Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-20
From The Nrc Orleans PieGyii's.
TIE EXIT OF SCOTT.

In the letter addressed to Secretary Cameron in which
Gen. Scott asked TO be relieved from active service and
to retire into that luxurious retreat provided Tor hm oy
specis pensoning law he assigned 10 addition to lame
ness from hurt,and old age the new inhrmihes OF
dropsy aud vertigo" as among the causes for this Appi
cation. =,
Hereafter Il he have any friend who desires to relieve
his character from some little part Of the infsmy with
which the sordid and malignant treacherts OF the last
six months have backened il all over this vertigo may
be conveniently alleged to exenuate the the siaverng
adustion with which he took his farewell Of Seward and
his Cabinet.
As mark of special favor, the complimentary order
in which be was relieved from his command was read TO
him by Mr. Lincoln in person. With brutality char
actersc of all concerned the President actually thank
ed Gen. Scott for his disregard Of all the ties Of BIRTH
as II that were matter to be proud or Instead OF being,
NJ the best and under any circumstances, necessity to
be lamented A man OF sensibiity would have snrunk
from having that wound probed roughly, and man
of any chyalry Of sentiment would have RETAINED from
touching it, But Scott whose insatiae appetite for Hat
terry would feed on the most nauseous food cldched at
this garbage and responded to IL in the following serve
and craven terms
"Ths honor overwhems me. II overpays all services
have attempted to render my country. II had any
claims before they are all obterated by expression
of approval by the President, with the unanimous sup
port Of his Cabinet"
This is not the language Of man of spirit in free
country addressed to in Office with the respect due
despotism, prostratug himself before master, and
with his forehead in the Dust showerng nauseous pane
pyrcs on the gver of gifts and dispenser of smiles
The President il Abraham Lincoln aud the unanim-
Gus Cabinet are jointly and seyeray, as motley gath
erng of msn OF instincts and broken reputauons ss
ever had it in their power to ruin and disgrace people
These paudits Of Lincoln, coarse demagosue without
history except the mere tool oil bad party OF
Seward convicted and confessed trckster who, by
system allied to fasehood, entrapped honorable men
into position Of danger that he might lake advantage
of them Of Cameron whom one.half OF bis own PAL y
charge with wholesale and infamous corruption; and
of their associates, Who with them, make up the
Cabinet, Gil up the measure of SCOTS hopes OF
glory aud obitsrste, BY excess OF payment, his
claims under bis owa not light estimate OF them, Tor
services rendered to the public. The satisfaction OF
having so well pleased these gracious masters stands TO
him, as full reward for his campaigns and wounds and
the achievements of which he has much Wanted, in
peace as in war. To be the pac6 ator with England,
and conqusror Of Mexico 5 less TO him than to be tic
applluded OF Cameron, and the friend oil lhncoln.--
They are his compensation for the ntruding ps1gs Of
conscience his consolation for the Of his kin
dred and the approbrum which, in every Of his
na.sl soil is visited his name, as that Of foul and
bcated migrate This abject devotion to the bad aud
proAigie who the authors Of the caamties by
which his own glory Ia darkened and bis country Is
ruined is the degrading necessity Of bis fallen position
They have wrested him from all support and confidence
not wrapped up in the Of these desg he must
cling to them and pray for them; for IL they fall there
is no place in history left him. but as baser blscker than
Arnold.
After this day Of failure comes as it surely will come
some compassionate pen may be found TO attempt to fad
excuses for bis fault there found an unknown
hand to owers upon the tomb of Nero the Offer
ing Of "heart, not void
sof gratitude for kindness done, when power
Had left the wretch uncorrapted hour"
Il may be then said in the charity of indulgence
mental and bodily prostration that this les! act OF
Witty at least the dotage Of pampered old age or
the ircoherence Of vertigo. Nothing else will cover
I'D from dsgust its unuGterable meanness.