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The Watcher.
The night was dark and fearful,
The blast swept wailing by ;
A watcher, pale and tearful,
Lnok'd fi.rth with anxious eye.
How wistfully she gazeth !
No gleam of morn is there !
Tier eves to heaven she raiseth
In agony of prayer!
Within that dwelling lonely.
Where want and darkness reign,
Her precious child—her only—
Lav moaning in his pain :
And death alone can free him —
She feels that this must 1-
" But, oh ! for morn, to see him
Smile mice more on me !"
A hundred lights are glancing
In render mansion fair,
And merry feet are dancing.—
Thev heed not morning there.
*. young and joyous creatures!
One lamp from out your store.
Would give that poor boy .- features
"To his mother's gaze once more !
Tlo morning sun is shining ;
•She hoedeih not it'- ray !
Reside her ■'< , u j reclining.
The pal>- t! id mother lay!
A -mil' her lips were wreathing—
A smile of hope and love—
As tlio' she still were breathing, j
" Theft- 's light for us above
jHisrcilaurouis.
San Antonio, Texas*
San Antonio is a city with a mayor,
common council, and all officers necessary
lor our peace and prosperity, It has a
population of G.OOl), a •' mingled mass of
good and ill together." It is a heteroge
neous collection of nations, but principally
tomposed of Mexican, American, German
mid Frensh. This city is situated in a
beautiful and fertile valley on the Natl An- ,
Itonio river, about five miles from its head.
A number of springs coming from the
ground in the same vicinity, unite and
form a large and rapid stream of clear
limestone water, which winds its course
through the eastern part of the city. A
little arroyo. from springs two miles
above the town, passes through the west.
From these streams ditches have been dug
that carry water through all parts of the
city : from them gardens are irrigated, and
water taken for all purposes. Along the
river are bathing houses, in which we can
enjoy the refreshing bano, a great luxury ;
' in a pure, cool stream. 1 his old custom
is rigidly adhered to among the Mexican j
population ; also, their lazy after dinner
siesta, helps them to pass ayvay the long
warm day. V\ c have a pure dry air, a
daily Gulf breeze, cool and pleasant nights,
but a scorching sun through the day.
This valley was settled by the Span
iards in 1692, the same year that Phila
delphia, Pa., was founded. It ranks |
among the oldest settlements of our coun
try. Cathedrals and missions are stand
ing in our midst that are a century and a
quarter old. Some of them are still in
use, but many are marked by the gnawing ,
44 tooth ot time," and their old grey walls
stand as monuments of the last century,
mementoes of generations that have no
other mark of their existence. 'I hese
missions are situated along the San Anto
nio river, four or five miles apart. They
were built by the Jesuits for the purpose of
converting and civilizing the Indians.
They are huge stone buildings, with carved
| fronts, and decorated with statuary. Al
though now in ruins, we can still get an
idea of the taste with which they were
built, regardless of expense and labor, i
But their founders have long since passed
away, and the races for which they were
fouuded have been driven back, and their j
places resumed by that curious American j
people. It is actually here that restless,
enterprising, money-making race are seen
in all their characteristic go-aheaditiveness
—here, where once the Jesuit quietly
preached to the savage, the din and bustle
of a little town gives note that industry
and enterprise have prevailed in places (
! that once knew nought but the wild abo
rigines. When the Jesuit lust planted his
foot here, the American naiton had no ex
j istence. Then it was tfie easy, quiet
! working priest, striving to extend the do
minions of his Order. Now it is the
bustling cry, "Hurra! Go ahead! Our
watchword is Progression !" Before the
i onward march of the Anglo Saxon, the
Jesuit gives up his sacred altars, and the red
man forsakes his hunting ground ; nothing
impedes its progress. That people that
were once a mere handful on the hanks of
i the Elbe, appear to have been selected by
! God to civilize the world. Here, at the
same time that the old monasteries of the
past ages are crumbling to dust, the pres
: ent is rearing " palaces of justice" anu
temples of the Most High.
