Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-08-04
GEN. scoTr.-Goy. sE,yAnp.

II may 90 we'll for moment to recur to
the s'anderouis imputation. that Gen Scott
is IN some way under the influence of Seward
There is some satisfaction in the reflection
that however successfully for time insdious
defamation may be praetieed, in order to de-
trae. from mans merits and jas. Influence,
sooner or later the day o. reckoning comes,
when the public pronoanccs judgment upon
TIE revilers. Already in the case Of Gen.
Scott is the foul suspicion aud charge alluded
TO sinking into "thc common sewer OF loatbed
and disgusting caldmaies
Let it be remembered that he against whom
the charge is preferred, has been all his life
fighting the battles of the Union that his
Southern hirth--his education in the Schools
and Colleges of Tirginid, render it almost
impossible that the attachments Of his birth
place, and the associations Of youth, would
not stihe any sentiment of hostility to the
rights and peace of the Setuh--tkat no one
dare allegc that he ever uttered sentiment
of hostility to the Compromise that on the
contrary, though not in position to vote and
speak, yet he deemed it his duty. at the head
Of the armies Of the Union to urge the adop-
ton of measures necessary to perpetuate the
Union--that we have the unimreacbed state
ment Of such Wings as Ex-Governor Jones,
Of Cabell Stanley aud others, and Of the Dem
ocratic Ex Governor of Connecticut, Cleye-
land. sustained by Gen. SCOTS own unim.
peached word that he was actively and noto-
riously engaged in urging the adoption Of
those measures upon Congress that he has
continued their constant advocate that he
has pledged an uusuiied reputation for honor
and veracity to sustain them. and above all
this, in relation to the infamous imratation
that he is under Abolition influence, no MAN
HAS ASSERTED AND NO FACT is ApDucEp to
prove that be has. OF would listen to the
eounscls Of any one who sought to re agitate
the dangerous subject. We have the strong.
. ~ expressed remark of one high in Demo-
cratic favor in some quarters Gen. Quitman
THAT 'the charge is all fudgeN--that Gen
Scot, is not the man to be improperly naa-
eneod or controlled by any one
a great man Of the land who has borne
the flag Of his country in triumph over the
fields of ten pitched battles who has thrice
restored pence and harmony by negotiation
and counsel, is for the FIRST time in his life
thus slandered and traduced Is it necessa.
ry to appeal to the common sense Of justice
Of the people--to common decency-to fling
back the foul impatation into the mouths Of
lying politicians who fa6rieate it
We sad this was the first time he had beer
slandercd II is not the first time however
his reputation has been plotted against -
"Ihe FIRE IN The rear from Washington, :
the assault upon him by the friends Of the
country at home, while be was assaulting its
enemies abroad-has not been forgotten. Ht
met both He has defeated his open foes
and We have good reason to believe that bis
foes in the rear will have specimen of bis
Generalship by an attack in reverse upon the
intrenchments in which they fancy themselves
securely lodged.