The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-30

for the crimes stated, and I would have
hanged IN hundred seekers Of innocent blood
and violators Of female chastity" He wound up
by saying, that ito his life, in his couutrys ser
vice, he need not appeal ia vain for now"
At Manchester he says she 10 not travelling about
making speeches for political purposes, but when
his heart 10 touched his lips refuse 70 remain silent.
The banner spread before his eyes called up memo.
rss which always affected him. He thanked them
for the kind welcome they had given traveller, and
an old soldier who had spent 30 many years in the
service Of his country" At Maysvie, he says
81 meet crowds Of my oouatry assembled to
greet an old soldier Il is magnificent, glorious
spectacle. You have met me, not in the character
of politician, but in that Of soldier, VIII ,se best
days have been spent, and trust honorably ,pens,
in the service of our eomnOn country" On reach
ny the hotel he made another speech, in which he
81 have fought and bled by the side Of the
brave sons Of Kentucky-Kentucky, famous for
the valor Of her troops, as for the beauty Of her
daughters-Kentuoky knows we'll. how to value a
soldier" In third speech, in the same place, he
speaks of the laurels won in the war Of lSi2-15,
and Of many hard fought 6eld Of battle" bat con-
eludes, as usual by saying, he "had long ago laid
down rule never to attend party meetings, and he
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public duty. His meetings with his countrymsn
were involuntary, but when such meetings sprung
up in the path Of his duty he hailed them with sa-
tisfacton" II will be recolected that 80 far back
as the 10th Of September, when he was at Balti-
more on his way to Pennsy lsania and Oaio, it was
announced, on authority, that che would consent
TO public receptions on his route" The battle OF
words at Maysville. concluded with very tender
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daughter Of General Morgan. "ths Acknowledged
belle Of Kentucky" headed delegation OF young
ladies to the General, TO ~hom they viewed eternal
6d.lty. No doubt they belonged to the Womens
Rights party, and General Scott had IN understand
ing with them, that when he gets into the White
House he will do all that in him lies to give them
their rights
With regard to tn speeches to come, we may
safely conclude that they will be of the SAME staple
as the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. In every speech
of the tour he has talked of nothing but campaigns,
and battles and old soldiers, with the exception Of
some observations about the weather, and his blair.
ney of 'sthe rich Irish brogue," aud even these d
gTessions were connected with the main topic, like
the episode in poem. We are informed by the Now
York Times that General Scott is the greatest orator
Of this or any other age 'Search, "quoth he, 'tbe
spe eches Of Pericles, Demosthenes, Cicero, Pitt
Fox, and all N heroes of the tongue, for speeches
Of equal compression" To search among the speech
es Of these orsfoss for sch" orations as those Of
General Scott. .Honld be indeed fruitless task
There is one thing in which General Scotts unique
speeches stand distinct from all others, and
that is in their wonderful resemblance to each
other, and their uniformity of texture They are
as like as eggs, and have as little variety. They
orciby bring to our recollection the doner of rabbits
to which Dean Swift was invited, and over which he
said grace, as follogs-"Rabbts roast, and rabbits
boiled rabbits young and rabbits old, rabbits hot
and rabbits cold, rabbits tender and rabbits tough
God be praised, we have rabbits enough" Gen.
Seotts speeches have scarcely the merit of the din
uer Of rabbits in the variety of their cooking It
is true they were all rabbits, but they differed in
sge and quality, and in the mode Of being prepared
! Tor the table. In the Of the speeches, not
only is the material OF them ALL but it If served
up almost in the same identical words, and all bear
ing on the speaker himself. But in those speeches
made so fast sometimes three in the day. that the
Gtneralh had scarcely time for "a hasty plate Of soup
there is not one word about the science Of civil 60
Misunderstanding about his political prnc ples-it
is all about fogging, and hanging, and shooting,
and other horrors OF war;
We have counted the number Of times that the
personal proroun "I is used in the speech at Ceve
land and we find that in the thirty lines of which
It is composed, the pronoun I has been used TWEEN
yyfour times Some of the speeches not reported
in the first person, and some not reported at ALL but
calculated on the basis of the Cleveland speech the
result would stand as follows
TINES
Cleveland speech, "a
Columbus three speeches, I'................ 2l0
HaysvilIe three speeches "I'................ In
5pt, ches Vt Lewstown Chiicothe, Urcleyille. Man
chester, &c, 'i......... I)o
TOTAL. 40
Thus, in the spe.ches already fred off in this
campaign of oratory, General Scott has employed
the personal pronoun about 100 times, which will be
admitted on all hands to be indicative of vast
amount Of egotism. " Fellow citz ,ns' and I" gen
tlemen," occur with marvellous frequency, and the
violations of grammar are neither few nor far be-
tween. For example, in one speech we have the
following" For ono who for fifty years hos scarcely
ever walked, rose, slept or eaten, or ever taken
cup Of cold water in the feld the town or the
camp, but that his thoughts were Of his country
her virtucs--her renown-her honor-to be thus
sssaed, it is monstrcus, it 10 intolcrable.''
One of the inspired writer's exclams, Oh, that
mine enemy would write book" No doubt Gen.
Pierce had often exclaimed .0h, that mine enemy