Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-10-16
DINNER TO GEN. SCOTT AT sANDusKY

Hon. f. Cook called for speech. In respond
ing the call, he made very eloquent address review
the services of General Scorr throughout his
During the speech he touched upon the fact which ha
been started that during the war; ScoTr was offered
large Of money to take the Government of Mexico in
to his own hands
Gen. ScorT replied; My Friends and Fellow-Ci. izens
friends may well call yout is impossible for me to si
still under the very eloquent words which have just
heard spoken and under your very emphatic appreciation
OF the without making my Acknowledgements my hon
orabe friend who has poured stream of eoouence
containing 50 many illusions personal to myself allu-
sons highly colored, doubt, but with perhaps some
little foundation in truth. say cannot sit and hear
that address, and the applause with which il has been
ceiyed without rising to offer my thanks II mas been my
fortune to bear the standard of country into
foreign land backed and supr ,rtsa bv our own nob
citizens, natiyeborn and .aonted Jrnaas -. ..,;,.
Providence it has beei nv lot to witness
achieved by Our glorious army Il has been NV lot 10
participate on many occasionsaore than shall recite
IN the most interesting and animated specaces which any
person can behode tearing down of the standard Of
oieien enemy ana the raising up of your own But
as WIS by most intelligent officers and men,
y was almost Impossible to avoid this result The acts
they have been recorded to the honor Of
our country. will be pardoned if indulge in little
Piece VI egotism, by speaking Of myself
NY friend has alluded to the dark clouds which hung
over and obscured the light of heaven from our
s. and to the deep detection, amounting almost to de-
spa which covered land in the early part the war
OF 1917 The battle Of Chippewa at hand To what
| am about to say Major CAMP and many others who
served in that will testify. Cheers for Major CAMP
shall have occasion to speak particularly and
phatiealy of that brother soldier Marching into battle
called out to gallant officer who was at considerable
distance loud enough for the greaerporon of
hear me- "There is dark cloud hanging the coun-
hinpth twill
gladden. the hearts of the country let do something
which Will cause our countrymen to ring the bells and
build bonhres and Examinations" The thing done,
ana repeated on other occasions Applause That is
the slight piece of egotsm which have been led by the
eloquent address which we have just heard.
spoke Of another soldier who within sound of nv
voice, and who stands me. He was in 1871 A
quite young man, of very inferior rank, compar al
with his merit He entered the campaign with the n ri
Of captain His rank should have been that of cole
Applause You may be aware that the chief Our rter
master General is next in Importance to the chief o
mander of the army. Every thing depends up ON his
energy and foresight. General Brown said to Mo;or
CAMP, In my presence, at period when 70 bonse
save one, in the city of Buffalo had been bur and ali
the boats belonging to Lake Erie had been elected
carried off and when it absolutely ssarv far ne
to cross Niagara river, Cannot ave "a many
boats by such timer" turned to Gene e Brown and
said: !" know the thing to be imposs bic; but Camp
will do his best In due season, much to our iov am
pie means provided by the ndefat rabe Camp and
what more he had the honor N that occasion Of
leading my brigade; and he stood side bv side with me
on the quarterback of that little ,a which was strand
ed under the heavy fire of the nv had to swim for
my lfe and he assisted in pluc ding me up or should
have been drowned Sensatio But for Major Camp
there would have ended my title history He took me
by the collar while he was struggling in the stream and
pulled me over the boat [Cheers.l In every emer-
gency favo as by an overruing Providence
Every instance Of Aecessity supplied with ample
means which re- minded of Frederck-of Prussia, who
said to the Conn nissary General 81 know impossible
tny1oa
May please your Majesty he replied 'impossibility
shall not onlJ become possibility but certainty" So it
proved with us, in every event. Applause cannot
recall sin gle individual who served in that who has
been poorly requted considering the services render
ed, Major Camp l have said that he entered the
campaign with rank far below his merit At its close
he had earned the rank Of major u should have been
that of Major-General. [Cheers for Major CAMP.
My honorable friend, who has addressed you in such
eloquent terms almost deter from attempting
speak, has referred that occurred in Next
co. to two of which beg leave to advert He has
spoken Of the protection extended the churches he
might have added to the persons and property Of ALL
had the thanks of the Archbishop of that country
for the protection given to the church, and also those of
his people had his affection his thanks and his bless
ing. He was aged man. then eighty five years. and is
now gone to his long home. spoke to him about the
pictures with which the churches ornamented They
copies and originals by the first masters Of Spain
and the former could be distinguished by connos-
from the originals. He supposed had fancy for
| some of them and must say had. l had lurking
wish to bring home for public buildings not for
private intimated such purpose, and he said if
chose to select fifteen twenty of them he would assist
me in selecting duplicates of which might be retain
ed for Mexico went home and thought the matter
IL take these pictures home thought l. it would be like
taking from Peter to pay Paul III take twenty, why
should not other officers take pictures in proportion So
came to the conclusion not to take one there
one taken, am confident by any American officer or
American soldier They were all left found them,
untouched and unchanged. Applause.
One word more about myself, my friends. My friend
has adverted to the proposition floating about in the
newspapers l have nowhere seen it correctly stated
and govern it. The impression which generally prevails
that the proposition emanated from Congress
The overture was made to me by private ct-
zens-men Of wealth and prominence. During our stay
in Mexico system Of government and police esab
lished which, the inhabitants themselves confessed,
gave secury-or the first time perfect and absolute
curity-to person and property About twofths of all
the branches Of Government including nearly majority
Of the members of Congress and the Executive quite
DESTROYS Of having that country annexed to They
knew that upon the ratification Of the treaty Of peace
nineteen out of twenty of the persons belonging to the
American army would stand disbanded, and would be
absolutely free from all obligations remain in the army
another moment Ii entirely Of all the new reg
ments called regulars and eight Of ten Of the rank
and file Of the old regiments After the over the
Government overwhelmed with renforcements, after
there possibility Of fighting another battle. When
the war commenced we had but oneourth Of the force
which we needed The Mexicans knew that the men in
my army would be entitled their discharge They sup
posed If they could obtain my services would retain