The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-01-27

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sGn , oous 70 beifsy correspondent who had written
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neseD y, SAYS No reply ever made TO The foregoing
ana OF course General Scott has the origina
nonfo"s letter Hts sns plcions and the whole
Pondence Were fully communicated In January ols
psfuouar MEND Of Governor Clinton, who perfectly
az peV 70 give noce thereof 90 that parsonage The
pamphle, containing this pssage soon il reached GOV
sfnoi ohn'on, called forth this notices
10 the PUBLIC Gen. Scott the army OF the United
States having In letter Gen. Jackson OF the 81 o
January inslnuated that had written, Dictated ins
gated anon nous eter 10 the latter gentleman for u.
Wo nouves, or ior improper purposes and having also
concealed this imputaton from until the publication
pamphlet which reached the Adj instant, have
considered proper declare that had agency wri-
ng aoa.lng OF nstigatng any anonymous letter what
Se sahor usns a"d , thar am sney ignorant Of
nrey and unquahedy ialse the ntents and in all
ms oec'aiaion Is made from motives OF respect
70 Pupnc opinion, and not nom regard General Scott
whose conduct on this occasion is such total departure
from honor and propely render him unworthy of the
esteem OF man who has any respect Tor himself
Us not probable that lean at this lime have any
." lie s Jas a"as ia Ne@ Yo Of ss
opcs OF conversation as he suggests circumstances SO
Bat feel confident persuasion did make use o
EXPIRE ncom pable with the respect which
"DE WITT CLINTON.
ALBANY, 9Th April. 1919"
Mr. Chairman, the charge made by Mr. Wilkinson
may be attributed to jealousy envy. but Jackson was
man who never INDUCED in anything but honor and hon-
esly in his intercourse with his felow-men; De Witt
Clinton was unimpeached and unlmpeachabe yet these
men say and Ills upon the record of the country, that
General Scott was guilty OF all these offences against
honor, against his government and against private char
acter, Will an American Congress, then, confer upon
him honor as high as conferred upon the Father
OF his Country! will not
Sir, his whg friends ask for magnanimity. Gentle
men democrats, will you not be magnanimous! Gentle
men wings. who now ask the House to be magnanimous,
when did you practise magnanlmity! When did this
new light break in upon you? When the hero of the
Hermitage standing with foot in the grave and the
other upon its crumbng brink, asked you to the
only constructive stain upon his character the whg patty
presented united front in opposition 10 granting his re-
quest and he would have gone down to the grave with
the stain still upon his character If they could have kept
they have preferred TO one OF The highest places in the
government the man who took the initiative in endeavor-
ing 10 retain that STAN upon his character-Secretary
Conrad, of the War Department
Mr. Chairman, General Scott has been the usual
rounds You say he should be rewarded. Has he not
taken the usual chances Has no, he taken the chances
fer preerment which Washington took, and which Jack
son took The result different. admit. will ad-
init that the people rewarded Washington for his ser
vices in the field admit that the people rewarded Gen
era Jackson Tor his services in the field But
they did not reward General Scott he comes here in the
purlieus OF the Capitol, to ask that sword of un-
usual brighness-hat an honor which has never been
Zone TO any but Washngton-should be his. No,
sir; this is asking too much II you make him equal
to Washington, how do you but belle history /.
sir so long as twenty-seven men will stand with me up
on This ioor and give us The yeas and nays, will battle
it, DO not intend 10 connect myself with such fraud
upon the patriotism OF the country
There is another consideration which have passed
over and that is General Scot,s controversy with Gen.
erals Worth and Pillow But upon that subject will
not now dwell.
The grave OF Washington is the Mecca of the Ameri-
can patriot Let this Congress. pray you do any.
thing check the patriotic ardor OF The pilgrims
haowed tomb Let it not be said century hence thai
Congress made another as gea-consiitued By resolu-
ton equal TO the Father Of his Country God forbid
the preparation OF srch patriotic sacrege God forbid
that The fame OF Washington should be clouded, even in
The remote manner, by suggesting equal Scotts
life has been one OF turmoil. quarrel, wrangng, and
enmity with officers. and soldiers and country Wash
ing ton first in the hearts OF his officers his soldiers
and his country. How striking the contrast Will the
country ratiy the act | will not