Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-09-23

Milan-STEPHENs, HINES & Co.
ADDRESS TO THE WHIos OF MIssouRI.-
The Young mems, Democratic Wing Asso-
citation of Missouri, have published an Ad-
dress to the Wings of Missouri, from which
we make the following extracts.
GEN. SCOTT CONSIDERED AS A STATESMAN.
The fame of General Scott does not de-
pend alone upon his military talents. The
history of the world tells us that the peculiar
qualifications requisite to form great
General, are necessarily those which dis
tingush the Statesman and Legislator.
The great Duke of Wellington, Cromwell,
Napoleon. Washington, or, going further
bac * in history, Peter the Great, Alfred,
Charlemagne, Hannibal and others demon
strate this proposition, as far as analogy
goes; but we rest upon facts to prove Gen.
Scott's civil capacities.
These proofs resolves themselves into,
|. The opinions of eminent men having
the opportunity of forming correct judg-
ment;
2. General SCOTS own acts and conduct in
diplomatic and civil positions.
In 1915 President Madison offered to
General Scott post in his Cabinet as Sec
retary of War. General Scott was then on
ly twenty-nine years of age. Those We're
not the days when honors were cast upon
unworthy men, nor was Madison the man to
take into his Cabinet one unfit for his coun-
ellis. In the history of our republic, since
the great Hamilton, no instance occurs of a
similar honor having been rendered to one
so young in years.
In the same year (1Sl5) President Mad
ison sent General Scott upon diplomatic
mission to England, which he filled with
honor to himself and his country.
In 1882 General Scott was sent to aid in
negotiating the treaties with the Indians,
which terminated the Blackhawk war; and
for his services he received highly COM
plimentarv letter from General Cass, then a
member of the Cabinet; and recently, amidst
the bitter attacks by the Locofoco party up
on the character of Gen. Scott, Gen. Cass,
in speech delivered in the Senate of the
United States, August "a, 1852, makes the
following remarks:
81 believe that General Scott is an honor
able and patriotic citizen, and that he has
written his name and his deeds on one of the
brightest pages of his country's history; and
not one single breath of calumny from me
shall wither a single leaf Of the laurel that
encircles his brow"
This is noble testimony from political
foe; it is tha-voice of justice and Of truth.
In 1887, General Scott was sent in civ
il capacity 10 quiet the Patriot War on the
Niagara frontier. He acted here not as the
soldier, but as the civilian; and his judlcious
measures calmed the excitement that threat
ened to involve us in war with England.
In the same year, we find him quietly re-
moving the Cherokees beyond the Mississip-
pi, and soothing their exasperated feelings
at their real or fancied wrongs. In 1889,
the Maine boundary difficulty again called
for his services, and yielded to his address
as negotia' or. When Notification threat
ened to dissolve the Union, and South Caro-
! lima sent a bold defiance TO the General Gov
ernment, General Scott was selected by
General Jackson as the fittest man TO tran
quiliZe the excitement. Had he been the
mere soldier, knowing no language but the
"appeal to arms" and the law of force, far
different had now been the condition of our
country. We we'll know that the first drop
of blood shed in fraternal strife would have
been the signal of civil war, and the dismem-
berment of the Union. But he quelled the
fiery spirit of disunion and secession-not
by the bloody arbiter, the sword-but
by the acts of peace, the eloquence of his
pen, and the force of his reason. Hence it
appears that the ''dearest actions" of Gen.
Scott have not been those of the "tented
field" or ''feasts of broil and battle" For
fifty years he has been laboring in the SER
vice of his country, both as a statesman and
as soldier. Born in the Old Dominion,
which boasts itself the "Mother of the Presi-
dents. =" educated at one of her colleges, ad-
mitted to the practice oflaw, associated with
the great men of the land, he had had every
opportunty-and he has improved them
to gain the knowledge requisite to the States
man.
The Hon. John c. Spencer, the distin-
guished iurist of New York, in recent
speech at Albany, says of Gen. Scots
"Matters of the gravest Importance, ne
cessarily, became often the subjects of con-
sideration and discussion. On such occa'
sions have been struck by the comprehen-
siveness and justness Of his views; witt
what fidelity he planted himself as it were
on an eminence, and calmly surveyed the
whole horizan before him, discerning the
least indication Of cloud, and watching tn