The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-10-27
Wffkly GrpreGs.
Gen. winfield Scott, The Man.

! In all of The books, pamphlets, speeches and
letters, which have issued from that prolific
mint the Washington committee Room, everv
thing great and glorious has been claimed for
Gen. Scott, as military chiefiain; while little,
or nothing has been said of him as man. Itis
our object to speak of him 5 a man. His char
acter as military hero is well established
None doubt that he is among the first of the
worlds military heroes; and this will suffice,
withou. robbing the living or dead, to deck his
brow with aurels unmerted But, as man,
lie is not among the most learned and profound,
or the most amable end just. We are now enc
gagged in the publication of brief history of the
l. fe Of Gen. Scott, compiled from public docu-
ments, which place him In any thing but an en-
viable light, as man controlled bya high sense
of honor, dignity and justice. Tracing him
d wn from his earliest career in public life, we
find him constantly engaged in brpils with his
fellow officers, and in his old age, distinguish
ed soldier, but not favorte with those who
make up the army. Scarcely an officer of any
note in the American army, desires to see Gen
Scott elevatedto the Presidency. And why is
this? Do they dispute his qualifications as a
military officer' By no means. All acknowl-
edge that he reaches high on the ladder of fame
Then why this opposition to him. Because,
serving with him in the field, where fine op
portunity is presented for the study of charac-
ter, they know that he is totally disqualified, by
education disposition, habit and association, to
preside as civil Magistrate, over such nation
as this. He has quarreed with, and misused
nearly every prominent officer of the American
army that he has been associated with. Re.
view his treatment of Gen. Wilkinson, as far
back as 1910 his treatment of Jackson in 1917
his treatment Of the ever renowned civllion De
Witt Clinton, whose memory will only die,
when the Empire state is blotted from the record
Of states his treatment OF Brown, Pike, Ripley,
Jesup, Brady, Mcneil, Miller Van Rensselaer,
and Wool, who all distinguished themselves so
nobly in the war of 1919 his treatment of Pres.
ident Polk, w. l.. Marcy his Secretary of War,
Mr.. Trist, his Commissioner, Generals Worth
during the Mexican war review his life careful
ly and observe with what jealousy he has mark :,
ed the career of every prominent man, who has
been called TO act with him, and with what hau-
teur he has treated them and then ask yoursel-
YES whether he is The man for President Inso-
lence TO his superiors, nfide!ity TO his equals
and tyrranY towards his interiors, has marked
his career through life and if men will study
his history, they will be satisfied that he is no
man for the chief Executive officer Of this gov
ernmcnt We lay no charges of drunkenness
and corruption at his door, such as have charac-
terzed the whig opposition to Gen Pierce we
make no charge Of cowardice against him, such
as daily meets the eye IN whig presses, of Gen
Pierce; but we do hold, that it is mnckery and
an insult to common intelligence, to claim for
Gen. Scott, any merit, as a civilion, and to hold
him up model statesmaa. You might as
well claim the same for Jack Havs, the Texas
Ranger, for man is more brave, or full of
stratagem. Yet few we imagine, would claim
for him the ability 10 administer this govern
ment as it should be.