The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-10-21
Gen. ScOtt's Speeches.
a, Again sFired with INDIGNATION :,


sfv little speeches, in all OF With he was care
fnl TO say nothing in regurd to national subjects
but confines himself to the military. At Colum.
bus Ohio he again fired with iudigna-
ION" on account Off pafisrapE that appeared
in a Democratic German paper of that city
The paragraph in question charged-and back
ed+he charge with PrOCt-that Gen. Scott, dur
;nr the Mexican war, chad fifteen German sol
diers tied by both hands to tree, and whip
ned" These Germans were raw recruits, and
had been convicted of some petty offence, Mt
,,t;n,ouy Of tco acorthleSS .HcIicdH ioafers. The
Germans protested their innocence, both before
and after they had been whipped. When re-
leased from the tree, lacerated, bleeding and
faintinc, with clenched teeth they called their
God to witness that they had not committed the
offence for which they had suffered
The Gin'ral, we saw was ''fired with indi gta
tion" when he read in a Columbus paper, an
account of this whipping scene, and at Wing
meeting. called for the purpose of hearing a
sneech from him, Gen. Scott answered, or at
empted to answer, the editor of the paper in
question The Whig paper. at Columbus, in
Giving an account of the appearance and man
per of Gen Scott, during the delivery of his
speech, says-''he stood erect, at least five in
.ches above the tallest of those present! His
form seemed gigantic his eyes flashed fire =
his color heightened, as he waved his hand and
uttered his emphatic protest against such as
saults =" Oh dear, what terrible looking man
nust Gen. Scott be I, Well the General answer
ed the charge, and from his speech we take the
following extract as fair sample of the whole ::
'tGa am here met with charges of injustice and
CsFfllty-whle leading American army thro'
Mckee, ,sand while participating alike in its tri-
aIs and its triumphs Do some say | hanged
fifteen Germans, and that others were arraigned
and fogged without cause or trial 1t is false
it is a he-an .invention,-a LIE. l see aged
citizens before me. l see eminent lawyers here
And, gentlemen you see NE much ercited But
is il not for cause For one, who, for fifty
years has scarcely ever walked, rose slept or
eaten. or even taken a cup of cold water in the
field, the town, the camp, but that his tho Is
we're of his country-ber virtues, her renown-
her honor to be thus assailed,- 1T is MoNsTRoUs
it is ISToLERABLE, No, gentlemen, it is a
lie, (the chargc made, or that any were
wrongfully punished, false and GRoUNDLEss
lie"
There, feIIew- citizens, you have specimen Of
Gen. Scott's brilliant oratory. How dignifed,
how otficer-lke, how much like President of
the United States he expresses himself =
False, he, all LIE, are words such as
low and ignorant stump speaker might use, but
for n candidate for the Presidency to resort to
such slang, is absolutely disgraceful. What are
coming to, when a candidate for the PresI-
dency 80 far forgets himself and the Office he as
self from newspaper paragraphs? In the Ian
guagc of Scott himself, lit is monstrous-it IS
ntoerable." Look, too, at his egotlsm. No
great man that ever lived no difference what
services he may have rendered, will boast of his
own patriotism and his own doings. But Gen.
Scott, God knows, is not i great man, except In
bulk and he may therefore be excused for using
hnguage such as weak men generally resort to.
The General tells us in the extract We have
quoted, that ''for fifty years he has scarcely ey-
err walked rose slept eaten, or even taken
cup Of cold water in the field, the town. or the
camp, but that his thoughts were on his coun-
try.' He has never slept without thinking of
his country and even when taking drink Of
water COR good brandy, he might have added,
he thinks of his country In the name Of sense
what will become of our poor country when we
have no SCOTS to think about her during their
sleep? The very thought makes Us shuddcr!
But we must proceed, and give a few more
extracts from Scotts speeches The Wings of
Cambria county have never read many Of the
Giu'ral's speeches, and we feel disposed to en-
tighten them, and make them acquainted with
the great oratorical powers of their candidate.
IT Alaysyille, Ky, Gen. Scott made a speech,
from which we extract as follows;
Fellow citizens-gentlemen of Kentucky-my
Cood fellow citizens: You have met with me
Without regard to parties and political afinities
ior am informed and doubt not, there are both
Wings and Democrats who are willing to do
hhror to one who labored long for his country
Thus 90 | receive your kind welcome; receive
II as coming not only from Wings, but Demo-
rTats as well-not only from natives, but also
t'om adopted citizens.
DO honor to one who has labored long for his
country" The Ginral is determined to remind
The people of his services to his country, and
mus give them a gentle hint that he wants their
votes for President in return for the same
Lut, we pass on to the speech Gen. Scott deliv
cred at Ripley, Ohio. We should like to give
the entire speech, but room will not permit
We extract as follows:
Ladies' and gentlemen of Ripley: / return
You many thanks for coming to meet me. You
ave IN Brown county, named after my old friend
and former commander, Major General Brown, |
sho won such laurels in the of l8I2-15.-l
aour city, too, is called Ripley after General
t'ipiey, my associate in many a hard fought !
asil OF battle Yes, gentlemen, you have also
TsO%Snsnip of SCOTT, named after MYSELF
,la .De and that General Hamer belonged to
friend JOininS yours nv 'oo' was my
The Wing paper, in giving an account of this
very modest speech, says that .after the Gener-
a a. mad concluded he blew out the lights on the |
Ualcony and retired, after which dancing was
got up and several delegations remained over
Iight No doubt some of them felt too tired to |
,'alk much. That meeting Mt Ripley must have
Deen rich affair. At Frankfort, KY, the Gen |
made another speech, from which we have only
room for the following
feliow-citizens-For this reception, l thank
~! !ga all, my countrymen; and by this term per-
WI T' NE to say, include all classes, Democrats,
bgS' native born and adopted citizens-for /
I've T.e no doubt men of all parties are here, who
ave come forward IN welcomn on old SoJJiar 70