The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-31

In his recent mission TO the disturbed borders of
our country he has succeeded, not 80 much by
policy by the nObleness and generosity Of cha
racter, Ivy moral influence, by the earnest convic-
ton with which he has enforced on all with whom
he had TO do the obligations OF patriotism, justice
| humanity, and religion. IL would not be easy to
fnd among US man who has won purrr lame;
md would do som etbng, no matter bow little, To
| hasten the time when tie spirit OF Christian hu'
manity shall be accounted ri! essential attribute
and the brig htest ornament IN a public man.
Hear what his political enemies saih Of him be.
| fore he "a candidate. In the Washington
Union of April 10, lS47, find the following
GLoHious Victory follows vic
tory in rapid succe ssion. II was settled maxim
that we could never cease this war with honor
Ill we had taken the Castle of San Juan de U!loa.
Thanks be 10 our distinguished aud skiJul Gene-
| raL-to his brave officers and nen--to the gallant
officers and men of our navy, this great &C heve.
ment has been effected with but little loss Of life
| our part We haze fake,. the Gibraltar Of The West-
ern Ointment We haze added ia,rtis 10 our
,Bfsaia. The gratitude and admiration Of J,cs
people ere due TO Major General Scott We con-
graduate onF country again upon the prowess Of
| their army and navy In less than eieren months,
q succession Of arhitpements has poured an UPON us
,chic. ,coud grace the annals " any pe"pie under the
sun. Let our countTymcn rejoice, and let ihei
| pour out their thanks 10 the brave men VINO nave
done honor to the character of this free county,
| Such, Mr. Chairman, is the man that the honor
| able member (Mr. OLDs) has ompared TO butchers
! in human blood; and would try TO make him, and
| netc ssarily the American army under his com
! mand, appear destitute of those sympathies and
| humane feelings common to the rest OF mankind.
But not content with that he has descended TO the
,ombs of Harrison and Taylor TO calumniate the
memories of those departed heroesand ssges-and,
in effect, to read the independent reemen OF this
country lecture upon the exercise OF their Tighs
Of suffrage in elevating those patriots to the nigh
est office in this Republic. He wishes to apply the
dispshsations Of Providence to the unholy purposes
of political contest. He thinks the Union wac
saved "only by the interpositon of Providence in
the death Of General Taylor" This, confess, is
the last version given OF the salvation OF the Union
have heard; and hope may never hear ii again.
But, Mr.. Chairman, what further do we hear from
the honorable member this subject! Why, sir,
he :nvokes the spirit OF Henry Clay to come forth
from .bt grave to aid him and his party in Willy
ing and abucsg General Scott, and defeating his
election. will assure she member, that il he had
the power call forth all the spirits OF henry Clay
and other departed patriots, frorn the Revolution to
this time, he would get no aid IRON any such
| source in his unholy purpose.
! Nc man, when living, was ever vfed and
| abuced more than Henry Clay by the Democratic
party, or ut least by many OF them; and, II mis-
AXE not the honorable member Mr. OLp5) per-
formed his full share in that abuse for many years
past Now that that pure patriot and great states
is more with US, his long political lite end
| ed. his person and character removed from the
poisonous shafts of his political eneliies, the hon.
| orable member with hundreds Of others who
| abused him while living, have become most elo
quent in praises of his former service to the coun
| try. am glad it is 30 that political aninosities
40 not always last. And sir, it Is useful In this
respec. The people will now know how 10 appre-
ciate politica! charges coming from the same
| 8 URGE gainst the living. They will, sir, thas
such charges are entitled to no confdence-but only
made to accomplish political purposes. For, air,
| as | said before, no man was more misrepresented
| and traduced in his time by men incapacitated by
nature and association to do justice to great soul
! spd mind, than Henry Clay; nor were deep,
heartfelt grief and sorrow, ever SO universally man
Tested III The death Of individual ,since the days
| of WashngtGs. than in that OF Henry Clay. He
| lived long enough to shame bis traduceEs into all
| acknowledgement of tf.eL taisehoods, and TO stamp
his name upon the enduring pages OF history as
one of the greatest statesmen orators, and patriots
| of the nineteenth century. Posteri,y VIII do
Justice to his traduccrs. This is ali hey have to
| fear.