There is no place in the I'nited Stales
that has passed through as many adversi
ties as lias the city of San Antonio, and
for as long a time as it has been a place of
i war and bloodshed. It has been taken
and retaken by ihe Spanish, Mexican, In
| dian and American, in all ninety times.
Eleven times between the Americans and
Mexicans. It is a sacred place in the re
collection of the young Republic—here
some of her youngest supporters fell.
The old Texan with pride will point out
i the sacred spots, and with feeling, yes,
with tears, relate the incidents connected
with them, lie shows you the Alamo
where their bravest and greatest men died
—where thev were slaughtered like beasts.
There scenes transpired that made the
rough, stern, hardened Texas backwoods
man lay down his rifle and for a moment
forget the perils of his country, and sit
down to weep over the cruel death of
Travis and his companions. Here died
the eccentric Davy Crocket, whose name,
in my youth, was a household word;
Bowie, whose knives are notorious, was
wickedly butchered on a sick bed. In the
Alamo 180 men were garrisoned. They
were overpowered bv Santa Anna, with
5000 Mexicans, and all kiiled except
Crocket's servant and a woman. These
men were martyrs, they breathed out their
lives for the cause of liberty. Contem
plating these things, the firm republican
again grasped his rille with renewed vigor,
and swore revenge—that he would he free
—that no rare of beings with so little hu
manity should rule over him. With a
united effort they did burst asunder ihe
bands, threw off the Mexican yoke, and
freedom was the result. The little band
of revolutionists succeeded ; it became in
dependent. and now serure under the pro
! tection of the mother Republic, its fuund
: ers are reaping an abundant reward.
San Antonio is certainly a great place.
It is the New Orleans of Texas. The
central point of Western trade. The head
quarters of the Bth department of the I .
S. Army. Also the head quarters of all
the high handed villainy, of tiie gambling,
robbing and horse thieving part of the
community. But it is improving in this
respect, the fathers of tiie eitv are passing
wholesome ordinances, checking vice, and
breaking up the Pandemoniums of wick
edness ; many sporting gentlemen have
cu-sed the place for becoming too civilized
and left with disgust, and respectable and
substantial citizens from the old States are
taking their places. For two months past
the District Court has been in session; it
sent seven representatives from this county
to the State penitentiary, at Huntsville. It
also ground through a great quantity of
old knotty land trials. Laws are now be
coming as strictly enforced in this wild
country as in the older States. With a
mild and healthy climate, a fertile soil,
with an intelligent and law abiding people,
this region holds out many inducements
to those seeking a new country.
The citizens are pulling down the old
Mexican prison house and jurats, and in
their places putting up large and tasty
houses for permanent homes and conven
i ient stores. Our Mexican population are
composed of all classes from the Castillian
I down to the pion and ranchero ; they are
generally a passive sort of creatures in
comparison to the Americans. Some of
them are men of wealth and live independ
ent; otiicrs are grand rascals and live as
they can. But the leading men in cvrv
department of business, lawful or unlawful,
i are the real old yankees themselves.— True
Delta.
The Wonder Working Hand of Hungary.
On the -ith of July, Francis Joseph,
Emperor of Austria, inspected the ' won
der-working' hand of St. Stephens, which
is in the chapel of the castle of Buda. A
singular story is connected with this relic...
In 1081, that is 200 years after the dif
ferent Hungarian races had been united
under one ruler (the Duke Arpad,) Pope
Gregory canonizad the first king, Stephen,
and his remains were to be removed from
! the vaults of the Cathedral of Suihlweis
senburg. When the stone coffin was
opened, in presence of the then reigning
king, Ladislaus, it was discovered that the
skeleton had no right hand. A terrible
noise was made about the missing mem
ber, and a very valuable ring which was
on one of its fingers, but no tidings were
heard of either of them until some years
after, when a certain Abbot Mercuries,
who had formerly been treasurer at the
cathedral, communicated to the Monarch a
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FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST , 18*7*2.
romantic story of somethiug having been
committed to his safe keeping by a beauti
ful youth ' dressed all in white ;' further,
that on examining what it was, he found
it to be the hand of the saint, ring and all
being in perfect order, that is, well pre
served. The worthy historian, Fessler,
himself an ecclesiastic, says, ' Ladislaus !
saw through Mercurius, but left God to
deal with him.' At the time of the Re
formation, the Relic was taken by the
Doniiniceans to Regusa, and in 1771, the
Empress Maria Theresa had it deposited
with vast ceremony on the spot where her
descendant has recently seen it.
