The daily union., 1852-10-16
From the Hartford Tin
Facts In History.

The rambling journeys that Scott no making the
public expense under the pretence OF finding place Tor
locating public hospital, and the empty, declamaory,
egostca speeches, they called Indicate the char
acter and capacity OF the man On almost every occasion
he tells how pleased he TO listen 10 that rch brogue
what qualification il gives him TO hear the "GerIndn ac-
cent" This vulgar eectoneerng while on tour OF pub
lie duty the public expense comes from man who ior
years has exered himself TO prohibit any man who had
brogue German accent IRON voting, or even from lhe
rights of nauralized citizen.
But his speech at Cincinnati displays other traits. We
copy from the whig papers the following extracts
ssYour alluded 10 that critical hour history
when Hull had ingodousy surrendered, and the blackest
hung theaengy nihe horizon beloved coun
trusted and told them The had for the decisive
blow-lhat work must be done on that Canada frontier
gloom Of the recent events and enable their chill
den ring bells, fire and build bonfes In com
memory OF Hu's surrender. We fell to work. and the
thing was done; lCheeIs The battles oil Chippewa ana
Lundy's Lane followed"
g Now, at the time of Hulls surrender, Scott was a
lieutenant colonel without command, without character,
having never fought battle in any manner dstin-
gushed himself a." Lieutenant Colonel Scott, IN a
subordinate position, without command "called around
me men that could be trusted and told them what to do"
What funny clons for the general n-chef al this time
TO relate 10 his counlrymen this hunting, eecuoneer-
ing hospital locating But the worst feature OF this
egosca scandal is not lis falsy Brave and generous
minds always sensitive towards the fame and name
OF their brohers-n-arns, and scorn to wear aures that
not their own, but which they know justly belong TO
others Scott has word OF remembrance for his gal
LIANT associates, those whose orders he a, that period
and for many years after, obeyed II was not Brown,
critical hour in our history when Hull had inglorionsy
surrendered" rallied the desponding hearts OF their
counuymen, but "l," Lieutenant Colonel Scott
II has been object with the more unscrupuous wing
Iartisans 10 impose upon the people belief that their
candidate the only hero the Niagara frontier and
that he then in command To do this they have su
red Ripley and Miller, and Jesup, and Mcneil, and
host OF others his equals and robbed General Brown,
who was in command, OF the honors 10 which he is en-
suppose and the true history Of lha, period cannot Be
perverted
The records of The country and Of history are imper.
ishable If there any deluded and duped by whig
representations, by Scott himself they should pat
themselves right Let us quote but half dozen lines
from the records OF the United States Senate more than
quarter OF a century ago, when were familiar
with the events OF the war OF 1912.
On the 25lh OF February, 1925, General William II
Harrison, then senator in Congress from Ohio offered
the following resolution:
Roiped, That the have learned with deep re
gret the death OF Major General Jacob Brown the la
commanding general OF lie army. and the disunguished
leader tlfc glorious battles of Chippewa Niagara and
Eris In the late war;
TINS resolution adopted UNANIMOUSLY by the Sen.
ate Il was offered by Harrison and concurred in BY
Jackson-tw major generals, both OF whom were the
superIos OF Lieutenant Colonel Scoboh officers with
General Brown in The war of 1912, both subsequently
President OF the United States both senators 10 1875,
when Brown, then general n-chef, breathed his last
One OF General Browns subaerns would now pluck
from the grave Of his old commander the honors awarded
by grateful country II Scott entitled othe honOrs OF
leader in the battles OF Mexico Brown is for those the
Niagara frontier expressed in the resolution OF the
Senate and a. is known by every one The least conve.
SAINT with history
The idle vagary Of Scott about what he did after Hus
defeat Is graceless story from IN his position.
and at the period referred We have doubt that he
and every officer OF the army-as every democrat
and many whgs-were indignant that Hull surrendered,
but that LieutGnu Coiord Scott called men around him
and directed the events OF that period is VIGOROUSLY
tue, and we sorry that he should for eleclioneeng
purposes, or Tor mere vanity, assert it,