New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-13

,ool among Tho Cberokees has excited the universal adj
mraton and gratitude of the whole nation owing TO ms
great popularyn the ncrh-his knowledge OF
The laws of country. well as those winch gov
rn nations united his great tact and
experience has saved the country from ruinous war
with Great Britain And by his mastery sk ana emery
humanity he has not only effected what everybody sup
posed could not be done without the most heart rendng
Of butohery and bloodshed but he has affected
by obtaining the esteem and confidence of the poor Cher
okees themselves. They look upon him benefactor
and friend and one who has saved them from entire de-
struction.n
IAN the Cherokecs collected for emigration, with
out oodsed ro,nceand all would have been their
way the west before the middle of July, had not hut
manly induced Gen Scott to stop the movement untthe
first September Three thousand had been sent off in
the first half of June by the superintendent before the
General took upon himself the responsibility of stopping
the emigration from feelings ech must do e1rfas he"'r
TO his heart.
AN approval of his had been sent by the War
department before his report giving Information nat he
had stopped the egation had reached the seat Oh gov
eminent. ,,a
In tho early part of January last the President asked
Congress for enlarged powers to enable him to MAINTAIN
our neutral obligations to England that is 10 f'aa9a.e
Before he s passed Congress- General Scott had finished
The ieo,a and effected all its Objects These too ne eHeetsa
by flying end of the frontier TO the otneI IN e
winter aud during the seycrest and coaest period
oft ..,,.
He returns to Washington and is Immediately ordered
to the Cherokee nation to charge Of the very difficult
and hazardous task his own fame of removing those
sayaCes their native land Some OF ms best renas
regretted most sincerely that be had been ordered on
ibis service and knowing the disposition of the world to
cav and complain without cause had great apprehen--
sions that would lose portion OF The great popularity
he h aeouie9 Eu distinguished ices the Canadian
frontier But behold the manner in which this last work
has been performed!
We quote from republication in that stan
dard authority, Niles Register, of October 10,
1888, and no comment of ours could add to the
force or eloquence of the extract. ..s.
But let the old Statesman, the Patriot and the
Civic Hero, come forward, as the noblest witness
of them all Hear the testimony borne by
Henry Clay!
MI Edward Stanley related the following incident in
his recent speech to the Wings of NcwYork In 1889
when threatened with war with England, was
with Mr. Clay the ed February when he met MIR. Van
Buren, who his private friend though his public
my while it reported that the of hostities
would be heard of by the very next mail Mr. Van Buren,
himself was shaken hut Henry Clay said Sir, have
great confidence in Winfield Scott, Ills prudence, his
vaor his military Judgment me to entertain great
hope Of his mission and have doubt whatever of his
success.'h
Noble testimony from an honored source
Hear the testimony of Geo. D. Prentice, the
able, chivalrous and distinguished editor of the
Louisville Journal: .."
Several months ago heard very distinguished MEM
Der Mr. Fllmores Cabinet, who expressed pre-
ference General Scott candidate for the Presiden
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cal knowledge and general information than any other
man with whom he ever conversed We know that it is
said too very high authority, that General Scott is
| the best international lawyer in the Upion.'
| s'The best International lawyer in the Union"
cannot but be STATESMAN.
| Hear the generous and distinguished U. s.
Senator from Maryland, after speaking Of Scott
as a soldier, and declaring that " having long
known Gen. SCOTS intelligence, honor, patriot
ISM and true American spirit, he felt assured
that to the unsurpassed gallantry and skill
which have given him renown as the first soldier
Of the Union, he would, as Chief Magistrate,
add the browning glory of the purest fidelity to
the Constitution and the country"
| But Pearce said more, and we quote again
Thoroughly read in history, and well acquainted with
natural and constitutional law industrious student in
all that relates to his countrys welfare devoted to our
constitutional union. and faithful to the rights of each
its members marked by the highest of honor and
the most generous benevolerce what the
try require in the who is to preside its Govern
| ment ~
| Who are the witnesses we have brought for
wards Their names are luminous upon the
pages of American history. Monroe, Jackson
Richie, Clay, Cass and Pearce They all testify
to the rare discretion and patriotic zeal of Win
| field Scott They all speak of him in terms of
most glowing eulogy, and his zeal and judgment
are their theme. Such witnesses are historic
testimony-such witnesses have voices which
go beyond the limits of q nation and have an
echo throughout the world
Does not this testimony show the indications
of statesman-like intelligence, prudence, mode
ration, deliberate Judgment and sagacity Scott
upon the northern frontier-Scott, among the
untutorod but appreciative Savages-Scott
grandly standing forth as the generous, chiYal
rio and successful administrator of the affairs
of Mexico-Scott, commanding a small army,
sustaining it in q foreign country, and conquer
ing an Empires not Scott the representative,
in all of these incidents, of the blending of the
hero and the statesman?