The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1861-11-09

|, WAbHIh0IVhI. .aVNs L. i ne IOlIUWlng let
ter from Lieut. Gen. Scott was received by tn
President On Thursday afternoon:
HEADQUARTERs OF THE ARMY, }
i WAsHINeroE, D. G., Oct. 81, 1861.}
The Hon. s. Cameron, Se~aayycf War:
SR:-For more than three years hav
been unable to mount horse or walk NOR
than few PAGES at a time, and that will
much pain. Other and new infrmities, drop
sy and vertigo, admonish me that repose o
mind and body, with the appliances of surger!
and medicine, are necessary to add littl'
more 70 9 life already protracted much beyonC
the usual span Of man. 1t is under such cir
cumstanaes, made denbly painful by the un
natural and unjust rebellion now raging in tn,
Southern States Of our so late prosperous anG
happy Union, that am compelled to reoues
that my name be placed on the list of arm,
officers retired from active service. As thii
request is founded on an absolute right grant
ed by recent act Of Congress, / am entirely
at liberty to say that it is with deep regret
that withdraw myself in these momentous
times from the orders of President who has
treated me with distinguished kindness and
courtesy, whom know, upon much personal
intercourse, to be patriotic without sectional
partialities or prejudices, to be highly con-
scientious in the performance of every duty,
and of unrivaled activity and perseverance,
and to you, Mr. Secretary, whom now Off
cially address for the last time, beg to ac-
knowledge my many Obligations for the uni
form thigh consideration have received at
your hands, and have the honor to remain, sir,
with high respect
Your obedient servant.
WINFIELD SCOTT.
A special Cabinet Council was convened on
Friday morning at 8 O'Clock, to take the sub
ject into consideration. It was decided that
Gen. Scott's request, under the circumstances
of his advanced age and in6rmities, could not
be declined. Gen. Mcclellan was therefore,
with the unanimous agreement of the Cabi-
net, notified that the command of the Army
would devolve upon him. At 4 o'clock in
the afternoon the Cabinet again waited on the
President and attended him to the residence
of Gen. Scott. On being seated, the Presi-
dent read the following order
"On the LIST day of November, 1861, upon
his application to the President of the United
States, Brevet Lieut.. Gen. Winfield Scott is
ordered to be placed and hereby is placed up
on the list of retired officers of the army of
the United States, without reduction in his
current pay, subsistence or Allowances. s.
"The American people will hear with sad
ness and deep emotion, that Gen. Scott has
withdrawn from the active control of the army,
while the President and the unanimous Cab
net expresses their profound sense of the i'm
portant public services rendered by him to his
country, during his long and brilliant career,
among which will ever be gratefully distin-
guished his faithful devotion so the Constitu-
tion, the Union and the flag, when assailed
by parricidal rebellion. ..%
("Signcd) ABRAHAM LINCOLN. II.
General Scott thereupon rose and addressed
the President and Cabinet, who had also risen,
as follows: @ be- ~
"Prcsident:-This honor overwhelms me.
1t overpays all services have attempted to
render my country. If had any claims be-
fore, they are all obliterated by this express
sion Of approval by the President, with the
unanimous support of his Cabinet / know
the President and his Cabinet WELL l know
that the country has placed its interests in
this trying crisis, in safe keeping Their
councils are wise, their labors are untiring as
they are loyal and their course is the right
one. H ''u .a
PRESIDENT you must excuse me. am
unable to stand longer to give utterance to
the feelings of gratitude which oppress me.
In my retirement shall offer up my prayer
to God for this administration and for INV
country. shall pray for it with confidence
in its success over its enemies, and that speed
lily. ',-. "'I a.tl
The President then took leave Of General
Scott, giving him his hand and saying he
hoped soon to write him private letter ex-
pressive of his gratitude and affection.
The President added-"General, YOU will
naturally feel solcitude about the gentlemen
Of your staff, who have rendered you and
their country such grateful service. I have
taken that subject into consideration. un-
1erstand that they 60 with you to New York.
shall desire them, at their earliest conven-
ence after their return, to make their wishes
known to me. desire you, however, to be
satisfied that, except the unavoidable depriva-
ion of your counsel and society which they
nave so long enjoyed, the provision which
shall be made for them will be such as to rem
Ter their situation as agreeable hereafter as it
mas been heretofore"
Each member of the administration then
gave his hand to the veteran and retired in
profound silence.
The Secretary Of the Treasury and the
Secretary of War will accompany General
Scott to New York tomorrow by the early
train. ,as ''1'
The following is the response of the Secre-
ary Of War to the letter Of Gen. Scott:
f- WAR nEp ApnHGrNm \ |
WAsH1NaToN, D. G., Nov. l 1861.}
General: 1t is my duty to lay before the
President your letter of yesterday, asking to
,e relieved, under the recent act Of Congress.
n separating from you cannot refrain ex-
PRESSING my deep regret that your health,
battered by your long service and repeated
Wounds received in your country's defence,
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