The Surrender of Cornwall!*.
;
BY LIEUT. CHUB.
Many years ago it y.asa custom in the
State of Maine, in most of the towns to
celebrate the memorable event of ihe sur
. rendei of Cornvvallis, by going through a
mock performance representing that im
portant tact in our country's history,
ihe little town of Waterford, situated
upon the bauks of the broad and majestic
'Crooked River,' resolved not to be be
hind in so great an afl'air. Accordingly a
meeting was called to the old town-house
on the hill, to make the necessary arrange
ments. Deacon Moses Jones, as lie was
called, was chosen to enact the character
of Washington, and 'Squire' Bijer Wood
ihe character of Cornvvallis. The under
officers, soldiers, <vc.. were to be selected
by the selectmen, whose duty it was to
i furnish uniforms and pay such oilier ex
penses as the alTair should require.
Now, as Messrs. Jones and Wood are j
the principal heroes of this sketch, a short
description of their characters may not he
out of place. Deacon Jones was a weal
thy farmer, proud and religious, (at least
he thought he was,) and was 011 the whole
a very worthy man. The worst thing
i about him was a bad habit of taking ' a i
drap too much,' but then this was not
thought a great deal of, for everybody in
those days look sulhin' occasionally.
Squire Wood was the village lawyer,
very aristocratic, but with all a very clever
man. The Squire imagined that he knew
considerable more than what his neigh
bors gave him credit for. This may be
safely set down as his greatest fault.—
Both the Squire and the Deacon were
proud of their positions in this great afl'air, r
and both meant to do their best.
The morning of the great day dawned
beautifully, The Deacon, dressed as (Jen, '
Washington, and mounted on his ' iron j
gray.' retired with his inen, dressed as
' Continentals true,' at an earlv hour, to a
grove near the village, where the ceremony
was to take place.
Cornwallts (pro tcm.) was also up and
dressed before day light, and stationed
himself, with his men dressed as British- '
ers, behind the 4 Hills.'
The programme of the day's perform
ance was as follows: The two compa
nies were to meet in front of the tavern, :
011 the common, exchange shots, skirmish
a little—in which Cornvvallis was to be
most essentially whipped, and then ing'to
riously surrender.
At early dawn thousands poured into
ihe little village, to see the fun and cele
brate the great day. Punch, rum-flip and
gingerbread were in great demand. At 9
o'clock the two companies marched into
the village and arrayed themselves into
fighting position, reminding the spectators
of the time when
' Brave Wolf drew up his men
In style most pretty,
On the plains of Abraham,
Before the city
The two commanders were greatly ex
cited, and Washington, I regret to say,
was in anything but a fit condition to act !
out the great part he was to perform. He
had been drinking freely all the morning,
and now. when the interesting ceremony
! was about to commence, was so tight, or
rather so loose, that it was with difficulty
he could sit in his saddle. He, however,
did not know but that he was all right,
nor did his men. Cornvvallis was not in- !
toxicated, but a little agitated, or rather j
elated,
Everything being ready, the company
exchanged shots. Bang! whang! bang!
went the guns, while the two command
ers yelled like as many stuck pigs.
' That's it, (hie) my brave boys! give
it to 'em, the owdacious red coats !' bel
lowed Washington.
4 On Romans !' yelled the excited Corn- ]
wallis, who had seen a theatrical exhibi- 1
tion once, and who remembered the hero- j
ic appeals of the Thespian belligerants; j
4 breathes there a man so dead that ;
wont fight like thunder?'
