Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-10-08
FRANK PIERCE AND WINFIELD SCOTT,
A. SOLDIER >TATEsMAN-MAN


As SOLDIER ->TATEsMAN-MAN.
There are three aspects which the public now view Inc
two prominent candidates Tor the Presidency ach is re-
garded in The triple relations Of
Tn. contrast is one which The friends and supporters OF
Gen Pierce can cheeriuy make; ana they are hnN
ious and willing abide the popular verdict precisely on
such issues,hs facts being fairly presented and properly
weighed.
Amds, the and confusion of this canvass, which,
above all Others has characterized by base and bitter
personalities frauds orgcres and fasehoods on the part
the least scupulous of Cen SCOTS supporters the real me
rs candidates have either been lost sight oil or made
subordinate of personal character Inc 1ea'
Father Of Lies himself mast have chucked over the iais'
fcatons this campaign against the character OF Inc De-
mocratic candidate the limiting and Foss iaofi'
cations down 10 the last and dti!est-the shaping
storyl
.aTurning with genuine "os,hing" from such dctactors
snd nc djr,y work let us briefly and canddly present the
contrast exhibited The lives actions opinions and prn
cples of Gen. and Gen Pierce patent on the rec
ord or exhibited in the annals of the country In dong
this do propose, in referring 10 inc chaFactel
Scott as Il soldier, go over The gtonnd already 50 wen
covered by the Memoir from Records coempoFaneo"s
with the Events of publication IN me ne"
York Herald and which oil who desire the true version
of these facts, referred.
The result of such general investigation as we PROPOSE
will show ,ha, while soldier Winfield SCOTS training
experience habitudes of life and thought have elevated
him. whether Justly unlusty head and shoulders o'cf
his contemporaries statesman and man. endowed WIZ
the civil and personal qualifications TO fill tho Presidential
chair no falls UNNECESSARILY below his chief competitor Tor
that high Office In Short the whole record proves him 10
be grea, Geueral-and nothing eiSe!and the very guam
ties which have given him reputation in his present position
dsnusfy him for that 10 which the schemes oil Intriguing
politicians alien him by birth, character and prncpie'
would transfer him. the great dement oil ms own repa
taon and the greater delriment OF the Puoc interest. a
repetition experiment that resulted SO disasrous IN
the case of Gen. Taylor e only soldier by profession e's
elevated the presideRcy may well be deprecated lna
deaded and may well cause us terveny 10 lepea' o u'p
ration of Henry Clay
BETTER that war, pesience and famine should ancl
the county than thai sho4i have the rule OF military
chieflan."
To prove this lei facts be submitted 10 candid world
and we will nothing exenuae down aught in ma
lice. First:
THE SOLDIER.
or Genera SCOTS military achievements 1t were idle 10
speak They arc recorded 1.-The annals of the county,
Nor would we, if could, pluck one leaf from The
laurel wreatl! grateful country has iwned around
his brow Our purpose is TO prevent Sach an ACT on
the part of Seward and his satellites, who nave Sc
duced the old into false position by playing on
his vanity and have already dmmed the ustre OF his
reputation by close and companionshp lhesc
Harpies have dehed The banquet which they summon him
10 feus, upon But while fully admitting his military MGR.
i,sexaggeraed though they may have beehive d" at the
same time srenuoasy deny the policy or the PopeV
of setting up highest civil office in The State az the prize
of successful soldier The darkest days OF Rome hau ar
rived and her decline aud fall near when the pi1
orian Guards nominated the Emperor, and the path 10 the
highest seat through the camp. And with Infinitely
greater force dn the objections such policy apply in our
day aud generation and government constituted Ike
ours Neither presidents of Washington or OF Jackson
often quoted will answer; for neither oil these were SOL
dies by professionalism were civilians by training haos
and their lives The hrst near fautless a.
human imperfecon be- carried with him into the White
House Of the soldier and the best friends OF the
attor will admit tina, the Objectionable features of his
conduct policy those which smacked Of his militia
~ experiences Gen Harrison also not soldier by
proesson though military hurah but the fruits
Of that triumph were bitter indeed ami before said Gs
Taylor only soldier by profession ever elevated
TO the Presidency Are the memories oil mat administration
pleasant and precious 10 the people as TO induce them
10 repeat similar experiment Tc, Zachary Taylor
hall martinez Winfield Scott
and possessed tar greater fund Of common sense
nor the influences surrounding him all evil from
the first, in the present case. AS TO Andrew
Jackson who did posses, rare administrative abi-
~ The contrast between him and precisely like that
between Napoleon and Murat-bo'h grea, the battle
fsd but all "uss and feathers cut of ia very pea
cock paragon OF vanity towering as his statue For
confirmation of this, let any man read the stump
speeches Gen Scott devoted solely and exclusively the
ail.absorbing topic of his con,empianon-hlmseh:
As far as his very different habudes OF occupation and
thought have permitted Franklin Pierce has approved nm
self his brief, though brilliant military career, to nave
possessed that constitute the successful
General combining with others higher and rnror stu
10 spite Of the Infamous ISLANDERS of his enemies The con-
vclon universal in honest mind that ne not
only performed his duties Mexico ea-lessy and we'll but
that he distinguish himself hocorsb!y com
n,,o,s for suc DISTINCTION wcrthy Of place beside Ma
poleons tha; had he originally chosen that
career ne might Iivaled, il surpassed, winfield
scot on the ONLY field for which had fitted him.
For among the nuny gallant gentlemen and born soldiers
who sprunc up a, their countrys CALL self armed like Mi
from the brain of Jove there was not one who earned
and maintained high sad as universal commentator as