The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-11-14

Mcclellan is now, and rivaling men in
command who were veterans in the service
and the heroes Of many battles. After
these promotions, and after he had also
also partly recovered from wounds received
in the battle of Niagara, General Scott
asked and obtained leave to visit Europe
"Jor professional improvement" At this
period ''the holy alliance" had been form
ed for the purpose of crushing Napoleon,
and, from an inspection of Notifications,
witnessing the movements and discipline
of the allied forces, he returned to the
United States improved in many respects
as disciplinarian, and stored with a fund
of military knowledge which gave him
that selfc0nfdence for which he was dis
tinguished thereafter when at the head of
the armies of the Republic.
From and after the return of Gen Scott
from Europe, he engaged in study and
the publication of volume entitled ''Gen-
eral Regulations of the Army" containing
the necessary Instructions for troops in
garrison, in camp, and in the field. The
war commonly called the BlacA; HaUh
Var, was brought to close by the battle
of Bad Axe, August, 2, 1882, the day
before Gen. Scott had joined Gen. Atkin-
son, under whom the operation against the
Indians had until that time been conducted.
After the battle Of Bad Axe, the army
was attacked with an enemy more subtle
and powerful than the savage Indians,
the Small Pox, and during all that time
Gen Scott was in the hospitals, as nurse,
physician and religious comforter Of the
-, orvr
of War, made the conduct Of Scott in this
relation the subject of comment in one of
his official reports, in which he refers to
and applauds him ''not only warrior but
a man-not only the hero of battles but as
the hero of humanity -
In 1882, Gen. Scott appeared again
before the country, in the difficulties ari-
sing out of the attempt at notification by
South Carolina, position which required
him to exercise all his judgment and
discretion. He was perfectly successful,
when the least imprudence might have
involved the whole country in a serious
collision. The passage Of a compromise
act by Congress caused South Carolina
to rescind her ordinance of notification,
which relieved Gen. Scott of his duty in
l1dU TeUelilOuS SIdbc LIS Will
the Seminole war in Florida, and his infiu-
ence during the uprising of the American
Canada Patriots, was OF that character
which has always distinguished the SOL
and reflected credit on his country. From
lS3S-'39 he was on the north eastern
frontier, where he appeared as a pacifca-
tor in the settlement of our boundary with
Great Britain. In 1889 he was before
the Whig Convention which assembled IN
this citv. as candidate for the Presidency
Gen. Harrison however became the nomi-
nee of that body, and was afterwards cleo
ted President of the United States. In
1S41, upon the death Of General Macomb,
Scott was appointed the comman der Of
the Army. Between this period and 1916
Gen Scott was occupied with many re-
forms in the army, when the war with
Mexico broke out. 1t is not our purpose
to refer in detail even in the limits of our
brief article, to the connection of Gen.
Scott with that war The incidents which
attended his march from Vera Cruz to the
city of Mexico, are now a portion of our
country's most glorious history, an1 are
still fresh in the memory Of American
citizens. From the treaty Of peace with
Mexico to the present hour, also, the
career of Gen. Scott is known to the coun-
try. And to-day, then, he is again before
his countrymen and the world, full of
honor and full of years, struggling with a
wicked rebellion, concocted to destroy a
government in the defense of which he
passed his youth, his early manhood and
his ripened age. No soldier that the
world ever produced, presented more
sublime appearance than does Winfield
Scott present to the world at this day
He asked to be relieved from service, not
because he loves his country less, but
because he is less able to discharge duty
which others are ready and anxious to
assume He goes into retirement amid
the applause and gratitude of his country
men. a