The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-09-22
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SPEECH OF JUDGE CONRAD.
Al tbs Harrisburg Ms. coassnsiss.


SPEECH OF JUDGE CONRAD,
A. she Harrisburg Ms~ csassasisa.
Glorious a. has been his military ca.
rref. The civil HE and services Of Scorr
equally claim your sdmirzlioa and grail.
lade. He il. and ever has been. The
friend and advocate Of peace. His leller
20 The Peace Convention svous his eppo.
siiion TO unnecessary var, and bis life
approves that profession. You remember
The Csnsds rebellion. Our nesghbors
struck for indepesdenre-sesuse 10 which
American hearts must give q lhrob and
thrill Of sympsihy. Thaisymps.hy vas
met BY Brush arrogance. and IN Ameri-
can boat wzs 6red by an invading soldiery
10 an American pors. and sent. while The
flames rose above The bodies Of lhe axuxh-
tered Americans. down The Niagara, and
over the cataract. The var spirit on The
frontier shot up like bale FIRE. Coli
sion SEEMED inevlisble- What politician,
what dipIomalisi. was then found adequate
10 the crisis! Scott alone was consider
ed, by Democratic administration, ca
pable Of sserling the slorm.- Ne did aver,
10. Ni,hers army, wilhouF aid. sinsly,
by dint OF hiss sn wisdcm and eloquencc,
he saved The country from a war which,
had |, come. would have strained her eye-
ry nerve 20 cracking. and made her very
pore sweat blood. Which Of your boast
ed civilians can point TO such triumph 7
] ask for that triumph your voles.
Again. on the Northeastern frontier. in
1896. the troops Of England and Of This
county were actually in The Geld agains.
each other. One drop of blood then shed
would have sluiced seas Of blood. Again
Democratic administration had recourse
10 The civil abilities OF Scoil-for who
then dared 10 doub, them And again he
averled The conflict, exloriing. by his lal-
enls and his triumph, the applause Of all
parties, and confirming in both countries
his title Is THE GzxAT PAcHIcAToR. IN
this character, a. the Apostle OF Peace,
and for these services, do ! Task your voies
for Gen. Scott.
The lime- -honored pairio, clsims your
reverence rs the champion OF The Union.
its earliest, slesdiesl and slaunchcsi. no
spot Of the nation-no North, no South,
no East. no West-can claim il as his
own. His patriotic life has been spread,
like sunlight, oil over the land le has loved
and served long and we'll. In his youth,
When The North plotted treason al Hart
ford, he shamed The malcon,en. spirit back
10 its den, by The glory Of his victories
on The line. In afier years, when the
South renewed The dark example, IL
Charleston. with notification, he was
again inierposed TO save The Union. yael
patriot Jackson was then st the head OF
the Government; and in that dark hour,
far j, was as dark as another night piled
upon midnight, where did lie look for one
whose lofty civil and military qualities
and devoted patriotism he could .rnsi 10
avert frsiernal warsi Our land has ma
ny great men; but his sagaci.y directed
him 10 Scott. He sent him TO the scenc
Of excitement and danger and with his
giant hand upon the helm all was safe.
The FIRST iniellecis Of The nation united
in applauding his invaluable services and
the magnanimous Jackson, through The
Secretary Of War, Gen. Cass, expressed
his high admiration, and acknowledged
his profound gratitude. and that OF The
country. Will any Democrat deny The
merit which Jackson spplauded, or with
hold The gratitude he bes,oweds Under
The sanction, then, Of The great name Of
Andrew Jackson, ask yonr votes for
Gen. Scott.
And in The latest peril OF .ae Union.
where wss Scotis Earliest by the side
Of its noblest defender, the illus,rlous
Henry Clay-Clay, whose pure and
mighty spirit. when il had achieved its
last and lofliest triumph, bore on high TO
Washington The proud triumph iha. his
country was saved. by the side Of Clay.
Scott labored earnestly and effectively,
day and night, for The Compromise; and,
when j, had passed, he received, for his
early, ardent, and constant championship,
The grateful thanks of The departing pa
trio,. For that devotion TO the Union
which meriled and won Clay's admira.
lion and gratitude, ask yours.
/ Such has been The entire career ofScosi
ever The friend OF peace. Of Union. Of
humanity. Our greatest warrior is our
calmest sage. Our bravest hero is The
greatest, most humane OF men; one who
would not win The laurels that hid the
bald first C1sar's brow at the price Of one
unnecessary tear. That spirit made him
the farther Of his soldiers. and even the
| plying friend Of conquered Zoe. Wit
ness the cholera scenes in The camp a,
Chicago. when peslaeHee smote slle ar
my, and those who braved death At the
cannon's mouth fed appalled, from this
new horror. Scott was their general, mol
their surgeon; of conlse lie retired 10
safer quarters. and left The sick and the
DYING 10 the care Of those provided for
The duty. He was incapable of the
thought. LIE! US look in upon one Of The
scenes then so frighlfully common. On
the naked floor Of one of The army huls