Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Gen. Scott” in chapter 6, page 326 of Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States:

...en in October Gen. Scott's plans to make secession impossible, were respectfully considered and rejected because they were impracticable. Such a movement of the United States troops, as proposed by Gen. Scott , toward the forts and garrisons in the South, making plain the purpose to pin the South to the Union by bayonets, would have precipitated war before the election, and resulted in the capture of the e...
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