Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1852-09-02
From the New York Morning Star, (Neutrai)
Gen. Scott and the Duke of Wellington.

Some of the newspapers are busly engaged in CON-
pairing Gen. Scott, a civilian, with the Duke Of We'll
lington. Nothing could be more unfortunate. The
Duke Of Wellington great military leader. There
can be doubt about that fact. But IL is just as unms
takeabe point of history, that he Of the worst
statesmen in the whole catalogue Of British celebrities
and unpopular beyond all expression. He had no def
mite principles. He knew nothing oil government. He
was stranger TO the common rudments oil politics
Every step he took was taur pas. Every speech ne
made was blunder. He sacrificed his friends; put
weapons the hands Of his enemies and with the
honest and patriotic intentions in the world, did more
injury to his country and the general cause OF public
liberty than the worst absolutst among the worship
pers Of the policy Of the ''Holy Alliance"
We are afraid that the editorial friends OF Gen. Scott
are not very well versed in modern history when they
take pride in comparing him tc Wellington, or else
they doit in irony, and could scarcely give him more
severe rebnke. Wellington is an lrishman; and yet as
statesman he has toaded Irelands most yehe-
ment antagonists. He has opposed every interest
Of ireand and has freely assisted to ramPle on her
rights enslaye her people, keep her in bondage to Eng
land destroy her trade ruin her commerce, humiate
her independence and make her what she ia great
nation weeping in chains and poverty and affection
this picture please the friends OF General Scott
They seem to say They appear to rejoice ovor H.
They are welcome all the qualification they find
in such likeness. We want none of it.
But, more than this: the Duke OF Wellington has
been all his life, VIGOROUSLY hostile to the popular ee
ing and the popular will. When the Reform Bill was
trining degree the popular influence his opposition 10
it was so great that his residence mobbed by the
people; and Apsley House, ic Piccadly, besides the
lower Hyde Park, at Hyde Park corner, has
still its great windows Perpetuay shut and its shutters
still coated with sheetiron to keep of the vengeance
of the populace To this very day he is hated by the
masses of his determined and obstinate en-
nifty every approach to liberal legislation, his reso-
lutte resistance everything like admission OF popu
lar rights all, his devotion to the interests oil
the arstocraey and his bold hatred of every and
every doctrine leaning towards recognition Of sympa
thy for the million. Is Gen. Scott really such charac
ter3 Do his friends actually to confess that be
has features repugnant to repubcanis, that he en-
tertans opinions intensely hostile to popular freedom
| and the popular sympathies!
| These are questions by no means Insignificant Wher
a candidate for public office is kened to man famous
in the chronicles Of the world it is fairly to be presum
ed that the aters life and character has been
for points of strong resemblance, and that they are
complete in all salient respects and faithful in every
feature In this view Gen. Scott must suffer terribly
If placed before republicans American copy Of the
Duke of Wellington; he must fall .earully in the public
Estimation least in the estimation Of the masses
of the American people, if they persist in holding hrs
up counterpart Of the blundering ignorant, preju
decd people hating old Duke Of Wellington, whose
only merit is his great generalship, and whose grea
fault is his utter ignorance of all craftsmanship, and hi
mad enmity towards popular privileges.