Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-28

With which he had to contend in inter ,aa!enperSno
army, In 1929 he again visited Eu1ona fll IL
sional information, AVpe' iotpnofes.
THE IN BLACK HAWK WAR; ThE CHOLERA 49,.
DUCT. NS'fFs Cox,
The interesting events which are con...
the me Oh Gen, Scott crowd upon us SE IN
therefore pass very slightly over some oF =, we must
would show very bright in the hisorx 20 sqea which
such case isthat of his conduct the n oIasH
war OF 1882 where he not only quete5 s sU Hawk
Iy ana Ptuaently great difficulties VIII hu.
people Of the Northwest; and more gtneat toOuf
deafed himselfto every tue heart nv fS S,sa all En-
which, when the ASiatic cholera tuaaasrip
his soldiers with most fatal violence ouE aaOO,
tended them, in total disregard of b;S nulsed and
although himself affected all the while nv saist
OF the disease So terrible was the mn,s lptes
OF sudden fell upon his men that ont ~ osktA
were IN lew Gays, but about 400 left. H., Ges
had persisted aboard the steamers : rrh; Inc Ia
conveying them, or, when landed nj Ch;HLh Ees
fled from the peStilence stroke: hut o,aS.agoha a
itin their flight and every where den;eS StlSkeab
aid by the terrified inhabitants. had oni s3iets@
the most part, still more miserable so a!ea a
boat, small and crowded, became rass'N.S on
house out of 2lO men aboard, So died n ~ pet
sage, and 80 had to be placed in the bosa; .s pas
they reached chicago! The deck and bnII VIA
| ~ ,, ~. titS uSf'u "Hu Tying. Amidst tb;t
rible scene, instead of contenting himself ,NlSte
men in command would have done WIN S mds
ordering the medical men TO take all IeftI
measures 10 relieving the SICK Scott hec,neGeay
son their attendant, and performed for Ls L IN pa
comrade, with brothers care, ever, 5uua6lst
office from which others shrank. Much saSeiosl
shown himself the hero upon battle.feIS, u AeAa1
any where displayed more genuine berO;.SIl s't
more pure, noble, and eifecting, than mon H. we
| SuNh hnS hatsI WIS
fellow soldiers in all times of sufIerDa !, bis
while their messmates fled from them. m,t Ute
their officers neglected them; and their name I Of
en- fellow citizens shut their doors and be k-
them, the great Commander as coed 40 10 Hoa
brave, stood by them as true at the vas
! battle. ssM
SCOTT SENT TO QUIET THE NUL1tupn,
4 He had hardly got home from these twin, co.,
when fresh order of the Government sen, Il
another. AT the close of 1882 tNoyemSa'S, ul %
ication was coming to head. A South c,. nun!
Convention had passed its ordinance lerI,r1
the United States revenue laws should mi I, 'ls
forced in that State, and its Legislature and ET.s
tive were (while insisting that nuIlifca rS
most peaceful OF remedieS) making all pr.n,,' VT
for armed resistance. Indeed, the wboa
ton had, by four years ofinceSSant agitation H..
worked up into little short of public nb,soS
Two thirds of them had learnt to believe ~!
selves the most oppressed people upon earth: NJ,
e were ready to go TO any extremity and he re,5!
because they had, in very bitter oppostioH ~
: at home, an object of immediate hate on WI
!. they longed to wreak double vengeance Fl, -
e only the sins of the General Government 10
y tina! party supported, but for its own. In ,lnS
the adverse factions, about equally fanatiesl VS.
al q point of mutual evaporation where col;Ss
could hardly be hindered and where that cOllSS
could scarcely fail to become the signal Of tT7
war. The Union or Government party tess,i5
: its opponents as traitors to The confedefacy:So
a lponentS looked OH them as traitors 10 their S,,
a Both were keen to come to blows the to,rs
e though the weaker, because they were deaoup,J
!: and prescribed by the others and relied uDOn II.
