The daily union., 1852-09-17


and his trial is next made the basis OF Judge Conrads
complaint Weet Governor Marcy answer for US in this
place General Scors arstocraic nature his selfish
ness and his contempt for brave and gallant men, are here
powerfully depicted
Inc erownng outrage, you regard IL, is the simple
Tact that you and the three arrested officers are all be
placed together before the couthe innocent and
tne guy-the accuser and the aceusedhe Judge and his
pfsonsrs-are dealt with alike 'Mosi impartial justice
you eAcalm And why is IL impartial justice On
what ground OF right you claim TO have your ca 80 dis
eliminated from theirs IL Is you have assumed 10
be their Judge and have pronounced them guilty; and
complain and rcpne that the laws of the country
low you, their accuser, institute register your
decree Bayou their rghal Judge, although they
WERE your prisoners. Before that you all stand on
the same level. and all have equal rights Though you
may nave the self satisfying conviction that you nno
cent and they are guilty, the could upon
no such presumption BY becoming accuser, you did
not place yourself beyond the reach of beisg and
unless you are clothed with the immunity Of despotic
power and can claim the benefit Of the maxim 'tha the
king can do no wrong know why your conduct
when made the subject of charges may be invesga
ted by court Of inquiry perceive what other
or better right you have to complain of and asragn the
government than The other officers whom you have ac
cused and whose cases. with yours referred to the
same court IL is hard case, theirs is less
II you can rghfuy complain of persecution by the gov
efnment so can they with equal justice, and equal
claim to public sympathy.
ernment nor did they relate to matter In which IL could
feel any peculiar interest Not believing IL impossible for
TO do wrong, or that exempt from all respon
sbiy for whatever you might have done the government
deemed proper when charges were preferred against you
coming from source entitled respect them to
be investigated As the usual and mildest mode of pro
ceedng, they were referred to of inquiry. Until
you show that you enjoy the privilege
TO have your Official conduct exempt from all examination
in any form whatever, you have no plain
the taken in regard to the charges against YOU
!" your extraordinary Pretensions TO derive any
support from your distinguished services in the field you
ought be mindful that the three accused officers put
der by have like claims for distinguished
vices On the pages of impartial history their names and
their gallant deeds must appear with yours aud no mo-
nopolizng claims, seeking malignant exclusions at the
expense Of the truth of history, will be permitted TO rob
them of their fair share of the glory by our gallant
army while under your command"
A. The next fabrication Of Judge Conrad is worthy of
admiration, because OF its imperurbable coolness We
copy
His example of Difference to the law is glorious
and Of more substantial value than his victories"
If there is trait for which General Scott has been
distinguished it is his continued con,umacious and ar.
rogant contempt for the civil power. He who now as
pres to govern by the law, has been guilty. during his
life, OF repeated disregard Of the law In reference to
his utter disregard for the discipline Of the army Of which
he almost executor and interpreter, Mr. Marcy
says
"Icannot however, but regard your socitude for the
support Of discp be os,entaous than
When general at the head OF army Of freemen. who
do not lose their rights citizens by becoming soldiers
sets up pretensions to dctaoria power-when he con-
tennis the authority of his government, and more
ready to than to It's orders and
ons-when he denounces outrage and punishrn
the attempt submit his acts, charged an offence
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mldes form-when he administers ind gnant reproof
to his superior for upholdng the sacred right appeal
upon which depend the security and protection of all
der his command-such general sets example OF in
subordinate conduct OF wide and whitening influence upon
sound military discipline"
5. Judge Conrad next demands credit for Gen. Scott
because he refused the bribs Of The Msrieam, We have
heard Of this claim before. II is OF staple of whg
exhorers, and il true would establish merit for
the General which the humblest American private would
blush NOT to deserve. The brbe to Santa Anna which
Gen. Scott advocated with much zeal, and the results
OF which in the continued hoslites and loss
OF life is part of hs,oy-a sad and mournu chapter
OF the war But for an American general to set up
caim-no matter how apocypbal-that he resisted the
brbe OF false and pe6dous and savage foe, and upon
this 10 ask votes and voces-this is a new idea The
poor private soldier tempted by the offer OF this foe and
detected in deseron-aud few were deluded by il in
Mexco--was considered so base and so irredeemable
wretch that be either hanged before the whole army
sent into the wide world branded like murderer
OF course Gen. Scott bad richer offer than the humble
but not less gallant rank and e who sconed 10 be mis-
led He declined il. He refused to exchange Mexico
for the United Siaes he refused trust TO the honor OF
of foe recreant TO all promises and preferred relying
upon his country. He refused and now he asks his
reward How much OF calculation. how much OF patri.
otsm is there in all this more than in the conduc, OF
tens Of thousands OF brave men tco nepr t1peccd 10 BE-
candidates for Presideni7
g. But Judge Conrad is not satisfied with going to one
extreme: he must go TO the other. Hear him, In his
Of Scott;
"our greatest warrior is camest sage" "By the side
OF Clay Scott abored earnestly day and hight for the Com
promise and when IL had passed. he received for his
early ardent, and championship the grateful
thanks OF the departing patriot For that devotion to the
Union which merted and Csys admiration and graft.
tude, ask yours"
Here is a whig who processes to know more about
Henry Clays opinion Of Scors championship" Of the
Compromise than The friends OF Clay here the
iptal, themselves working for the Compromise. and
OF them hostile 10 General Scotfs election be-
they could only track him by the wounds inflicted
uroa Clay and the other advocates OF the Compromise by
tae hands of his ntmatesSeward Greeley, Johnston,
and Tbaddeus Stevens. Judge Conrad is resident OF
and during the bitterly against