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"uiong olllcNrS ana men. nursing. comforting,
ant consoIlng, Establishing his claim to the
,ltle "t hero ut humanity, IN addition to that OF
nero OF battles. To General scot also, be-
longs the honor, in great degree, Of negotlat-
ing The treaties which brought peace 10 our
northwestern frontier, in place of the Ratchet
and scalplng-knlte OF the ruthless savage. -
For his courage and skill IN these scenes of
pesnlence and savage controversies General
lass, then Secretary of War, pad scott the
highest compliments, in an Official culuuunica-
tion.
On the .Oth January, General scott vas Of
dered TO the command Of the army ol flolI1a
TO chastise md suhdue the Indians then cnrap-
ed IN the Seminole war A bret cumplIup
failed to discover the hidden Businesses of the
enemy in that new and unknown country. Dl..
satisfaction ensued, and General scot, was OF
dered home hY the resident IN a hasv moment.
was trled before Court of Inquiry. aud his
course, and the plan OF the Seminole cnmnuigu
were unanimously approved Scott suhsc-
qIenfIy asked to be restored to the cummanl
IN Florida but his request was uulustIy denied.
IT Will be remembered, too, that he prosecuted
the 'reek wal IN tAe meantime, with entire
success
In the wiutor of lS37-S, we find our hero
egaln on the Niagara frontier caluuu the cN-
citemen' growing ont Of the "PatnN War;"
and by his kindly Offices and JndIciou. arrange
l1ents, soothing The populacp, aud nppng in
the bud Influences winch threatened renewal
ct hostl!1lcs bpt"2"n the Ih0'n .,l,rs 2ul
Great Britain. con uil"rward lac was cuuil
j. successful ia quoting the Cherokee" Indans.
and ehectng their peaceful REMOVAL b"youi
the Mississippi Ills address TO the Chprokees
on this occasion Is e pIt'ern of pcrsu i,Ile ulo-
quence. In the following year, hl, services
we're required again on the Northern frontier.
IN consequence OF the difficulties growing uut
Of the Maine Boundary question, which was
soon happily settled.
in 80 General scott was presented 10 the
Wing National Contention AS cand,tiatp for
The Presidency lie believed. however that the
nomination was due IT, Nh CLAW or Gen. Ham
ton, aud addressed letters 10 five members OF
Inc Convention, utging iflhere Nasauv pos
poet Of success before the people, tie selection
nf Mr. c., and II uo', o! Gen. II. Ills honorable
ambition could not forget tie claim. OF others
tot his ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Gen Harrison. a
IL well known, received the nominar,on. and
was elected. a few months after tbs. at the
dealt Of Gen. Macomb, III June % 1911. Cen
tcott was called 10 the command of the entire
army Again, in 1912, lie addressed a letter tc
the Dayton (Ohlu) Committee, declining the
Wing Presidential nomination in favor Of Mr.
Clay. la February, '43, he wrote bis celebrated
letter on Slavery, in which he presented d IS.
timely the Views sustained by Mr. CLAY in hi,
speeches On the Comprumse mea.ures-to wit
that Corrress "hds no color OF authority under
The Constitution for touching the relation q
master and slave within State - hut that il
the ID slnct Ut Columbia, "With the con sent OF
their owners, or on the payment Of lnst com
lensalon, Congress may legsIdtn at its dis
treto lot, ne continues: my conviction !.
equally strong that, unless il be ttcp hy stpp
with the legislatures of Virginia and Mary
l4nJ, it would he dangerous to both races il
those orttee to touch the relation OF master
and slave III TINS District" He also defends the
night Of petition, but regrets the unavoidable
irritation which Auti Slavery petitions have
pfUduC"d N the Southern States
In lS4G the war with Mexico broke out. The
events connected with that struggle are 50 re
cent and 50 familiar to almost every child IN the
Union, that detailed recaptulatlon of then
mere would be needless The triumphant sue
cess Of our arms Oh many wel-tought field
are still new causes Of graduation with US
The distinguished part borne IN those scene;
by General SCo1I, IN command Of the rallan
regulars and volunteers Of our army. crowned
'he sutnmlt Of his military glory and unde
his command N connection with the lamenteC
TAYLOR, proofs were given OF the skill, impet
uoslty and valor OF American arms, which eic
tied the highest commentator from the Vete
rams Of Waterloo re-atiirmed the rlght Of the
United States to rank among the first of war
like powers aud viii probably result in pre-
serving our peace with the world against al
ordinary causes of dISsatSfactlon.--for 1t ha,
been well I'D, by one hlgh IN the councils an,
confidence of his country, tina, sit will ever, il
the future, be exceedingly difficult for tn,
United states 10 get auotler war" SO com
petey and triumphant WAS our recent cXMu.
ton OF military prowess
1t was the good fortune Of Genera, TAYLa1
to be present where the first aurels were - b.
won III the contest with Mexico. How wei
he earned, and hoW glurIously he wore then
we need not say. They and his memory ar
etlIl green IN the hearts of his conturymen an
while we weep over his recent grave, the trcs
page OF Fame presents to all VIVID, uever-t to
be-forguten record OF his SpNtless aud event
tul HE ms pdtrlotlsln, and scll-saCrlhclng de
vot!On GeueIdl SCOTT well knew the vllu
OF his osd companion IN arms, and that prop
er OCCASION only wds wanting Tor develop
taent OF those brilliant qualities OF sUdershg
winch have since rendered the name OF TAYI
Ion 50 ll!ustrous. He was unwilling TO snntci
from TAYLOR the rory he knew h. was abou
to acquire nor wiling TO decline serve
corresponding to his rank, when the Presden
l!tunated an intention to send hIn to aSau'n
the chief Command, and Supersede the Hero C.
Buena Vista. He therefore suggest d that Ii
be permitted, during the Summer months t
collect and drill the troops designed for Mex
CO, get together the plaicridl Of the army. an
then Join General TAYLOR with such addition
al iurceS as would secure with certainty t.
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