The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-04

0xNUAL " 00L AND 0kNxkAL oOOTT IN 108 WEST
A STRIKING CONTRAST The journey Of General
Scott and General Wool, under tho peoviSons Of an
act Of Congress- and the directions Of the executive
TO proceed to the West on official business, and 70
select . site for military asylum, has presented
some remarkable contrasts and features, which
ought to be noticed beyond the ordinary run Of
such events. Up to the latest telegraphic report,
General Scott it seems, has avail cd himself Of this
official tour, in search Of site for military asy-
lum to look about and see if he could not mark out
. new path as direct as possible to certain white
house on the banks Of the Potomac. In making this
extraordinary reconnaissance, he has already do
hvered about thirty at the rate
Of three or four day. In these orations he has
surpassed all that Barnum ever attempted, in blair
ney. The venerable hero, in these peregrinations
in search Of an asylum, either military political,
has pulled the men and the horses pulled the
wings and the democrats pufed the free
sellers and the no soilers-aattered the - women
and the young women, and praised the ''litte boys
and the little girls, besides kissing as many of them
he could reach, according to all the most authentic
accounts But not satisfied with all this he has even
pulled the cattle, Including hogs, sheep and goats,
though we cannot see that he has said anything at
all about niggers or dogs These seem to have been
excluded fromhis regard. and left TO get through
the world without any particular certificate Of char
acter or reputation from Gen. Scott. Some CT the
wbg papers call these speeches models Of eloquence
and they certainly models, in their kindfar be-
You'd thing that Demosthenes or Cicero Pitts
Clay ever gave to the world In fact we rather think
that Gen. Scott has been authorized and permitted
by the wicked democratic committee ut Washington
to 60 upon this electoneerng tour and that Truman
Smith and his associates, who have been managing
the whig campaign, must have disappeared from
the face of the earth, without leaving any grease
spot behind.
Seriously and truly, however, these extraordinary
speeches of Gen. Scott, with the equally extraori
nary topics and points they embrace. present the
most remarkable features that ever distinguished
any political contest in this country The contrast
presented to the Commander. in Chief Of the Amer
can army by the conduct of other officers who have
been travelling in several parts of the country
such as Gen. Wool, engaged in the same reconnais
sancc, or Gen. Harvey visiting this metropolis
most remarkable and instructive. Gen. Wool in the
West, and Gen. Harvey in the North, have b,en
both invited by their political friends to partake OF
banquets and receive attentions, but both with great
dignity and propriety, declined doing So Ii
these military gentlemen had even accepted
the civilities offered them there would have been
no harm in it, and no improperly in their friends
ministerin2 to their popularity. No unworthy ,r
improper motives could be imputed to the military
gentlemen in question, because they are candidates
for Office, and ambitious of no distinction other
than that which they have already attained. But
General Scott placed in different category, being
the candidate for the Presidency, put forward by
powerful, wealthy, and ambitious party. In such
position delicacy propriety, and that avoidance of
ostenation which mark the true hero ought to have
characterized his conduct throughout his journey to-
wards the West. 1t is much to be feared that the
effect of these strange speeches. and singular touches
Of oratory, will come back upon him with fearful
{ zee, before the middle of next November.