Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-01-07


The fcaowiag expose of scae dirt, WORK, "a
which thu notorious Sccrstsry NJ STATE plays q
conspicuous part. we copy from the New York
Herald of Friday last,
GEN ScorT AND Marcus CABINET scAyEN-
s,ERs.-0ne of nafcy's cabinet scssengers al
Washington--a little penny paper there-states
that Gen. Scett> who was 50 cntrasseoosly abused
by the New York Herald during the last lfesi-
Dental canvass. is now overwhelmingly fntf"ry
and praises frem We newer abused een'
Scott We opposed his election IN is52 on Ger
tain political grounds: bat that opposition was o.
pen, frank, manly, and honorable to both parties
alike We acknowledged the high merits OF Gen.
Scott as a military ehisstsin. as gentleman, and
as a man. We opposed his'electien because we
were afraid that his triumph would bring INTO
seuer the Seward freesoil interest In Ne. York
and the North. We acknowledge now that we
were in error in that belief, and that the election
of GEN Pierce has brought about "a greater Tvil
in that respect than could even have resulted
from triumph involving the advancement OF
free soilism under the Seward influence. This
greater evil is the restoration of the inn Buren,
free soil dynasty in this State.
We DENY, therefore, that we ever abused, IN
any true acceptation of the term, Gen. Scott
Yet we are sorry TO say that q IA. Scott, in one
essential particular, was abused in the columns
of the n " Herald; and that abuse, without our
knowledge thereof ut the time. was written by
W. l.. Marcy, in mean, cowardlIke aud skuik-
ing manner. We allude To a document called
military review or history of Gen. SCOTS CAREER
The democratic committee at Washington, winch
had the superintendenee of the arrangements for
Gen. pierce's election, applied to Us, through
their chairman. and wanted us to publish that n
busive military review OF Gen. SCOTS life. We
required 10 see it first. Mr.. Penn, member OF
Congress from Louisiana. brought the document
in proof sheets to rs. We declined It's Pobllca-
ton at the time, on account of the injustice done
in il To the military renown OF Gen. Scott MI
Penn, who was stopping for the time III THIS CITY
took the paper away, and again returned IN IA
day or two requesting 10 publish it, as II came,
he said from one of the most distinguished states
men in the land We did not then know that he
alluded to VIM. l.. Marcy, who was at that time
secretly experimenting the publication OF the n
busve review in question. We looked nj The pa
per again, and told Mr.. Penn that if we published
il should accompany that publication with an
editorial article condemnng the spirit and char
aeter of the document. Again he took the paper
away, not consoniing 10 its being published on
these copditions. In day or two he returned,
for the third time. we believe, and requested us
part ulary 80 publish the paper against Gen
scott with any remarks might choose to ne
company il with in order as lac said. that il might
find its way amongst this great community
thing which il )uid not do IN any other fortn,-
With great reluctance at the time we consented
to let il appear. for we always had a high adm-
ration of certain portions Of Gen SCOTS life, par
teulary of his brilliant military career, and his
gentlemanly and honorable demoancr IA man
aud as public character. But 1t was pressed
upon US, a. we have shown, again and again; and
at length we Yielded and published this paper,
issued by the democratic committee at Washing
ton and written by VIM. l.. Marcy, the same
person who had penned the previous eorrespon-
dence against Gen. Scotia fact which was also
at that time unknown to as.
This is the only abusive article of General
Scott that the Herald contained during the con
test of 1852, and this was clandostinely circulated
through our columns by the democratic commit
tee, AMI came seoretely and fraudulently FROM
the pen of VIM l.. Marcy. the present Secretary
of State. We disavowed il at the time: dsowI
il now and cast il back in the teeth of the Sccre
tary, with all the odium and disgrace which may
attach to it. We were opposed to Gen. Scott
elevation AT that time, aud we are free TO admit
that we were deceived into the support we then
gave General Pierce, and have been deceived by
his subsequent conduct aud policy. THESE fact,
show that though General Scotia frank, open
and noble hearted man in all his relations of If,
erred in the last Presidential campaign by hi,
associations, and by his writing and speaking
too much, yet he has nothing uf the skulkinl
meanuess and the eowardly propeusites of sucl
man as VIM l.. Marcy, who would sneakingl,
write an abusive paper, and circulate il, h'
did, disguisedly, through our columns. while a
the same time he pretended openly to be fayora
bly, and kindly disposed towards the General il
question.