Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1861-07-31

biggest coward in the world'' | rose from my
seat. STAY" said the General - will prove
it. l have fought the battle against my Judg-
ment, and | think the President ought to remove
me today for doing it. AS God is my Judge. ,
he continued, after an interval Of silence, . did
all in my power to make the army efficient L
desire removal because | did not stand up when
/ could ard did not" | stand here to Vlndlcate
Gen, Scott | am Indebted to the gentleman
from Missouri for the compliment he paId me-
desire to say for myself | am here. the last OF a
generation. nv father and grandfather having
fallen beneath the fas of their country. L, too,
have fought under It's folds at home and abroad, :,
and God willing, there will stand till the end
of life defending it against all foes.
MR WAsHBURNE.-As my colleague has re-
ferred TO Gen. Scott's remarks, he might also al
lude to what the PresiC ent said.
Mr. RICHARDSOS-I will do so. 't Your con-
versation implies.'' said the President, to Gen
Scott, - that forced you to battle" to which
Gen. Scott replied, - | have never served under
a President who has been kinder to me than you
have been.'' But Gen. Scott did not relieve the
President from the fact of the latter having forced
him to fight the battle. Gen. Scott thus paid a
compliment to the President personally. desire
to say of the President, have known him from
boyhood if you let Kim alone he is an honest
man, (laughter) but l am afraid he has not the
firmuess to stand up against the politicians
around him.
Our readers can scarcely fail in noticing the
evasive character of the reply of Gen. Scott to
Mr. Lincoln The President, in order to silence
the clamor of the New York Tribune, indirectly
insisted ON a movement of the army, which the
Judgment of Gen. Scott condemned, and which
resulted in a disastrous defeat. The blood Of the
men. whose bones now lie bleaching between
Manassas and Alexandria, is on the heads Of
Horace Greeley and the senseless demagosucs
who joined him in the ill-timsd cry of 8 Forward
to Richmond''
Horace Greeley is the worst man now living
in our country, JEFF. Dayis not excepted. His
course as editor Of the New York Tribune, is a
perfect type Of the arch-fend in paradise, wis
pering into the car Of Eve the words (Which
brought death into the world, and all our woes >
From the commencement Of his career as q jour
nast up to the present time, he has proved that
he is a one idea fanatic, who ignores common
sense on all occasions And yet he has con-
troIIed, through the columns of his paper, the
public sentiment of the Northern States since the
passage Of the Nebraska bill in 1854. There j,
not radical Black Republican in the Northern
States. who does not regard the Tribune as his
political Bible, and accept as truth the raving'
of the fanatic who controls it. He occupied {
seat in the Chicago Convention as a delegat,
from Oregon, and for the purpose Of satisfying
a private grudgc. succeeded in defeating Vim
H. Seward, tue father of the Black Republican
party, and securing the nomination Of the IA
nous rail-splittcr. Abraham Lincoln, for th,
Presidency. Mr.. Lincoln is naturally grateful
for the favor received, and has been weak enough
to allow this bold and bad man to control hin
since his Inauguration. If he had hearkened t,
the advice Of Gen. Scott, Mr.. Seward, Simon
Cameron, instead Of marching and counter
marching in obedience to the command of Horace
Greeley, the unfortunate battle of Manassea
| Junction would never have been fought. ''Watch
man, what of the night?'' is the question whicl
Will te asked Us by many an anxious heart
! Would to God we could return consoling an
| swer. Still the pure light delays its dawning
Amid all the "pomp and circumstance Of war,
there hangs a silence and fear over the country
| and not ray Of light giIds the black night tha
envelopes the future. Not even The faintes
! streaks Of dawn brightcns its edges. Yet Will,
the eternal hope Of freedom remains, we viii no
despair. All the men who control the govern
nent, with the exception Of General Scott, have
| been weighed in the scale and found wanting
and even he, in an evil hour, allowed himself t.
/ be coerced into a movement which his iuigmen
condemned. But we believe there is still enough
| of vitality in Union to preserve it. While W,
/ have lost confidence in men, - in God is ou
/ trust, that gracious Being who has watche,
over our destiues as a nation from the first gun
Of the Revolution, and who will, we hope, con
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Shape our ends,
Rough hew them may
! The Union, freighted with all that is dear {,
us as mortal beings, must not 90 down in thi