The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-08-06
.0NIN From the Lima Argus.
FUNNY DEVELOPMENTS.

The quarrels among the wings are let.
ting out o great many family secrets.
| The latest development ismade by the
N, Y, Day Book, . Webster paper before
the nomination, but which now supports
Pierce and King. The maiierin aqaes-
lion, is, a speech said TO have been DELE
vered by Gen. Scott and Elizlbe,h.owp,
wherein a beautiful eulogy Is pronounced
upon the ,gallantry and dsvotcdness Of
.Americans, by adoption during The
Mexican War, We give The. paragraph
in point, with The remarks. Of The Day
Book in conneciiou.d ,n9'' siia'oH q
You hare been pleased, sir,to alludeto
our adopted citizens. 4 can say dlat Ms
Irish, the Germans, the S,oiss, the French,
the Britons and other adopted citizens,
fought in the same ranks, under tie sams
colors, side by side NTH Natipe born
Americans--e4hibitiag like courage and
efficiency, and uniting at euery rictory IN
The same enthusiastic shouts in honor af
our flag and country. From Vera Cruz
to The Capital Of Mexico, there vas ono
generous nrivalry in heroic dariEg and
brilliant achevemenis. Let those who
Witnessed, that career Of volor and patriot
ism say, if they can, what race, according
to numbers, contributed most 10 the gen
erdl success and glory Of the campaign.
On the many hard fought battles, there
was mo room, for; Invidious distinction.
| All prored. Meriselpes the faitltu sons of
our beloped country, and no spectator
could fail to dismiss any imaginary pre-
[judice he might haze entertained as to TIE
con,psrutipe merits of Americans BY birth
and Americans by adoption. .g ..5 /,
"Now," says the Day Book, asit so
happens that General Scott did .not,say
that, or anything like il; neither did he
write il. We heard him read bis response,
and afterwards saw and copied the manu-.
script. II was taken into the cabin Of
the steamboat, and given 10 the reporters
of,he daily papers, among whom was the
presen, editor Of the Day Book, TO tram
scribe for publication. Mr.. Charles King,
then connected with the Courier and
Enquirer, took the manuscript, after itleft
the hands OF General Scott, and in.erliued
the paragraph, we have i,alicsed. twas
no part Of Gen. Scott's speech, and he
} never saw il unilhe saw Il in print. ~
, svr'ft was well known than there was 70
: good deal of feeling existing against The
General, among our foreign population.
in consequence Of the hanging Of the IF
teen or twenty Irish desetters ID Mexico,
and it was generally supposed that he
was rather hostile 10 foreign soldiers.
Mr.. King being acquainted with the fact,
and seeing that Scott had omitted 10 say
anything in favor Of the Irish who had
served under him, cunningly inserted the
above piece Of blaruey. The speech
amounted to very .ldlleaDy way. Il was
badly wriltenrand worse delivered, and
we do not hesitate TO say that it disap-
pointed many, If moi all who hearl It,
and made General Scott appear anything
but the distinguished statesman that his
admirers had imagined. Every one
seemed 10 think that some one ought tc
write and deliver his speeches for him
, and il was relief to all TO see 50 accom-
lpIished a scholar as Mr. Charles King
. revise and correct, otto say re-write
/ the ''response' before it was in type"
h There is nothing like having a goot
i. friend to embelish a mans productions
Ito put on the finishing touches, espe
cially when he is rather rough work
man. But then there is a drawback: -
They are apt Gas in this case,) to let the
cat out of the bag, and that makes mar
Of large preiensions feel a liule mortified
We fear that all the speeches and pro
| ductions Scott ever had the credit for
T will be proved the productions Of some
body else--ExcEpr TWO: His letter 10
Wm. L. Marcy, and bis letter to the
Phlladelphia Church. Burners. bear the
!, ! stamp OF his own peculiar genius, and in
every line give unmistakable evidence ol
] their authenticity. ~