4 Go it, Continentals !—down with tax- v
ation on tea !' bellowed Washington in a j
very patriotic voice, and narrowly escaped j
cutting his horse's ear off with the flour- ,
ishing of his sword. The fighting now
; ceased, the companies were drawn up in
a straight line, and Cornwallis dismounted
and presented his sword to Washington.
4 Well old boy,' said the immortal, as
he cuffed his horse's ears with his cocked
hat: what 'n thunder do VCJ want !'
• Gen. George Washington !' replied
Cornvvallis, 4 I surrender up to you my
self, sword and men !'
4 You do, do ye ?' sneeringly replied the
. General, , [
4 A es, General,' said Cornvvallis, 4 the
British Lion prostrates himself at the foot
of the American Eagle V
4 Eagle , EAGLE !' yelled Washington,
rolling offi his horse and hitting the Briton
a tremenduous blow on the head with the
flat of his sword ; do ye call me an eagle ? i
Take that! and that! and that!' yelled
the infuriated Washington ; 4 perhaps
you'll call me an eagle again, you mean,
sneaking cuss !'
Cornwallis waa down, but only for a
moment, for jumped up and shook
himself, and then, with an entirely un
looked for recuperation on the part of a
fallen foe, and in direct defiance of his
torical history he pitched into Washing
ton like a thousand of brick, and in spite
of the efforts of the men of hot it nations,
succeeded in giving the 4 immortal' a tre
mendous licking. So the day that corn- ■
mencetl so gloriously most in-gloriously
ended.
For many years after the 4 surrender'
there was a coldness between the Deacon
and 4 Squire,' but as time rolled on and
their locks became frosted o'er with w bite
they learned to call it a 'joke.' Both are
living now, and whenever they meet they
smoke their pipes and talk about 4 that ar'
scrape,' like a couple of good, jolly old
men, as they are.
Submission to Circumstances.
Johnson used to say, that a habit of
looking 011 the best side of every event is
better than a thousand pounds a year.—
Bishop Hall quaintly remarks : 4 For
every bad there might be a worse : and
when a man breaks his leg, let him be
thankful it was not his neck.' W hen
Fenelon's library was once on tire, 4 God
be praised,' he exclaimed. 4 that it is not
the dwelling of some poor man.' It has
been beautifully said, that the wild bird,
yet untamed and unaccustomed to confine
ment, beats itself almost to death against
the wires of its cage, while the taqie
prisoner quietly acquiesces, ami relieves
its solitude by a song. An apt illustration
of the soothing influence of submission.
CHANGE or FORTLNE. —Some years ago,
a servant girl, who had robbed her mis
tress, a milmer in London, was transported
to Sydney for a term of years. Since
"the discovery of tiie Bathurst Mains, the '
female convict has written to her former
mistress, that the colony was a good piace ;
that she now kept her carriage; she was
happy to return the amount, which she had
stolen, vviilt iuterset ; that she earnestly
recommended her to come out and set up
shop ; and that in that case she should be
happv to extend her patronage to a lady
for whom she hail so great an esteem. —
London Paper.
WHAT IS A FOP. —The fop is a com
plete specimen of an outside philosopher.
He is one-third collar, one-sixth patent ,
leather, one-fourth slick, and the rest
gloves and hair. As to his remote ances
try there is some doubt, but it is pretty
well settled that he is the son of a tailor's
goose. Nevertheless, thev are useful. If
there were 110 tadpoles there would be no
frogs. They are not so entirely to blame
for being devoted to externals, I'aste
diamonds have a splendid setting to make
them sell. Only it does seem waste of
material, to put five dollars worth of bea
ver on five cents worth of brains.
4 Ma, I want some liquid generosity on
my bread and butter.'
4 Some what, my child !'
4 Some liquid generosity !'
4 What in the world does the hoy mean
by liquid generosity ? What is it like,
my. son V
4 Gosh, mam ! don't you know ' Wby, j
its molasses, to be sure !'
4 Here, Bridget, spank this boy and put
him to bed.'
