Southern standard., 1852-10-09

thron0h the country Some of the more devoted and
hind friends of the old General, claim for him extra
ordinary talent and insist that be Is equal to any task
either civil or military We shall not deny this. If
we were capable of rending from the old mans brow
the chaplet his prowess has placed there in defence OF
his country five were capable of striking from him
the slightest of the honors he has won on the
"tented 6eId' would, for napraise within the gift
Of party raise hand Tor the work OF immolation-
Others may do as they please-they may assault the
private character ofour candidate they may charge
him with cowardice, with having submitted person
al insult in having had his face slapped they may
charge that he is "gamblef and drunkard and that
he compromisedwith gambler at Vera Cruz, and de-
feated the order of his commanders they may charge
that he aided and abeted in the death ofs grand moth
er and that he given lcentious habits, and that
is his practice to drag down virtue and then abandon
the victims his lust has prosuued to the cold sympa
thes of he world. We say allthese may be charged,
and Heaven only knows what other loathSome as
saus prompted alone by fendish spirit, and yet we
can never be dragged into defence of such malice ;
and never, shall we be beguiled into the propagation
ofthe calumnies floating through the press, question
ing the decency, the habits of opponents tits
province ; it is not in nature, and we spurn
it with contempt and disgust
But Gen. Scott has been travelling he has been, in
common parlance "Stumping." AS specimens of
his style and taste; indicating something Of his
markable ability eloquent, captivating declamer,
we annex the following delivered Lewistown in re-
ply to Geo. Elder as reported in the Lewistown Ga
zette, Scott paper
"My Fellow Citizens l am happy to meet with
you here in this beautiful valley of the Juniata.-
This kind reception was unexpected; and the SEN
timents Of the beautiful speech just made, by one
of your number, have touched my heart deeply.
A manifestation of my countrymens esteem 1
cherish as my highest honor, and this of yours
shall ever live fresh.in my memory.
II Again, and again. thank you all for your
kindness, and assure you it has excited the most
Il grateful feelings of my heart while to meet my
old associates in arms, awakens emotions which
language fails me to express"
No man can fail to be struck with this eloquence
It's exceedingly affecting But the following deliver
ed at Holidaysburg, is almost overpOwering
-'My countrymen of Blair county and the noun
tains of ennsylyanil: ! am very glad to meet
you | thank you most sincerely for the honor
1you have conferred upon me. understand you
are to have public meeting tomorrow, at which
| have no doubt | will be- remembered in your
speeches and your hearts, and l now thank you in
advance for the honorS you intend to confer upon
me. l am very much fatigued have travelled
Ia great way to-day, and have got my arm hurt in
the crowd. | therefore will retire, again giving
you Thousand thanks for the honor you have con-
ferred upon me- I acould shake hands with all OF
you if l could, and di0ide my heart among you y
Three cheers for General Scott being given. the
General bowed, offered thanks, bowed again and
retired.
Is it necessary to remind the reader thatGen Scott
sa candidate for the Presidency of this nation, and
that he is capable of such nonsense as this. Why,
school-boy would do better
The following, delivered at Cleveland, is beyond all
comparisons the richest trash have seen in this can
vass 1t is from the N. Y. II ibane, Grteley's paper
Greeley was tr yelling with Gen Scott: he was one
of the principal Speakers at the Scott mass r,elin ii
Columbus, Ohio, and 10 one question the genu-
ineness OF this remarkable frodnction--:esul II:
Ger. Scott S .,ceeli az Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, ONO, srpt 21.-The ielloang is
> the Speeclnoi Gen. ScoLt made from he balcony
: of the American Hoicl yesterday, to the thron1
which assembled 10 welcome him 10. the city:
e Fellow Citizens---Nh hen i say fellow citizens,
0 mean native and adopted citizens. AS well as al
It who intend to become citizens OF this great and
f glorious country. thank you for the enthusias-
n tic reception you have gisen-me. (Cheers.) Bu
there is thing regret in visiting this beauti
4 Iui city, anu LnaL Is the rain. was phincQ thai
= while was comfortably sheltered in a covered
: carriage, you should have been exposed to faiI
: and mud. During my military campaigns. and
other times in the discharge of the<duties of my
n office, and during the greater part of my life,
s have been on the march, and have always beer
e accustomed to expose myself to the weather anC
it other inconvenences of camp life, in common will
,r the brave soldiers of the army. and am painec
at this tnde to see you put to such Inconvenience
on my account. (Great cheering
" ow-citizens--I have thought man coulc
y hardly call himself citizen of this great country
II without passing over these great lakes, of which
$ this is justly celebrated as one of the most beau
e tiful of the whole West. ("You're welcom,
$ here" from an Irishman.) l hear that rcl
e brogue-l love to hear tit makes me remembe
oi the noble deeds of Irishmen, many Of whom
e have led to battle and to victory Great cheer
n ing.)
: w-citizens-I do not intend to make
speech, am not journeying for that purpose;
am travelling for the purpose of selecting sit
o for military hospital. l simply came at YOU
CALL to thank you for this greeting You've seen Il
q to greet me cordially, so would you greet anv q
your country's Generals accept it as an eyi
: dence of your patriotism; it convinces me of YOU
q devotion and love of your country. TCheers.
o will not detain you longer; you are wet an,
e covered with mud, repeat my thanks for thi
! enthusiastic reception. Great cheering.l
This morning he was waited upon bY larg
number of our citizens, and on his departure i
the cars Tor Columbus, was enthusiastically cheer
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