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arch Of eanh's richest empire. ID scarded. 4
Nill snll cling 10 her, prosecuted. wrong-j, n,
lqoi'sd Wiih con1umsly and disgrace, IL will yeg
be my glory 10 love and cherish her, 10 serve
and suffer. TO live and die. for her; Is not this
maa Wouhy Of your votes Would YOU Be-
wOnhy Of him il you denied Ihem For this
ask your suffrage.
Glorious ss has been his military career, the
civil life and services Of Scou equally CLAIM
your admiraIun and gratitude. lie j., and has
ever been, the friend and advocate Of peace.
HIS letter TO The Peace Cow enIon av1ws his op.
'sluon TO unnecessary war, and his lite ap.
proves that prOfession. You struck ior nd..
pendence-a cause n Whieh American hearts
must give q thFOb and thrill Of Sympathy
That sympathy was met by British arrogance
snd an American boat vas fired. BY al invading
soldlsTy, 10 an American pou. and srut-while
the flames rose above the bodies Of slaughtered
Americans -dJWn the Niagara and over the
cataract. Tne war SPIRIT on the frontier shoI
! up like a bale fire. Collision seemed insV,ta.
bic. What politician. What dpomausi was
then found adequate 10 the crisis S:ou alone
was considered, by Democratic administration,
capable Of aVeUIng the storm. H. did avsu il.
Without army, without aid. singy. by DIM Of
his own wisdom and eloqUence, he saved the
country from a war, which had il come, woui
have strained her every sinew to cracking, and
made her every pore sweat blood. Which Of
your boasIed civilians can point 10 such III
umPh ask for that triumph, your votes.
! Again. on the Northeastern frontier. in 1889,
The troops Of England and Of this country we're
actually in the field against each other Oae
drop Of blood then shed would have sluiced seas
Of blood. Again Democratic Administration
had recourse to the civil abilities OF Scou-for
who Then dared 10 DOUBT them And again he
avered The conf'cI, eAIortirg, BY his talents aud
his triumph. ,9e applause Of all parties, and cou.
firmlng 10 both COUNTRIES his Tile as The Great
PacfcaIor. Ia this character, as The apostle OF
Peace, and for these services, do | ask your
votes for Gen. Scott.
! The time. honored patriot claims your rever.
ence as The champion Of The UnlOn--ils earliest,
sIeadest and sIaunche-I. No spot Of The ma.
Iion--no Norb, no South, no East, no West.
can claim him as its own. His patriotic life
has b1en spread, like sunlight over all Ihe land
he has loved. aud served so long and we'll 10
his youth, when the North ploiIed treason HI
Hartford, he shame1 the maIeconlenI spirit back
TO its den, BY The glory of his victories on the
line. IN alter years. when the South renewed
the dark example, al Charleston. with nullIfica.
ion, he was again inIeIposed 10 save the Union
The patriot Jackson was then al the head Of
The government; and IN that dark hour, for II
was dark as another night piled upon midnight,
where dl1 he look lorOne whose lofty civil and
military qualities and devoted patriotism he
could trust 10 aveII fraIernal war Our land
had many great men bus his sagaclIy directed
him 10 Scott. He sent him TO the scene uf ex.
element and danger; and with his giaui hand
upon the helm, oil was safe. The first intel
ecIs Of the nation united in spplauding his n-
valuable services and the mpgnanimous Jack.
son, through The Secretary of War, Gen. ass,
expressed his high admiration and ackn pwledg.
ed his profound gratitude and that Of the coun.
try. Will any Democrat DENY The merit which
Jackson appauded or withhold The gratitude
which he bestowed Under The sanction then,
of The great name Of Andrew jackson, ask
your votes for Gen. Scott.
And in the earliest peril OF the Union, where .
was Scot Earliest by the side Of lis nobleSI
defender, the lusrious Henry Clay--Clay, /
whose pure and mighty spirit, when il had
achieved its asI and loiliesI triumph, bore on
high To Washington the glad ldngs that his
country was saved. By the side Of Clay, Scott
labored earnestly and efecIually, day and night
for the compromise, and when il had passed. he
received, for his early, ardent and constant
championship, the grateful thanks of the depart.
ing patriot. For that devotion TO the union
which merited aud won CIay's admiration ani
gratitude, ask yours.
Such has been the entire career OF Scott
ever The friend Of peace, of UnIon, Of humdni.
ty. Our greatest warrior is our calmesI sage.
Our braveSI hero is the genI!esl, most humane
of men, one who would not win the laurels that
hid The baud first on Caesars brow, al the price
OF one unnecessary tear. That spirit made him
the father ol his soldiers, and even The plying
friend Of conquered foe. Witness The chole.
ra scenes in the camp al Chicago, when pesIl.
ence smoIe The army, and those who braved
death at the cannon's mouth, A I'd appalled, at This
new horror. Scou was their general, not their
surgeon OF course he retired TO safer quarters,
and LETT III sick and dying 10 the care Of those
provided for the duty. He was incapable of
the thought. Let US look in upon one OF these
scenes lben so frightfuy common. On The ma.
ked floor Of one of The army hutS is sIreached
dying soldier, deserted by all save one, for il is
the saIurnolia Of dealh--death 10 the feIed air.
death in the shrek of the convused sufferers
death in The fixed distortions OF those who
have ceased to suffer- yet there, in thai scene
of accumulated horrors, tail form bends over
the dying soldier, holds the cup to his ashy lips,
and uuers words Of kindness in tones OF cheer
(ul consolation. Il is too laIe; the sufferer
gives 10 his minisIering friend a last, sad mes
sage for his distant family; grasps his hand,
looks up with earnest grauIude, breaIhes fee
Bile blessing upon his benefacIor, and sinks back,
never again TO be aroused ill called up by the
last reVie. Now, what holy enthusiast, soil.
cilous for mauyrdom, is he who thus labors un'
der the dark shadow of the wings Of the peati.
lence Name him. Ihot we may bless him. 1t
ia Tho youtb ,hat vovad himsaf IN his ronnlrv