Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-09-03
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WfnnVad teokt.
.,.,.v, N tho vriupgs o. De oilncy, describing
ro,1a, osled into The military service IN the dee'sPi'
"a 10 ,sp.- The I.bcrs and psrl tie lsurels q
:. voh h.s been Justly thccsh. strkiugly applicable
, ,h ,o,s,,,on Of tho miserable old man Who, having
isd hi, psrsonsl honor by re.soo 70 lis native land
,pI SaLsr ed his professional fame BY incusring the
mast siskaceful defeat Of which history tells. row
os.,ea aside anil deserted by the wretchss who have
as,a us'ng him. writer IN the CHARLESTON Courier
,er noticing this parallel says there are many other CO.
oIepees In the lives and characters of the two men,
Putsrch says; "fte character Of Poupey is not difficult
0 estimate He was simply soldier; his NJ, from bis
yeutesnth 70 bis year speut almost en-.
7,ly In military service; AID when lie returned 70 Rome
At or the conquest OF Ahrdates be Cid not posess aay
ledge Of civil ST rs ard sooa displayed bis ineon'
n ,ercy 10 take Leading part in the political councillors
Of tie times. lie had high sense OF bis own import
acc, had been accustomed for years to the passive ob'-
ji,pce Which military discipline requires and expected
"a he treated a. Roms with the slme difference which he
,aS iyed in the cans He soon found out what Ma
~, had discovered before HIN, that something more
h,n military CORY WIS required 10 retain the affections
Of tho mu ti,u5e AID be learned The way to win
be hearts cf men He of cold aud phiesmstio
compartment aud seems 70 have possessed feueey any
personal riones He was both proud anda vain mar
aus which above all Others usks dishked by his
associates and 6QuAls.'
But the character In s history to which, says the wr
ter We insinc,lyely refer for equal baseSes With that of
Gen. Scott Is that Of Cor.O4nus No. not equal base
ness for In the case OF Cosoanus there was the mtgn
ding ciccumstatOs ,Alt he bad been harsAy aud rraty
g,ls FNsl.
ise the Grim, of wsrrirg sgaiust ones country, Gen
SOFT cannot avail himself Of the apology that the United
Sttcs Sls County. II has said more than oace III
,bs st thirty veal that be considered his aegtuce az
due to Virginia aud that if Virginia had joined South
Csroaa In her nuEaoaoa Of 1882, BIO would have re-
si,ned BE would have done nov, but tina: he kne"
President avis hSd great scorn and eontempalor him.
ad would no. have sppoiated him to high command IN
IN, Confederate Arny-ths cora OF al elevated MAJ
t.. very small oas-su,l 10 all grea: intellectual quad
ti-ytill smaller In all noble and generous impulses snd
se lmeRts.
Piutarch saws Of CoriOianus His undoubted courage
e1ced BIN 10 gcol actions and carried him through
them Wlsh honor; but the n,, the Siosree oil
b, uassons his pirit Of contention aud excessive obs
u,cy rendered him untrscabe aud dslgreesble In con-
T.rsa.ion." No one who kaoSs Gen. Scott will fail 10
,ogvs, Ia this an accurate description OF him Wevtn-
:ao to say that one has passed half en- hOnr 10 Iva
company without Witnessing Act Of vanity and ps'u
lance.
On tie return Of CorlOanus to Rome he was candi-
ts,s f,r the CoIsuish p and Ike S,otL WIS defeated
C9roanu. was al ars,ocrG Scott ell the more so, be-
,g he wss ow born raan who had been raissdt to high
position. Hers the peysl ends CoriolAnus never de-
d a 10 eCur. the papusce by the unworthy srts ofue
s,,ccrua. no temptation could have induced him, like
s,o after encouraging the KuOw Nothing party, if not
dining it. 10 say Il ks to hear that rich Irish bEogue
Ccr.clSnus ives the less meJeeray aud venAl OF me'
would not receive his share Of the spos OF war, but
j s,ribu,ed Il among his men. he was never charged
;t much less convicted Of the ENHANCEMENT OF Vi.
macy OF his so!dera lie attacked in his domestic
ACTIONS He soufht glory because, IS be said, ut
would CRAFTY his mother" he abandoned bis invasion
Of Rome AZ the irtsfoesslou Of his wife and mother, al
though a, the certain sacrh CT ms popularity with the
Yo!sei AMI in lie end Of hil lie Never Was there
ID IRE devoted husband, brother and fAther The veil
rs. covers these relations Of Gar Scott the writer for
bears in raerev, even TO him, 20 raise.
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