The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-28
From the Louisville Journal.
The Whiv Can didate.

more or less Of the respect and admiration Of man
kind. But of all who have lived or now living,
how few enjoy untarnished fame. Those who
have passed of the stage, impartial history has
weighed, and those who yet live are submitted to
the still more terrible ordeal of prejudiccd and
| envious public judgment, and each and all have
been found wanting OF the many eminent men
whom this country has produced, none have de.
voted more of their lives to the public service than
WIsFIELD SCorT. He Is now the most distin-
guished living American and of all who have lived,
not one, five except Washington, will more extern
sively more gloriously illustrate his country's
history; and greatly err II, when the passions
and prejudices of contemporary history-the little
| things which, like dust upon q picture, ever
visible upon close inspection-shall have passed
from sight and parted from recollection, one shall
be found whose fame will be purer and brighter
than his.
As a military commander, General Scott ranks
among the foremost in modern times. Since the
death Of Washingto the world does not contain
his equal; and no man can achieve such reputation
without possessing large intellectual powers.
One may be great officer, as Ney, or Putnam.
or Worth, without extraordinary abilities, and
wholly without the scope, the responsiveness Of
intellect necessary to constitute great general;
but no man who has displayed the great genius
in every emergency has exhibited can be placed
anywhere else in the scale of intellectual emf
hence but in the front rank. Our political oppo-
nents and some Of discontinued and disap-
pointed friends have sometimes said that the higs
in nominating General Scott for the Presidency,
have set aside distinguished men. But how
grent is their advantage in this respect over their
! opponents. If they haze set aside great men,
they have still taken for their candidate O man
Of uncommon intellect and imperishable renown
is no doubt a worthy citizen and a respectable
| man; but there is nothing about him to be named
beside the lofty character, the eminent abilities
displayed in civil as well as military affairs, and
the illustrious services of Gen. Scott. The name
| OF the one must be found on every page of bis
country history; but were the other removed from
life day, the fullest history OF America might be
written without the slightest need for recording
that he had ever lived If Mr.. Webster and Mr.
Fillmore are eminent in their spheres, Gen Scott
ia no less eminent in his, and he is the man whom
OF all others, large majority Of the Wings of the
United States prefer to be their candidate. On the
other hand, the Democrats have seen all the emf
| nent men, whom the masses of their party desired,
| unceremonousy thrown overheard, and candi-
date hardly known. whom none of them desired,
| and Of whom not one in ten thousand had ever
heard, imposed upon them by the wire workers
the political tricksters into whose hands the destiny
of the great Democratic party happens at present
to be committed.
But it is not of General Scotts intellectual abili
ties, displayed in his military and civil career
that we wish now particularly to speak. His rep
utaton for these ia secure. Party slanders cannot
stain it-party detraction cannot lessen it. What
we would now have viv!dly impressed upon the
public mind is, that the name Of Winfield Scott is
| not furnished by any meanness or wickedness.
The bitterest prejudice has whispered no reproach
against him. His honor, his integrity, his manli-
ness, his love of country, his perfect uprghtness,
are unquestioned and unquestionable. His whole
life stands before the country an example to her
youth, her strong men, and her aged sircs. He has
ali himself nOt
of Cupidity and avarice, but the per feet master of
his passions and appetites He has not only 60
verned others, but throughout life has done what is
more difficult he has governed himself Though
subjected to all the temptations Of camp life, or
what is worse, 10 the designations of the capital his
character for sobriety and moral rectitude is un-
excess might be excused, he has never been
known to exhibit the least sign Of over. indul-
gence. No charge Of vice, of extravaganza Of
dscrcditablo indulgence, of sordid aims or mer-
a model citizen Though COMMUNICATE Of no
religious denomination, he has shown respect
for the observances Of religion. He has been and
is habtual attendant on public worship at all
times. and he has ever urged the came open OBJ
| servance upon the officers and men under him.
Though he makes no secret OF his preference Tor
the form OF religious worship in which he was
educ ated-that of the Protestant Episcopa church.
he has been the advocate of the largest reli-
gious tolerance the bitter foe to all prescription
| an open enemy to all interference with the rights
OF conscience. In his public career General Scott
has passed through thousand scenes Of tempta-
ton, and has enjoyed countless opportunities to
amass the wealth of potentate, yet he ia to day
without spot or bemish, and though always living
the millions that have passed through his hands,
| and of the millions he might have clutched,
had he stopped to do it, not dollar has stuck to
| his palm.
| embazon the character Of our leader, none has
| impressed US more than the profound respect
| which he has ever shown for the Constitution and
laws OF his country and for the tribunals ordained
to enforce them Having won his way to the capi.
| tai of foreign country by series of brilliant
! victories such as history can furnish no parallel
TO, and whilst at the head OF noble army flushed
| with success and devotedly attached to him. he
found himself suddenly displaced from command,
His Cover nment denied him the triumph be had just
ly and glorously won, and heaped upon him every
pettyNpsult that party revenge could device to
madden his noble spirit. In the very midst of vic.
| tories which had shed mperishabe renown upon
| his country's arms, and IN the very face OF his
| country's enemies, over whom he had so sgnally
| triumphed, he arraigncd before court of in.
quiry upon charges that only malice and envy
could have dictated. He had but to call upon his
devoted army, and his mAlgners foremost among
whom, be it with shame recorded, were President
potent; but he submitted himself, as the meanest
soldier, the trial which instituted to destroy
his lame. and thus taught sublime lesson OF cub.
mission to HE soldiers and countrymen which can
| in victory, he no less great in bis humility.
| These are the phases of General Scotts charac-
ter that extort our unqualified admiration, and to
which feel just pride as American citizens in
| directing attention. The Wings present not only
! distinguished man and a man OF large powers Of
| mind az their candidate for the Presidency, but
they present perfectly sober and honest man, and
| one who has shown himself capable of governing
himself These sre qualities high and rare, and Of
which the people of this country have, on more
than one occasion, evinced marked appreciation.
| Great on great occasions he has always shown
himself to be- wise in council and Ia action as he
h,s manifested himself in several Of the most try
ing emergencies through which the country has
ever been called to pass, the successful leader OF
ba talions In the fercest conflicts OF the war; the
pacfcator whose skill has arrested it's calamties
In peace, the prudent and forbearing manager of
intestine strfes- he adds to all the signal merit,
the honorable distinction, the browning glory Of an
| unimpeac liable citizen and an inhexiby honest
man. How mean and contemplate in view of this
high distinction are the pnitry criticisms OF little
| minds upon the personal vanties or pecuiarities
| of this eminent citizen, peculiarities which moro
or less belong to every man of marked individu'