning him, in his absence, as he has said TO him
in prrsoa"
g Cur opinion Of that gentleman we are always
really 10 express, and il necessary to CANVAS
his whole career, and 10 show where h., has merit
ed applause, AID where he has obtsined without
earning II, we should do it. The occasion has rot
cal q Tor It, or the perio1 has passed when il wcnd
be beneficial 10 the country but the country will
not be deprived Of materials for Judging OF that gem
uefnan, and OF oher public characters, in form
more authentic. substantial and durable than tie
Aeetng publications OF daily perer
nc Enquirer would have il believed. that
there wss some competition iiYslpiiip on tie pa-t
ct the editor in relation 10 gen. Scott The fsct
was never so the last conversation thu editor ever
nAd with that gentleman, he tald him his motives
TOR determining 10 reinquish tie army; that he
had perceived profieate system os intrigue. de-
stroyng every man who possessed merit aud nteg-
rtv ard that this system was so suece,kfni as 10
maze d7fbes q ererV man rho had been at the
heda ~ the department; and as he had entered
with reluctance, and did choose to be either
party Or vc'im. he would retire from a station
IN which he couli no longer render useful services
AMI resua,e profession in which he could be az
least check upon public yiilainy
he Enquirer says, the editor was stIipt of his
epanlette'-he was slTpt by bis hands, after as.
5'g'nng reasons snch as the foregoing to the head
% the department.
Thus. Mr.. Duane brings If, his o7vu case
Immediately after Gene raj Scott's-by way
of foil, perhaps-We must separate them.
however, in our an madversinns and. af-
ter discussing his remarks about General
Scott, examine his own military erH.
Mr.. DIS statements in regard 20 Cen.
Scott, are more ingenious than true-Most
OF them inUcnfed for the purpose of clear
ing himself and dece'ving others--We re-
or the necessity of using this plain Lam
guage--but "a rose by any other name
would smell as Sweet"
The aurora is guilty of this eouivoca.
ton ut the outset-We attributed his at
tacks on General Scott to hrfvafe griefs-.
he chooses to change or oqvn proposition,
and make us say that General Scott had
private motives for hostility to Him. This
literary stratsgem is worthy of the enemy
who uses it.--But to the particular circum-
stances he calls up
Col. Cushirg--Whil General Scott
was in Philadelphia, in 1879, he had the
trial of Cushing pu5lished-Col. Duane
waited on the printer, with letter from G..
in which the printer and publisher were
Threatened with prosecutions, If they id
not desist Mr.. y. best knows. whethev
he did not consult a LAWYER on the same
subject. Col. Cushing, attached 70 the
War-OHice. and to its unfortunate Score
tsry, was not more fortunate in his ann
correspondence with General Scott-LThc
publication vent on.
This Is one view Of the fact; some what
different perhaps from Mr. Duane's, bit IL
s believed not less true. Well-befUre
General SCOTS return from the Mississip.-
81. Duane had abused Gen. s. in his IA r
per for having visited the evidence of facts