* 4
4 Oh mother, mother, come quick—An
gelina Arrabella has Gen. Pierced. r
4 What ? my child.'
4 Angelina has seen a toad, and Gen.
Pierced.''
4 What does the child rnpan ? Tell me
this minute wl*t dreadful thing inv pet
darling has done.'
4 Why, she's Gen. Pierced— she's faint
ed /'
.
During the recent elections in Great
Britain one of the candidates for Edin
bmgh called upon a tradesman to solicit
his vote. 4 I would rather vote for the
devil than for you,' was tfie reply. 4 But
in case your jriend should not come for
ward,' said the candidate, 4 might I then
count upon your assistance ?'
A celebrated barrister one day examin
ing a witness, who foiled all fits attempts
at ridicule by her ready and shrewd an
swer. at last exclaimed, 4 There is brass
enough in your head, madam, to make a ■
five pail kettle.' 4 And sap enough in
yours, sir, to fill it,' quickly retorted the
witness.
The man who was appointed a com
mittee to inquire into his own conduct has
reported, in part, and asked for pow.r to
send for persons and papers. He says it
he had known how much t.iere was to do
he would not have undertaken the job.
& of Scott Sottii.
OhJ Come, go for BcotlJ
AIR — 44 Oh. Come. Come Away.''
Oh ! coiru\ go for Scott,
The Nation's pride and boast is he,
{ Our debt to him we've not forgot,
On ! come, go for Scott.
He is a man of courage true;
A warrior and a statesman too,
And hard he's fought for you —
Oh! cotnc, go for Scott.
Oh ! who'd go for Pierce,
The Locofoeo nominee ?
The timber surely must he scarce,
Oh! who would go for Pierce?
He swooned away in .Mexico,
And seldom got to see the foe,
And this is all we know:
Oh ! who would go for Pierce.
Oil! come, go for Scott,
He is the People's Candidate,
The Hero* Sage, and Patriot!
Oh ! come, go for Scott.
For Fillmore, Webster, and our Ciav,
V* ill all go for Chippewa:
Oh ! come, go for Scott.
A Brave Soldier's indignation Aroused.
The Carlisle Ilerald contains a communica
tion fro 10 General Edward Armor, of that
place, a brave and gallant soldier himself,
who served under General Seott in the la-t
war with Great Britain, in which he indig
nantly repels certain charges brought against
General Scott by the imported editor of the
IVnnsylvanian. General Armor is a firm and
consistent democrat, but he is a Lraye and
gallant soldier, as well as an honest and pa
triotic v itizen, and he could not remain quiet
when attempts are being made by his own
party organs to defame and traduce his old
commander. The following is his epmmunir
cation published in the Herald, to which we
invite a careful perusal. It shows how little
General Scott has to fear from such vile at
tempts to destroy his character as those which
have been made by the l'enusylvaniau and
other papers that hang to i's coat tail:
.MR. EDITOR:—I find that the Ponnsylvani
an and Volunteer are hard put for slang
against an old and gallant soldier. General
Winfield Scott, an ornament to the American
army. One charge made against him I sec
is that of " having kept and pocketed two
months' pay of the soldiers under his com
mand," while a captain in the army in 1808.
< This is charged as an act of " dishonesty" on
the part of Gen. Scott.
Mr. Editor, 1 know the particulars of that
matter, and know that although Gen. Scott's
conduct was inquire*! iptu, he was fully ac
quitted of all intention to defraud the men in
question. This was the decision of tiie Court
Martial. 1 will state some particulars. Cap?
tain Winfield Scott obtained a furlough front
his commanding officer for a few lnonths in
the 1 ear I>On. and while at the city of Wash
ington his furlough was extended to the year
18(19. and he was thus absent from his com?
