Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-08-12

And after il did begin, il went forth like
him who sat on the white horse with a bow
ir his hand, "conquering and 10 conquer
And Colonel Scott and General Scott, "the
Hero of Lundy's Lane" and Of many other
lanes where British bullets and bayonels
were no Joke, had very considerable share
in the very hard fighting that achieved all
this ''conquering." We wonder if anybody
in the army in these days ever dreamed Of
cowardice in Captain Scott, or Colonel Scott
or General, Scott? Guess net. Even the
.orignal Scott men, of the present day,
who have stuck TO him most constantly and
faithfully from the beginning of his career
no not career--nomination we mean
could NOT be more enthusiastic II aPfdfse Of
his gallanny than were all men, Of whalev-
er party, in those fighting days. The "Fed-
eralists, ,"swho opposed the war, were unani.
nous in praising the chivalfous gallairy OF
this then young colonel and general; while
the "Republicans," who made and sustained
said war, regarded him as real fire.eater.
General Scott a coward! The assertion
would not have been qui,es safe in 1919, 1918,
1914, and 1915, when something harder
than ords was very frequent penalty for
slandering American officers, military or
naval. And if General Scott were a COW.
ard in The wa. Of 1919, he must have out
grown The infrmity afterwards, for ne GER
tainly did not run away in Florida, and gave
himself numerous opportunities for smelling
pow der in Mexico. And General Scott did
not dare 10 "look General Jackson in The
eye!' Heooked the batteries Of Vera Cruz,
and Conueras, and Churubusco, and Cero
Gordo, and Molino del Rey, and sundry
other places, not only in The eye, but in the
mouth; and as "luss and feathers" make
him q conspicuous mark. he must have
looked at some risk. A coward Pshawl
The poor things who make this charge al
this time Of day are merely talking Of them
selves. "N.
A good story is told, in history, Of Mar
shall Turenne. In 1914 he marched into
that yar Of Western Germany then called
the Palatinate the dominions of the Duke
of Lorraine, Elector.P Paaline, and, by com
mand Of his king, that bigoted, debauched
and ,horoughly-selfsh tyrant, Louis, XIV.
committed horrible devastation The EIec
tor. Palatine beholding, from his Castle o.
Mannheim, two cities and twenty-five villages
in flames, was exasperaled into sending {
challenge to Turenne. The French gene
raj replied that he never fought at the heat
of less than twenty thousand men. A SINH
lar story is told Of Cromwell, and Of tn
Duke oil Vendome, and Of Marshal Villars
and of Prince Eugene, and of the Duke o
Marlborough, and we know not wha, o,he
great commanders. But such an answer Il
such an invitation would have been just tn
thing for either Of them, and would be quit
as good for our Marshal Turenne. Wa
General Jackson fool for sending him
/ challenged As great fool as General SEQ
8 would have been for accepting II; for, o
f courage is the only qualify which The worl
( regards as tested by duel, each Of ,hes
. heroes Of many well.(ought field woul
) have been a foolto seek such proof. Woul
, anybody have called "Old Hickory"
). coward for refusing 10 challenge "Old Fu'
and Fea,hers?' Bah! s
h But general officer in command owl
h something TO his country. Therefore, viii
A bound 10 face the bullets of the enemy. /
deserts his post Of duty by venluring his Ii
# in apriva,e quarrel. In nsending chaleng
General Jackson disregarded this impona
9 consideration. In refusing the choleng
General Scott observed ii. Which did Il
e best! '''4 "' ~ -..