Sir, il ia with General Scott as il was with Henry
! Clay: When he had passed the time of life to
preclude tie idea Of again becoming candidate
| for the Presdctcy, no men we're more lavish IN
their encomiums upon bis splendid and useful ca
reer than the members Of tbe Democratic party.
| At times, when they fsncied General Scott woup
not be in their road to the highest Office in the git
| of the nation, they were never more prohc IN eu-
! losiums upon bis genius and world wide military
! fame. Their regrets in 1889 and lSiS, because he
! wss not nominated by the Wing National Con
| ventotsy were apparently sincere; and their cen
sures of the Wing party for not nominating him
were not few. Cir. Their grieis and condolences
are now hrlshcd, and We hear nothing from them
but murmurings and deep !elt uttered curses at
their sad condition. Theis de;s must sun
| continue to be numbered with those thI' %er1 ana
the reins of Government perpetuatcd In tue Names
Of the tree American party. Gentlemen may rise
upon this floor, and make barbarous and unpa"
| trotic comparisons but they will avail them no
! thing General Scott has been tried in the scales
| of public opinion and national justice, and not
found wanting. The decree OF the people has gone
| forth from Maine to Florida, aud from the shores
OF the Alta Mic to the Pacific coast that Justice
must and shall te done 10 him who has done JUS
tice and protected them and their fathers Ia days
pact. In him who has said that be feels That ne Is
citizen of every part of this great Republic, they
know that they will have a wise President, saga
cous statesman, and cool, prudent man
Sir, in every capacity and relation in life that
he has been called on to fill OF sustain, he mas o1,
cha rged his duty or trust with credit to hiinaeh
and honor tc his country II a mars capacity LOT
fulfilling the duties Of the Chief Naglstracy aroto
be judged from the manner III which he mas az
charged pubic dees for nearly half a century.
and know no better means OF arriving at a Jur
conclusion upon THE subject, why General Scots
ficnds-nay, the whole peop!c-n'ay challenge
the world in vain for another such record hs his
From the time he entered the service OF his coun'
try in 1908, with plains commission Of night
artillery, down to the sormipg and surrender OF
the capital of the Mexican republic, his epauEettes
and plume" in the language Of a political oppo-
nent, "rere dcays found gtiAering and 'odring
tchere the battle ragged fercest, tDhere The outlets
rafned hickesf, and ,ohere The carnage rcas oead'
hest, directing he 3meric0n arms on to iS0r"ud
uiciory" In the discharge Of the various civil
trusts, whether at home or abroad, which have
been imposed on him by his country, he has eNeGu'
| ted them with consummate skill and ability. But
| why amphfy upon this Subject: The country
knows it by heart and is only waiting 10 ratIy Il
| at the ballot box.
In conclusion, Mr.. Chairman, permit me to s'y,
| that challenge any man upon this floor to point
the country to ono single act in the public "" Ct
| Winfield Scott, whether military or civil, which
will not bear the closest scrutiny. II he vii, ]
will show him the recorded appreciation, not ontJ
OF the administration under which II was d0uc,
but that Of his own party But, st. ] will DO toe
Democratic party the iusttce to sty, TINT nowith
standing the abuse soine OF their leaders have
hesped upon General Scott, they have never been
able 10 point to single act in his long pub
lite t" which they could tnks exceptions or
denim This fact ID the best chromium that can
be passed upon any public man WI" has ,sIvrt
his country for more than forty years.
The FIsnERy QvEsrIos.-In reierrnc, t. lj,' t.
cent movement oi the British government in ,r
gard to the fshcric4, the Albany On. / RcS'st.'
observes:
This extraordinary step Of tic rerhy Ministry