mand one pay-day or muster. Perhaps the
in en that were not paid were on detached
service themselves, as it was quite common at
that time to send soldiers with boats a long
voyage for military stores. It was nothing
uncommon therefore that a part of a company
would be absent on a pay-day. 1 know of
many circumstances of the kind, and was
with fine hundred and twenty men absent
from a muster and pay-day, 100 miles front
my regiment, which we joined only one day
after pay-day and did not draw pay for six
months, so that the one hundred and twenty
soldiers and officers might have preferred
charges against the paymaster for withhold
ing their pay as the Lieutenant did Captain
• Scott in the year 1809. Captain Scott was
acquitted on the Lieutenant's charge, but was
convicted on a charge of insubordination to
wards a commanding officer, but restored to
duty shortly after,
1 have known soldiers to be nineteen months
without pay. They were not with their regi
ments and could not be mustered. At the
court martial for the trial of Capt. Scott in
1809, but two soldiers appeared as witnesses
against him, so I presume that they were all
j that had pay due them. One of them had
sold his pay for two dollars and fifty cents.
It w:ys quite common at that time for a sol
dier to sell a month's pay for two dollars : in
some instances fiftv cents had bought a month's
pay, So that if Captain Scott held back the
pay of a few men. it was for a good purpose,
as the court martial decided that the money
was not kept back with the intention of de
frauding his men. - Politicians will put a dif
ferent construction on things for political pur
poses, but it is hardly worth their while to go
back as far as the reign of the Ceesars to hunt
up charges against General Scott.
Mr. Editor, J would ask what officer has
done more for the discipline and perfection of
the American army than Gen. Scott ? I make
no remarks on other officers, but would mere
ly ask what military tactics have governed
our army for many vears back but those of
Gen. Winfiekl Scott? In my humble opin
ion, the American army would not have come
off with such glory and honor in Mexico had
it not been for the practical discipline taught
to the army long since trom Gen. Scott s mil
itary works, published during the war of
! 1812, or shortly after, and his late military
tactics that cannot be surpassed by any offi
cer of the present day.
As it is an old military phrase, 44 honor to
whom honor is due," let us ever remember
the battle of Queenstown anil the capture of
Fort George, when Lieut. Col. Scott and
1 Lieut. Col. McFeely landed the advanced col
umn under a heavy fire from the British, and
captured that fort before the second column,
; under the e>-e of Gen. Dearborn, could make
a landing. Remember tl capture of Fort
Eie, the battle of Chippewa, where, to the
immortal honor of our arms. 1200 Ameri
cans, many of them raw recruits, under the
guidance of the intrepid Seoit. and gal'ant
Leavenworth, McNeil, Jessup and Towson,
defeated, in a fair field fight, 1700 British
; troops, consisting of the Royal Scots, the
New Series—Vol. 6—No. 42.
Prince Regent's and the King's Own, led on
and encouraged by the heroic example of
Hen. Iliall, who, the British say. was "an ar
my himself." Remember, also, the battle of
Lundy's Lane, or the battle of the Cataract,
: leaving our Indian wars out of the question.
J Then take a view of Vera Cruz, the march to
j Cerro Gordo, its capture and the succession of
brilliant victories achieved by our troops un
der Gen. A\ infield Scott. And how the Gen
eral done up the matter at the city of Mcxi
; co we all know.
And alter all this we find Gen. Scott
charged with cowardice, in a patter styled the
t Pennsylranian, and accused of withholding
: two months pay from Lis company so far
back as 1809, when Gen. Seott was a mere
; boy, and when, I might safely sav, scarcely
an editor now in the State of Pennsylvania
was in his mother's womb. I know the writ
er was nut, and that he would rather rat until
i he would burst than fyht a battle for his coun
try at any time .' Is not such a villification of
the character of a veteran soldier disgraceful.
AN* OLD SOLDIER.
Carlisle, July, 18."j2.
Speech of Hon. A. Stewart.
