Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-10-07

Read for Yourself,
While it would be worse than mad
ess to conclude that Gen. s. pH was
4 1t selected By tie abolitioni4 is and
itee sellers for the Preside4 ley, in
consequence Of his known sentiments
anpn til e slavery question, il is equal
Is clear that the fifteen So thern
,aviegjes who on III { sd ballot voted
t5r him, did SO for the sake .of, the
fpoils, under the pretence of pqstpon-
Ing the evil dly-the final overthrow
Of the lettering and hopeless whig
f2ry These Gfted IN must have con-
dladed that Gen. S, otis military fame
Would ahide a multitude Of sins" in
sepposiflg patriotic and Uni0n-Iov-
ing people could be gulled into the
support Iof d man the mere tool of
free sellers Ito Stake their thirst Cor
military glory; more especially when
lbs acts, as described by eye-witnesses,
come no nearer those Of truly great
chief thur recent dcyelopements
5 how Gen. ,SOtt's to be. From the
l5llowihg, which originally appeared
III the Fort Smith Herald, whose ed
itpr was present and saw that of which
he speaks, the, reade r may determine
how much of the flme Gen. IS$oH is
entitled to, for which he has hereto
fore had credit:
Eve have noticed a great deal
sad Of Gen. Scots kindness to the
sick officers and soldiers during the
Mexican war. Such accounts are
manufactured BY some fellow, no
doubt, whose patriotism f5rbids him
approaching nearer the confines of
Mexico, than would his wife's OF SIS
ter's apron-strings permit. We knew
great many such patriot S during
the Mexican war. And wd have no
doubt But the story Of SCOTS kind
ness and affection for his troops VAS
in4iuElctured BY some one ofthosc
alronlstring champions, who never
smeit gunpovder during the war.
so far as Gen. SCOTS conduct
came under our observation, we new
er saw or heard of him visiting the
sick or wounded soldier nd Ne as
sert, that, if ever, he had any predi-
lections in that way, he had d wide
field TO display it, after the battle
Of AIolino del Rey. IN that {llsas-
troas battle, we lost in killed and
wounded, over 500 men, out Of
$500 actually engaged; most Of the
wounded were collected in the Bieh-
OPS Palace, at Tacaba va, where the
surgeons Of the army displayed their
skill in trepaning skulls, amputating
legs.and arms, and sewing up gashes,
for The benefit of the sufferers by
Cen Scott 5 folly, for there was no
necessity Of fighting that battle. So
lar as we have an opinion on the sub
Jet We viii express it freely. and it is
this Gen. Scott is justly ehargeable
with the Hves Of over two thousand
of as brave men as ever breathed.- -
And we will now proceed to show
Why. On the Goth Of August, 1877,
we whipped the Mexicans at Con
treras and Churubusco. Our victo-
Irious troops we're in hot pursuit of !
the enemy, who led into the works
of the Gariia de San Antonio, but
half flushed, and only mounting two ,
guns, situated on the main road, and
IN close proximity to the city.-!l
Capt. MeReynolds, l-ituts. IIariey /,
and Graham, each commanding a !
dompany Of Dragons, cut their way {
/; hto works, and had driven the :
dne,ay from the guns; Gen. Shields, t
With lii. brigade, and Gen. Worth, (
With iis division, were following close
upon the Dungeons, and all would
llJst undoubtedly have entered, and