The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-11-26
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Tho memory of tho MEXICAN war. with

Tho memory of tho Mexican war, with
its little skirmishesof sixties and crows"
to use an expression Of Milton, some
times comes over us like the faint i'm
preston Of dream. We smile whch
we recollect that there was t.me~ wne"
we thought these skirmishes great os'-
lies. and the man who commanded 'hc
troops great general Those were the
days of the pigmics in contrast w''n 'a'
gigantic race Of the present day, ana the
,.;n,n,;c achievements which they have
s,resdv accomplished, and by which they
ara 70 be still more distinctly marked
than they yet have been. Mexico, ana
"a Lillipution combats, are fast fading
rom the memory Of mankind. There is
one individual, however, that will never
forget them. That is General Winfield
Tor rather Wingaeld) Scott. The me-
mory of this old man, with regard to
himself and his exploits (such as they
were), is remarkably tenacious. "oh F!
oh. you have forgotten Lundy's Lane"
said Scott, grooming with affected pain,
to Mr.. Clay, when, on one occasion, the
veteran orator, in a moment of hilarity,
clapped him upon the shoulder which
had been wounded in that much-be-
praised engagement 81 had forgotten
it." was the reply. 81 had forgotten
it. but you never do" Scott can
never forget the time when he was
accounted a great general, because
the people did not know what real bona
.fde war was, and when praise from his
lips was deemed passport to fame. lie
seems to be insensible of the change
around him. Like the Stuarts and
Bourbens, he has learned nothing and
forgotten nothing. Frederick the Great
sent sword, or some such token, to
General Washington, with this inscrip-
ton upon it: "From the oldest gene
raj in Europe to the greatest general
in the world" From the sublime to the
ridiculous is but one step. The original
inscription, when the donor and the per-
son on whom the gift was bestowed, not
less than the mighty deeds by which both
had been distinguished, are taken into
consideration, presented an example Of
mora! sublimity which it is impossible
not to admire. The parody, wanting in
all the essentials of the other, is simply
ridiculous. 1t is like every word tina
Scott ever spoke in his life -puerile, con
temptible, and altogether wanting in tn
element of truth.
1.-The greatest general in the world =
Grant, 1.-The greatest general in the
worldp' Why, the man started, 81,
months ago, with at least two hundred
and fifty thousand men, to take this lit
tie town, and not only has not done it
but has been logged at least one dozen
times by force not one-third as large
in the beginning as that he brought with
him. Is that what Scott calls being the
greatest general in the world? Thi.
Judgment is rendered to the disparage
ment of General Lee, whose campaign
against the overwhelming odds of Grant
places him in the highest rank of cap
tains, living or dead, and to whose ge
MUS Scott is indebted for all the credit
he derived, SO far as able design is con
cerned, from the Mexican war. Had
Grant even been what his adversary GER
tainly is, the ablest general in the world
it certainly could become nobody, born
in Virginia, but renegade and traitor
like Scott, to bestow this or any othe
compliment upon. him. His laurels--
such as they are-have been gath
cred at the expense of his own
native land-of that land which,
on two occasions, presented him with a
sword for gallant services in the field
The very county in which he was born,
and in which repOse the remains of his
father and mother, is occupied by the
army of Grant, who has filled it with
blood and flames and stripped it of every
thing else. His hands are literally
streaming with the blood of his coun-
trymen 1t is difficult for us to conceive
how nature could ever have given birth
to such monster of depravity. Bene.
dict Arnold, after he had sold himself te
the British, led party against town
of his native State, surprised it and muir
dersd the garrison, who were his kins-
men and neighbors. Arnold was Yam.
kee, and acted only after his kind. But
this man is Virginian. Thank God,
however, he is a monster, and does no,
act after his kind speaking as of the
flesh We have heard-we know not how
truly--that he has, on more than one DC
casion, expressed desire to be buried il
Virginia. We know not whether tn,
Legislature have the. power but if i
have, we hope it win prevent the fou
dissertation.
c,,rn .Sn T.,,NGs.-The Troy Times