Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-08-06
speech OF General Patterson.

Tho following report OF speech pronounced
BY Major General RoBERT PATTERSON, at the
recent banquet in honor Of GENERAL SHIELDS,
at the Continental Hotel, has been published In
the Philadelphis Journals;
You have met to-nigh. to do honor to dis
tinguished countryman-One who has done
honor 10 you, done honor to the country Of his
birth. and been of eminent service to the country
of his adoption Applause. Il is not the
fault of the country Of his adoption that be has
not received the reward bis service entitled
him to. That in his case we msy ssy thar
Republics are ungrateful, will strike you ell as
true. The Republic itself Is not uIgratc!ul,
but some of the scrubs that the public have put
in high places are devilish upgrateful. Laugh
ter. desire TO be understood that make no
reflection upon the Chief Of the nation-none
whatever, / believe the President Of the
United States to be an upright, pure, honest
man, heartily desiTous to discharge hls whole
duty to the best of bis ability, and We all know
that Mr.. Lincoln did not overlook General
Shields. GApplause. But it so happened that
the small politicians of the Senate could not
ace merit in brave General, and the reason
YOU all know. II the shades Of Webster, Clay,
Calhoun, or Benton, and the giants Of old, who
made the Senate, we're to again visit these halls
and behold the pigmies who supply their chairs,
how they would exclaim for the condition of
their country. Applause. The present body
of dinstiuRuished Senators had not the manli.
ness to say of General Shields that he was in
competent. One said, at will not do to pro-
mote any more of bis family" There were
only tWenty-three woolly-hesds IN the army.
with the rank of General, out of two hundred
and thirty. This difference must exist no langer
PRAY, who brought on the war7 The woolly-
heads. Who prolong it BY their interference
with the army2 The woolly-hesds. Who ex
pect to be benefited by its continuance7 The
woolly heads. Applause.
Why, We might ask, did they not make more
Generals of that stripe? They would if they
could, but they hsdn't them. Now, If my
friends father had gone to Africa or himself
born anywhere else but in Ireland, he could
probably have been smuggled through the SEN
ate; but inaemuch as his father and mother
were white, and be was born where they raise
good soldiers, God help him. Applause Ny
friend, not only In Mexico, but at Winchester,
where he alone managed Jackson, infused into
the ranks the courage and spirit OF his own dsr-
ing and fearless nature. The mastery defeat
of jackson was succeeded soon after by mas
terly retreat under pet General Of our meg.
unanimous Senate. Mark what followed! A
statesman without speech, soldier without
a battle, and millionaire without mary red"
seated himself in the Mountain Department.
The Pathfinder did not find his path 30 pleas
ant, for he soon left in disgust. Nevertheless,
that General is determined to have bis own way.
Over and above his ordinary allowance Of staff
ofacers, he has ffty-fouF officers attached to
him, whose salaries reach the snug sum Of $780,
900, and 10 there nothing wrong in that2 If he
we're q Democrat, or if he bad succeeded in
whipping the enemy, what howl there would
be through the land! But will not talk long
er, ferries of "Go on"l but propose: Our Guest
braves. of the Brave.