Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-10-29
WHOLE NUMBER 1000
Gen. scouts seifssaeriace.

saiafy OF bx0DOVO per anpum, 70 remain Niih
his men 10 govern the counuy. which he rsfRsed.
On seeOEaf Of his preference for his oEa eosAry
aad her insfitEti0Hs. The proposal vas Ihe
best proof possible Of The con6deues the Lead.
ing men Of Mexico felt in shs rare Adminislra.
live power Of Geo. Scou bus above oil il eG.
hibled most clearly The high toned patiUIism.
and moral principle Of Geo. Scott himself who
promptly turned his back upon prospects mote
brilliant Ihan has tempted The vanity Of any
man. perhaps, 10 modern times, to consideTa.l
lions OF duty aud affection fnr his own country,
whilher he returned to be tried by court mat.
iial OF j'slous, Inferior officers. upon charges
~hi"h their own malice alone originated. II ~
infinitely does such nObls instance Of pAHiuty I
ism rise above the sel6.hness. the ealumny. and
Inv running Of those wno have sOugA TO de.
tract from lhs just iame Of a great public bene.
factor, snd how low 10 comparison does il sink
the character Of Ihpse who have been resting
their cAse upon "luss snd feather" arguments,
and indeed sil Shs lowest appeals 10 human sci
6shness which their vlndIclive spirits we're ca.
pable Of drvising a s..
We copy the portion Of his speech At SandUs.
/ XIV which was elieited bV speech from Hon.
/ Z. Cook. who reviewed Gen. Scouts services,
aud alluded to the iuclde0II mentioned above.
Gen. Scott after acknowledging the fauering
reception &C., said
1 My honorable friend. who has Addressed you
/ ia such eloquent terms as almost TO deter me
/ from attempting TO speak. has referred 30 some
scenes that occurred in NJ xco. TO one or Two
Of which beg leave to advert. lilo has spoken
OF the projection extended - the ChuTches-
he might have adlsdIo The persons and proper.
" of all. had the warm thanks OF the Arch.
bishop of that Country, Tor the prOIeclioo given
TO the Chuvch AMI also Ihns- Of BIS people.
had his affection, his Ihanks and his blessing.
iie was an aged man. then eighty. five yeats.
Bnd is now gone 10 hIs long home. / sp"ke 10
him about the pictures wnh which the Church.
es vera ornamenIed. They were copies and
originals by the first masters of SPAN. and The
foVmeS could not be distinguished BY connGis.
ssnr from the originals. H. supposed had
fancy for SONS OF them; AMI must say had.
| had lurkIng wish u bIing soms home fnr
public buildings. not Cor use. iDIIimaI-d such
a purpose. aud he sail Il chnse 10 select 6f.
teen or twenty Of them he would assist uIs in
sercling duplicates. "ne of which might be 10.
tainrd for Mexico. | went home. Snd thought
on the maI,er. Ii | take these pictases hnme.
then thought 7, il would he Iiks Iskiag frssn Pc,
Ter to pay Paul. II | Iak- twenty. Why should
not other officers take pictures in proportion
Sn cana 10 The co0cusinn notIo Iake one !;
nor was Ihete piclur- taken. | avn conf lent,
by any American officer. or American soldier,
They were all left a4 We found Them, untouched
an undamag d. Applause.
Ore word mare about myself. my friends. -
| NV friend has adverIed to Ihi prnpOsiiinBs seen
A ,aling about in the Newspapers. | have mo-
where seen il correctly stated that an OFF, Was
made TO mr.. 10 remain IN that county and gov.
pun il. The impression which generally pre-.
walls. that the proposition emanaIed from COn.
g,ess, is an erroneous one. The overture was
made to ms by private citizans-men of wealth
and prDminrnce. During our stav in Mexico.
our system nf Government and police was rs.
lablished. which. as the inhabitants themselves
iconlesspd pave security for the first time per
feet aud absolute secuuIv-Io prison and prop.
prty. About lwn fhhs Of all The branches al
GnVPVnmeHt. including nearly m lDriIy of the
lmambers Of Congress. and the Executive were
QulIr desirous Oi having The counITy annexed IT,
Inurs. They knew that upon the ratification Of
the Treaty Of Peace, nineteen out nf twenty OF
the persons brlnnRing to Jhe American army
would stand til~banded. and would be absolute
" free from all obligations TO rrmaiH in the ar.
INV another moment. Il was entirely true OF
ali the new regiments called regulars, and eight
nu, of ten of the rank aud file Of the old regi.
men,s. After the war was over. The Govern.
meni nver~ helmed me with rriniorcemeBIs, Hi
Ter there was no possibility of fighting another
battle. Wben The war commenced. we had but
ona fourth The fnTce we nerded The Mexl'
rams knew tho, The men in nv army would be
en,nIed ID their discharge. Tn-y supposed #
they could obtain nv services | would retain
The twelve or fifteen lhruSauf mn. aud that
could easily obtain one hundred thousand more
from hume. The hope was that 1t would i'm,
mediaIely cause ann xhslon.
They cff red me one million nf dollars as
bonus with salary Of $3.50 QUO per annum.
and five responsible individuals to become So
cur,y in any bauk 10 New York which might
name. It would be so arranged that might
ge. i, in FIVE DAYS. They expected thar annex.
alton would De brought about in few years, or
if not. thai could organize the iaances, and
slraiphten the complex affairs OF that Govern.
mepI Ii was understood that nearly maj aIr'
Inv of Congress was IN favor of annexation. AMI
tha. It was only necessary TO publsa pronun'
ciamento, 10 that etF4ct to secure that Object
We possessed all III arms of The country. and
accounted Ih.ir cannon (oundries and powder
manui'a.Iories. had possession at their por's OF
en.vy, and might easily have held them IN our
nn session iG This arrangement had gone INTO el
feet. A published prnnunciamento would have
brought Congress right over Ia US, aud with these
fifteen Thousand Americans hs!Iug The fortress
., of the country. all Mexico could not have
disturbed us. We night have been there TO This
day il il had been necessary-l loved my dis
Ian. hume. | was not in favor Of The aunexa.
lion of Mexico 10 my own eouuuy. Mexico
has about eigh, millions of inhabitants, and Out
Of these eight millions there are not more Than
ona million who are Of pure European blood.