The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-09-03
American Wings and British Tories
Z The Duke of Wellington and Gen.

The Duke of Weilingtoh and Gen
Scott. ~ 9&f .a.t -hf
The. Wings seem TO be taking great pains
| just now, te call the attention of the coun
Try TO the indemnity Of their principles will
those OF The Tories of Great Britain. w
| find the following in the 0. s. Journal, a pa
per that keeps stereotyped in its columns,ex
tracts from the London Times and two libe
raj English Journals, expressing the hop
that Gen. Pierce may be elected president
on account Of his liberal opinions on the sub
! ject Of free trade: ~
ADMINISTRATIVE TALENT OF MrLITAR,
MEN.--Mr. oebuck. sdisiingnishsd mem
ber OF the British Parliament, in his Histor,
of the Wbig Ministry 1880, to the passinl
of the Reform Bill, in speaking Of the Duk'
of Wellington. says: -,.., ~
"No man caii be a soldier unless he pos
sess great administrative talent, and this tai
|ent is more likely TO be brought forth and
fostered by the business Of war than by the
manage ment of cases.at Nisi prius, yet be
cause of the habit-of speaking, the lawyer is
deemed capable OF coverings while tic
soldier, whose life is spent in action and no,
in.talk, is. considered unversed III what are
called the civil affairs Of State. The train
ing Of the Duke OF Wellington was, howev-
er, of a much higher character than any which
ordinary statesmen, or soldiers, or lawyers,
canhope toenjoy' In India, and Spain, and
Portugal, he led armies and he governed ma
tions. To feed his armies, and to keep the
people for whom he was nominally engaged
obrdient aud favorable to his cause. be was
Obliged 10 bring into action all those
great qualities Of mind which are NEEDED for
The practical government OF mankind. Ev-
cry intricate question of finunce, the va
fious and perplexing operations OF trade, the
effects OF every institution, commercial, po-
litical, OF law and adninistr1 lion--all had
to be understood, weighed, watched, and ap-
piled, while he led The armies of England,
and, in fact, governed the people OF Spain
and Portugal. The vast combinations n4ed-
ed for his gfTat campaigns made him familiar
with every operation OF government; and
the peculiar relation in which he stood 10
the people OF Spain and Portugal and their
various rulers G lied into action every faculty
of hls mind, and made him profoundly skill
ed in the difficult art Of leading and control
ling men OF all clesses and ofall characters.
ii, 4l ,42.
Let the reader insertthe name Of General
SCOTT in lieu Of the Duke oil Wellington, and
instead of the campaign in Spain and Potlu-
gal insert the campaign in Mexico, and the
whole fiianag inent OF the civil government
there for five months, and the argument will
fiji present times exactly. naddition, how
ever, 10 such campaigns as there spoken Of,
Scotts services in Soullr Carolina, in remov
ing The Cherokees, on the Canada frontier,
and along the Mexican boundary, make the
argument doubly applicable to him.
The Journal took the above extract from a
review ol Mr.. Roebuck's work, published in
the london Quarterly-the organ of the
British Torics-whrre it is introduced by
the following remarks
The instability of the preceding Ministry had
been general complaint when the Duke be
came Premier A strong government was de-
sired, aud it was thought he would form one;
his great practical sagacity, hisfrmness of will,
and splentid reputation throughout the world,
all justified The anticipation. We do not often
agree with Nj. Roebuck-but some Of his re-
marks on this OCCASION seem creditabe TO his
Judgement, and afford pleasing exception to
the general acidity of his style. "a
Ay, ay,. STRONG GOVERNMENT
was wanted, and it was thought, the Duke
would make one. The wings want a strong
government, and they thi TX General Scott
will make one. Everybody knows that the
Duke of Wellington is the very personifca'
tion of toryism. "Let he reader insert the
name of Gen.. Scott in lieu, Of the duke Of
Wellington Exactly, we understand il
as clear as sunlight. The whig'
want some one skilled in the difficult art ot
''leading and CONTROLLING the people"
But lrstit may be said chat these Gre
merely the sentiments of an individual, we
present our readers With another extract
We quoIe from an article III the Wing Re.
view, to which we have, heretofore, called
attention
The Machiavels Of Democracy do not wlsl
to be CONTROLLED, but ONLY 10 CONTROL thel
desire not 10 have, a MASTER, but an assidllou'
SERVANT. N'f
Here we have it in plain terms. "Tht
Democrats do not desire to be controlled
ofcoufse the wings do. 1.-THE Democrats dc
not desire aMAsrER-- Of course the Wing
do.
No, gentlemen, we do not desire TO hayl
a naster.-We are ffeemen and not slaves
We do desire to have an 'assiduous servant
for the People are the soyereigns here.
DEMocRArs; doyou hear this? You Sc
here why it is that your Opponents wishiyo'
to vots for Gen. Scott. 1t is that you ma
have MASTER. Who among you feels ia
clined to bow hi neck TO the YOKE? ,,,.
Mortality among theU. s. Troops.
We learn, indirectly, says the N. yor
Journal Of Commerce, from Purser. Wei h
of the U. s. sloop- Vincennes, VIII
returned ia the Illinois, from Valparaiso, tha
upwards Of eighty y, s. troops, reeeptl
sent out, died on The lsihuits and Code
Gate Of disease contracted on the lstamus
Mai. Gore was among the number. It wa
understood that official information Of n
fatality had been forwarded to Washing
ion. 8 s2-Ls .-.Le .-.a.. y elts