Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1852-10-27

Sfeld Scott was never known to refilre his time
gor his purse to any worthy object of misfortune.
1.-THE writer of this well remembers his reply to a
Every wealthy friend, who was complaining to
s5the General of heing obliged to leave Saratoga
sbecause the safe investment of large sum of
Emoney required his presence at home. "My
!. dear s." said the General, half gravely, half
GENEROUSLY, ''if you expect my sympathy in
/ your case, you are mistaken. | have no SYM
'fpathy to spare for mau in the receipt of $40,-
1000 per apnum. NV table at this moment is
! loaded with letters from poor old soldiers, and
Officers with large families, asking either for re-
ilief, or counsel, had heart hundredfold grea-
ter than have, it would be all too little to sym
spathize with men rich rich as yourself. Good
morning s., wish you well out Of your diihcnl
ties"
Gen. SCOTS veneration for all that pertains
Ito sacred things is well known. His babitual
respect for the observances Of religion is shown
by his attendance on public worship at all sea-
sons, wherever he is, and in bis urging the same
iopen regard upon the officers and men under
him. A communicate of no denomination, he
sill makes no secret of his preference for the
form of religious worship in which he was edu-
sucated-that ofthe Protestant Episcopal Church
"a declared foe to all Interference with the con-
sscience of others, and particularly to all pro-
,scription, whether social or POLITICAL he claims
for himself what he comedies TO Others-the
right of individual choice In a matter between
his God and himself alone. The writer Of this
has herd the General frequently regret the dis
'sensions among Christians, and express his
great admiration of the wise discretion of the
more eminent English leaders of the Protestant
movement, saying that they had formed plat
form broad enough for him to stand upon, from
(which he could look abroad with as well founded
a hope for his brethren standing on their plat
forms as he cherished for himself
The writer has known General Scott for near
ly thirty years, and been frequent and as init
mate intercourse with him rs the difference of
their ages warranted. During this period he
has seen him repeatedly at the festive board.
and at time when no excuse would have been
thought necessary for ssnle excess on such oc-
casions; yet he has never Known in him the least
sign of over indulgence nor has he ever met
with person who averred that he las seen any
thing of the kind The generals chief reerea-
sions are conversation, reading, and chess; of
each Of which he is particularly fond. His scru-
pulous regard for example with respect to card
playing, was shown mauy years ago at the mill
tary acakemy, where cards are forbidden to the
cadets, when he refused to take part there even
in game of whist, and in his never permitting
a game in his own quarters since willie at West
Point.
OF social race, THE Virginian,) and having.
commenced lie at a period eminently social.
when conversation was cultivated as an art by
such men as were then assembled in and about
Richmond, the General is Enthusiastically So
cial and fond Of conversation. With memory
peculiarly reteEtive and ready, Joined to habit,
of constant reading, there are few men IN this
country who have such store of information
on all subjects at their cammaud as Gen. Scott.
Whatever he hears, he can recall almost rer5at-
I'M. Whatever h. sees, he has an equal maste
~ over. Names, features, dates, quotations. all
seem ever present, Or come at his bidding. HAY
ing known intimately all the marked men I'M
mediately succeeding the Revolution down to
the present day, perhaps No man amoag us IS 50
well acquainted with the political histcry Of the
country even in its most minute details. His
fondness for personal anecdotes, and the origin
of words, is also peculiUF trait which he shows
by minute acquaintance with class of writers
now seldom looked into By our busy people Ii
is difficult to mention trait characters Of
any noted personoge to which the General will
not add, almost at the instant, q parallel aGec-
dOte. This fondness leads him to reading, or
talking. far into the hours Of the midnight
The writer once lodged on the same floor with
the General, and, to retire t. his own chamber
at night, was Obliged to ssPass the door OF the
Generals, usually left open. He mostly found
the General reading, and was frequently stopped
in passing, for talk. Often, when finding the
night waning into the small hours OF the NOR
ming, the writer would say, ''Come, General it
is bed time, the reply would be, Friend A,
all the moral virtues do not consist in being In
bed by ten o'clock"
Not the least among the many amiable traits
OF this truly great and good man are his kind
ness and attention to young persons and women
Whenever he recognises merit in the former
class, he advances it fair as lies in his power,
and by timely and judiciOus counsel or sIeges-
ton endeavOrs to turn aside the erring from their
errors. His manner to women is but the reflex
action of his goodness of heart. 1t is an EN-
anatiOn of that breeding now disappearing with
the men of the past age; deferential and uno5
trusive, but still eiRpreSsce. To his great honor
il can be said that no women has ever seen aught
in him, or heard aught from his hips, to which
he most pure could take exception. However
low, however fallen, the character stamped on
woman as wife, morther, OF SISTER, has ever been
held sacred by Winfield Scott In this he is in
Iced the preur cbsra3ier.
Such is the man now before this great Repub-
lie as candidate for its Chief MIgistracy; "a
man of whom it cannot be too often repeated
hat he has done all things well that pertained
20 the honor and interests of the Republic. In
his he has known no section, looked to the APP
prevail ofnO party. Belonging to young America.
he school movement and progress-wilich to
he same school in oar day seems much in the
sustained Jefferson, Madison and
Monroe; and carried them into the Presidential
chair; the intimate friend and co-wor1er Of the
eading party of the Republic at that period,
having fought and bled to rear to vigorous growth
his mighty Union; this man is now held up by
some the enOEny of what he has so labored to
establish and perpctrate. Shall we judge him
BY his works? Shall we credit his words, whose
ruthfulness has never been impeached? Or
hall we believe his maligners? Shall we act
lpon the honest convictions that such facts must
larry home to every honest heart, or blindly
'bey the behest eff party, or the more dangerous
requirements of sectional fanaticism? Let ev-
Try conscientious man turn these things well
,ver his mind, and at the polls, with his hand
IN his breast, let him ask himself the question
before depositing his vote-Does my duty to
ny God, to my country, to my neighbOrs, and
o my own family, require rae to vote for Wind
ield Scott, OF for Franklin Pierce? And as he
hall meet this responsibility at the last day. so
ct him decide now. In one vote may be in-