Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-04-17
GEN. SCOl'I.

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he was justly entitled ru.s pli,ln.ni8us tribute to I'M
rvallcd military proves is the nlpre remarkable ia
,e,ule but too prone Ia invest Win ilnaIiaary oi,,s
a,v man ub, has mn, i,,,r,cd himself ON ,i, slI.
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oil oane' anu 10 "ah' an u'lNaIeo nero uut q" every
commander OF squadron Of cavalry, or battery ct ynG
artillery, who, WHEN occasion presented itself, did his
lr,v o,,l,ntly and Il i.i,niIy
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ship Were scarcely appreciated IN the nan VINO has 'on
erred more Instre upon the arms 81 his country thau
other living or deal and who Is Justly ranked, ON bot
s,es nf the Atlantic a.. lls first taf,iff TN, , Rat
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persecution and III uS'se /" WHith THIS a47lflouS man
has been subjected ly the Picsdtat and Secretary II
Wharf.-The sneytaele If his arms, and trsl NM, l.,s
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leased from arrest and ordered to duy-he gradual de-
yeopment Of the settled purooSe 10 llWaft annoy and
,lerrad him in The av.s f the arn, INV. all combined
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personal interest III Hs career never newt '' we
predict that 3AsS through this orleal, mol only m
hurt but INT the devedpuenls viii enhance hls mil
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"en eot unnecessarily dSi'nN'ld oil The ol&S at W ASA
ingta4.s We belieyedhs fear OF fire IN the qur
pnrAdrs.-h,,t he kne " his men as the result . Shoe, II.
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Generai s,eee8sin the bnt letter winch we publish
this morni gssays:-'My pnor services wilhhls most
gallant army are al iene'h To be reeued las have long
been led to expect they would be
lmpssioie mol To be touched by this sad yet not
unmany, c"hpainl ol me reqnlaIhls great and glorious
achievements lo his country, had received from It's ru
6fer lie hau Indeed ufeseeh IL iF7n the beginning,
and mad accurately predicted It, Ia The letters he wrote
10 the Secretary long beirr he took his departure Tor
regarded a. aap9 the most rca kabe ever Wnten for
sagacly, ifaaknfs5 and lrnIh Every sen OF his sub
seqnth' career has proved the accuracy oi lbs ufeSghi,
and the soandness ol his judgements The hsoly OF
his campaign MAS iou Swallowed Utmost as accurately IN
The lett rs he Wrote before ms departure as III Tie reports
which announced his deeds
As the Ne" oflfans Pltaynne REMARKS, the eS'raor /
dInaTJ picture Is presented oi the lfal ior military
insdemeanors OF lie COMMANDER IN 'hlei Of veto
nous army IN the capital "I an enemy captured by his
~ y, s'',a' ;" Nv s'P'S
s;,in,d 'ti,nl,ies ,,a,Ged -, h, ,,nh.,I;,,. ~ sn
thing worse-and winch the General overcatne by his
great genius and his dauness COURAGE Ii one Of the
Inarvels OF this wa that such a man, who might natu
rally have hoped after ia viar irnpaantly red
the atirics and nerils of an arus ca,apliua in the
very he lrr OF foreign country to nave returned to his
native land hailed by the paudil, Of hrs country
men, and greeted by The thanks ot his Govern.
ment wnicu nA, ,rpRoPRiArEp To rrSrfr TN,
GLORY OF HIS pEEp,-ue say il iseg,ot the mary /,
Of the war. that tn vcloroIs General ls himself "a
prisoner large IN Mexico arragnrd before Cuur, Of
Inquiry all his jnniors.an eas OF lhrm soldier
only by courtesy "badgerpd BY his sub,rdlnateS and
Stripe of command by his constitutional suparlur.'
''In scanning the report of the proceed ngs the Court
OF Inquiry as far they have gone they confirm the
opinion long enteri aned that Gen. Scott will
OF these difficulties with fame BRIG hened by he ordeal
il has been subjected to. We doubt that his
great captain Will be enhanced bya scrutiny OF the
unwrcn history OF the war. 1t would sem tina already
evidence Of his having originated slrae5elic measures
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