Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-02-23
Suspension of Gen. Scotf-Croak.
issgs of the Ansl.syar Party.

l va III - III
The federal press have been wasting a
tremendous deal Of thunder against Pres.
IideEt Polk, on suspicion, for recalling
Gen. Scott, or suspending him from com
mand-they knew not what themselves.
II is truly amusing to observe the count
less shifts, the conflicting positions, the
contempiib'e croaking and equivocations,
and the back samcrsets, ola party which
can discover in national war nothing but
material FOR the manufacture Of political
capital, in the measures adopted for its
prosecution nothing but clubs to use in
demo!ishing those faithful public servants
who enjoy the peoples confidence, and
in the battles Of their country nothing but
the means of building up ephemerai men
Of straw whose lead they may follow to
political power anil oggrandizement. Their
hoarse croakings over every step of the
administration, running from double bass
to the shf,l!est treble, and from treble a.
gain to alto, are peculiarly amusing for
their innnmerabls and unique defectlons
OF tone. Bat there is Que remarkable fsa-
ture which is observable in all their DO
ilsical concerts, which is this; they uni
iotny open With loud bug!e blast Of de-
nunciatiou against the cause OF their ccun.
try, accompanied with a pathetic appeal
upon the castiuette Of sympathy for the
emery, and conclude with full orchestra
swell! of Indignation against the admins
tration, tspering oil with a lauciful over
ture concerning The nert Presidency.
When Gen. Scott from "a hasty plate
of soup" inbibed such mystical lore, that
"a fire in the rear" cast its "shadow be-
fore" the myrmidons of federal whigeery
all chimsd in to an indignant strain against
the design of Mr.. Pclk in exposing the
Hero ofLundy's Lane 10 "a fire in front"
from the Nexicans, SO that he could the
more effec.ualiy STAY him from behind.
The President Only wanted the old Hero
out of the way, and the order sending him
to Mexico was periidious and outrag eous!
When Mr.. Polk gave him his choice and
babe him remain ineloriously at home to pro
'ect himself against the terrible paper bull
lets from Washins 'on, his soup soon cooled
and the vision filed; he came to his SEN
ses, asserted his right to be po, in active
command, and imylored the President TO
send him 10 Mexico, that he might distin-
su;sh himself on the field of glory. The
same federal ninions then at once raised
a counter blast against Mr.. Polk for an
alleged design TO disgrace the old Hero by
keeping him jgnobly at home. 1t was pro-
scription; it was tyranny; it was vindic
ltiveness; it was the same per6tiious De.
sign Of ruiuius Gen. SCOTS prospects for
the Presidency! ..
The President yielded TO his snpplica-
tons, seconded be The intercession of his
whig friends. What tlen? No sooner
had Gen. Scott been put in the command
to which his rank entitled him, than the
federal croakers piped another tune. The
administration had superseded Gen. Tay-
or, who bad Won SO many brilliant victo
ries, and with DO other design than to rob
him Of the bright iaurels yet to be gather
ed on the fields Of Mexico! A section of
the federal party had reared the standard
Of Gen. Taylor for the Presidency, and
long and loud were their denuucia.ions
Iagains; SIR. Polk for this attempt to put
damper upon his political prospects.
Gen. Scott, supplied by the adninistra-
lion, despite the determined opposition of
the federal party, with an ample force,
with the men, money and supplies neces-
sary TO the prosecution of a vigorous cam
paign, went on and did win imDarishable
IaureIs. Then it was tina, "reminiscences
OF the has'y plate of soup and visions Of
future glory in the Presidential mansion
began again to haunt his Imagination. His
fears Of Mr.. Polk having been quoted, he
began to look learialy around in an,icpa-
ton of "a fire in the rear from some of his
own brave comrades in arms. His eager
eye detects paper bullet or two in the
public prints Of the United States, and
slraightway he arraigns Gem. Worth and
Pillow, than whom two Drawer or more
gallant officers never graced all American
army, on suspicion that the rear-ward fire
had proceeded from them. In the iniatu-
alton Of his ambition, forgetting the duty
he owed his country in protecting her
homer and securing the success Of her
arms, hepermiis the green eyed monster
TO take full possession of his breast, and
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