Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-07-05
GPROPRIETORS.

promise that ration far superior to that OF theE
American army should be given to those whol
would JOIN his standard and enter the scrviceS
3of Mexico. And further, he was offered the !
Presidency of Mexico for five years. and was
desired TO keep 1t during that time in order to
5restore peace. His civil administration had evcns
1won the admiration Of his enemes and he wass
booked upon savior, and they offered him
5fhis large sum as an inducement to take the Of
Sice. Do you not suppose he was stung with
RESENTMENT after he had done all for his coun
srry-afier lie had perilcl his life in every field
sand glory. at finding himself dismissed from OF
Jice. AT that critical period 'empter advanc-
ied and said. Take up the command Of the ar
5my of Mexico. and the Presidency If Mexico'
i slor FIVE yesrs" What was that but the dia-
1 dem of Mexico and the Office of Emperor. ifi
She had chosen 10 be such!
II he had taken it, suppose we had sert an!
sarmy To chastise the Mexicans when they wereI
commanded by Winfield Scott; don't you think!
We should have come back with a considera-
be number Of black eyes and bloody noscsl
II S(Laugh,er) Now look at this picture. andI
what do you find to surpass III He rejected
! all these offers, and said. IL am an American,
soldier and my blood has been freely shed for|
America, and shall be shed for no other coun
Try on earth. (Applause.) l will die for the|
Americans. but for no other people God ever
made. Enthusiastic applause. The Presi'
siency of Mexico. the Empire offered me byI
Mexico, cannot seduce me from that love ofmy
3own native land with which, thank God, Il
was born. ard which have retained from nv
earliest infancy TO this day." Applause
Fellow citizens. have thought there is moth
ang in the history Of the past TO equal the in
: gratitude ith which this gallant old soldier
) was treated, unless you refer TO Justinian and
1his General. Belisarius. To be sure. he did
escape without his eyes being pu, out but he is o
poorman and it he had chosen 10 take the Pre-
3sidency of Mexico he might have been one of
I he mlllonaircs Of the time; and indeed, it
would be difficult 10 estimate what he might
have acquired. lpont TO these facts to show
he patriotism and purity Of the mans charac
! Ter. Again ask, what can you find 10 SUI
pass III You have been admirers Of Jackson
Harrison and Taylor; and God knows shal
continue to be, while there is life in my body !
an aJmirer of the character of Zachary Taylor
/ But cannot be made nsensible to the merit Y
# Winfield Scott. All hose opinion is WORTH
4 eta" tou>iucr IL OCtcT HGscT tHCu
Iand that he is the great General of the age.
When he came back from Mexico he wss'
sick almost to death in the public service. The
lwhole power OF the Government was against
3him who had done so much He landed at N |
York quietly, and when saw him for the first
time after he had returned from Mexico. he|
was pale and exceedingly feeble. That gigan-
bic form, six feet six inches in his stockings.
looked as if preparing for the grave; but thank
God. he is now as hearty. hale, and able and
|willing to do service and battle for his coun-
try as he was at Chippewa or Niagara. Ar-|
Iplause
My fellow-ciIizens. Jackson fought two bat
ties, if recollect his history. and they made
|him President for eight years. Harrison fought
one at the Thames and one at Tippecanoe.-,
Taylor fought ten. Washington eight speak
of pitched battles-snd Scott, if count right. !!
en-. OF those have named. none but himself Il
received wound in battle. l heard Taylor|
s<ay his clothes were shot to pieces at Buena
Vista, and he came out ragged-hat, pa ntaloons
md Jacket were all cut np-hut still the old
inero's body was whole. Jackson did not re
3ceive a scratch, nor have read that his clothes
we're touched. Bat Scott has been wounded
'and shot down in battle. Scott at the battle
!nf Lundy's Lane. was shot through the body
|and nearly all the blood that was in him was
poured upon the ground. He had been pre-
|vionsly wounded. and two horses shot under
bun. and he WAS left among the dead al the con
clusion of The action. Ifit will not tire you.
will relate an anecdote of what occurred inl
|ny room at Washington, between Old sol
der, and gallant one, who had fought unders
Scott, and Scott himself Col. Cilley was 10!
|my room on visit. He had received a shot
'n that action which haG shattered his thigh tos
pieces, and he will always bear The marks %;
ibis grave. While he was talking with me Gen
Scott did lne the honor to call and see me. II
introduced him to his old fellow soldier. W homs
|he had not seen for more than thirty years.
After warm greeting between them, Cilleys
Inquired Of Scott how the action Of Niagara, or
Lundy's Lane, was brought about, and fofl
what reason the battle was fought. had
never been able to get Scott to converse uponi
the subject oi the battles he had fought, or the
wounds he had received, as he mmediatel l
burned the subject to something else, and show
led that the topic was unpleasant. But whenE
|appealed TO by brother soldier who fought
and bled with him. he did go into a minute his /
tory of all the reasons that brought onlle battle
III appeared Lieutenant General Drummondz
had come down with 1000 Of the best veteran.ss
from the Pennsular war. Scott bad pursued
the Marquis all day, and chased him over the
chippewa. Next day Reilly came over and
attacked him. and the action lasted until night.l
when Rely was totally defeated and drivenE
over the river Brown told him afterwards L
that there was large force in Lundy's Lane,
and he found Rely there. Scott advanced. +
and saw large body of men drawn up. bui
there were not so many as he at irstimaginedl I
The troops Rely had fought With n, Chippc
va. joined by number of Canadian volunteers
formed the army before him. He had heard
nothing Of the troops advanced by Drummond |
and directed his brigade to be drawn up-as
he said-as he had whipped Rely before. ID
whip him again. As the battle ragged. he said
|he saw large masses Of men throughout the
woods. artillery, infantry and cavalry, until e.
length he discovered he was attacked by agreai
additional force Of real British regulars I'm
mediatey he sent for Ripley's brigade to join
him. 1t arrived at night. The veteran went
on to say. that during that night he had witness
led more hard fighting than he had ever seen
before in his life. Men taught with boyonets
point to point, after they had fred away all the
cartridges in their boxes There was or,
Of more cartridges. and during that cry sol
dicr Immediately before him was struck; apd
las he fell he exclaimed-"Cartridg in my
|boxi" and Scott said he went I'M IN him and