The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-11-13
General winfield scott.

Last week we Drlly notlceu3 anu oli
the fourth page of this weeks Sentinel,
we give in full the ceremony of the re-
tirement of this distinguished veteran
from the service of the United States
Army, with which he has been connected
ever since 1808--a period OF fifty-three
years. For over half century he has
worn the proud insignia of our American
military officers, and gradually worked
his way up, by his gallant conduct, from
the position of Lieutenant to that OF
Licutenant-Gencral, and Commander-in-
chief of all the forces of the United States.
What retrospect does a glance back to
the commencement of his career inuolve.
Thomas Jefferson was then the President
of the United States, and the Emperor
Napoleon l was in the zenith Of his bril-
liant career. Thirteen persons have since
been President of the United States, in
Guiding the present Chief Magistrate, who
was not born when this veteran General
first placed epaulets upon his shoulders.
General Scott enjoys the distinction Of
being the only American since Washing
ton who has borne the title Of Lieutcn-
ant General, an honorary rank conferred
upon him by Congress few years ago.
He entered the army shortly after the
wanton attack by the British Leopold up
on the American frigate Chesapeake,
added to other outrages upon our COM
mcrce and upon the rights Of our sea-
men, foreshadowed coming war between
the United States and Great Britain, in
in which war he was among the first of
our officers to gain bright lauels, and
confer honor upon our flag.
The battles of Chippewa and Lundy's
Lane, upon the Canadian frontier in 49,
| IA, will ever constitute two of the bright
est pictures in American military annals.
They were fair stand up hand-to-hand
fights upon the open plain, with the bay
onct, against the British regulars, who
before had never met their equal with
that weapon, but upon those occasions
they recoiled before the impetuous char
ge6 of the Americans, led by their hero
ic officers, Brown, Scott, Miller, Ripley
and others, most all of whom, save the
veteran Scott, have long since paid the
debt of nature. ... ..
The magnificent form and glorious
daring of Winfield Scott were conspicu-
Gus in those engagements, and his name
received those plaudits which distinguish
ed valor will ever command. He was
taken prisoner before the conclusion of
the campaign, but was treated with high
consideration by the British officers who
had been previously cognizant Of his re-
markable bravery and chivalric deeds
The conclusion of this campaign, where
he was desperately wounded, the scars
and bloody mcmcntoes of which he will
carry to his grave, placed General, then
Lieutenant Colonel Scott, prominently
forward as among the best military char
actcrs of the country. To obtain the
designation of the hero of such battle
as Lundy's Lane, where Brown, Ripley
and Miller were participants, was, indeed,
a high honor for the youthful Colonel,
for he was then but twenty-eight years
of age.
Continuing in the regular army, says
the Enquirer, and rendering service of a
valuable character during the Nulliica-
ton era, where by discretion he prevent
cd collision between the General Gov
ernment and the forces of the State Of
South Carolina, that might have hasten
cd, by thirty years, the present civil war,
and serving in Florida during the Indian
troubles, and on the Canadian frontier
during the Rebellion of 1837-S-9, where
he contributed to calm q popular agita-
ton that might have embroiled us in a
war with great Britain, he become by
virtue of seniority of rank the Commando
er-in-Chief of the Army on the death Of
General Macomb, the hero of Plattsburg,
in 1S41. His career since in Mexico
where he won the victories Of Vera Cruz
Cerro Gordo, Cherubusco, Chepultepec,
2 Molino Del Rcy, and made generally one
of the most brilliant campaigns on record
, is too fresh and recent to need repitition
:. Up to the late unfortunate battle al
Bulls Run, which his advanced age anc
infrmitics prevented him from personally
experimenting, he had never met an enc
my except to defeat him. His military
life has been remarkably successful ant
prosperous, and his successor may vel
, congratulate himself if he inherits hi
general good fortune with his military
mantle, and, Hon bidding adieu to mar
tial life, he can survey such past a
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