Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-07-24
GEN. SCOTT AS A CIVILIAN.
FROM THE DETROIT DAILY ADVERTISER OF yu

GEN SCOTT AS A CIVILIAN.
THE DETROIT DAILY ADVERTISER OF JULY 10.
In quelling the rebellion of 1889, which ex.
tended along the frontier line of New York, Ohio,
and Michigan, SCOTT employed the weapons Of rea-
son and logic. Had he been "mere soldier" and
if, in the language of the Free Press,
at is worse than foolish to make Gen. Scott civilian
then it would be expected that he would have re-
sorted to mere soldiers arguments to have produced
the result which he desired But General ScoTT
knew his countrymen better than to confne him
self to attempts to intimidate by the force of
threats His addresses, therefore, though made
without preparation, were clear and full disquisi-
tons upon the relations of the two countries, as
governed by the general principles Of international
law, and the treaty stipulations. 1t was stated
by Hon. JACOB NJ HOWARD, in his address to the
Scott men on Friday evening last, that few men in
the nation have more thorough and more minute
acquaintance than Gen. ScoTT with international
law; that he has made it his constant study
throngh life, and has devoted himself to its acqui-
sition with application and study. This hnawledoa
became useful to him in the frontier difioultes SO
that instead of RECALLING the ears Of the excited
"Pdtrsots" with fulsome appeals to false pride Of
country, and to spurious and morbid sentiment of
selfglorifcation, as "mere soldier might be ex-
pected to do, he exhorted them like christian phi
losopher to govern first their own passions and pre-
judices and he reasoned with them like christian
statesman upon the rights, liabilities, and RESPONSE
bities Of the citizens Of Government in which the
public safety is sacrificed wherever liberty becomes
merged in RIGHTEOUSNESS. Gen. ScoTT appeared
upon the frontier without troops to back him. The
regular troops had been all Withdrawn for the For
da war, and his warlike position only enforced
by the cooperation and presence of Gov Marcy of New
York. who however great might have been his qualities
was not well calculated to strike immediate terror into
the popular heart But this hacker soon failed him
Gov Marcy returned to Albany leaving Scott alone stand
ing up his enemies would have it, to enforce tran
quiity with weapon but his single sword The result
showed however, that he had other weapons. He APP
peared in rapid turn at different points between St. Al
bans and Detroit ready willing and able to instruct the
excited people in their true duty their Govern
ment, and to them of the folly and bad faith of
hostile demonstrations against the Canadas
He acclaimed with power and with earnestness; and
his words followed by conviction. He addressed
himself to the very feenglove Of country-which was
made the pretext of the disturbances and he pointed
with keen SATIRE well with ready and pertinent
logic the solecism of seeking to extend the privileges of
Republican Government by means which in direct
violation of the principles of that Government and in the
triumph of which the Government itself must fall
He pointed out the foundation of
deep in the social virtues in the secontrol of the citizen
in his intelligence, and above ALL his obedience 10 lao
He told them that Government could or should stand
after had lost the power enforce hold sacred its
own treaty spuaons with other nations and that that
power existed only in the win of the people, or in the
ability of Government to that will and that the
last the of the soldier y and while was
discorant with republican sentiments was derogaory to
the citizen.
He read to them the treaties between the United States
and Great Britain and pointed them that under the
peculiar formation of national institutions every s
puaton in those treaties just binding upon the
honor of every American citizen if each had voted d
recty for them The extensive and thorough acquain-
Of Gen. Scott with the great fundamental principles
of his Government stood him in stead to show those to
whom he spoke that this doctrine is essential to sefgov
eminent, from which alone it derives its binding moral
force the elements which compose it. and which de-
sroys whenever it successfully against them The
writer of this article well remembers to have listened
to the address Of General Scott at Niagara Falls
in January, 1888, and the foregoing sentiments are
those in part which fell from his lips upon that occasion
His discourse o-hand and animated but consisted
in the main, not Of defamation but of argument and Of
such argument only flow from the tongue of man
who has read and studied and thoroughly understands
the principles Of his own Government well as those
which regulate international intercourse and define in
ernationa rights AT the close Of his address upon that
occasion, which made to armed citizens in large num-
bers, excited almost to erocity by national insult but
IN the main patriotic and wemeanng men, history states
that he uttered the following sentiment Fellow citizens
stand before you without troops and without arms save
The sword by my side therefore within your pow
Dr. Some Of you have known in other scenes and all
Of you know that am ready to do what my duty demands
tell you then, except it be my body you shall not
pass this lne-you shall not embark"
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