Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1852-10-21


sande f. the captured CAPITAL But Won
Wi remember tho universal snxietv fsIl
her, - aesne, wheA he descended i.is IL
Tei5eszi Mexico when. HE coz nunies-
liorS destroyed. bis srn,y disnppear,i smape
The cneniies ten ted is superior - in gI q
courage aud coAdact. WesEs ssd vs,is
elapsed, aad not werd was heard sf them.
The SUSPENSE grew agoniiine We watch.
ed-as friends watch tho dark waves 10
which darling diver has plunged. hut ffsn
which be does hot emerge wkise liDs
whispered, rs he lost has be persisted ~
And the response was. SHOW can il b 9th
erwise, with force so inadequate, against
foe so formidable T. At,lehglh, Khen over
wrought terror became despair the tidinfs
burst upon us--a torrent of glary Con.
treras, Ghurubnsco, Mcii1o Del Rev were
won, and ow aattsfed. cur flags, hss biased
'sgaahAEn6res and koTs-upr oar shouts,
nohiu tts.s-ee wnen We learned that our
the Capital aud Saueat9d ia ist Disis =
Stripes, as they waved above the triumph1
ofCsrtez stood Winfield SSSt. the laufelled
conqneror Of Mexico z stand LsHtEtk
that banner nova brighter glory has ever
since CLEANED from its stars and poiutinR
20 those fields Of fame, l ask, 10 The name
and BY the authority Of those aehicYeAhsta;
uhcqualled in~grandeur and glory, l ash
your votes for Grn Scott
It is impossible briefly to sketch ,hat
campaign Its battles are so masy aud glu.
ri0us, that they Misglc their light. a. the
stars which form tie galaxy melt together
and cast stream of glory asross the heav.
ens But this is CherubuscO,s day; and
the Nation. in all time,
"Will stand Up tqs when thi, day l. named"
Ipstead Of che. batliiIe, Il, scLi.v.u..,.
comprise Eve distinct battles and Eve illas.
trious victories Time looks back upsa Ne
such one dayS{0ur army was bnt $500
strong, and was engaged holly on feet ana
horseback, in. the open field, and before he
strongest fortifcations, with $4,000 men,
well disciplined. armed and commanded. -
1t made 5000 prisoners, and killed and
wounded 1000. Of the enemy Any one q
those five victories brilliants glerleusly
strung together and radiantly bound upsn
the fair brow Of our country-auy oik would
have struck the world with wopdets tegeth-
er, they stagget crednlity, sud rdis6 mon
ument Of American herSisfH that viii stand
till our mountains melt into plain We
meet to celebrate that victory. sf y'cloriss,
and we cannot forget the pEtriet here e.
whom we owe it-who never doubted aAA
never errcd-who never stumbled and never
fainted-"the noble nature, IT quote the
poet literally)
. tShcrt passion could not whose solid vrtss
The shot Of ceident, nor dart Of chance,
Could neither Craze nor PisTce.",
Had the life Of Scott knowRl but that enc
day of glory, for that alone would ask, and
you could not, in justice and gratitude, de-
ny your sufrages.
And how were those services countless
and inestimable, rewardcd7 Who. does not
Veteran yIct6r wgs sIrIppeu VI Stts ruiIuiT&d
Of that army he had led ia triumph-wsS
accused and treated as malefactor, aud
was dragged to shameful trial for the high
offenco---it was his only oDe--of having
covered his country with glory. Andawhat'
and devoted srmy--ltnder this unpreceden4
ted outrage ard wrong Lion like TO size
foe, be was meek ana lovely. TO the laws and
authorities Of his country. The magnanim-
ity 6f his country Tie nagnanimity of
Agesilau9 81 Hannibal ana q Belisarius, In
boKing to harsh authority aud resigning 4
carcerof GLORY, has been applaujed to the
echo but even more illustrious was the no.
Bile submission Of our own 1festbearted
patriot, for his was q deeper. and darker
wrong His example in Difference to the
law is more glorious and of more substantial
valuo than even his victories--and it isffsr
you to reward it. The cruelty Of that e.
liberate wrong to proud aud lofty iznscesce,
it is yours to redress the reproaeh Of fhat
base ingratltude to national 6enefastof. II
is yours to wipe away And therefore dol
ask your votes fos Winfield Scott
Pending that persecution, Scott Aas sisi.
ted by n temptation, which whe but Scots
would have resisted Tie people Of Mexi-
co. approaching the virtues oven Of foe,
offered him million aud n quarter Of dol
lars in cash and the chief magistfsttsof thas
country. They asked no wroHg tohis own
government Com Porter lad established
a precedent OF aceeptancs Scett was Per;
sectted- his lifelong devotion rewafded
with disgrace this would redress bin
Like Aristidcs, his prebity 10 Office had kept
him poor-this would enrich him. His
foes had stripped him Of bis statieu-this
would confer 1oftier one-a place amen
| princes OF course he accepted an offer 90
Brilliant Why should he not2 Far from
IL tie at lea,t hesitated2 Not moment.
Ny life"--such was his sublime answer
belongs to my country. l would rather Be
her humble serTitcr than tho monarch II
earths richest empire Discarded, viii
still cling TO her prosecuted, wrouged, re-
Quilted with contumcly and disgrace, il viii
yet be my glory to love and cherish her to
serve aud suffer, to live and die for her.
Is not this mar vefthy Of your votes
Would you be worthy Of him, If you denied
them For this ask your suffrage.
Glorious as las been his military eaFsceI
Inc civil life aud services Of Scott equally
claim your admiration aud gratitude he
Eis, and has ever been. the friend and adys'
cate Of Peace. Ills letter TO tbe Psece 6dui
vention avows lis opposition . unnecessary
F War, and his life approves that profession.
| You remember the Canada Rebellion, On
ucighbors struck for Independents, cause
| to which American hcartgmust give throh
and thrill Of sympathy. The sympathy wa
| met by British arrog ance, and an Americas
| boat was freddy an. invading soidiefy in a
American port, ard sent, willis the flames
| rose above the bodies Of slaughtered Amer
leans down the Niagara and ever the cata
raci The war spirit. on the frontier she
up like bile FIRE Collision seemed inesi
table What politician, what dipldmetif
WIS tIien.. found adequate 70 the crisis
Scott alane was considered, By : Demo raj