The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-07-09
3 Opr New York Correspondence.
NEw YoRK, june go

F11c6BT8 Eubt0f0; "a @ tss
4s ThspriVate and political character of Gen..
Scotthas been made legitimate subject Of
4 discussion, by his nomination to the Prssi-
ldency and may be lairly canvSssed. In the
larmy. be is skno%n and felt to be what is cal
lied a 'Darlinet;9 andstheTe are hundreds Of
4sosdiers who have been made bis eternal en-
lemiesGby actsof cruel severity for the en-
Iforeement of discipline iirtriaing matters
Gen. Scott is just the kind Of officer 10 order
i man 10 the guard-house, antlsentence him
1to- breadrapd7water.iare, and 10 drag the ball
land chain, fora week, as punishment forhav-
ling a speck Of dirt on his secoutrements. ~
In private life, his inordinate vanity dis
gusts.eyery one aud, in fact, more just
F9uctsei9t ttan g Fuss and Feslhsgs. !. was
meyer invepted. iss ~
AT all The Whig meetings, and in allthe
whig papers, hesple subject harped upon is
the military glory Of Gem Scott. The old
school histories oyerhauled, in search of ell
aegant passages about .Lundy' Lane, and 9th
Ter battles in the war Of 1872; and Gen.
TayloIs brilliant campaign in Mexico is en-
tirely outsbone by the march from Vera
Cruz torthe Halls Of the Montezumas. In
fact, except as a, commander of armies, Gen.
Scott has no particular claim upon the coun-
try. He has occasionally executed unimpor
tant diplomatic trusts incidental 10 his mill
tary position, and. has temporarily discharg
ed The duties Of Secretary OF War, during an
accidental vacancy of the office, but in eth
eTof these capucities;dill he do. anything to
attract attention. Upon the political histo-
lty Of The country, he has left no mark.
[ General Scott began life asa friend Of Pres
idents Jefferson and Madison, but, in the
general disruption Of parties which followed
/ the election Of John @. Adalns. he was be,
trayed into association with the Wings, BY
his personal lriendshipsrO ther than-by well
settled opinions for, like most mere sold
iers, he was at that fine generally ignoran.
of, or indifferent to. the great questions az is
sue between the two patties.s AT intervals,
he has written various letters ON political
subjects, for the purpose, +, OF one-time, OF get
the support Of the Anti-Masons, at anoth-
er, that olthe Native-Amencan exc. but he
has no political system, andino-oDe can con-
fdently predict, from his antecedents, what
his course would probably be, in the various
contingencies likely to occur in the admins
tgaiion of the Government. M ~
! There is the best reason to believe that
General Scott would, in all his acts, if elect
ed President, be, guided by the, counsels of
Wm. F. Seward, the busy intriguing Sena-
| for from this State, TO whom, above all men
in the world, he is indebted for his nomina-
ton. Twenty-Five of the delegates from
this State in the Wing convention were COM
ple;ely under Stewards control, and a word
of command from him would have taken
their support from Scott, as readily as il
gave it TO him.
1t appears very certain that Massachusetts,
will cast her electoral vote for Gen, Pierce,
The Webster men, who form the great bulk
of the Wing party IN that State, are bitterly
excited against Scott, because Of the man
ner in which his nomination was foisted up
on them by the force Of circumstances.
In Georgia no Scott electoral ticket will
be run, at all There are not twelve Scott
men in that State. This stale Of feeling in
Massachusetts and Georgia, at the two ex-
Itremities Oft Union, States which voted
for General Taylor, and have often sustain
ed the Whig candidates be fore, demonstrates
how denationalized the Wing party has be-
come. The disease is incurable and infce.
1 tious. ,.'@7a ~ ~ ~
] II lisa significant fact that only two pa
lpers in Boston, among the dozen Whig jour
mails there, have put the names of Scott ant
Graham, at the head Of their columns, ant
one Of those is the Atlas, which is wei
known to have been for some years thor
i ough-going free soil paper. II the Nauona
t Whigs should determine TO run Daniel Web
ster as an independent third candidate, Or t
vote for General Pierce, Then General Scot
3 would hardly get an electoral vote In fact
S unless all indications are deceptive, there j
the best prospect in the world, that Scott am
! Graham will be defeated in November, NOR
shamcfully than any two men ever nominO
!, tied by one of the great parties. If thi
( Wing party were united, they would hav
enough TO do to. choke the American peopl
with ''ieathers y distracted as they are, th
I. idea is simply absurd. TsT's ~ +
o Englishmen and otter foreigners have d
e ten remarked TO me that weare curious Sc
5, of people; and that while, on paper, and .
% the stump, we make loud and strong probes
lg sions Of our love for republican simplicity
d we live better and more luxuriously, as
people, than athe inhabitants of any othe
county in The globe, There is q good deG
mi Of truth in the remark Putting aside a fe'
lnl thousand wealthy bloodsuckers in each FL
Of ropean country, the people do not begin
3 enjoy themselves as we do-rnot for the rel
ne n son, as some foolishly imagine, that they pr
~ fer potatoes, oatmeal, or black bread,
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