Daily American telegraph., 1852-10-02
General Scott at the West.

FRANKFORT, Sept. 80, 8 o'clock p. m.-Gen.
Scott and suite left Lexington at o'clock p. m,
by the railroad for Frankfort, where they arrived
at half-past o'clock. As the train reached
Frankfort guns were fired and other demonstra-
tons Of rejoicing were evinced by the people as
sembled at the depot
Immediately the cars stopped, the Hon. Jas.
Harlan and committee Of the citizens entered
the carriage and received Gen. Scott from the
hands of the committee which had accompanied
him from Lexington. The Scott Guards, Of
Georgetown, and the Governors Guards, Of
Frankfort were on the ground, and admirable
order was observed.
The line was then formed, and marched to the
capitol Generals Scott and Wool, accompanied
by the coamittee, assembled to the steps, when
the Hon. James Harlan spoke as follows:
GEN. SooTT AND GEN. Wool: In accordance
with an act of Congress, imposing upon you the
important duty of selecting site for an asylum
for infrm and disabled soldiers, you have visited
this State. In anticipation Of the honor aud
pleasure of meeting their distinguished fellow
citizens, this vast assembage of your admiring
countrymen have come forth with willing hearts
to give you q warm and cordial reception. In
their behalf and as their honored organ, tender
YOU sincere welcome to their Inequalities. We
rejoice to see you for thus, before our eyes, you
bring to our minds the many glorious events with
which your history is identified. Indeed, you
have been upon the active theatre of life for years,
rendering valuable and patriotic services to your
country.
So long as the history of the last war with
Great Britain and that Of the late war with
Mexico exists, your names will ever be remem-
bered with pride. Kentucky has been called the
" dark and bloody ground" Seventy years ago,
on the very spot you have just visited, Lower
Blue Licks, the early settlers of this country
were engaged in the most sanguinary battle
known in the history of Indian warfare. The
bodies of about one hundred and sixty of as brave
men as ever shouldered rife were left dead on
the field. Fatal as that day was to our people,
the survivors persevered, and finally drove the
savages to the far west, and now you behold
prosperous country, which little more than
half century ago, was vast wilderness. The
associations, gentlemen, of your past lives, are
pleasing to US as Kentuckians, admiring as we
do your brilliant qualities, and feeling just
pride in whatever contributes to the glory and
greatness Of our common country; and our admit
ration is confined not alene to the incidents Of
your public career, but extends to the commend
able purity of your course as citizens in private
life. Gentlemen, permit me to say there is one
feeling which pervades the breasts of the people
of this commonwealth, and that is devotion to the
Constitution and union of these States
Political parties may differ on questions of
State and national policy, but whenever the iden-
tity of the Union is threatened, either by domes-
tic traitors or foreign foes, party lines will be
effaced, and all will be ready to rally around the
flag of their common country and do battle in her
cause.
Honored as we are by your visit, and rejoicing
to see you, in the name Of the citizens OF this
city and county, and of the persons here assem-
bled, tender ysu cordial welcome to the CAPT
tai of Kentucky.
To which General Scott replied
FeUow-caizenns and my fair eoutrywemen: Hap
Ply, indeed, am to find myself in your midst
1t is proud moment in my history, in which
stand upon the threshold Of the Capitol Of Ken
lucky, surrounded by such vast assemblage Of
her intelligent and patriotic citizens, and thus re-
ceive the spontaneous greeting extended to me
through your eloquent organ, in whom l am proud
to say recognise an ancient and valued friend.
Need l say that all these events fill me with
delight? Need l say that my obligations to Ken
lucky are as great as my remembrances of Ken
lucky are fraught with qualification Her State
abounds with patriots and heroes; and pre-emi-
nently she stands among her sister States, from
the time of Daniel Boone, through the eras of
Shelby and the glorious Scott mean Governor
Scott, the hero famed in tbs revolutionary war
down to my own time, down to the days when |
had the honor Of the advantage of standing side
by side with Kentuoky's valiant sons, opposed to
British regulars and to Mexican myriads. Yes,
Kentucky's sons have ever done their whole duty,
have ever proved themselves equal to any emer.
gency, and capable of contendng with any troops
in the world. It has been my lot to serve with
them among others, and never will l fail to bear
witness to their yalor and their discipline.
| need not, however, refer TO the deeds of your
valiant sons in Mexico-deeds which are familiar
to you all. / need not speak of that bloody field
on which 80 many of your relatives were slain.
need not speak of Buena Vista for one is here
who was actively engaged in that scene. He will
tell you Of the zeal Of Kentuckians upon that
occasion. He will speak of the heroes who fell
on that glorious day. But may say with pride
it has been my lot to serve upon other occasions
with Kentucky's valiant sons. / may refer with
swelling heart to her gallant Campbell, by whose
side l fought, and whose eyes, alas, closed with
my own hands in death
But why dwell upon these scenes 1t does
not need words Of mine to prove that Kentucky
is the first State in war, the first State in seac O.
and always first in devotion to our glorious Union.
That devotion pervades all classes of her citizens
it is evident in her soldiers and in her statesmen
and it was embodied in all its fervor and depth in
the person of that most eminent of her sons, -the
great orator and statesman who has SO recently
taken his departure from these scenes of earth
and left sadness in the hearts of the sons Of
Kentucky-and he has left q blank in the councils
of the nation.
And who is there here that does not love this
glorious Union with deep and lasting affection
Not one and, too, am an humble servant an i
devotee of that Union. /, too, would stand firmly
by her side, whether threatened by domestic
traitors or foreign foes. have not, perhaps, the
power to say that this Union shall not be dissolved
whilst survive, but l can say that it shall not
be overthrow and leave me survivor. To the
last hour Of my life will defend it alike from
Northern and Southern fanaticism. say this as
no idle boast. | have said it in thu hour of dark.
ness and of peril, and therefore may rep eat il
in these hours Of peace, Of enjoyment and pros: