The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-02-22

9 Tax LIEUTENANT GESERAL.-The whole
country, without distinction of section or par,
~, viii rejoice in the honor conferred upon
Gen. Scott by the act Of Congress. which has
elevated him to this post. 1t is an honor to
all concerned. 1t reflects credit on the Con-
gress which. without distinction of parties,
has thus emphatically recognized exalted
merit; upon the President. whose concur
renee in the act was not only just but grace
full to his late rival for the Presidency, and
ON the American people, who have proved,
in the language attributed to the iilustrious
Chief, that Republics are not ungrateful.'
1t is to Gen. Scott himself an honor well
earned, and which he will nobly wear Ii
will compensate him for all the tolls, vexa-
tions and perils of his warrior life.
A better and drawer soldier than wan
field Scott, has never lived in this country.
He is more and more appreciated by bis
countrymen, the older he becomes and the
better they know him. High as was the ad
miration which his splendid valor and genius
had ELECTED in the late war with England,
when he dispeled the charm of British in
vincibility with the bayonet, and proved that,
even with that favorite British opponent, the
American was full match for the English
man, his reputation became still greater by
the Mexican war, when he proved himself a
great General, capable of leading the armies
of nation upon widely extended theatre
OF conflict The wisdom, foresight, decision,
and success of SCOTS campaign in Mexico,
have never been fully appreciated even by
his own countrymen, till they have seen the
contrast presented by the British leader in
the Crimea. with infinitely greater resources
of men, money and munitions of war at his
command. There can be little doubt that
Winfield Scottis at this moment as military
man, the first soldier of the Anglo Saxon
race. And if France has as great military
genius. it is time that she should bring him
out, for he has certainly not yet shown him
self in the Eastern war
We are proud of Winfield Scott as an
an American and as Virginian. He is
an honor to the State which has produced
so many heroes; and an honor to her
not less in his enlarged patriotism than
his military abilities. And here we may re.
mark, that there never has been a first rate
man of Virginia, either in civil or military
life, who was a sectional man. The whales
must have deep water to swim in; they cannot
disport themselves in narrow streams These
they leave to the minnows and other little fish
90. The eagles delight in the upper air and 9
wide horizon. Small birds keep near the
ground. Such men as Washington, Jefferson
Madison, Marshall, Clay, Taylor and Scott, hat
souls which could not be cramped within thu
narrow limits of a section; a patriotism which
could enfold whole Union in its vast EN-
brace. Sectional men are generally marrow
in every thing; moral and intellectual pig
mics truly great men are never sectional.
The wisdom, moderation and noble spirit
displayed by Scott in the internal dscord and
strife which at times have threatened the
country with civil wars, will reflect upon his
character even more enviable, solid and en-
during renown than his glorious military ca
reer. He has saved the country from greater
and more irreparsble evils than any which
could be inflicted by foreign enemy. Al
honor to the illustrious patriot. He now en-
joys, in the evening of his days, serene ant
glorious sky, which will be radiant with tn
lustre of his fame, long after he has disap
peared from among men.
THE UNIoN.-It becomes all lovers of thu