Daily American telegraph., 1852-08-11

been exchanged where his first business was to
attend to the safety of his Irish soldiers. The
matter, upon his representation, was taken
warmly up by the government, and law passed
both houses of Congress, without delay, vesting
the President with the power of retaliation.
q Did Scott push this matter himself?
A. Day and night and it was by his exertions
that 1t was so promptly attended to.
q. This was making great national FUSS
about few poor Irishmen
A. 1t was. That is just what the British
thought about it, when at the battle Of Fort
George they were beaten " over the hills and far
away" by the gallant Scott, and from among the
numerous prisoners taken he selected twenty
three English and Scotchmen, careful not to in
clude a single Irishman, and sent them under
guard into the interior of the country, to abide
the fate of his men in England.
Q. Humph! how did it end?
A. They came home safe, where their noble
commander, Col Scott, received them, not with
hauteur pride or state, but q hearty and gen.
erous welcome; nor an empty welcome, either,
but one which included for them land bounties,>
long arrearages Of pay, and the full rights Of
citizenship
Q. lie could not have done more for his staff.
A. Certainly not You see, however, in this
one instance, how he used his men--not his coun-
tymeu, but naturalized foreigners. May Heaven
send old Ireland such leader.
Q. fear you are a rabid Whig.
A. Not an English Whg-I have too much
Irish blood in my heart for that, and, in view of
81 IF Epoliol, Wbirray,,
almost loathe the name. My countrymen will
one of these days learn that by avoiding Ameri-
can Whig principles, they into the jaws Of
their old enemy, who is masked under the guse
of Democracy. English Whiggery and American
Democracy are twins
@. Well, we'll let US avoid political discus
sion. Can you name any other incident in Gen.
Scott's career to illustrate the position he holds
towards his men? One swallow does not make q
summer. Probably that was al done for effect
he's fond of :" feathers" you know.
A. Only where there is fuss, remember
such fuss as made the dragon of st. George fly
roaring back to Britain, and hushed the old war
cry of "St. Iago, to the rescue!' on the plains
and sierras of Mexico. But there are scenes in
his life worth all Of ths-in fact, the moral gram
deur of the old chieftain's character makes alone
hero of him.
Q. But those scenes?
A. Were you ever surrounded by the horrors
of Asiatic choleraH
| Q. Not only surrounded by it, but endured
every torture its pangs could inficts
] A. Then you know that as noiselessly as it swept
down from the ice-peaks of Russia and went
moving down its tens and hundreds of thousands
in Europe, just so noiselessly it landed on our
shores--a foe more to be dreaded than an army
with banners" for no man knew the art of con-
tending with an enemy SO insidious and deadly.
Gen Scott was then on his way with his men
to the seat of the Black Hawk war, but ere he
reached the red mans territory, the "whitc
horse and his pale rider swept through their
midst, and one after another-fyes, tens, twen-
ties of his gallant and brave-hearted men, after
short but awful conflicts with the angel ofdeath-
surrendered to his delegated power
q. Where was their General Where their
commanding officers ?
A. Their General was in their midst, minister
ing to their wants, and soothing, by personal at
tention their death pangs. And mark you-he
was under no responsibility 70 do this. Hecould
have issued general orders to his medical men
and others, and fed without blame or rcproach
from this scene of pestilence and death, rs some
did, who might have supported him in his peril
Gus exertons Morning, noon, and night, he
was among the sick and dying, suggesting RENE
diesfor their relief administering to their wants
himself, and consoling and cheering them as far
as humanity could. Mind these were not Off
ccrs-they we're only poor priyates, the vassals Of
this autocrat, if you will, to whom he extended
his kindly assistance-from whose foreheads he
wiped the sweats of death, and who, fearless of
the pestential breath that was gradually ebbing
away, watched close beside them. But the mis-
sion of the destroyer was accomplished-the old
veteran had disputed the way inch by inch with
him, and snatched many a victim from his grasp,
by nm exercise Of humanity which, under the
circumstances, was sublime
@. Why do the Democrats abuse him so hear
tIy?
A. Why do dogs bay at the moon? Why do
boys throw only at the rarest and ripest fruits !
Why do birds pick only at the finest cherries Or
tell me why moths are so silly as to fly right into
blazing light, where they are consumed for their
pains? Scotts life and public services for forty
long years are Incorporated now with the ma
tional feeling and national honor-they are en-
grayed on every American heart, close beside the
name Of Washington; and in the whole chronicle
Of his life there is not one foul blot
0. 1t grows late. will call again this week
some time don't expect to vote for General
Scott, but really, after all, it warns one up
somehow to hear tell of him, as military man
merely as a military man, understand