The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-08-04
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Who is General Sc I'll IL is mln of rep
u.cd military greatness. but whether his rcpii-
taton has been acquired ny TIL farce of his own
talent, or that OF circumstances, IS yet an open +
qursnr. But be his military reputation what
it may, there is not, nor oH u there to b., any
connection between it, and the qualities which
should give him claims upon The presidential
chair.
The great leading r'ilsites IN the character
OF candidate f,f the presidency, are moral
honesty and civil abl'y Gen Scott possesses
neither of these requisites. lie IS both morally
dishonest and civilly incompetent, as every man
! must perceive, who knows anything ot the
history OF the times. Il showed moral destl-
tuition in his difficulty with Gen. Jac.son,ih the |
! first place, by slandering him behind his back,
and when inv ted to The field Of honor, by de- |
clining upon the ground of ''F1triotism and
.sgous scruples," when the cotwardicc of a
corrupt and guilty conscience was the real
ground. In the second place, by Afterwards
challenging Dewitt Clinton, whom he knew 10
! have taken a solemn oath az inst dueillng, and
could not, therefore, meet hiln on the field with
bout being guilty of the hnrsid crime OF per
jury.
He showed m Ora. destutinn, aud on utter
disregard Of every hanc7a5le obligation in the
, letter which he addressed from Mexico to Gov
. Marcy, then Secretary Of under MIR. Polk,
because Gov. Ma-cy's reply to that letter, g ives
him the lie, in m1ny as a dozen p!'ccs and
proves them upon him BY his own showing and to
this day, lie has not dared II meet the Gov.
upon the merits or drnsr'a Of the gross and
degrading prcvarcations with which, he was
charred. sg7
The not least g'arinr feature i'll The CORRUPTION
, and moral desttution Of the man. is his celebra-
ted Na,ive American letter, III 1911. when con
sidered in contra distinction to his late letter
, of acceptance, the nominee of the Wing
National Convention Of Baltimore.
In 15i! writing To Geo. " Reed Of Pfiiadel
, phia, great Native American leader, he held
Che following language VII no,o hesitate Be-
t,ceen crtcndinr tkc yc-io1 of .vsfu1 aii-a.ioa,
and fatal repeat OF all acts Of Congress OF tic
, subject my mind iaetines me to tic ia.ter.
"Concprrias fuiiy in the principles Of the
Philadelphia Increment ri:the movement of
o the church burners, E,i.--f shoud prefer
. suming the name Of .fmcricaa Republicans DC
. &c"
. Mex, CONS his letter Of acceptance, the
n nominee of the Balt;n, ire " hig national Con
# vcnton, i'll 1852
$, s'.4iso to recommend or aP7ro-c or asing e a.
- teration in mar; gatioa, (aa!ura.izattoa)
l. 'a,cs, suggested by ay military ezperience (it
y .Nezico,) gtoing to all forsisasrs tire right .,
citizenship ,oao shaH G,inJn''y rerre in time ot
- war, one year board IF our public ships, OF
N in eur iand jorceS, rcga'ar o, rotEntecr or on
To- thc!, rcceiring cn honorable discharge from Nt
ssrrice.
Had Gen. Scott no experience in the o.
:, 1912, which wou'd have suggested lis 50 lntel,
thought Of change In the naturalization laws
Had he never heard of Tie intrepdy Of III,
gallant B-adr, M1!l7ny, McXaon and Gro
j., gan- -wl,n were all foregueasa and considered a
, second only to himself, to Wool and Brown
Had he never heard of the splendid achieve
ments of Bridg"watcr, Pla,ts burg and Chip
" pcwa, And were there NJ foreigners at any
Of these Had he never heard Of the cool ant
'' desperate bravery Of John o. NeaIr md his
~ two brothers at Havrc de- Grac: And to e.
' from tlc land, to the naval forces, let enquire
- if Gen. Scott had no. heard Of the American
y" Schooner Santcc under command Of Cap.. Leav
'' ems, who WAS captured of Charleston and sen
=" 10 Bermuda in MS own vessel manned by Brit
u. ish seamcn, but ''risng singly on them at night
''S lie wounded two badly, and compelled the othe
i's three tn work the vessel back to Charleston,
~ where he arrived amid universal ncclinations
"' Let US enquire if he had not heard Of Capt
III Johnston Bakely, commander of the Wasp,an
OK wha encountered the British ship Reindeer, an
'n' captured her in nineteen rainutes Jfgh,P .As
- u merchant ship under convoy in the summer q
he 1914, and in the following month the Avor
Y which was a5au, to :lll into his hands, whe
~ another vessel arrived, and 'Bakely, who's
&" ship was somewhat damaged, was obliged
So sheer "fi' HIS ship was spoken off the Aznrc
u and was supposed to have foundered at sea :.
' All else is only c0nce,t and con- lecture b.
- whatever may have been the fate of B!akel
-" says pr Frost, The ustre of his exploits h
:" individuai merlts, his pcrishins- God on
'' knows where and how has all giSen TO h
''' character, his history, his achevementa aud h
tate, romantic interest, '-arling tn Esa,e
;" Blakrly ttr as'inr aud afectionate ren.cnfbe
49, ancc. Did Gen. Scott never hear OF Jol
y" Shaw commander cf the Schooner Enteipris
~h,, in six months, c,ptured eight Frcnt
W" priva.eers during the s:quasi French war
''' 1893, and VIII during l4.e war held :.l- rank
"'' Corimand,r, and scommand-d the Y S SOU,
ron in the Mrdi crrrnean, for one year, and
whom Fcnlmore e. oper said, '.hc was scco
10 none on the Is, OF gallant ssanrn. vi
2i which the present navy Of the r public col
~ rnrnced its brilliant carer. 6
s;,,,, To all the foregoing, we u's',. add oh
lots names tqslly conspicuous i' the war oflo
aud IN lard and a, s'a, bu' the etrnera'inns alrra
Use made, w!l su'':"c f'r The present. to sh'
whether G,rl. Scott thnd or mad not oPp"r'
'''' mites q; judging If foreign vnlar and Patriots
" anterior t, III" Nirs1aau War. From the fs'
It lr ,,,,,;,,r,t,, ,,, cot
''''' find him IN l+ii hrsita.,ng between Tire ext
ton aud tlsl abr4 .a.ion &c our a'ura! zat
a. laws
tai. When Grnl Sc 1T gave publicity to
'"' oo.n.on IN l-;l, n, rveisin was rte 'hrnugh'
~. TN. c,unt Y, rud II " txp"cfed I" become
be- y ,icnt clrln.l, q power iii political re!
s'y /., g. ~ v,a, tn. n m aspraul for tn hons
-. -. %. The P-,,S: ncy. as h, has been eyer n
and llai been lon prio: :, ih,t time. Nli
with To ,,ci, AZ any thin. that o,g',t promote
drs-! p"lrtca! prospects, he d'graded himself
- pnnd .rins to that spEi' Of vandalism, VIII
resulted in the di.rcrs'ion and dcstrnc ion y
Nstiy. Am, rlcan mob tibe temples "f the Nv
vn to r"H, a' the a va" i' ''ie P''
cent lute d ohm, dlrlus the tam0us tHiiaot.Pi
rsoG- ,:,, -, ia, s,-;n and summer of ls3O. Ey
rience has Taught hm thai, his vandai ass"c'a
mus. die in ohscurl'y, with the brand of ina
cause stamped up" their brows, and IN order to sec
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