The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1852-09-24
Ignorance OF observation-disclosures


beth.
The Times of Tuesday, INDUCED in few ,
startling assertions and startling capital let ,
teIs. relative to the result of the Congress :
sional investigations into the amount OF
money drawn by General Scott, during his :
services Of forty years under the stars and
stripes of his country. In another column, !
we publish some details relative to previous
attempt by the enemies of Scott to injure
him in this connection, and We hope every
one will read the article. That the result |
with the people will be the same this time,
and rebound against those who endesvored to
accomplish something against Scott, we do
not doubt for moment. And that the results
Of the late investigation make the slightest
reflection upon the integrity and honesty of
Gen. Scott, no one but knave or fool with
the facts before him, dare assert. The edi-
tors of the Washington Union, SCOTS most
violent enemies, after publishing the state
ments of Gen. SCOTS pay accounts remarks
THAT Gen. Scott is assaulted for his want
of personal integrity, is not true" SCOTS
responsible enemies have not dared throw the
slightest imputation upon the integrity of
Gen. Scott in this connection. Only some
few Western Locofoco editors, have been 90
impudently indecent, as to pretend to charge
that Gen. Scott has in any manner been a
public defaulter or peculator.
But we naturally turn to the Times of this
city, in speaking Of such Locofoco sheets
The Times, in its preposterous ignorance or
actual dishonesty Git must be one or the 9TH
cry states that "this exposure shows that
Gen. Scott, while drawing regularly the pay
and emoluments Of his Office in the army Of
the United States, received ouer and above
them, and upon the slightest pretexts, the fair
round sum Of Too Hundred and Ninety Thou
sand, Fiue Hundred and Seventy-seucn Dollars
and eighteen ccnts'" Now this is not 60
That sum was all the pay, emoluments and
extras, that the official records show Gen.
Scott had received for some forty years Of
the most active and brilliant services in the
army Of the United States. AZ the N. York
Herald says, and it is q violent enemy Of
Sc ITS. "this sum would be little over
$1,000 year for forty years-an exceedingly
paltry exhibition Of liberality. in contrast
with the services for which it is paraded as
an extravagaut reward"
| Now, as to the extra allowances, which the
Times states to be as above, the Washington
Union, with all its m llicious investigations,
can only find but Sls,5s2 IS, and this in
cludes pay for Gen. Sceti's works on militia
ry tactics, &c. Every cent of this was
rightfully his, and awarded by the proper au-
thority.
Now this investigation, so disgraceful to
its authors, has redounded to the honor of
Gen. Scott. 1t has revealed some things in
his life. which his friends will be proud to
publish to the country. But with how i'll a
grace does this whole affair come from a
Democratic Congress, which voted the hand
some sum of $4,000 to Father Richie for
losses upon printing contract which he
failed to fulfil, and which took away from
another C. ntractor, the public printing, and
gave it to Gen. Armstrong upon terms by
: which he will probably make a clear profit Of
nearly 100000! These are the men who
raised this clamor, appointed committee t.
investigate Scott's past pay, and have at las
: exposed themselves to the shame of the country
) by the result of their scrutiny, while Gen
e SCOTS honesty and integrity remain urim
{ peachable. They awarded $4,000 to on,
r mau, aud probably 100000 to another par
s ty favorite, yet try to make political capita
: out Of the fact, that Gen. Scott has durinf
the period of forty years of services Senead
: his counry's Dag. received sans Of mono,
g which amount to but little more than tina
h freely given these two old party hacks fo
d noshing, so far as any labor, except for party
d is coacerned-
i We hope the Times will provide itself wit
!, either facts or honesty, before it write
4 another article on this subject.