New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-09


the triumph he had Justly and gionous'y won;
with every petty insult that party reveage couo
d.v;se heaped on him, to. madden his generous
sn;r;t what did this Cesar the SECOND hs SUI
mittsd AS the meane>t soldier to the court o. III,
ouiry. instituted to destroy has iau ianle' ,huu
when the people came eagerly to meet nim WIN
voluntary ovation, he retired, aud Ind himself "a
his humble abode. Newly orb alone forced hiai
from bis retreat to crafty the overiowing hearts
of her citizens toward the now warw orn soldier:
"On social grounds who stands hlreri Ia
there a whisper of reproach against Winneia
Scott Not one. Through every phase 81 NE
he stands before the people an example 20 hef
youth, her strong men and her aged sires. mag
Unanimous among the nobest, mark his conduct TO
Gen. Triges. Ilsrney and Hitchcock, 10 Mexico;
men who. up TO that time, had pursued HIM with
bitter denunciations. Forgetting and forsvlug all
for the sake of his couutry's good, he reconciled
these men to himself and placed each according
10 his merits. where he knew they would De most
servceable to her A friend, almost 10 oiindness
for friends faults, one great instance OF ihgrau
tude-the falling away OF one ior whom ITO uaJ
Jons oil and suffered much for so dong-caAed
forth from him no word but Of strong regret LOT
IN. fair name thus tarnished. Cha1'aoie III us
trusst sense. Winfield Scott WA never known 70
refuse his time or his purse to any worthy opj7ee
Of misfortune. The writer OF this we'll RENE noers
his reply to q very wealthy friend, VINO was COM
planning TO the general OF beng oouseo 70 ioNo
Saratoga because the safe Investment oil large
ann ~ oney required his presence at home. ny
dear s. sad the general, half graveiy' nan
bumorousy. if you expect my sympathy IN yo.I
case ron are mistaken. | have no sympathy 10
snsre fora man in the receipt Of 90 per annum'
NV table at this moment ls loaded with letters
fom poor old soldiers, and officers with large 'ahl
lies asking either for relief or counsei; nao q
heart a hunered fold greater than nave tWouiu
be all too little TO sympathize with men rch as
yourself Good morning S, | wish you wen
out of YOUR dliilcultles
General Scott sveneration TOR all that pertains
TO sacred things is well known. tiis haoleuh
respect for the obsery,nces OF religion IS SHOWN
by his attendance on public worship at all seasons,
wherever he is, and in his urging the same open
regaId upon the officers and men under nm'
communicant Of no denomination, he stu makes
no secret Of his own preference Tor the form OF
religious worship in which he was educated, that
of the Protestant Episcopal Church. declared
foe to all interference with the conscience OF oth-
ers, and particularly to all prescription, 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 heard the general frequent.
ly regret the discussions among Christians, ana
express his great admiration OF the wise discretion
of the more eminent English leaders OF the fro-
testant move saying that they had formed
platfOFm broad enough Tor nun 10 stduu uPoh, "oh
which he could look abroad with as well founded
hone for his brethren standing on other platforms
as ne cherished for himself
1.-THE writer has known General Scott for near
ly thirty years and been in frequent and as Inti-
mate intercourse with him as the difference OF
their ages warranted. During TINS pefoa he mas
seen him repeatedly at the festive board, and at
time when no excuse would have besn Thought
necessary for some excess on such occasions !,
vet he mas never kEown la aim the least sign oil
over indulgence nor has he ever met with
person who aYerred that he had seen any
thing of the kind. The Generals chief recreauons
are conversation, reading and chess oil each oil
which he is particularly fond. His scrupuloui re-
gard for example with respect to card playing was
shown many years ago at the Military Academy,
where cards are forbidden TO the cadets, when ne
refused 10 take part there even III game OF whist,
and in his never permitting game IN his own
quarters since while at West Point.
"Of social race, 1.-THE Virginian,) and hay ng
commenced life at period emlnently social,
when conversation was cultivated as an art by
such men as were then assembled in and about
Richmond the General is characterIsticaliy so.
chl and fond of conversation. With memo
~ peculiarly retentiye and ready, Joined to a
! habit OF constant reading, there are lev m9n
IN this country who have such a store OF In
formation on s subjects at their command as ten.
Scott Whatever he hears he can recall almost
perbGfim. Whatever he sees he has an equal
mastery over. Name 8, features, dates qu )tations,
all seem ever present, or come at his bidding.
Having known intimately all the marked men lm-
meoiarely succeeding the revolution down to the
present day, perhaps no man among us is 30 well
ACQUAINTED with the political history of the couu-
try even in its most minute details Ills fondness
for personal ane cdote and the origin OF words, is
also peculiar trait which he shows by minute
acquaintance with class of writer's now sell
dem looked into by our busy people. 1t is diff
cult to mention trait characteristic Of any noted
parsonage to which the General will not add, al
most at the instant, parallel anecdote. This
fondness leads him to reading, or talking, far into
the hours of the night. The writer once lodged
en- the same floor with the General and, to retire
to his own chamber at night, was obliged to pass
the door Of the Generals usually lefC open. He
mostly found the General reading, aud was ife-
quently stopped, in passing, for a talk. Often,
when finding the night waning into the small
hours Of the morning, the writer would say
Come, General, it IS bedtime" the reply would
be, Friend A, all the moral virtues do not
cCnsst in being in bed by ten o'clock"
mt the least among the many amiabe traits
Of this truly great and good man. are his kindness
and attention to young persons and women.
Whenever he recognizes merit in the former
class, he advances 1t as far as lies in his power,
and By timely, and Judici0us counsel, or sugges-
ttOn endeayOIs to turn aside the eTring foa
their errors. His manner TO women is but
the reflex action OF his goodness OF heart.
lt 10 an emanaton Of that breeding now dis
appearing with the men Of the past age defer
entail and unobtrusye, but still empressee. To
his great honor il can be said that no woman has
ever seen aught in him, or heard aught from his
lips, TO which the most pure could take exoep-
tion However low, however fallen, the charac-
ter stamped "a woman as wife, mother or sister,
has ever been held sacred by Winfield Scott. Ia
this he is indeed the prsur cheeaiier.
"Such is the man now before this great Repub-
lie, as a candidate for its Chief Magistracy; a
man of whom it cannot be too often epeated
that he has done MI things well that pertained
to the homer and Interests the Republic. In
this ne has known no section, looked to the
approved Of no party. Belonging to that young
America, the school of movement and progress
which to the same school in our day, seems
so much in the resr-that sustained Jefferson,