The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-10-20
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GENERAL SCOTT.
FROM
Records ootemporaneous
with the Events.
(coscLuDED.)


in,-nd-d AZ much u soa,rol the decision Of the
nominating body, BY priva'- exhibition among
i'% ~, u,trrs, - subsequently I" give impulse 10
the military c4mpaig,s tsltO which II Was resolve
ID a. e. aver. ,k- presidential r&c.ion. The
e. - iaps,saed vi b tw" DOZEN wo'd cuts, dis.
p'aying a. many see"es in WHICH ne urnrrasia
aawsys prevented a ginns snssng p,gmes-a
0alLv.r ~ iIll;psa- the story a. told is IN
peri, ct keeping with the dirpropsr'ions r. the
pic,ures. Ageporu.,us vanity, tvphng throdgb
long and dim vista yrachinx back f,S'y years,
i~rns all asascatps the :. mote distance into
mere atoms, while by sppropia,;ng what belong
ed IL them it swells itself to the fianensons of
the fabuI rus Titan General Sc It's esssism,
rs il appears in his autobiography, has grown
garai like Aar ms s.rpen,. Iii. repnt,;i N h,s
in his commentaries swallowed w the glory %
every other man WHO Sxusrd in cur military an.
nails.
Ii is due 10 tho illu.,ri us dead, 10 Brown, the
self aught quaker Pennsylvania. who 6rss
; turned the tide ot battle oar favor in the
North, a, Sackeu's Hab,r, .ith the hastily
gathered militia Of the neighbour ood-who step
ped from his farm to the head OF that newly re-,
crnted army which carried out his glorinus
| conception ST tie Niagara campaign, and who
k- Jacks n, another mia :ia General, humblet.
the " t.ran invincibtes o. Wellington bs4cathv
the blows Of cit7 n soIdiery Of s,saf their mum.
bers--it is du,. to Pike. = Ripley, 10 Brady, to.
Rensselaer,, to Chriesie, Wadsworih to Wool,
| Dearhorn, Lewis, Channcry, Gaines Macomh,,
/ and Jackson, of the War Of J6I2-to Taylor.
Wo tn Duncan, the injured dead Of the last WIZ
tn vindicate their fame from the disparagem
attempted by General Scott, prompted by an
envy and urged on by ambition. The few snr.
wing associates Of tn. gallant soldiers whom
Sc.ht has insidiously 81 night to i"jure, and who
have experienced al his hands the same ungen-
rrous IT atsent, are living Witnesses Of the
wrong which the record will, when adduc d
| expose.
| Generals Tows,S and Jssvp are the sple
survivors oil the Distinguished 6rld Oh GERS with
Scott, when he Tough. under Brown in the bril-
liant Niagara campaign. They cannot but look
with disgust on the book hl,xoned with pictures
got up by G-nrra al Sc IT, tor elct.oneeriny pur.
poses, and in which be every where struts this
chief, when he was in every sense the subo:d,.
nate
1t a marked trait in SCOTS career, that no
hated all his superiors in grade, and that no ma,
who distinguished services in any station rend-
cred him rival in Scots Eye, ever escaped his
envy, or failed to feet the effects IF his s,er
attempts, openly or covertly made ON the higf.
rputa,ions they had earned.
Wilkinson and Scott.
General Wilkinson was the first to suffer
from Scots unhappy propensity 10 drcry superb
ors In lsl4, memoir OF General Scott, (sot--
ten up BY hlnself, as Gen. Wilkinson alirgcs,t
abuses the latter as the author Of thycharges
which he, Scott was convicted AID Suspended
in 1919. Wilkinson sho~s- That this was false
by record rvldence; gives an account Of bis re-
lations withScott from the day when, as Young
Captain, the latter lined his army on the Mis-.
si.sippi Scott had written an abusive ktirr
ayons' him on the way 10 New Orleans, in Gun.
y, QneHce o. Captain Bar head being placed nv-
rr him command, on the transport which con-
vry.d their Companies. A. his arrival at New
y leans, Scott thus introduced himself, says
W.kins"S: 1T is probable General you may
hnoa heard Of my Aaring ,orittsn free letter T.
y'", in aehich un4era fuse imprsssio", took
lbsrty ,ni,A yom, 1ch;ch fno,o regret" III had
r, c~ived," .nlinues Wilkins N, .'nn such le..
ter, and nerrup ed him by observing that my
ears we're no, open to int, .,ners, and that th.
acknnw l-dgment # an error was al! that liberal
; mind could desire"
Scot, had suppressed the abusive letter, and
after having read it I" Others, took this mode If
preven,in. ITS injnfiou, effects himself through
rutnors reaching the Grn-ras. He took the
casion which the kind feeling produced by his
frank apology, To solicit a louyh from the
Gem raj to return t" Virgnla, telling him, snys
w lkinson, that there was an "o6Ggat.on nhieh
mpsrio">fy required his p'tsefnec in Vtryixia
tAnt m yht readily eoneeirs rhst; dei,eacy for.
