New York Herald, "General Scott Wanted At Washington," November 28, 1860

    Source citation
    "General Scott Wanted At Washington," New York Herald, November 28, 1860, p. 4: 5.
    Newspaper: Publication
    New York Herald
    Newspaper: Headline
    General Scott Wanted At Washington
    Newspaper: Page(s)
    4
    Newspaper: Column
    5
    Type
    Newspaper
    Date Certainty
    Exact
    Transcriber
    Don Sailer, Dickinson College
    Transcription date
    The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.

    GENERAL SCOTT WANTED AT WASHINGTON. – It will be seen by a despatch from Washington in another column that the President and Cabinet are very anxious for the presence of Gen. Scott at the federal capital during the coming session of Congress, but that, owing to sudden indisposition, the General is compelled to decline the visit, and it has been so signified to Gov. Floyd. It is unfortunate that the veteran commander-in-chief should not be able to go on just now; but it appears that he has been ailing ever since his return from the island of San Juan his long confinement on shipboard having affected his health materially.

    The counsels of Gen. Scott might be of great moment at this critical juncture of affairs, for he is wise and cool, and has been hitherto very successful in conducting measures of pacification upon various questions. The probability is that he would give some very important advice to the Cabinet at this moment, when his experience is of the greatest value, and we trust that his health may so far improve as to enable him to fulfill the wishes for the administration in this respect.

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