Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-04-08

OF permitting nv report stand unalered as to that state
menl-n which reply the said Pillow, whilst reiterating
the said false claim plainly endeayors induce the said Scott
10 allow il 10 stand through considerations purely
selfish and dishonest and personal 10 the said Pillow and
said Scott wit that the said false claim could not affect
the said Scott and lis correction would place him, the said
Pillow in an awkward position II the conscious dishonesty
Of which endeavor being the evident from the
willingness Of the said Pillow III his two replies both Of the
81 of tho said October the said two notes of the said Scott
dated respectively the I'd and 30 OF tho same month"; correct
in the said Pillows two reports Of the said August oath and
the said September 18TH many most OF the therein
which had been indicated by the said Scott and which might
be supposed TO aec the said Scott And said Pillow
after writing and dspachng the said reply, dated the
Sd of the said October did seek with third per-
son as means Of communicating with the said Scott and of
influencing his mind the subject Of the said reply Of the said
Pillow and he the said Pillow, at the interview, did declare
that third person that his said reply OF the Sd Of the said Oc
toberneanng the reply quoted abovewas intended by him
as strictly private confidential and would have been
written IL the said Scott had allowed him. the said Pillow, the
opportunity he had requested to freely with him, the
said Scott in private the subject And further that the
said false claim Of merit up by the said Pillow in respect
the said plan OF battle attack purely alehought
and deliberate invention his part is evident from the fact
that in quitting the ncghborhood Of Contreras late in the
evening Of the said 10Th Of August 10 pass the night the
town OF San Aucustin from four six miles off the said Pill
low order to secure himself from all blame consequent
the failure Of any attack that might be made by the American
forces then hand upon the enemys entrenched camp
Conteras the morning. or from the failure of
any movement which might be by the said forces
in that quarter he the said Pillow did say declare
officer officers of the American army, that he the said Pill
low, going the said Scott to advise him TO withdraw
the said forces and 10 direct them against other point
the enemys enrenched camp Coneras strong
be carried by the said forces Tor words TO that effect y and
again. later hour OF the night San Augustn, that
said Pillow, after having had fully explained to him by the
said Scott in the presence of many Americans the plan Of the
renewed attack upon Contfeas, for the following morning.
conceived and resolved upon by the said Brig Gen. Smith,
and reported to the said Scott through the engineer Capt
Lee-tha is the plan, in all its material parts, which
successfully executed by the said Smith and others early
the next mornngand after the said Lee had taken his
partue from the said Scott in the presence Of the said Pillow,
with the said SCOTS orders for the cooperation in front Con-
trera while the said Smith should attack the left and
the enems enenched at that place. the said Pillow did
follow Of the party of the Of the said Scott and
when the two aone in alluon the said renewed
tack settled and agreed upon and explained the said Pillow
declared to that person This is going be failure and
call upon you to remember and TO bear witness here
AFTER that have had nothing DO with it, did utterwords
to tina. effect.
Specification An this that time times since
the capture of Chapulepec September 49, lS47, by the
forces Of the United States wit in the said month Of Sep
TENDER the month OF October November following the
said Major Gen. Pillow, in order magnify his gene
ralshp, zeal and energy, has falsely stated asserted, ins
nuaed IN the presence aud hearing of American
officers that after the sh Of the said month of September
Major General Scott the Commanding General Of the Amer
forces in Mexico had become inert ndecsye stunned
at what he the said Pillow called the disaster disasters
hey-meanluS the Date Oh tue Stn OF Sepem-
ber ls47, between portion of the said forces and large
body Of Mexican roopsand that the said Scott would not
have undertaken ordered the attack the castle fort of
Chapulepec that carried the 18th Of said September
but for his the said Pillows nteposon whereas in the
first place, the said ri low well knew, in common with the
principal officers Of the American army, when making that
false and infamous statement assertion nsinuaon that as
the said Scott had declared the armsce with the
my TO be al end, from and after the meridian Of the
9TH Of the said September the said Scott in haste
commence his approaches upon the enemys capital and that
hence reconnaissance of the enemy foundry part
of the said Monos del Rey, commenced in the afternoon
of the day. and the capture of the said mills made the
day following all by the order of the said Scott that on the
next day 1.-THE 9th Of the said Sepember the said Scott re-
connoired in person Of the southern gates Of the enc
mys capital particularly the gate called San Antonio that
the reconnotngs by the engineers Of the American army
dangy pushed from the afternoon of the 9TH down to
the afternoon Of the lth Of the month"; order Of and
under precise instructions from the said Scott whom each
regularly reported and by whom each was
matrey considered and discussed with the said engineers
and WHEREAS in the second place. conference held at Pie
dad the 18th Of the month"; by the said Scott with
many commanders Of divisions and brgades and many staff
officers the said Pillow being present. the said Scott after
mehodicaly and fully stating and explaining, according
TO his Information and views the duties and the power or
abilities OF the army then under his immediate command oge
Their with the relative advantages and Disadvantages
tack the next morning upon the castle Of Chapuepec
pared with immediate attack upon the said gate Of San An
tonic, expressing his decided preference in favor OF the
former and declaring it to be his fixed determination be-
lore outing the seat he at the moment occupied to order
attack upon one the other Of those points for the follow
ing morning, 1.-THE morning Of the 18th Of said September
hes the said Scott concluded the said address by saying that
before definitely deciding between the said two points Of attack
for the following morning. he would be happy hear the sug
gestons OF officers present choice between those points
whereupon the said Pillow in the little said under that
invitation, did not manifest any desire that early attack
should be made upon either Of the said points, any other
OF the deences OF the enemys capital family however init
mang slight preference in favor OF selecting the gate Of San
Antonio rather than the castle Of Chapuepec under the very
limited proposition that had just been popounde and discus
sed by the said Scott he the said Pillow having that
very time, the said Scott afterwards learned privately
cured at least responsible Witness BY whom, in Of
disastrous issue TO the then medaed attack upon
OF the outer or Immediate deence OF the enemys capital he
the said Pillow, would be able prove that he had declared
TO the said witness witnesses his the said Pillows
conviction or opinion to be altogether any offensive
operation whatever at that uncue and decidedly in favor OF
taking up purely defensive positions Mexcango and other
villages IN the neghborhood Of the enemys capital and
maintaining such purely defensive attitude for indefinite
periodthat Is say, until the arrival Of renforceen from
the United States Of the approach Of which,
Vera Cruz no officer the said conference then had
or pretended TO have any nmaon whatever much less any
definite assurances or information.
Specification 5.1n this that the said Major General Pill
low IN his official report dated Mexico September 49, ls47
and addressed to the General Headquarters Of the United
States army IN Mexico, giving the details Of the said Pillows
military operations on the 13h and 18th Of the said month Of
September at The head Of part OF the American forces
poyed IN the reduction Of the enemys castle Of Chapuepec
falsely states, In the said report in order magnify his
zeal and heosm that although wounded in approaching the
said CASTLE on the 18Th Of the said September he neverhe
less caused himself TO be borne along with the continued
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