Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-05-03

Tho Louisville Journal remarks as fol-
lows upon tho proceedings Of this Court.
and what i; says will answer Us instead Of
an article Of our own Oh The subject.
In the n. o. Picny une and Delta of the
18th and 18th inst, we have the con,inua-
ton Of The proceedings Of tho court ofin-
quiry in tho case Of Gen. Pillow during
..s,wcifth. thirteenth, fourteenth, sixteenth,
and seventeenth days. They Gil about
sixteen columns in those papers. We
have read them carefully, bu. DO no, find
them sufficiently interesting for republican
ton in our paper. They relate prnci-
palIv TO the parts acted by Gen. Scott and
Gen. Pillow in Tic battles near Mexico and
in the armisticc. They are tedious.
We ought probably to remark, that, in
tho progress of the trial, General Pillow.
in return Tor the apparently successful ef-
fort TO faslen upon him tho substance OF
tho disgracefui Leonilas Letter undertakes
TO trace to their source certain o;hcf pub
lishrd letters relative 10 the military op'
cra.ions in Mexico and to show General
SCOTS know ledge of them. The letter
in the New York Courier and Enquirer,
which attracted grcat deal Of attention,
and which, claiming for General Scott the
credit Of tic operations in Mexico, was
exceedingly severe upon the prelensions
Of Worth ard Pillow, hns been ack nowl-
edged by Col. Hitchcock, who is now, or
was until recently, 4 member Of General
SCOTS staff. Cot Hitchcock tes,ilics,
that, before sending that letter TO y. York
he read q portion Of il to General Scott
II, ,,,tov, hn ftrSt urcy,,SpH 10 yp.d
General Scot, abruptly refused 10 listen,
bu, that, on tho following day, tho Gene
raj consentod to hear par. Of it. This
/ letter was not written to the Courier md
Eaquircr-it vas written to n friend Of
/ the author, but in tho expectation that the
4 substance of i, would DO published. Col.
/ Hitchcock says that General Scott had n 0
idea that anything in it would over be
published. Tho letter, it is alleged, docs
not como under tho army order, not hav-
ing been written within tho time prcsc rib
ed by tho regulations.
Tho n. .. Delta, Of tho 10Th, speaking
Of tho turn which tho case seems to be ia
king before the court Of inquiry, says:
The claim set up by General Pillow TO
tho credit Of planning and designing the
battle at Con:rcons, tho urging OF which
has given so much offence to many per-
sons who wcro once Gen. Pillows friends.
whilst it has deceived no human being,
constitutes III our opinion tho gravcmen Of
the charges against him. No ono could
supper! such a pretention without dctract-
ing from tho well earned laurcls Of Per-
sifor +. Smith. To our mind II is one Of
the lo'dest assaults upon truth, AMI the
most rcprohcnsahe Efforts TO dls.ort and
falsely tho historical records Of n memora
Die event, in our annals, which has ever
been attempted in this country. Those
who have been concerned in coorcinS an d
propa sa,ing this mons,rous fabrication W II
stand before the world and before pos.
,rrity in no onviabln attitude. Those
who support and Justify such acts and
publications. make themselves accessories
10 n crino against the truth of history a.
.aiist tho fair fame of our most distinguish
ID soldiers, and against the honor and glo-
~ of GU. arms.