Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-10-16
THE "UNIoN AND GEN. SCOTT.

Inacourteous butrather sharp controversy between
Mr.. CALHOUN and Mr.. CRITTENDEN in the Senate
some ten years ago, the great Carolnian complained
that Mr.. Crittenden, to sustain charge of incon-
sistencyeagainst him, had referred to speech or
vote made or given several years before. Mr. Crit.
tenden replied with his accustomed felicity and
effect, and inquired whether the Senator claimed
the benefit of political statute of limitations and,
if so, how many years must eapse before time could
be plead in bar of allegations of that description
The period was not determined upon. But we pre-
sumo that charge of inconsistency regeneration
would lie against politician newspaper guilty of
direct palpabe contradiction within shorter time than
six years Assuming that this proposition viii not be
gainsaid, we proceed to convict the Washington Union
of the most fragrant and shameless inconsistency In
April 1S47 the Union used these remarkable and empha
tic words: " TIE gratitude and admiration ola free people
due 10 Major General ScoTr And again. in 184S the
Union spoke Of Scott in terms of encomium
earnest and forcibe than those used by in April lS4
Indeed it quite indignant that TAYLOR had been pre-
erred to ScoTT candidate for the Presidency and
in article written expressly with view prove SCOTS
capabty for and title to that Office the editor thus
didly delivered himself
Gen. ScoTT is an older soldier than Gen. TAYLOR
who is at least equally if not more accomplished
and who has distinguished himself by more and as bril-
liant battles during the war; who captured Vera Cruz
and the Castle and the Capital of Mexico and one too
who has qualities Of civilian and better known as
a Wing"
This bound to suppose, the deliberate OPT
MON, the sincere feeling Of the Union Well may the
Philadelphia American inquire If the noble old chief has
committed high treason thrust arcenous hand into the
Golfers of the State betrayed the country foreign
done any other such monsrous crime should justly
forfeit his title to the gratitude and admiration of free
people" and invoke upon his venerable head the
sured and acrimonious exerons Of the very journal which,
five years ago. warmly eulogized him? History re-
cords act that so impeach him.
And yet the columns of this Union TEEN with
the scurrlous and indecent abuse Of the to
whom five years ago the gratitude and admiration Of
free people were due" On Wednesday Of last week it
contained an editorial headed General Taylor and Gene
raj Scott from which we extract the following para
graph:
"There is this wide difference between General ScoTT
and General TAYLOR the former thinks himself almost
Admirable Crichton He is sensitive about his states
mansbp and his organs foong him to the top of his
bent by calling him Scion; and yet we would rather
have trusted Gen TAYLOR with oil his admitted decen
cies than Gen. ScoTT, with his bombast conceit and
ever-present arrogance"
The disgust and contempt with which such hypocrisy
fill the mind Of every honorable man. whether Wing
or Democrat would be increased by any Of
ours Yesterday man decried and traduced and
another relatively extoed to-day the relations of things
being altered he who DETAINED is eulogized and the
one before euloged is aspersed and deprecated The
Union presumes strangely upon the forgetuness for
bearance of its readers.-Bfao Commercial Advertiser