Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-06-01

"Your obedient servant,


ExTRAoRDINARY EPISODE OF SANTA ANNA
',.'i '''-' AND GENERAL SCOTT.
Among the latest documents received by
General Scott was acard OF respects from
Santa Anna, who came to this country but
a fortnight ago, and~intended visiting his
illustrious rival. lie twas twelve years
younger than General Scott, being born In
February, 1893. IL Is not the least of the
singular parallels we have cited that Santa
Anna should have been in the United States
when Winfield Scott expired. 'a' ''' .'l
lLACoNIoIsMs or GENERAL SCOTT.
Many of the sayings of General Scott
were as laconic and spirited, if not al
ways as shrewd, as those Of General Bona
parte. .'' IN
At Chippewa he cried, in the decisive
moment: ,.f
"The enemy say we're better at long shot
than at steel : Eleventh. give the lieto
them. Charge! charge the rascals J" .s
At Cerro GOrdo, his general order said:
"The enemy's whole line of intrenchmehts
and batteries will be attacked in front, and
at the same time turned, early in the day
tomorrow ~ H'i
The occupation of merely an armed
frontier line he called: "A war like
peace"
M'CLELLAN's TRIBUTE TO SCOTT.
It is well to say that in his initial order
to the Union army, General Mcclellan
whom the country hailed as its only alter
native against ruin. thus spoke of the grand
old AUX whom he succeeded, and his beauL
tiful tribute may well form the closing par
ayr apis OF this notice:
The army will unite with me in the feel
ing OF regret that the weight of many years
and the effect of increasing intirmities, con-
tracted and intensified in his cOuntry's SER
vice, should Just now remove from our head
the great soldier of our natiOn-the hero
who, in his youth, raised high the Teputa-
tion of his country in the fields of Canada,
which he sanctified with his blood; who In
more mature years, proved to the world
that American skill and valOrcOuld repeat,
il not eclipse, the exploits of CorteZ in the
land of the MonteZumas; whose whole life
has been devoted TO the service of his cOun-
try; whose whole efforts have been direct
ed to uphold our honor at the smallest sac
| rifice of life-a warrior who scorned the
selfish glories of the battlefield, when his
| great qualities, as Il statesman, could be
| employed more prAfitably for his country;
| citizen who, in his declining years, has
| given to the world the most shining in-
stance of loyalty in disregarding all ties
| of birth, and clinging TO the cause of truth
aud honor. Such has been the career of
| Winfield Scott, whom it has long been the
delight of the nation to honor as man and
/ 4 soldier.
"While we regret his loss, there is one
thing we cannot regret-the bright exam
| pie he has left for our emulation -
SKETCH OF GENERAL SCOTT AS HE APPEARED
BEFORE HIS DECEAsE.
The Lieutenant General was a man, re-
| garded in physique as in history, who will
| have few competitors in any future period.
Nearly seven feet high, broad, powerful,
| graceful, there was also a splendid dignity
| in his address, quietaess and candorw which
bore out none of the partisan jests of which
| he was often made the theme. When Cen
eral Grant was presented to him. at the close
of the war, the contrast in the two was verY
remarkable. Grant did not reach to his
elders shoulder, aud his small body was
| very diminutive. He carried also the nerv-
business generic with him but Scott was
hOspitable, reserved, and none that looked
upon the two failed to give the burden of
| their love to the elder commander. The
great composed face of General Scott was
deeply neCted; his large yet well-propor7
toned features were calm, and his gray
eyes bore the softened penetration of aTold
age too ripe to be either ardent or indig-
nant. 1t is well that a life so filled with
martial deeds should be finished at West
Point, the conservatory of the military art
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