The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-27

tainly, but no one can get money from the
banks, which answers as cruel q purpose; and
periods of expansion, when money is compa-
ratively easy, the banks discount freely, and
gold is shipped by the million to Europe. 1t
cannot be different until the effects of the ex-
cessive speculation have worn of, the social
extravaganza wrought out its own cure, the
bankrupt houses and corporations broken, and
the imports largely decreased.
NEGLECT OF GENERAL SCOTIA bill is pend
ing as usual in Congress to create the rank of
Lieutenant General in the United States army,
and confer it upon General Scott. We say, as
usual, for the bill has been pending for some
time, having failed to become law in conse
quence Of the stupid prejudices Of some ancient
females who got it into their heads that the
title of major was more democratic than that Of
lieutenant, and that the Union would be endan-
gered if Winfield Scott were promoted from
Major to Lieutenant. General.
The bill compasses something more than
mere title. 1t would increase General Scott's
compensation some three thousand dollars a
year; and to one who has lived all his life on
the scanty pay Of our army, and educated a
large family en- a mere pittance, this tardy
relief would be acceptable. Not 80 grateful to
him, however as worthy ofhis countrymen. The
unrecompensed services of Gen. Winfield Scott
are living disgrace to the American people.
No foreign country deals thus with her heroes.
: England heaped millions on her Wellington,
France could refuse nothing to the Marshals Of
the Empire, even Russia has ever cared that
the great soldiers who have led her armies to
battle have wanted nothing that generous
monarch could bestow. America alone fattens
on the blood of her bravest sons, then leaves
them to starve.
If General Scott had given to trade or
the bar the talents he has devoted to the
service of his country, he would unques.
tionably have been reaping at this time an
ample reward. His days Of toll would now
be over; and the old man, repaid for a
life Of steady unremitting labor in the en-.
joy ment Of comfort and plenty, would
spend his declining years in repose and
happiness Instead of this, he had the misfor-
tune to desire to fight for his country to guard
Der frontier from the British attack, to keep the
Indians in check on the South, to carry the
stars and stripes to the capital Of Mexico. His
reward is poverty and neglect.
If the United States would but give to Gen.
Scott some fractional per centage on the gains
he has brought into the national Golfers, his
friends would ask no more. Think of what he
saved on the Canada frontier, of what he gained
in Mexico-strike balance-say how great is
the debt Of the United States to the valor and
the genius of Scott and then remember that
in his old age the people of this country would
not grant him petty sum of three Thousand
dollars year out of their OVERLOOKING treasury.
1t seems farcical at the present day to talk of
Mr.. Pierce's promises, SO proverbial has his
want Of faith become. His conduct to his van
pushed opponent in the Presidential contest is
not whit worse than his treatment OF Dix,
Soule, and almost every one to whom he made a
promise. But it is worth recording that, notwth-
standing all the assurances Of Presidential sup
port given TO Gen. SCOTS friends at the time of
Mr.. Pierce's election, all the influences which
surround and are believed to emanate from the
White House are now openly or secretly op-
posed to the bill creating Lieutenant
Generalship. And it is safe to say that If the
bill be lost, the circumstance will be due to the
malign influence Of the President and his friends.
Surely there are members of Congress who
will not suffer the spiteful rancour of mean
man to prevent the country doing justice to its
greatest military chief A day may conceive
have seen the like before-when the United
States may need all their soldiers to protect
their homes and firesides from aggression. 1t
would only be a fitting punishment for the
ingratitude with which Gen. Scott is now
threatened at the close Of his long and arduous
career, that on that day, man should be want
ing to take his place.
The TwENTY-NINTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT
CURIOUS SEWARD MovEMENT.-The Seward men
pretend to consider themselves safe in the As
sembly; but they have their misgivings of the
Senate. The filling Of the vacancy of the
Twenty ninth district is therefore Of some i'm
portance and the dodge which they have
adopted to secure II is curious and remarkable.
There was Peoples Convention at Canaan
daigua on the 23d instant, which nominated