The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-15
General No III.

We have never been among those VINO re
GREETED the determination Of General WING
FIELD SCorr to remain 81 the head Oh '''
Northern Army We have long been accu
toned to hear him styled, in the hyperhoilca
Language so common in our country, the "Grea'
chatham of the age" and have little doubt
that he considers himself so but have never
vet seen any evidence of remarkable mill'ar1
ok much less genius in his whole career H.
stand up fights with the British in the late wa
were valuable exhibitions of game and endui-
ance on both sides, but no generaIship was at
tempted or required. In the Mexican war
General TAYLOR whipped the poor devils 80
often and 40 thoroughly before General oc'TT
appeared upon the field, that the latter WI
the aid of LES engineering, had con
paratively easy task to accomplish. he
made one or two awful blunders notwithstand-
ing. though the patriotism Of the country
,romptly threw it's mantle at the time over the
old mans shoulders.
Gen. ScoTr once visited Europe, and having
heard himself So often called the great cap
tain Of the age" was intensely mortified and
disappointed to find that his name was scarcely
known hy one in a hundred even Of the military
community AsnREw JACKSON was known,
the man who displayed. in fighting Indians
and British. military genius as well as cou-
rage. but WIxGrIELD, (or WINFIELD as be
chooses t. style it, was man scarcely heard
Of. 1t is due to SCoTT's genuine courage t"
raw that none Of the wounds he received ii
birb ha rpfp Ia 81
possible occasions, ever gave him such smar-
as the unaffected ignorance Of the "great cap
,ain of the age" which he encountered il
every military circle Of Europe. Who but th'
vaiue.t and most self-complacent OF mortal>
could have supposed that in that Old World
where the bloody foot prints of The NAroLEoSs,
WgLLrsGroSs, and mighty multitude of The
most magnificent military names ever known Il;
human history, were still fresh upon the earth
WtxGFIELD SCoTr could have created sensa
ton n the most prodigious military comet tina
had ever biazed across the sky: We hay
never ceased to he grateful, that this prodigi"u
humhug prefers the command of the Northern
Army, to loyalty and good faith to Virgins
The consequence is that the North G is tn
benefit of his imbeci.y, arrogance and bs
temper, whilst Virginia has at the head Z
her army that gentleman Of real merit AZ
whore unodesty is as great as his merit, Re
BERT Z. LEE.
The amazing vanity and petulance of SC01
have involved him in innumerabe ficulu'
with the civil and military authorities of h
own Government, and even with persons
private life Who was he ever able to keep
good terms with: He quarreled with &c
JACKSON but Old Hickory soon brought hi
to his senses. and Scorr fairly wilted benea
the wrath of that genuine man. Never "
there a more complete back down than JAG
son forced upon SCoTT. He vas foolish en"u;
10 pitch into old NANCY, and NANCY repli
In a cool and excoriating epistle which scarce
left a whole spot upon his body. He fell o
with noble old Gen. TAYLOR, a man so Ju
So self poised, and amiable as well as Vi
liant, that no one was ever before his enen
except the enemies of his country. And la
but not least, he tried the game of "rehe
which now fills his soul with horror. agar
his lawful master. and intellectual official a
military superior, JEFFERSON DAVIS, then
cretary of War. The awful chastisem'
which he received on that occasion Is l
doubtedly smarting yet in his vindictlve
ture, and prompting him to put forth all
energies of his impotent malice for the destr
ton of the Southern cause.
But JEFF. DAVIS has rcd still in pic
for this venerable migrate, compared v
which all the former screenings of his van
and egotism have been mere child's play.
long life of intense sefshness and success
pretension must soon end amid the SHARP
pangs Of disappointment and modification
We shall not be surprised to see him soon {
carded by his own Government and his
friend Wool put in bis place; punishm
which i. the only one we can imagine at
adequate to his deserts.
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