The daily union., 1852-09-28
Incident. In the Tour OF General scott.

a A.. an obiest of great surprise and Incredibly if il
-. announced that the circus or the menagere did not
s 10 make money out Of the people, but simply 10 at
,.0d 10 business No less dicuous Is General Scotps
.,cu.e as be passes from city 10 city, and from town 10
,..vn IL The western States. that he has not come on
ooa;eal errand 10 make votes for himself, but to Sc
s,e for military hospital in Kentucky There is
moekey OF truth in this pretex, which. while It dis
credits General Scott himself niuses INTO every honest
mans mind the idea that il is made in the assurance
that the people are stupid enough 10 believe IT,
The incidents OF the tour OF General Scott will make
s,srv intelligent citizen blush at the opportunity they
furnish for The satire OF the foes Of our institutions HIS
,,eeches are the merest fterngs OF demagoguesm In
,bs Old World Nicholas OF Russia ever made speeches
n bis subjects he might be supposed to regret that they
ware mi 40 comfortable himself, and in Russia this
,,ond excite naturally most boisterous gratitude
Ro General Scott will find that the people OF the United
s,a,es do moi like to be paonissd He will find that his
,ov. recognition Of an lrshmans 'brogue" cannot ob
,.,s ,be memory of his repeated and his unprovoked at
seks upon the rights Of all adopted citizens or that II
was only after repeated failures that he affected to aban
aon bs prescription OF them. Thank Heaven! in this
counrv our people have memories as well as votes.
4, p;,,.bure, as we learn from the Post, lhe follow
ing took place;
"There was one fullgrown whg present, whose admra
,ion wa, excited alarming extent and he did not know
how 10 work OIL After dancing around for short tme
slmo,t choked with enthusiasm he discovered flock Of
sss repo,ng on the opposite pavement be rushed across
aized venerable gander, (who did not expect the dsn
suished arrival and had retired rest at early hou and
bearing him in uiumph to the car from which the General
emerged swung gander his head and called for
faatha rlai
tendance gave the cheers the gander dropped the
General thanked him. and he his repose again in
rather bad huinor and the others The Monongahea
House"
AT Columbus, (Ohio,) we learn from the Statesman,
which had a most graphic account of the reception Of
General Scott at that city, The following ranspired:
At the close Of his address, which cheered with
the enthusiasm that the military ausion indicated
poc,ed frank and free-hearted rshman present hailed
the crowd and after attracting general attention, exclaimed
at the top OF his voices
"Beter that war; pesence and famine should a CT the
country than that should have the rule Of military
chelain:'
like a shower Of ice upon the assembled wings. The
ceedng speech OF Mr. Dennson, though weliconceived
or the OCCASION could the dampenng effect OF the
witty Irish democrats oration.
The soupbowl Did any observe the Generals coun.
tcnancc as the lte.bowl thrust under his while
he was speakng4 1t evidently annoyedhim He undoubt.
edy spprec the keen which his overweenng
aduators unwungy conveyed by reminding him of his
hasty soupei.r We heard gentleman speak Of the
regard he that bowl when he first discovered 1t
at the depot. The gentleman said the effect visible
upon his face there. The expression of
queer The annoyance had evidently increased by the
time this ludc of Marcy had haunted him
the Neil House, doggng his steps with the pertnacy with
which the daRgers ghost hung in the midnight air in the
wild dreams of Macbeth That bowl waved about il
he dan the
soup would be spilled out. Something, some unpleasant
idea, evidently inhabited his mind He uneasy and
didn't like to the bowl Perhaps its emptiness iis
to the cooling air, mockery his appetite
Who knowsi He does Certainly If the face 10 the sou'a
index, the General himself did the logical force o
that bowl argument in his favor presidential
didae. However hts friends might associate with the dis
play Of that bowl the idea of his ancendent
ship, the fitness OF such suggestion had not very pow
fully struck his mind"
And these are the inducements offered TO the peopl,
to vote for General Sco-soup, bowls goose feathers
and tsr-bauels Have we not had enough OF this mis-
erable folly Have we not suffered enough for il Al
sequel 10 similar appeals in former days. the baakrup
law was fastened upon the people, the United States
Bank attempted and the Galphns and The Gardners
made precedents for future wrongs. How much better
would General Scofs administration be- conducted under
the auspices of such augues oupbows and feathers
and governed by such leaders as Seward Corwin Ew.
ing. and Ex-Governor Johnston
General Scott, durng all his tour. processes as we
have sad that his is not political journey and TO be
consistent in this declaration, he makes auson to
anything else but ioar. its gores and IFS results He
avoids politics. not because he does not agree with the
whg politicians in their hostility to the South and in
their veneraon for Seward and Greeey-for upon
these Poins be is committed By all bis assocalionsbu
beeaase II would be dangerous TO speak OF this
politics before he went into Kentucky Hence be con
fines his speeches to himssB!
During all this parade and this display. General Wool
who was to 20 to Blue Lick with General Scott to look
after the possible se for military hospital, remained
al Cincinnati, Ohio AT last, General Scott having FIN
ished one part OF his tour at the public expense they
reach their destination, where they remain until to-day
General Scott passing through, on his homeward way
to other parts Of Kentucky and Ohio so as to reach New
York in time TO arouse his abolition par,sans there
We read one healthy sign in this most undgned anC
remarkable demonstration and that is that the peop,
are not again willing to take a military candidate fol
himself alone and indirectly TO fasen another horde
vampires upon the public treasury. to the ruin OF IN,
most substantial interests of the country and The over
throw OF the safeguards OF our national laws The democ
racy have, OF course treated General Scott respectfully
bu, he has reused them to more energetic and yigi
Ian, discharge of their dnles to their own candidate am
allowed all parties TO that brave as he is he is no
The man TO WELD the desnes OF this extended republic
A Cry OF Alarm.