Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1852-09-10

/ Com Porter had established a precedent of
! accan+ance Gen. Scott was persecuted--hIs
/ Efa-Inng devotion rewarded with disgrace
( This w6nId redress him. Like Aristides, his
/ nrobitv in Office had kept him pOor--thls
/ Iyoud enrich him His foes had stripped
/ him of his station-this would confer a lofti-
| er one--a place among princes. Of course
he accented an offer 50 brilliant. Why should
he not? Far from it. He at least hesitated.
Not a moment. My life, such was ms
sublime answer " belongs TO my country. |
would rather be her humblest servant than
the monarch Of earth's richest empire
Discarded. I will stick to her; prosecuted,
wronged requited with contumely and dis
grace, it viii be my glory TO love and cherish
her; to serve and suffer, to live and die. for
her" Is not this man worthy of your votes?
Would YOU be worthy Of him if you denied
them? For this | ask your suffrage.
Glorious as has been his military career,
the civil life and services of Scott equally
claim your admiration and gratitude. He is,
and ever has been, the friend and advocate of
peace His letter to the Peace Convention
avows his opposition to unnecessary war, and
his life approves that profession. You re-
member the CanadarebeliOn. Our neighbOrs
struck for independence-a cause to which
American hearts must give a throb and thrill
of sympathy. That sympathy was met by
British arrogance, and an American boat was
fired, by an invading sOldiery, in an Ameri
can port, and sent, while the flames rose
above the bodies Of the slaughtered Ameri-
cans down thq Niagara. and oyer the cata-
ract. The war spirit on the frontier shct up
like bale fire. Collision seemed inevitable.
What nolitician. what digloinatist was then
found adaouate t. the crisis? Scott alone
was considered bv q Democratic adlniuistra-
ton. canaEIa Of aEertin0 the storm. lie did
avert i Without army, without aid. singly.
In dim. nf his oyyn wisdom and .l1aucnca he
saved the caupt1y from = war which. had il
rom. ,r,iIl h3,, strained her cyp,, nerve r,
rragl;uo. and made her every more Szyeat
ilnoa Which of your hoasted civilians can
noiut fo .l,cL 8, tr;aIonhg ask for that fri
,;uo,,h Hour VOTES
ig.in an m. Northeastern frontiar in
1Q29- D.,. rr,o,..,r Eurland and Of this conn
f..y we're ,i.ti,li,- in the field AGAINST each
ether One Ir.6 Of blood then Shed would
l,7~a .1ri.cd sai: If blood Auain = Demo
cratic. administration had resource. to the civil
aI;l;,i.s of SOFT I'm. who then darad ~
Doubt tham2 And aoa;n he ayerfcd the con-
fict avrortinc, Iv his talents and his trinrnnh
tba annIausa 0f All rartics. and conGrmiud in
hotb tcrpmntr;os his +itJo as rms Carr priv
GATOR. In this character. as the APOSTLE Of
paaca and f,r those sarvicas do | ask vour
votes for Goneral Scott
The time bonored patriot claims vour rev
ereucc as the chamnidn Of the Union. its ear
Iiest. staadiest and staupcbest. No spot of
tho ration mn Norrb no G,ntb ma Fast mn
West can claim him .. itsovn His natriotic
life has been snread. like SUNLIGHT. all over the
land he has loved and served IT lono and
well. In his youth when the North nIotted
treason NJ Hartford he shaued tbe malecon-
font snirit harlr N its don nv tho rlorv of his
victories on the line. In after Years ,vhen
the Soutb renewed the dark avamnla NJ
Charleston. with notification he was aoain
;ntnrnnsnd IN sova tba Tnion Tho nafriot
Jackson was then at the head of the Govern
ment. and IN that dark hour. for II was a
dark as another NIGHT niIeJ unon miduirbt
where did She IooL, for one vyhoxo Iofty Evil
and military ou,Iities and devoted rotriotism
he could trust 70 avert fraternaI wars9 Onr
land has many oreo+ mon but his sanacitv
directed him t. Snntt lie scnt him 70 tba /
scena of avci+ap,cn+ and danror. and With
his Giant hand nnon the helm alI was safe
The first intnilacts If thn nation npited IN an,
,Isud;r,, b;s ;n,-ofraII, sa,,;cos o,,d H. /
naonanimous jackson throu0b the Secretary !
of IVor Con Coce ovpraseed b;e b;.,b odp,; +
ration and a.l,no,rIedGnd I,is nror,,T9d e,roti-
rude and thar If tba c6nntry Viii an, dom
ocrat deny the merit which Jackson annIanJ- .
ad2 ar y:itbboId tba o,co+itndo La I,oItalr-odq > |
Undar tho sanction +bor ,f rho c,ro,+ ,a,,,o |
of Andrerv Jactson / az ,.our tntos fIr
General Scott
And in tho last r,nr;I If +bn I-nio,, whore
was Scott F,rIie-t ~, tho side of its nohIos+
defender the iIinqtrinns TIanrv CIavN NCiar
whose nnrn and rIi~hrv snir;f when II had
acb;cved its last anI 7nf;ia.f trrnr,h La,c c,1
Hob +, W-oshir,,to,, ti, ,,I +-!,,,',r,b tlat
lis ca,,r,r, 'e-oG h. tLe $40 r. CIa,.
Grntf Iahnr.d e,rna.+i,- and ofac+ira1,. jay
and n;rht f.,. tha .lr,,,rc,,;sa ond ,Ibop =