The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-04-26

GENERAL PILLOW.

GENERAL PILLOW.
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most SERIOUS nzlnEr. sFney iasnaEs. n ~
most eseIy specification, wilful 80 slrll'
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l.nnass whrh belsagsd % 0asers. ard a
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sglhy q an ofiiosr and geutlem.R.
u = ; mslleIa f asiurishmfni 70 \ !. and
10 the ollirsrs a tlar amy N Esneral 4
must be , subject Il deep Nomination. shai
: man lying under such rhzEgcs. believed
~ lna.i e he renniry % Be guilty.. and
csrA..ay pratrd 10 hs - in one INSTANCE,
sloald yel he allowed 10 relAin his ran
snA..I - lassg aflsE hls Dspsnmens bad
been naaiaea 0f them. We venture %
say lhns this rsse las Hps iis parallel in
Ihr military history nl lhis r0nairy n Lest.
As loug sg0 as Srplenhfr last. = leiler
vas published IN Ihe New Orlrans Della.
under ihe signature of : lepnidas,n which
rlaimed iar Esa. Pillpy NE entire erea..
Of ~ lhs apeEailans near he eiiy Of siex-
iah. The authorship Of this letter YRS
Immediately charged upon that great man,
and he most sirrnEonsly denied IL.
IIe afterwards published letter in the
Union. in which he iadigaansly denied all
kaoHlesiss ~ The I.eonidas lelaeT. llis
letter closes - follows:
.Among the shameless falsehoods pGb-
lished aud IriieE.led in 4 PARTON of lhr
home press, Is the statement that l had
written. or procured Io be written, The lei,
Ter signed - I.sonidss." Shorty aiier the
appearance Of that letter. caused 10 be
published written denial Of The illiberal
and unjust impniaiions rass upon me 10
connection with the anlhof. But such il
The perlinariiy with whirh portion Of
lhe press stick TO this scsndalous charge,
that my denial is not deemed sufiicisni 10
induce its abandonment. Understanding
that the charge has recently heen Iei,era-
ied-accompanied with the statement that
General Scott had in his possession co.
py Of the original lelirr. with interlinea.
lions in my own hand.wriiing-I now
pronounce the whole charge, a. well The
sppendage as the original, absolutely false,
and iIs authors slandrIers, as destitute Of
truth as they are Of honor."
tSigned) GIDEON ]. PILLOW.
ACapt. Burns also wroie letter. which
was published BY Glen. Pillow, syowing
himsril TO the sole author Of the :" Ieoni.
dss" communication. and declaring that
Gen. Pillow had no hand in il, and knew
nothing Of il, until its publication. On
the trial, Mr., Freaper, a correspondent Of
the Delta, produced paper, slInos. i,len.
liicsl with The letter 81 I.eonidas, which
he said, and which that officer scknow.
lodged, had been given him by Gen. Pill.
low, to be published in The Delta, stating
tina, lIe " wished IL cen, Of, so 40 10 give
the frs. impressions" lie afterwards
wished 10 Withdraw il lram Ereaser. ssha
refused to give il up. Whether he wrote
it or no, is a matter Of no consequence.
The object was to produce a false impres.
sion with regard Ten his share in the mill.
,ary operations before Mcxiso, and If he
lent himself 10 the propagation Of false.
hood, he is in no respect better than If he
bad written il with his own hand. Be-
sides, he acysIly. acknowledged that he
had inierlined iewith his own hand. The
Department has been aware, for months,
that Gen, Pillow stood IN this unenviable
prc,l'cament; that he was changes. with
the deepest moral delinquency, such as
should not only have driven him, a dis
graced man. from the army, but should
have closed the doors Of every honesl man
in the country against him. Yet il shu,
! its ears 10 Gen. SCOTS demand Of Court
Martial, and ordered Court Of Inquiry
instead. Il thus evidently showed dis.
position 10 screen the guilty, and TO make
itself party in the proseculian.
The WHOLE conduct of this Government
TO Gen. Scott. has been one Of unparsl.
lrlled injustice. lnsul,ed openly by an
inferior officer, he placed that officer un.
der arrest for the offence, and demanded
Court Martial. The Department re-
sponled to this demand, by depriving the
General himself. 50 muoh siRnrd sgaipsl,
OF the command, aud ordering Court to
try him, in the midst of the scenes Of the
most glorious victories that had ever sig.
nalized the American arms, won by his
own valor and genius. Every means has
been taken 10 crush him by, he will sur.
viye j, all.
/ Ttss polUfou Vine a., nofrrrns A.