The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-07-08

d aud then commissioned 10 proceed 10 Sout
6 Carolina TO take command during the try
ing and delicate period when the doctrine
OF nulliication were engendering Treason
and civil war among his mistaken fellow
$ citizens. His general acquaintance witt
D the leading men OF that section, and hi,
= prudence and tact ia bis official and per
: sonal intercourse with them, and the peo
pie, greatly assisted in restoring quie, anc
, ayerting those dangers to the peace Of the
whole country, which, for the time, appear
ed SO imminent; and if others, acting in a
different sphere, finally put an end to the
civil discord which had almost acquired su.
preme control. Scott is entitled to the
thanks Of bis countrymen for having, ia
the line Of bis duty, done full as much q,
the best Of them all.
Scolt's next field Of operations was in
Florida, to which command he was ordered
on the Goth January, 1886. His services
here, as well as elsewhere, and on another
occasion, were not appreciated by those
who began to think that be was becoming
too dear to the people.
But Scott succeeded then, as he has
since, in causing the blow that was intend
ed to crush him TO rebound and thwart ali
the evil intentions Of jealousy.
In 1897, Scott was again called upon 10
maintain peace upon the Niagara frontier
Here he once more succeeded in quoting
the angry passions Of men, who, from mis-
taken motives, were actively engaged in
fomenting a war with England. His per
sonal Influence, and his wise counsels pre-
vailed. The inhabitants upon both the
American and Canadian shores were re-
strained by his presence into an acquies.
cence to the line of their mutual duties, md
a contest, which must have proved des
'tructive and hurtlul one to both nations
was thus happily and honorably averted.
Ia April, 1888, Scott received orders to
take the command in the Cherokee coun.
try, and to adopt measures for the removal
Of that tribe Of Indians to the west of the
Mississippi, in accordance with the Treaty
Of 1885, which they threatened to resist
His policy and his advice were followed
the Cherokees listened to the counseI;nes
| Of an old warrior, and their removal was
completed in peace. The remarks of Or.
Charming, Of Boston, at this time with re-
gard to General Scott, are too appropriate
to be overlooked. Thus he speaks Of him,
and with the facts before him, no man will
venture TO doubt their correctness:
siTo this distinguished man belongs the
rare honor Of uniting with military energy
aud daring, the spirit Of the phianthropis,
Ills explohs in The field, which placed him
in The first rank Of our soldiers, have been
obscured by the purer and more lasting
glory Of pacificator, and of friend Of
mankind. In the whole history Of the in
tercourse Of civilized with barbarous or half
civilized communities, we doubt whether a
brighter page can be found than that which
records his agency in the removal Of the
Cherokees. As far as the wrongs done to
this race can bo atoned for, General Scott
has made the eXpiation.
"In his recent mission to the disturbed
borders Of our country, he has succeeded,
not so much by policy, as by the nobleness
and generosity Of his character, by moral
influences, by the earnest conviction with
which he has enforced on all with whom
he had to do, the obligations of patriotism,
justice, humanity and religion. 1t would
not be easy TO find among us man who
has won purer fame, and am happy to
offer this tribute, because ! would do some
thing, no matter how little, to hasten the
time when the spirit Of Christian humanity
shall be accounted an essential attribute
and the brightest ornament OF a public
man."
Thus writes DR.. Claiming, himself one
Of the bright examplars Of bis own teach
ings. He did not live to write another
eulogy upon the more glorious actions Of
Scott during the pendency Of the Maine
Boundary question, and the crowning
achievement Of long like Of service, dur
ing the Mexican Campaign. These are
already familiar 10 our readers, and we
now have neither time or space to enter
upon them. Tho facts we have reci,ed,
will speak for themselves. They are the
enduring monuments which patriots will
regard with love and reverence through
all generations. They utter most potent
language. They appeal to the hearts Of
Americans. And now that he who has
thus left the mark of greatness on all his
past history is presented to the people as
the candidate for the highest office and
most distinguished station in their gift, we
point 10 the record, and inquire, where is
one more morthy. or better calculated TO do
It and them infinite honor Ha,nkeye.
Theology AT PREMIUM.--Rev. ]. r.
Evores, Editor Of tho Tennessee Baptist,
I(Nashville,) offers famous lot of Premi-
ums 10 the doctors Of sects antagonist to
his own if they will prove from the Scrip.
lures their an,i-Bap,ist tenets and practi
ces to justified by Revelations, viz:
/ To all Pedobaptists, Catholics and
Protestants.-lst. ] will renew the grand
lpremium offered years since.
i $1,000 for passage in the Bible afford
ing plain precept for, or example Of, In
fant Sprnklng for Christian baptism.
| $500 to any one who will furnish sol
itary passage, usually relied on, or quotee
by redobaptis,s to prove infant baptism
which has not been denied as authority
for its practice by eminent and STANDARD
, Pedobnp,ist divines.
! 800 to any one who will produce, from
s,anda "a hisiorians solitary instance o