Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-10-01


THE GERMANS
Judge HesL waited upon General Scorr.
and on hellalf of some Of our German citizens
referred to a paragraph from The ipesfbof"' a
German paper Published IN this CITY. and con-
taiuinp the statement that en-. SCOT ted To one
treeand hoggrd - Germans, while IN Mexico.
Other charges, Of his having hanged others.
cruelty aud nnjustly. were also reiertef to-
Never have We witnessed scene more itnpos-
| ing than v hen the old chiefiain. with quick
anil indignant Response. repealed the false and
malignant charge. Lofty IN stature, and stand
ing nj leust four inches above the tfilest oil
those nmorg HON le stood, his I'm seemed
gigantic os with heightened color and flashing
eye, and wave of his hand HAT Expressed n
cain d,Gance Of all such ns,alant-, he uttered
hi, emphatic protest against such assaults es
that paragraph presented.
New, aud before unknown 10 me. are such
thing H. have now been told me. They sur
plise and they pain me. They at once con
eern all that | vnlue PERSONAL Y, and ann blow
nj all that, wherein If ! know myself, have
he hi ,hesi pride. They attack my ""n den
lip,i The prnci Plies for which. had beleS-
ed. | need never search my own bosom III yum,
IRE here undermined denied me am met
with charges OF injustice and cruelly-"l'i5o
eudlng an American army through Mesico,
ard While participating alike lnits ;flals aud lis
triumphsi
'Gentlemen. it was my loi 10 lead an Amcfi-
Gnu army upon foreign field went, resoy-
ed 10 sustain, in the forefront Of my progress,
the hiyh tde-watcr. mark oi our own Amcilcin
Civilization, IN all lis moral aud civll vlitnc.-
The standard Of our orn aud nat the ptdefices
of thai foreign country. was the standard
which | sought lnr the g"vcrdmcnt oi mems
passions and the control Of the license and cx-
cesacs of war. A like 10 Americans, whether ri
native or foreign birth and To NJ KEATS, de-
idred nay parposc, and exhibited my pfinci-
pies of nc ION
Il promulgcd the mnriia code Doubtless
go all have read IT. deemed II UeD"ssary -
| could do nothing without H. II announced
the anlri of our progress, andhr nnchahlc To
punishment dNwho forgot mnnh"od, aud threat
encd 1" bring shame upon our Rag-'dlshonor
IN our arms reproach uponour virtue y
Without il, we had not conquered, or II we
Ind conquered. the brightest trophy OF our con
quest had been wanting. 1t would have teei,
n ply sicsl triumph and physical Triumph
alone. Humanity would hive dis0waed us. -
| profnu gcd that order Read II. and rcod it
again, gentlemen. and then bear me witness,
hat II was IN ing anatt, as WIS almost hourly
m my lips. ior Continued months. to AIRY with
Amcr,trn urine, and nnacr the American flag,
even ilio nn ,1,emy's connrv, All 'lsc elcmcnts
Of social order. and thai regard far persnne
light, that belonged 10 our own Tree institutions
III the United Slnres.
Yes, | sought 10 carrv with me. and re-
solved To maintain nj all hazulds, among INV
own command enl also that people among
whom We should be thrown, that HI Ia standard
of virtue. md honor which we boosted Eat
home Had ] not been less tban an Amer
can and recrcant To the highest interests of hu-
mainly. and the uge we 1--we IN. If hal
lorc lcssi They say hdpgct soor Germans,
and lcd up and logged others. Gentlemen,
some persons were hanged IN Mexico. The
names Of all OF them | do not now recoec,.
Whether any we're Germans or rol, know NOT.
But Gar rh0f-ycs, for what We're they haneedt
huog,d one far narder, gentleman; hanged
one for rnpc upon an innocent young female,
aud Tor protanc and wicked Church robbery.
All kncw Me lQm that was over them. Every
man OF item knew he would be held as an
swernhle for vile misdc,ds against the laws Of
God and man, as If he were then upon Amer.
IAN soill
For sach crimes they sgffrcd--for such
crimes as Acye, in Your own Oho--a land of
law vouid have broug down upon them Sc
we're penslies, aud with equal Justice. Some
did suffer death Bu their trial was fair, i'm
partial and upon the same principles of solid
law upon which they would have been ad judg-
ed guilty, here, among you. DO some say
hanged fifteen Germans. and ihut others were
arrai 5ned ard icgged withou, cause or trial.
Gentleman. know nothing of it. 1t is false
1t is a lean invention, gcntleinen-a LIE.
| see aged citizens before me. ! zee eminent
lawyers here. And, gentlemen, yon see ,ac
much ercaed. But is it not for cause? For
one mho. far .tfty gears has scarcity crcy tcalk
| ed' rose, slept or edfen, cren taken q cup If
cold ,o0tcr, IN Tie .fcld, tie toun or the cdmo,
b3t that his Moughts mere Of his country-hcr
| ctrf0es-her rcao~n-ler h0Ror; 10 be thus as.
sdded-itis monstr0us-it is 'ntolera6lc! Gem
tIemen, did, with high hand. sustain the
law, which, with uightness in my heart, |