The Trinity times., 1855-05-19

If any act of the present administration is
to be handed down to posterity, this one Will
be remembered when others of apparently
more marked policy will be forgotten--
Those that come after us will value the
blessings Of civil freedom. and cannot forget
the men who were chiefly instrumental in
working out the problem of distinct aud in
dependent nationality.
1t is said that this appointment will confer
upon Genral Scott about thirty thousand dol
lars back pay, and one thousand six hundred
dollars additional salary. We are not in
formed what is the condition of his pecuuia.
ry ailairs--whether he is poor or whether he
Is rich--but we are certain that the mouied
compensation IS a small equivalent for his
great services; aud indeed we may add, that
the act reflects more credit on the govern
ment than profit or renown on the recipient.
Ills fame is already part of the history of
the country, and almost every child who can
read, has heard Of his daring as a soldier,
and his skill as statesman. With his own
sword no has written his name upon our
mountains, and by his valor made many a
spot sacred in the records of American war
fare. As "a general, he was firm and pru-
dent; as q man, he was kind and aiiectionate
The wounded soldier was sure to find relief
when he applied to him and the retired vet
eran, worn out in the service, had friend
on whom he could rely. ON the battlefield,
he possessed the dignity Of great soldier;
while in private life, he had the social quail
ties of good man.
To properly understand his true patriotic
character, and his ardent attachment to our
civil Institutions we need only look ut some
of the later events of his life. In ISIS, ust
after his return from Mexico, and while the
aurels of victory We're yet green upon his
brow, he found himself the overlooked cam
dldate Of great party, aud yet he manfully
acquesced in the choice OF another. In 1872,
he was the " hig nominee for the Preeideu-
cy, and the people for whom he fought gall
lantly aud successfully, in three wars, 10y an
overwhelming majority elected another in his
stead. And vet he never murmured. but
quietly bowed to the will Of people he ever
loved; and, we believe, it, the next day alter
General Pierce was inauguratcd President Of
the niled States, the honor of this nation
had required another war, General scott
would have been the first on the battlefield
and the last h leave it,
Such has been his devotion TO the land that
was hallowed by the blood Of his fathers, that
we are ready TO believe that he WAS ever
willing to lay down his life for 1t, apa couns
nothing too aear that he would not sacliiico
for IFS honor and prosperity. lie is now get
ting old--pcrhaps not far from the tmo al
Iotied to man--buL his memory will live
while Niagara continues 10 roar upon our
northern frontier, and his fame be perpetua-
ted while the snow-cspped mountains of
Mexico point their lofty sumnr'ts 10 a south
ern sky. lie has made a nation honorable,
and lis sons have honored him. May he 1.-Two
long 10 enjoy the graiulalions Of his fellow
cliizeus, and when he dies, let his resting
place be next in rank to the tomb OF tho
sleeping warrior upon the banks Of the Poto'
mac.