At a largo and enthusiastic Whig rarifiea
ti ■ meeting held at I niontown, Pennsylva
nia on the 2-3 th ultimo, the Hon. Andrew
Stewart has ing been called upon to address
the assemblage, made a few remarks, which
, we find reported in the Democrat, in the
course referring to the Whig and
Democratic candidates for the Presidency, he
said:
" lie knew both candidates well. In his
opinion the Whigs had the strongest candi
date and the Democrats the weakest they
ever had. Mr. Pierce was an excellent and
j gmiable little man—too amiable for the great
I office to which he had aspired; he had not the
nerve, he feared, to sustain its high rcspon
sibilites—the firmness to say ' X'o, sir,' to the
courteous and wily office seekers who would
surround him. Scott had filled many of
fices of the highest responsibility, civil and
military, be had never failed in any —he was
always successful; and success, after all, was
the best test of ability. He knew him inti
mately : and, in his opinion, a better, a bra
ver. a more patriotic heart, God never put
into the bosom of man. [lmmense cheering. 1
He was no crafty politician—he was too frank
and honest for that; he knew nothing of the
tricks of th<- trade, anu was too honest to
practice them if he did.
" The Whigs have had many glorious can
didates, but Si-uit was the " noblest Roman
of them all." He was the Hero of more
wars and of more battles than any of them ?
lie had done, what no other candidate for tho
Presidency, Whig or Democrat, had overdone,
not excepting the immortal Washington him
self—he had sealed his victories with his
blood. [Long and loud cheers.] The people
owe him a debt of gratitude; and, like hon
est men, they will pay it at the polls. There
are thousands of Democrats who will vote,
for General Seott—[Voices : ' Yes, and I am
one of them:' 'And I am another,' —and
why? Because you know him, and
perhaps, served under him : you have shared
his dangers and his glories. In battle he
was at your head, and in sickuess at your
bedside : always and everywhere you found
him a father and a friend ; he never deserted
you. and you never can desert him ; 1m al
wavs led von to victory, and he will do it
again.
" Xo true soldier would desert his General;
if any do. let tliem go, you are better without
them. [A voice: 'That's true.'] That's
the voice of an Irishman. General Scott was
right when he said of the thousands of Irish
men he had commanded, he ' never knew
one to turn his hack on his friends or his
enemies and no true Irishman would ever
turn itis hack on General Scott."
Scott's Foreign Policy.
It is an honorable fact that our best Gen
erals—such as Washington, Jackson, Har
rison and Taylor—most dreaded, and took
most pains to avoid, as far as possible, all
bloodshed. Gen. Scott's view have been long
on record, written by him for an Album, as
follows :
" PEACE AND WAR. —If war BE the natural
state of Savage tribes, peace is the first want
of even* civilized community. War no
doubt is, under any circumstances, a great
calamity : vet submission to outrage would
often be a greater calamity. Ot the two
parties to any war, one, at least, must be in
the wrong—not unijrequently both. An er
ror in such an issue is, on the part of chief
magistrates, ministers of State, and legis
lators having a voice in the question, a crime
of the greatest magnitude. The slaying of
an individual by an individual is, in com
parative guilt, but a drop of blood. Hence
the highest moral obligation to treat national
i cffferences with temper, justice, and fairness;
' always to see that the cause of war is not
only just but sufficient ; to be sure that we
do not covet our neighbors' lands, ' nor any
j thing that is histhat we arc as ready to
! give as to demand explanation, apology, in
j demnitv, in short we should especially re
member, ' all things whatsoever ye would
i that men should do to you, do you even so
|to them.' This divine precept is of universal
| obligation ; it is as applicable to rulers, in
; their transactions with other nations, as to
; private individuals in their daily intercourse
with each other. Power is intrusted-by ' the
Author of peace and lover of concord,' to do
good and to avoid evil. Such, clearly, is the
revealed will of God.
WI.VFELD SCOTT."
. " Washington, April 25, 1844. '
ONE OK SCOTT'S OLD SOLDIERS.—A gentle
man who belonged to General (then Captain)
Scott's Company in 1808, was in our office on
yesterday. He went with Scott to Louisiana,
and denies most peremptorily that any of his
pay was kept back, lie is a good democrat,
but says he will vote for Gen. Scott, "as sure
ly as he lives to see the election day."—i'c
. lersburj Inklligtncer.