Lii his Mentioning" Wilkins n indulge him.
After Scott l,f the army, stating that he W III
resign aud MT rrturn, i.l,ut } II. /. Estes 1t
Vir in a, addressed the Z flowing notr to Grn.-
-rri WilRinsn.,, to b.. forwarded to the War De-.
par mcnt.
!, "CAmp TAME Burr, July Q, 1910"
ISM :--Capian Winfield Sc'u having left
service Of the United States, and being tho
old. st officer in his absence, have had fr,qne,t
appl cations from the greater part OF the mr0
now under my command tor twn months pay
due them, to wit September and October, 1908
which money know that Cap ain Scott ~
G, ived at Richmond, and has not yet accounted
to The MN for, and herein encl, I'd is n Pa, Roth
made out by apt. w Scott, for September and
October, with The affidavit OF thr men present,
that they have t received their money from
him ~ the above mention, time and do crr'i-
fy that the remarks made by me on the Fay
Roll opposite their names are accurate and just
to the best of my knowledge.
am respectfully.
your obedient servant,
JOHN ii. +. ESTES.
GvxrR,L W,LKixs,S."
Dr. Upshaw. Of Virginia, had been involved
in 4 gu ,rrel by Scott before he left New Orr.
ans A challenge passed bu, the illness Of Ur'
shaw up to the time wbcn Scott left prevented
a meeting. When Upsl,aw heard Of Estes's
statement, he pronounced Sc"tt's retaining Of
.
against Scott before a c ,urt Martial, after vii.
kinson was superseded in the command IT the
army by Hampton. The charges were
L. "Fnr DRAWN. two months Of his companys
pay, and Withholding !, from his men,
9. "For seditious and insubordinate language
respecting the Commanding General, declaring
thai if hc should 60 into The field with him, be
would carry pistol for the enemy, and enc
for The General"
Upshaw prosecuted the charges, against the
, earnest solicitations Of Wilkinson to desirt,
the latter desiring TO suppress feud which a.
last ended in duel in which Upshaw wounded
Scott.
The Judgment was as follows:
"After due deliberntion, &c, the Cont find
! the prisoner guilty of the first charge, but az
Quit him Of fraudulent Northumberland Of tho
second charge Of speaking unexpectedly Of the
} Commanding General; but not of the words
! charred-and sentence him to one years sus.
pension from rank pay and emolumen's.
Wilkinson, in his further detail Of his relati-
ons will Scott, shows that Scott never torgave
him, the injured pa -ty, and one who still strove
to save him from he ditiicuirs in which he in.
volvcd himself. When wilkinson wa, put in
comm n over him IN 1918, in the North, Scott
chen t,olonel) again approached the General in
the .ane way as at New Orleans, and the latter
again waived all explanaiions-told him he
.nas ready to eons,sn all to odiirion; aud at
forwards gave him opportunities which lie says
seneited the jealousy end discomfort IF senior
C,loneis in the camp, and wa. finally rapa:d for
all his fnrbearance and kindness, when he was
broken down by i'll health and mis- ortune, by in.
gratitude ard treache.y. After Wilki"sons
unIucky campaign. Scott come I" his sick room
and there, says Wilkinson, "He pressed my
feeble, help'ess hand, and ,ehen complicated
of my ha,d fortuna, he afte,fd to pour balm in.
to my afflicted bosom BY assuring me thnt al.
Though his relations ouh Gensr"i Hampton
aoouid prercnt his saying anything against that
officer, my conduct should be placed on its proper
ground. and that he pouil it DinGi 0ttnsGtif
! censHre.
With these pr ,fessions on his lips. which tn"
Father Of m.rcies can witness were made to me
by Colonel Scott, he arrives at Albany, and
! there Discovering that the Secretary of War