Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-08-30
pacificatory arrangement with Mr.. Fox, then. u.
British ambassador here: but it stipulated for the

BRUSH amDaSSa dOI mere:
withdrawal of the troops of Maine, without exact. :.
ing the same of New Brunswick; and the lconse. .
quence was that this clumsy attempt aggravated h
the difficulty it was meant to settle Scott has &
tened to Augusta, and opened there at once nego "a
| tiatiens with both the authorities of MIME and
with Gen. Sir John Harvey, the Governor of New
Brunswick, his warm personal friend ever since the
Canadian war, whenthey had often met in battle,
often seen each others gallant acts, often joined
in those deeds of humanity courtesy towards c
foe which soften the ferocity of war and give tia
grace even beyond that of bravery. BY an act OF
this sort, in truth, Scott had saved Heryey's life
He had unbounded confidence in Gen. Scott; and
very soon coming into his elevated views consented
to make the concession to Maine of withdra " ns
his Maine alone, Remained to be
brought to reason. This Scott now soon effected.
and thus, by his prudeiice and lhnhanity for the
fourth time deserved that noble title of the Peace
maker, which great warriors have seldom been good
enough men to earn. '-A+.E y ~ ''AtGt
PRESIDENTIAL NO NINATJONS OF1s46 AND i
sp,sl Is j 1874: POLITICS. .,.,s5,.l..g.
| Between the Maine affair and the Mexican war
Gen. Scott had nothing to perform beyond his ordi-
nary military duties, except so far some impor
tant public conjectures called him TO the duty Of
taking some action or expressing some opinion on,
matters of high national concern. In 1S40, when
the delegations from N. York and four other States
were about to bring his name forward in the Harris
burg Convention as the Wing nominee for the Pre-
sdency, he wrote letter declaring that he thought
the nomination due first Of all, to the public
to Gen. Harrison; and lastly, that it should only
be given to himself the chances Of success seemed
desperate and fforlorn hope was to be led. Six
copies of this letter placed in the hands OF as
many members of the Convention, and there made
known. Again, in the nomination of 1874, he sig.
nifed, by published letter, his preference for MI
Clay rather than himself. In the same year he
made known by circular, in answer to inquiries
addressed to him from many quarters, his OPINIONS
as to all the main questions ON party politics..
They showed him to be eminently a Wing and a 1,
Conservative. He had previously, in letter to
P Atkinson, of Danvile, Virginia, ayowed all ms
views on the subject of slavery We, need only
saw that they are precisely those Of atkins Leigh
They amount to this that he dishhes slavery hke
Mr. Jefferson, and would like to see it abolished,
but cautiously, slowly; and only BY State iegisia-&
ton: for he holds Congress TO have no power over
the subject, except in the District Of Columbia,
where in good faith they ought moi to exercise IT. -
The measures of the Abolitionists he considers mis-
taken ones that would bring great caiant'es upon
cisn W hich has been kinded up and all agitation.
as only Injurious to hepublic good and to the
of emancipation. These are the opinions of wise,
7 man, q patriot, and a true friend of fIeedtm.-
They may dsplease the fanatica in the North, or
the equally fanatical intle South; but his opinions
:. were not put on to please either And here wemay
u Just as well add that he stands in the position
as to the Compromise of 1850: he.was and is its
friend; everybody knows it; and he has sought
, to conceal it from any one. a.
e NATIVE AMERICANISM.
e We mean not to hide anything in the history of
a Gen. Scott. We write OF him admiringly, but We
shall write of him frankly. In 1915 the pretended
S Democracy, by representing the Wings as the
q mics of all foreign born citizene, deceived the
: great body of these and secured their vote. 1t
was thought to have defeated Mr.. Clay's election
: Besides that tho conduct of the empire Club in
!, New York, the bloody riots in Philadelphia, the
Plaauemines frauds and other like events, ALARM
+ ed many good and sober citizens, and seemed to
: threaten that comparatively small number of de-
luded men were going to govern us. Under the
T excitement of these circumstances, Gen. Scott,
like many Others thought our birthright was &C
ling to be taken from us, and declared himself IN
favor of lengthening the tenn now required tor the
admission of foreigner to the nights oil CITIZEN
S In the heat of the moment he and many others
failed to see what they must see, that not the
lnatlralzed citizens were to be blamed for what
had happened, but the native born Locofocos who
had imposed on them, and who impose on every
body else equally that they can deceive. But tune,
reflection, and especially the bravery and patriot
ism with which he saw our. naturatzed soldiers
\ fight through the Mexican war, CONVINCED him
h that he had been wrong; and, as brave, and hon
e lest men are the pIomptest to make amends. he
t made them to those to WHOM he had dove injus-
tice by letter of the 29th or May, 1s4y, to Mr.
wv. E. Robinson aiEa. % tl' ls5se.t-s's1s
e THE MEXICAN WAR-sCOTT PLACED IN
!; COMMAND. iE<z
: We come now to that great and brilliant series
of military operations the daring, and may well
;, Mexico which, by its bold conception and admra-
~ Ible execution, must place the name oil WINFIELD
u EScoTr among the very first in modern warfare Tor
I Iconsummate soldiership The facts, however, are
- so recent, so fresh in the memory oil many IN all
y darts of our country who shared in them, that we
= shall have less need to relate them with any mi
II nuteneSs. -2-
=, al Taylor and his gallant army had won success
e sion OF victories, which; while they gave great
- reputation 10 our arms, placed us in possession oil
!, the Mexican territories, on that side, as lar a:
+ TAmpico on the coast and Saltlo i'm the nterol
- Stockton and Fremont had seize1 upon Uppel
~ California. with little resistance; Kea-ny upon
~ New Mexico with less; and Wool and Doniphor
! were marching unopposed over wide and worthless
regions. But these acquisitions (the gold OH
- fornia being yet undiscoyeredl promised us moth
- ling but terrible expense OF troops TO maintain
Them as long as the war lasted; and as they hat
:, ALWAYS been burdensome to Mexico their loss wa
little likely to make her wishfor peace In short
~ our Government began to perceive that the wa
~ Threatened to become long and ruinous one; TO
~ that it could only be finished by striking at thu
central seat Of the Mexican power; and tins there
e seemed no hope of reaching with; any OF our ar
"a miles, 1T was in this state o., things that Gen
- Scott undertook to show them that there were re
sources in the art of war by which great leade
,e could pene1ateto the very capital OF our adver
y sary, and from "the halls OF Montezuma dctat
y a peace. AT first they looked on his wholeidea a
IL mere dream; but it was not long, before Scot
i; made them see that it could be realized The.
then adopted it and entrusted its executionto HIM
for they well knew that nobody else was capable
of it. But warned blythe triumphs of GEN. Tay
lor, which had raised them up a rival for the Pres
s. idency, they determined in, employing Scot, i
guard against any addition to his already danger
in Gus renown, by setting over him Democratic
n Lieutenant General. This purpose, however
ii they took care to conceal until he was g2ne upoi
" the expedition; and; happily Congress refused t.
:, adopt the idea aof the lieutenant generalslp
" The latter them proceeded to the scene of opera
81 tons: passing by way of the Rio Grande and
1t Tampice to the isle of Lobos, where his troop:
;. were to be collected; aud leaving, his ordnance