Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-02-23
GEN SCOTT

Gen scott adrefted 10 the pre.ido,, "'Vh
defence, before the Court of Eooniry 'ae
to ask any thing Ike favor. bp, ,,o,,s.ns
stree justice al The hands OF that functions,
we ieit pretty certain that not even tho D.
mond Eh6uIfer's ohJurgaiory arreal. lal,aH
the acqultIal OF the Court, could saw. c.,
from some manifestation Of the pras;,..,
wrath. twill be seen, by the article r,o,,''
Globe, on our first page, that we are No, !
pointed IN thIs expectation. The Prp.a..
dlsapproyes OF the opinion Of tn. Cour g
because II does not report the fctsn ,..
whithlls oPnloni based spcondip, because
Couit, not content with expressing an o,;n,a1
proceed, as Farmer A>hGrd in the play Saw =,
= argu'y the topic" Mirdiy, becase the oa;a
ion aforesaid " Lack, precision :" and 6,,.,t,
because the Court ha no rgh, to eondrmn
Je~up for writing his celebrated, D,iro,. Io..N
+. L. BLAIR, 10 he shown TO the Presjd,n,p
which "crasloned Gen. Scots recall, and h; !, g.
appointment as seueralissimo Of The ,,on,;..
forces.
/. To The first oithese objections v.rvM
yious reply that, although the Court o, En,,i, 4,
not epnomlse the f,ct>,' their opig;on !, -.
ciu>i"e as Ii the character OF lhose fart,--.n4
>lil farther. that the fart themselves ibo,ob ~.
recapituaed BY the Court, are embodied in -.
testimony, forming IA part Of the record an,
could rot have escaTed the attention Of ,L, p
ident /, be condescendcd 10 peru,e il IT,.
omission, then, complained Of would he r,e...
lion tY the President, upon his oWn capacity i,
indeed IL were not well understood, that, kay,n,
determined 10 haFra Cen Scott As NM, =.
possible, he WIS compelled 10 rely upon such
reason, a might PRESENT tbcmsel, es-on H.,
OLD adage that " a tad leasCn i letter Than
none to Justify hi, Predetermined course.
? The second reason is more ridiculou. ,ha,
tn first. If the opinion ofthe Court be warrap.
led by the testimony, why should the President
o5Jee, ihat they thought Npedeu, 10 io,ify tina,
o. non by " argument ;" The President is hard
10 please He is not content with an opnion.
without the facts and still less with an opin
ION sustained By Arguments. When man i,
tlote mined 10 be di at, fed, grounds of otjec.
ton sugcest tham5elys5 spontaneously. The
Court had reported the fact ten to one hui il
would have h,en dem >upeterog 1tory, if not
uapeTJincnt- and # without an argument, il
would plobahly have been sett back, tina, that Q.
mission mj-ht e supplied,
3. Bat the opinion = Lack precision" Where
IN l. acqeitS Gen. Scott. |, not that precise
enoush7 If Ca. Scott IS sa,- f.", Why need
The Prc5alco, complain We rather suspect
ihat / IS I pieClsc For The sodl OF US, VIZ cam
not see " herein there is any Ia Of precision--
When the Court says thai no del in omen.
nag the Cree, campaign was m de by Gen.
SOFT" none bet man determined TO fbd som.
covert neauing in the bra c, fer 1hs purJose .,
ju~ltlinS Ii. disaI1o}al Of then opinion,
would have ,e,n in II charge Of unnecessary
lei ", made " On some oiher unnamed mdiyld.
Ia AID vet such i, the ttvocu, objection
and the pueriI, rel ;onins Of our modern Lycu,.
GU!
l. The fourth anl last reason Of tho Presjen,
i, the mo,t wonderful of all, The Court, he
V, had no right TO express any oPi"'' J Of the
p OF rictY or inIItlr,t} Il G,n. Jt,ni c, n,uct,
in writing thu cel,b1aled letter 10 +. T. Blair
position utterly uLi,n"tlc, nptn two grounds :;
t, tec,usr that ve-y lettr wa, the cause Il
Gen. Seott, recall al arraigrmtnt before the
rerted, by the Order unter which they were as
sembed, - 10 inquire and examine into the causes
Oh delay ~ oppunl and prosecuting the cam
pain Ia Georgia and Alabama, against The Los
NE Creek Indians, ia the year 1886, ard r,o
ereiy su5j,ct ctnr'cfd NTH Tie military epf.
rHtloHS in III" crmPGlSn dioffsaid.' And
,u,ely Je,up', letter Wa, most Intimately con-
ipI "a, !, h, I,.p,o oI at
olhcer, tWhuoe conduct IN passnnt, towards
Geu. Scott is marked with the most Infamous
reaehe,y and dupllcIty. by The Courl OF H. uiry,
was most unfortunate Tor Gen. Scot, ihous
highly honor, bic TO the f.mness and indepea-
deuce OF the members ofthat lrl-unal. Blat will
not permit Tie Persistent 10 alaldcn Il hero Of
the Kitchen Cabinet, OF inierentaly 10 concur
ma sentence which ju.tly condemns lis I'M
derhaGded intrigue with The solutions Of that con-
Germ.
All the Pr sdent's OF jections, i, will lie seen.
= even give them their greatest force are di-
rected TO the farm and not the Substance VI the
Courts opinion. Aud wien the reputation and
feelings of a prosecuted officer involved
surely such objections might aud should have
been waived. But Gen. Scott is doomed man.
The President has marked him out for deslruc.
llor-and we doubt whether even the Enqui-
rer can save HIM. Nous rp,r0ns. We marvel,
indeed, tlat the President did not set aside the
opinion OF The Court entirely, and order S, ours
name 10 be erased from the Army List He has
gone as far, before now.
Cd ZsE> -
3Ls' Gen. Scott was invited to a public din.
er by number Of his fellow citizens of Rich
nond and members of the Legislature, on the
llh inst, He declined the profIered honor ;as-
gning as his reason thai the result Of the in
Vestgalon OF his mtlry con luct being yet I'M