Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-09-25

bit ! viii shy tliat iipt single be-. can be
got on PiEHuE and Kins In North Carroll.
ma OH the yots Of this Stats.
The foregoing Il written not 10 North
Cafslinians, for We NIL here understand tile
tnsttef, but to The Wligs of other States.
That tlis sentiments expressed are true
they have the word OF A WHfCs.
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The value Of n Hero Measured.
We thonght that about the fneanest
thing In partisan warfare We had ever wit.
messed. was tlie presentation lii ihe u. q.
Semitic ofa resolution offered by Mr.. Men.
niwETnfiH, Of Ky., The iouofoeo nominee
Of Gov. PowEl. 10 The seal oil ufHkY
CLAY, ef resolution calling for detaiIs Of
tile amounts Of public nonsy received III.
spectively by WINFIELD seyTT aud yaANh.
LIN PlEheE. When, however, that reso.
luton was adopted, we behold lbat beyond
the lowest depth Of political servjlty md
degradation q yet lower deed had b5eii
discovered. IL seems nevertheless that
The exploration Of loeoioeo insHnness re-
yeals still pfofoander abyss. The War
Department las answered Tie shl, aud
paraded before the country every dollar and
cent received by Gen SooTr SINGS the pe.
Rod when hs joined the army df Tho tJni.
ted States, and The Washington UusoH,
fnll Of glee over its disgusting vocation
fills uolutnn after column Of comment DIP.
OIL tllsL large amount The extravaganza
Of Gen. seoTr. and tile alarming conse.
quences TO be anticipated from tie elsction
Oh such spsndthfifs.
II een hartlly DO expected of rs 10 40 lii.
70 q aseafcbing eaaminatiot4of every item
OF pay aud allowances for extra services
received by Gen. scorr. We must per.
force leave such garbage to tlis political
scavengefs Of Tie Uit0n. We cannot
attsinpt 10 estimate 1ie heroic military
aeiiisyerIeiiss, and distinguished civil sci.
vices Of WisfiELp sserT by dollars and
cents. There Ii no system of arithmetic.
al calculation that will snabIe rs IL stats
Tie exact sum that Ii ID Offset The Victory
~ Chippewu; that viii liquidate tile tri.
amph ut Luundy's Lame tliat wiuYenii.
nefate scofT for settling tile frontier strife
IN New York and Maine; that will lnl.
ance md square Zip ths capture OF Vsra
Cruz, tile tictcfies al Ccfro Gor1o. Chur.
iibusco aud Chaptlltepec, and tho crown.
Ing glory Of The possession III capital Of
the Montezumas. We caDnDt iindefiaiu
such q problem. Tic ms.oriaIs Tor Its sd..
luton do not exist. Ii IL impossible 10 ey.
tiinats Gen ScorT's exploits by tho val.
re Of mere coin. We trust that /. ngbtef
sentiment preyales the land than thai
which would gnage hefoism, consistency,
vnlor, devotion, iiilequalled miiitafy skill
by pecuniary standards aioiie. II we are
tnistaksn--if party frenxy does not fecojI
from 10 thankless and profitless labor
let Il even be 10. We shall not attempt
to vindicate Gen. ScoTT, or 10 take any
part IN controversy unworthy alike, III
lts motives end character.
Our opinion too ID that Locofocojsni
Will gain nothing by this palify device,
There y In Tie community Nh instructive
sefse Of justice that causes hottest men of
III parties TO revolt at the employment of
low and disrepusaDle attempts 10 iiiure d
great man. Such electioneering tricks
have never succeeded---like the poiscii.
"a chalice Of MACBETH, they return 10
plague their inventors, They are the ey. |
dences 70 the desperate and interruptions
game, and must convince their thinking
minds that they are only resorted ID, iii |
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