New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-23
n,f,rce Of the Great Wen from Duck River.

T. 10 Editor y IT. Tribanf'
sra. The papers North and South have opened
their batteries Oh poor Gen. Pillow. pouring IN
round sho. and grape. worse than he did into the
Mexicans NJ Ceu1 Gorlo. Bat l hope you will
permit one voice 20 be raised in his defence for
though some may think him very small game yet
Sir. would ask. Il the Romans were not once
saved by birds THE san feather
That You cannot make "a silk purse out Of a
sow's ear is an old adnge which though naturally
enough overlooked by the General must have been
perfectly remembered by the Presden, and it IS
not o. be supposed he ever tried 70 make one At
east / should NJ, ike % say So rs the Union
might call il Federal SANDER Beside there is
no analogy between the two cases. He merely tried TO
make a General out Of Country Cour, lawyer DIFF
fereni thing entirely Experiments recently tried on
the mental productions Of Duck River certainly justified
Prlsiipf Pok IN the attempt though !, would not per
hsps have justified any else There wss no good
reason % doubt that a country which contained such
President mi ght also contain s1oi = General This
think 40 unsrswerabe argument 10 reply 10 the sneers
In the papers calling Pillow snail p0,a,0,s' Dii he
not come out of tie same BIZ with our worthy Pres-
dent and DO one ever presumed TO say small potatoes
O. him
It's said that Pillow has neither the capacity nor the
education to make military man-,hs, De IS Incapable
of reading the languages in which the bes; military
works are written. Admitted, but Sir bad sen Jack.
son A military education. education OF any kind
Yet this did not prevent him from becoming success
f1l General As for capacity IL not true that Gen. li
low Is deficient lappea 20 the people Of Msury Coun'
IT, 10 Tennessee and TO the Bar Of that County If be be
no, one Of the OF the second rate lawyers in that
County Il Is common saying there that be Il right
pert his fellow and everybody knows he Is very good
AZ coIeiuz As for what the papers say about bis r.
dc10us and OrDrecH1g rGnny rtch hds arrays been q
subject u amusement 90 t0se rho Hon hin let me ssN u
any man u the worse for being valnt Was Ten JACK
son the for being the vaines ths ever lived
Is Gen scott the Worse for being vain Men As vain
may he found even IN Philadelphia, where We hsve seen
groc-rs metamorphosed into Generals. lt Cen Taylor
we're a vaner man than be Is am sure be would be- a
much greater man--in his own estimation. 10 has been
sai that the greatest proof of strategy ever gwen ~
Taylsr u his Kidding hs skirts OF Folks Little Gen
erals previous 90 the battle OF Busna Vista This asser
ton no doubt does injustice 70 the Generals au-
ded o. as we'll Gru. Tsyf who had lsurels enough
20 spare decorate the brows OF al who were bald ia
that particular
Another consideration probably weighed the Pres
dents mind in making the appointment. strong res-
have lately been given 20 cad TO the belief that
Marshal New was IN reality American Of the usms OF
Rudolph How did President Polk know that Gen Pill
some disclosures about 10 be made public, by which
q will be- pretty clearly that Marshal Ney was not
shot ss commonly supposed, but made MS escape 10
America There Is Fr-nchmsn now living here, who
will swear that he saw Ney In Nashville 10 lsi7. and
tha, he was then his Way % Duck River say not
that Polk knew Pillow to bee Sey IN disguise but We %
see what W. shall See" IL is not improbable that
American turned himself into Ney, he may have turned
himself back again, the principle that one good
deserves another ltmay perhaps De said hat Ney
though great man on the dfld the battle once engaged
had but A small brain box. and no knowledge OF the
higher branches of bis profession Whether this be
De not confederation ot my theory IS for Tue brave
men who fought under Pillow % say. This defence Of
Polk and Pillow is but their due A for the sheer about
the four P's which once meant Phifiy Phour Phory
or Plight meaning now President Folks Poor III
low " il Is unworthy Of sn answer.
Sir let give the Devil bis duo. c. q.
= u Is not true President Polk has any dislike
To- Gen Taylor. Ga the contrary he has employed the
General make him nice little suit OF private coin
Ing 10 90 him (Nr Polk Tor the remainder OF bis lite
hle-snd the suit is now nearly completed.