. The life and military services of Lieut-General Winfield Scott, including his brilliant achievements in the war of 1812, in the Mexican war, and the pending war for the Union. nce to private sen-timents, unconnected with public events ; but my heartbeing filled with grief on account of the latter, my pen hasrun a little into that distress. Let us, however, hope formore cheering times. Yet, be this as it may, and whetherour duties be several or common, I shall always have aplace in my bosom for the private affections, and that Imay ever stand in the old relation to you, is the sincerewish of
. The life and military services of Lieut-General Winfield Scott, including his brilliant achievements in the war of 1812, in the Mexican war, and the pending war for the Union. nce to private sen-timents, unconnected with public events ; but my heartbeing filled with grief on account of the latter, my pen hasrun a little into that distress. Let us, however, hope formore cheering times. Yet, be this as it may, and whetherour duties be several or common, I shall always have aplace in my bosom for the private affections, and that Imay ever stand in the old relation to you, is the sincerewish of your friend, Winfield Scott. With these letters we close the narrative of one of themost critical periods of American history. It has notbeen written to add to, or take from, the merit, the errors,or the part, of any one of the actors in those is not history when it is not just. It may be apicture of fancy made beautiful by the pencil of flattery,or deformed by the pen of scandal, but it cannot be his-tory, when truth is not the writer and justice the witnessof its record. The veil of confidence yet rests upon many of Scottsacts and letters of this Cape SibK s,-J^A4 > 1 MUKDER OP THE MAIL CARRIER. 259 CHAPTER XVII. 1835 TO 1837 Commeoeeraent of the Florida War.—Description of the SemintleB.—Character ot Osceola.—Battle of Wythlacooche.—Massacre of Dades, Command.—General Scott ordered to command the Army of Florida.—Plan of the Campaign.—Its termination.—Meeting of the Troops atTampa Bay.—Expeditions.—Sickness of the Army.—Retreats of th*Indians.—Description of Florida.—^The Hammock.—The Everglades.—Scotts Report—The manner of his recall.—Demands a Court of Inquiry.—Meeting of the Court.—His speech.—Opinion of the Court.— speech in Congress.—Scott invited to a Public Dinner in NewYork.—He declines.—His Letter.—Asks to command the Army inFlorida, and is refused. On the 11th of August, 1835, th
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