The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-06-13


spread along the whole American line
General Scott, though an intrepid soldier
remembered the interests of the countr
and its true interests as distinguished irOI
foolish sympathies and patriotic pugnancity
Personally he reopened so.excellent negota
tons that the A>hburtOn treaty was couclu
ded, and all the best interests Of the Reput
lie conserved. Indeed. the success of Gen
eral Scott at negotiation was scarcely les
! noteworthy than his effectiveness on tlp
field Of battle. In any philosophic summar,
| Of his lie these delicate episodes must re
ceive the fullest attention. lie was one 0
the few Generals that had any consequence
out Of rcgimeutas.
| COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
| Succeedingy by strict military promo
ton, Gcuerai Scott became in lS4l, twenty
| five years ago Commauder-in- chief of tht
| ARMIES Of the United states, his predeces
SIR being General Macomb. Before he at
tanned this honor. hundred strange dilpm
mas and personal hazards occurred, beyonc
the province of newspaper bingrapher tC
sketch lie was nnw fifty five years OF age
and his wonderful constitution, the marve
of all cotemporaries, seemed in It's fullest
yigor, notwithstanding three wounds re.
ceived, and the exposure Of thirty years con.
stant duty. 1t may well be said that nc
man ever worked longer and more gallant.
ly for his place, not excepting the late Sin
Colin Campbell. 1t was reserved for him
to s'gnallze his pre-eminent station by sue
ctsslon OF victories whose quick sequence
and brilliant conceptions remained, until
the great rebellion, the bright, peculiar
episodes of our history. .-
THE REPUBLIC INVADING
Espouslng the cause of our new and vol.
untary acquisition, Texas, General Zachary
Taylor ,stumbltd' upon repeated victory
with little result, Therefore it was deter.
mined to strike the capital Of the hostile
country by direct interior line, and, in
General Scott language, to conquer a
peace. Twelve thousand men in ren9ez
sOus upon Lob's Island, menacing both
Iampico and Vera Cruz, were thrown
ashore with brilliant promptness, without
the loss Of a man, in the spring of IS47,
aud III tour days, by triumph artillery and
engineering, tour thousand men malching
out from the Castle of San Juan D. UIllua,
aud grounded their arms. In one week the
army was in motion; in two, the natural
bas,ions Of Ccro Condo we've in, ested. -
BY series OF operations, likened by Santa
Anna himself to Bonaparte' passage OF The
Alp. three thousands men, five thousand
sta ds of ans, 10. ty-three cannon, and
quantities OF trea.ure were captured. In
'l4Ven days Jaapa fell; in fourteen Perote
ii twcnty-thrcc Put BIZ.
In August ten thousn men reached the
beautiful city; they turned lis splendid forti
flea ions to the rh; Coutreras and Chur-
u 'usco yielded successlveiy; the fall of A1ollno
del Rcy and Chapultcpcc com pleted the
conquest On the l4th Of September,
General Scott, having conquee ed thirty
two thousand soldiers, with one-third their
rode into he Grand Plaza, seized
$3.50 900; and onc-tbird the present territory
Of the United States, including the gold
fields Of California, fell by consequenceioto
the HANDS Of our countrynlen.
LIECTENANT- GENERAL.
The honor OF Lieutenant General was
Conferred upon this splendid soldier in 1855;
the Mexican campaign was his alone in es
Sental and in detail; no one man since JET. |
or so thoroughly imbucd its peo-
pie with the instinct Of conquest and glory;
soon alter the Mexican war he arranged sat.
Z,
and thus he has been the great political
5eographer Of our hemisphere, his hand
having been applied to every one of our
and his m,l;tSry career, up to the
hate OF the rebellion, having been one of the
Gost sagac;Qus aud excellent in the history
ot any hauOn.
....r.. TIE PRESIDENCY.
The iilustrious soldier was not doomed to
private retirement; he was three times
prominent candidate for the Presidency,
md, in 1852, General Pierce beat him for
hat high office by upwards Of 100000
'otes. The following is paragraph from
general Scott letter OF acceptance: II
But | should, at the same time, be rigor-
'us in regard to qualifications for office, re
aiming aud appointing no one either def
aent IN capacity or integrity, or in devotion
o liberty, t. the Constitution and the I'm
on. Convinced that harmony or good will
,etween the different quarters OF our broad
ouDtry Is essential to the present and the
uturc interests Of the republic, aud with
evotion to those interests that can know no
south and no North, should neither coun-
cnance nor tolerate any sedltion, disorder,
action, or resistance to the law or the I'm
IN on any pretext, in any part of the land,
nd should carry into the civil admins
ration this one principle of military CON
uct obedience TO the legislature and judi.
al departments Of government, each in its
institutional sphere, saving only iu respect
!, the Legislature, the possible resort to the
ato power, always to be most cautiously ex
rcised and under the strict restraints and
ecessiieS. .u,.
His failure was to be ascribed to the dom
lacy of the Democratic party, and the in.
Isposition of the majority of the Ameri-
IN people to seat professional soldier in
le highest civil Office General Scott suf
red nothing in estimation by this defeat, ,
Or by his ardent canvass Of the country ,
lring its progress. For some years he
Fed in comparative quiet, in he congenial a
mosphere Of West Point, where he made
S home, and here indited much of his au-
biography, visited by illustrious eople
all nations, who came for the renown of y
S military exploits, and were sent away =
marvel of the triumphs Of vigorous old /
70 over many and perilous Affections,
aa TIE REBELLION. r gtr. a
When the war broke out. General Scott, Il
though petitoncd by both parties to ac, v
pit command of their armies adhered to r
e Union cause and organized the deienses t.
Washington. He was now very feeble, il
d in the confusion of counsels felt that o
J had outlived the period of his greatest d
eiu ness. Therefore, after the failure of n
all Run, he then graciously withdrew from
c field Of his fame.
The following Is his letter, illustrative of II
is event: "f & 4
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, n II
y WASHINGTON, ID. G., Oct 81. 1861. ! 8
lhe. Hon. ). Cameron, Secretdryof Var. ?
"Sir-For more than three years I have o
en- unable, from hurt, to mount horse L
walk more than few PAGES at time, =
d that with much pain. Other and new b,
6rmities, dropsy and vertigo, admonish 81
} that repose OF mind and body, with te
a anpliancas of surparv and FynaJin;~n 4 -