e strong Federal arm for crushing them as soon mi
L came to arms the latter because they knoT t,5
; feeling, and were doubly furious against Us
;e who, though CaroinianS, were anxious 10 LT.
e their own State drngooned. Such was the cotE
e ton of things amidst which Gen. Scott was az
: among them. At first, to ascertain exactly Wit
1t measures were needed and yet to avoid adt1, "a
their excitement by open steps of military prtti,
h ton, he went down, in November, to COluEl
d Augusta, Savannah and Charleston, as ifoaE
e ordinary yearly visit of inspecting the ultg
h States troops and fortreSSeS. When he bad In
n quietly looked into everything, he retuIned =
y Washington, made his report to President JacEsl
is concerted with the Government all was TO /
Of done, sent forward to Charleston the reyezs.
cutters and troops that were needful andtheln.
a paired thither himself with confidential nStr.
tons. These, we cannot recite further than Ut
he was to keep on the defensive, far as pOSSitt
and to rely on the legalmeanS of enforcing The h
i until they failed; but large discretion was d
/ course, left him. for everything depended on JUDI
ct lment. Without that, all the instructions in L.
L world would not have been worth button Hap
PLY for the country and not less happily for S0ah
IS Carolina, the right man had been chosen Ol lii
ID difficult service, and chosen because the GO7aE
ID ment knew him to be just the man, not bsesgse
i'd it loved him. He conducted the whole buSneatO
70 its end with such steadineSS and Skill with asA
I'd a happy mixture of Cancellation and fmneS d
of secrecy and of timely words that he confOlldte
ID violence of both parties, induced the leaders an
If, settlers on of the matter themselves to heaEktn
d, his patriotic counSels, and finally dSanned tbs
ly flaming animosities and that insane wish TO SC
Il bloodshed, which had, when he arrived Chaiis
tn ton, filled all mems minds and armed then IAN
e against each other. Nothing could be mole Oh
at gerouS than the men, the temper and the AtuaH'
de of things with which he had to deal nothing ni
he delicate and yet firm than the management t
at quired. A single false step would probably aT
y, been fatal and lighted up ciyilwaI, WHICH VOL
n, have spread through the whole South and sunod
10 ed the Uuion. We owe (under God our eSeai
e, fromthese terrible evils only to the exeIon u
f. wisdom of Gen. Scott, who abundanty proved
ly all who were actors in the matter (among VIC
ct the writer hereof was One) that his aN!lIss y
ed quite as equal to dangerous and ditlcu!t ci ~
lis junctures as to the handling OF armies III IIs IE
ne FLORIDA WAR.-PUBLICD lSAPPolNI-
&c MENT AND INJUSTICE.
he OF the Florida war and Gen. SCOTS bneI r
in it, we need say little. 1t is not ageaps &
! dwell upon operations, which the habits oil 'ne \
and the nature of the country where he va " !.
hunted up made, and still continue 70 tLaas -
IL variable failures. The public, with le'g =
he Jan injustice of which it has now been long ~
T. condemned Gen. Scott because, sent OIL 10 ts:s
er suddenly and without preparation he did EI .ns
IS in month war, which, Afterwards COS "a
US of exertion and ten millions OF money anu Ia.I
v. ended yet He lost no battle, suffered ~ Sus
IN but no matter-he did not at once SuD9e an
j. whom he could not not find; and all ms ne,I
his services were forgotten. Nobody hhe" Wv
al practicable country in which he was ~ asS
n that it was warfare of guess and eAptliI;!a 4
n. which he was obliged to began by gEoputS ~ -
n dark for the best mode OF operating, ~ nv
as laughed at by the public and recalled W !,
ed ministration. But he demanded an hqun! ~, =
the able cnurt before which the mausL , "aT
no came to the opinion that ne au I.5 4
d, no fault, and that his plans were all me- We.
We executed with all zeal and ability. heS' "N'-
n. tons were in 1896. r..-. .ts.g5aa#
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