Daily American telegraph., 1852-07-08
Rally, Wings! Rally, Whigs!!

Ratification Meeting at Alexandria OF
Thursday Night, July 9.
Those Wings who intend to accept the invita-
ton to attend the above meeting will assemble
OF the City Hall at u o'clock THIS EVENING
The boat will leave the wharf at 8 o'clock pre-
cisely. A band of music will be in attendance
The wing Candidate for tho Presidency
The most grateful task that ever be per-
formed by just man is to atone for past error;
and it is task of which the writer of this article
has never failed to acquit himself at the earliest
possible moment.
In June, 1861, while conducting paper totally
disconnected with party politics, and at time al
which sre had formed no other acquaintance aoith
Gen. Winfield Scott than such epery casual reader
possesses, in an article in which we in free, off
hand, and careless manner, made remarks upon
all the candidates for the Presidency, of both
parties, we wrote and published as follows:
A strong man in war, and wonderful in all
that pertains to the great general; quick and
bright in intellect, and a ready writer, he is,
nevertheless, in civil matters, the poorest tacti-
clan and the most indiscreet. His pride and
aristocratic feelings also will keep him at dis
tance from the people. On some occasions he
has appeared to get over these feelings pretty
well but then, as in most situations in life, it
has been seen that he was only acting for the
sake Of the effect on gazing multitudes."
The writing and publishing the above para
graph, Of the injustice Of which we became at
once convinced, proved the cause Of our correcting
impressions so entirely erroneous; and from that
moment we became the friend and advocate Of
General Scott, and prepared ourselves to embrace
1.u- a. lzrn
every assault. We have fulfilled our determine
ton, and the files of our paper have uniformly
borne testimony to the frmness Of our convic-
tions and the sincerity Of our devotion to " a man
strong in war, and wonderful in all that pertains
to the great general quick and bright in intel
lect, and ready writer"
The Pennsylpanian, which has proclaimed to
the world with a great flourish of trumpets the
above, quotes the following, which was adopted
into our 0 lumns on the I'd instant, as in juxta-
position with the former:
ssThe writer has seen him IGen. Scott in
various positions-in attention to public bust
ness and in the amenities of private intercourse
AID he never saw a. more plain unaffected, ano
straightforward gentleman--never one more
prompt in the discharge of his official duties, nor
Yet more anxious to place every one at his ease.
If there be no greater objection than this when
il comes to be examined, we think that there will
be little left to prevent his election to the Presi
dency."
We thank the editor Of the Pennsylvania for
his courtesy in making these quotations. They
are the opinions Of man Who did not, and of a
man ,Uho did know the parsonage Of whom he
spoke. They were both written in entire sim
cerity. We trust that they may be read far and
wide, that every sincere and honest voter in the
Union may be enabled to know how different is
the judgment Of General Scott formed by those
who study him through the prejudiced media Of
jealous partisan press and their unconscious
sympathy with the hostile feelings and interests
of even the best Of our public men, from thai
which is formed Of him by those who see him and
know him ms he is in the walks Of public ant
private life he so nobly illustrates and adorns.
The Crowd that Would SEQ tho show !
At Wilmington, Delaware, on the 9th, MIR
Pusey the aeronaut undertook to make a bal
loon ascension, but it was found that he was
too heavy. The disappointment produced great
excitement, which was accompanied by loud
threats to destroy the balloon! To dppsdse tie
crord, Mr.. Pusey made second effort, by cut
ting his basket and getting outside Of the cords,
but was unsuccessful again. Finally, Capt. J. F.
Robinson volunteered and was lashed to the bal
loon with cords, and rose dangling in the air In
this perilous position he was carried to distance
Of three miles, where he finally alighted in safety
and shortly after returned to the city, amid the
shouts Of his friends and the greetings Of the
populsce--Who would rather have had him dashed
to pieces than miss the fearful spectacle