The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1852-09-21

official intimacy. am ashamed to put my
endorsement on Generl SCOTS paper, but /
certainly will not dishonor it. A more scru-
pulously honest, honorable, and just man,
never came in contact with me. The instan-
cos and proofs were constant, of daily and
hourly occurrence. Personal enemies he had,
although few; yet never in his administration
of the affairs of the army could the slightest
indication of the influence of enmity or Of fa-
voritism be discovered in his official conduct.
To the contrary, instances have fallen under
my observation where preference was givon to
an officer known to be inimical over one equally
known as his most devoted tricnd.
''Matters of the gravest Importance, neces-
sarily, became often the subjects Of considera-
ton and discussion. On such occasions /
have been stuck by the comprehensivenes
and justness Of his views; with what fidelity
he planted himself as 1t were on an eminence,
and calmly surveyed tho whole horizon before
him. discerning the least indication of cloud,
and watching the counter-currents and esti-
mating their direction and force with sagac-
ity which could be acquired only by a long
experience in public affairs. and knowledge
of our own as well as European politics, de-
rived from profound study"
What the Hon. j. M. Clayton said, lin re-
cent speech:)
81 have for many years known Winfield
Scott, of New Jersey, and / know him to be
not only great soldier-the greatest captain
of the age-but know him to be scholar
and a statesman. There is no greater error
than to suppose, because man is great soldier,
he cannot he a civilian. Gen. Scott has de-
voted his life to the study Of the profession of
his early youth He was. before he went into
the army, lawyer; and although have met
many men well acquainted with the doctrine of
internal law, havo never seen one more familiar
with, and more deeply versed. in the true prin-
ciples of international law than Winfield Scott.
No greater error can be committed by you, my
countrymen, than to suppose he is great SOL
dier, victorious general, and nothing more
He is a scholar. an elegant and profound Sch
olar. He is man, if he had never achieved
victory in battle, eminently qualified to fill
the Office of President, because of his civil
qualifications; and it is because of them stand
everywhere, ready TO suppoat him. Applause.
Moreover, my fellow citizens, Winfield Scott
is n man whose experience in public affairs
independent of his nero learning from books
is equal to that of any member Of the House
of Representatives or the Senate of the United
States. He has taken deep interest in the
political affairs ofhis country since early youth
Originally, before the war of 1912. q Democrat
of the Madsonian and Jeffersonian school,
impulsive, hearted. ardent, and patriotic, |
when the outrages that were committed upon |
this country by England occurred. he resolved |
TO leave the profession in which ho had every |
prospect of brilliant success, for tho purpose |
of fighting the battles Of his country. and if |
necessary, shedding his blood in her defence. |
My fellow-citizens, stand here and support |
Winfield Scott not only for these reasons, not |
only because he is civilian and statesman,
but because know him, of my own knowledge.
to be a man as pure in heart, as hgh-minded |
mr. In, ,an Ne snAa Ill
fellow-men. as any man ever knew
What the Honorable James A. Pierce, of
Maryland, said:
Il have entire confidence in both the nomi-
nees; and having long known Gen. SCOTS in
telligence, honor, patriotism. and truo Ameri-
can spirit, feel assured that to the unsurpass-
ed gallan,ry and skill which have given him re-
nown as the first soldier Of the Uuion, he wo'd
as Chief Magistrate, add the crowning glory
OF the purest fidelity to the Constitution and
the country
What the distinguished DR.. Claiming said,
Gn 1887
Much also is duo to the benefcent influence
of General Scott. To this distinguished man
belongs the rare honor ofuniting with military
energy and daring. the spirit IF philanthro-
pist. His exploits in the field, which placed
him in the first rank Of soldiers. have been OBJ
scured by the purer and more lasting glory Of
a paciicator, and friend of mankind. In the
whole history of the intercourse Of civilized
comm unites. we doubt whether brighter page
can be found than that which records his ngen-
cv in the removal of the Cherokee. As far as
the wrongs done to this race can be atoned for,
General Scott has made tho expiation. In his
recent mission to the disturbed border Of our
country he has succeeded, not so much by the
policy as bv the nobleness and generosity of
his character. by moral influence, by the earn
est conviction with which he has enforced on
NIL, with whom he had to do. the obligations of
justice, humanity, and religion. II would not
be easy TO find among us man who won Pill
rer fame; and would do something, no matter
how little, to hasten tine time when the spirit of
Christian humanity shall be accounted an es-
sential attribute and the brightest ornament of
n public man.
What Maj. Isaac II. Stevens, of the U. S. A.,
"a Dcmocrat) said
Nothing is ever accomplished without di-
recting head; and in no position are cool judg-
ment large grasp ofthe whole field of opera
tions, and will that shall arise superior to
partial and timid views, so much needed as in
command ofan army Nor ia this all. 1t is a
most mistaken idea that knowledge of what
is technically called the military art is alone as
sential. 1t is only a subordinate quality. IL
is impossible to conduct large military opera
fions without the possession Of the same ciuH and
qualities tohich are required to
govern a State or rule an Empire. I unhesi-
taiingly refer to tho whole history of the world
in proof Of this. Alexander conquered the
world, because in addition to that great soul
and that knowledge which enabled him to di-
rect his Greeks with such signal skill and sue
cess, he was the most consummate statesman
Of his age. Without the possession Of the same
qualities, Wellington would early have been
driven from Spain, and the famous Italian cam
paigns of Napoleon would yet have to be writ
ten. Washington was so eminently fitted to
conduct his countrymen through the war of In
dependence rom his happy blending of civil
and military qualities. And this is the secret
Of the miserable failure of military men, whose
regulations. once almost colossal, have since i.
departed. They have been able to shine on