The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-05-03
GEN scott.

Wirsiuia Convention received assurances
from him in writing that he would resign
in case OF the secession Of that State
a5aut a week ago He further earned
from q United States Army officer. who
had Just rendered his resignation ADD lei.
Washington city tso or tbres dsss since.
that scott had not only resigned. bur was
held a. q prisoner Of war aud not allowed
% leave the city. The officer alluded TO
wa q resident Of East Tennessee, and
Nas on his return home. The fact that
he Lincoln authorities hav seized the
gelezraph Office at WazhgngtoHs and allow
40 despatch 70 leave there disuaraEIng
their cause. j. the probable reason of the
information being kept back by the agent
Of the associated press.-MemPha4 AKPoaA
DM-
Per contra. the Washington Star on
Monday Of last week has the following.
Gas. sc0rr-We are satisfied that
Judge Robinson, an old personal friend
nd elassmate Of Gen Scott. came here
.esterdaY from Richmond. bearing 3 ten
der of q commission a. Commander-n-
shisf Of the armies now N hostile ar
~ against the Government otthe United
states. 70 be rendered 70 the veteran. On
earning the pufporto Of Judge h errand
zen. Scott stopped him with 8 declaration
hat II he went any further IA making
uch a proposition 10 him ne Judge H.
would not be permitted 10 get back 70
Richmond add NJ that having sworn 70
airport INSTRUMENTATION OF the Gntted
states, he realized all the honoTable ooii-
cations Of that oath, and should 81 course
observe them.
We have little doubt that the old chief
tain has made up his mimi 70 hold on 70
ais $4,000 salary and head the Abolition
orees. The moral effect Of his ~resigna-
ion would have been injurious TO the
Abolition Government. and beneficial 70
The south. Further than that i Is a mat
ter Of no consequence. For all practical
purposes he i -superannuate and useless.
70 say nothing Of the commanding NUT
tary genius who presides over the South
ern Confederacy, there are a number o.
other officers in the Southern army fully
capable Of heading our forces. and upon
whom we would much rather rely than
upon a man like Gen. Scott, whose facul-
ties mental and physical are necessarily
impaired By extreme age. There j.
Beauragard, whq suggested the plan OF
attack upon the city OF Mexico, for which
scott obtained the credit, Cooper, Lee
Bragg. Eardee, any one Of whom il really
| Gen. SCOTS superior in military science,
md lacks only the occasion and eircum-
stances TO place themselves above him as
military leaders. II may be against the
received opinion, to say 50, but we really
consider Gen. Scott the most overrated
nan that has ever figured before the pub
lie. The grossest error IS committed IN
assigning to him the attributes Of a great
captain. He has, indeed, always been a
brave and dashlng soldier, but we search
ais career in vain for any evidence Of the
cientiic attachments. and the strategical
kill which are essential to the character
which has been assigned him. He may
.os=ess them, but it would puzzle any
Body to show where he has ever exhibited
hem. His reputation was established by
ne battle Of Lundy's Lane. in the war o.
jsl2. The plan Of the campaign, and the
movements Of the army which brought
IA the engagements, had bean arranged
Without his agency. The battle was q
lain open fight, on clear ground, ana
where victory depended entirely upon th'
aumbers, the discipline aud the bravery
II the troops engaged. 1t was just tn'
occasion for such a man as he to dlstln
mish himself-he did do 50, and /
ave him al exaggerated fame. His mex
,ctive service was in the Indian war il
Florida. and his campaign there was
usgraceful failure. He was recalled b.
le Government, and more competen
Ulcers appointed to succeed him. In tn
Iexiean war he had an imbecile, hal
.~ivil:zed nation to contend with-th
--f A. rv-fta1 Ssaa
Iothing could resist. In the final strug
lie of that war before the gates Of TIA
Mexican capital. the plan of operations
i, we have already said, was laid out 70
i'm by a subordinate, and executed b
he bravery and gallantry of the officer
nd soldiers under his command. Their
we're a hundred officers under whose con
naud the plan of Beauregard would hav
zen carried u with the same result
Yet the chief honor OF these gloriou
.,hievmeuts was. as a matter Of course
accorded to Gen. Scott as the commar
ier-as special office. unusual in our Sc
vice. was created for his benefit, and b
riends, in the enthusiasm and egotisr
natural to the American character at one
proclaimed him the greatest captain
he age.
! For the sake of his reputation he woul
have done well TO keep out Of the pre-
! mt war. and repose upon the laurels
had obtained. lie viii find the Presel
a very different affair from any in whic
; ae has figured before. With all his cot
: seit and vanity he will not be long in di
: covering the difference between eonque
q nr a peace with Mexico and subiuga
NC the south. There he had only
= ,eat an inferior race, half armed and ha
q ,fHcered. Here he meets men of h
J ,xn race thoroughly prepared, hghtil
y Tor their affairs and fresides, their hberti
md independence, possessing the resou
8 res of a great nation. and led by Genera
q .dreated to the highest point OF militia
Z .eienee. The laurels will be Stripe
D rom his aged brow when he engages
d his unholv contest. and he who migf
Nv simply standing aloof, have given
name to posterity with the respect al
@ ,amiration of the whole American Pc
= ple. North and south, viii be remembs
q a bv one half Of them only to be ours
md mathematical as long As he is
rendered. or one Of their descendar
ai -et.ins the spirit Of manhood and IND
.endence which animates the prese
u generation Of Southern men.
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