Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-09-18

Did Gen. Scott during the Creek India
write to Washington for several thousand var var
LAR soldiers to be sent him-statng that - ALsU.
not want voLUETEERs-that they were of :. ua
count-or words to that effect I? We ash s 30 &C.
formation. Montgomery, Ala Advertiser wi H.
For the information of the editors of the A.,
tser, and those who may feel an interest i q
matter, we will state that no such reouoa - We
made by Gen. Scott during the Greek war T Ts
unwarranted reflection upon the volunteers ot .ae
South and Southwest, to which the editor anS sae
and which produced strong feeling of ressn,
ment at the time among the returned yolnrte en''
of this State, was made in an order to the nauSf
ment, (order No. 40, if we recoect r;oS PHf',
written by Gen. Scott at Picolata, lust aSashJ
disastrous and Notifying close of his TRAN, me
campaign against the Seminoles The tbress Nlar
mics. Of which he was COMMANDMENT b;of or a',
Generals Clinch and Eustice and Colonel T;rd -u1
the subordinate heads, had been, not Wbinned -
shamefully out generated by the Indians. and S ~
troops had been dsbanded, leaving the enerar NC
undisputed possession of the field, and the Gen.,
chagrlned and mortified at the signal failure ofba
plans Itwas then that he sent to the DenarDaaus
at Washington his estimate for his next caono;o
in which he stated that he would want GIVE tb6n
sand GOOD troops, not volunteers"
Gen. Scott had been chiefly sustained in his mil
tary operations in Florida by the volunteers ' 81
Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, TenneSsoao y
|, Louisiana and Florida. They had passed tbron"I'
an arduous campaign, and by their general uood
conduct, their dicipline and efficiency in the SeN
had won the applause not only of Gen. Clipcb
and other officers of the regular army, but Of Gen
Scott himself who commended in the highest
terms their soldierlike conduct on at least one in
teresting occasion. They had served their fuu
) time, some of them more, and had in every re-.
spect proved themselves equal to the regular
troops with whom they acted, and in some RESPECTS
better adapted to the service in the swamps Of
Florida.
1t was but natural, under such circumstances
that they should feel indignant at the unwarranta.
bic reflection contained in Gen. SCOTS order
Their resentment was freely expressed BY the
Georgia volunteers and when, shortly after the
publication of the order Gen. Scott passed through
Augusta on his way to take the command in Ii,
: campaign against the Greeks, committee was an
pointed by the Augusta volunteers to demand Q
him an explanation of the offensive language uset
E in bis order. The Augusta papers of that da
a contain the correspondence between Gen. Scot
and the committee, which it is very probable wi
be brought to light again If we recolect rightly
the demand was not made in the spirit contem
plated by the resolutions passed by the meetn
I appointing the committee Gen. Scott was IT
r quested to explain the order which had given o.
fence, which he did by assuring the committe
y that the word in talic was not SO intended an
that the word good was not used in contradistinc
: ton to volunteers, to whose service he was
! greatly indebted, and of whose good conduct
" was witness, &c., DC. The matter ended vi
q the appointment of a member Of the Augusta col
pany, who had been a very successful, if not
: popular sutler to the corps in Florida to 1 respo
|. sibe and lucrative post in the Commiss;ry l
: partment in Gen. SCOTS Greek army-Sarc
n nah Meas