Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-04-29

tanning information reference issue made beweea
Of these particular individuals This point had been respond
ed and yet the gentlemen say that the main issue has
been avoided and the documents they require have been
pressed. And what they Why documents in rela-
tion charges preferred against Major General Pillow In
the speeches OF gentlemen, reported, when This subject
heretofore before the House, he found nothing relation
Major General Pillow, had he heard any thing that
subject until this morning This the first time that this
subject had been brought up here No bad been notified
that the object of gentlemen IN calling for this correspondence
make any charge against attack Major General
Pillow, sustain any made against him in any other
quarter.
Now however, gentlemen accused the President Of de-
reelection OF duty relation to document in which Mr.
Commissioner Trst had made accusations He begged
gentlemen abandon the which they had first made,
which related to Gen. Scott and The War Department
Let them hold that ISSUE If they also desired any in
formation in relation Gen. Pillow, and required documents
heretofore published they should have his call for
hem if the documents could be published without injury to
the public interests But he appealed to them not to
travel Of the record Enghten the public mind with this
document Was it because gentlemen had discovered that
this document came rather heavily down Gen. Scott that
they anxious withhold il for the present, and until
they could become surchaged with argument to meet
it, Were they willing stand before the country in this ath
tude = Let the document go FORTH and the people will form
their opinions upon with much ability, correctness,
and prompness the gentlemen opposite could do II their
General stood high ground if the facts stated in this
respondence would reflection him. it mpos-
sble for any man, however high in office he might be- to
sustain charges against that General without facts wheeon
to base them.
If the gentlemen opposite had the right their side they
should be afraid of the publication of facts and details.
on the publication these documents he found the gente
opposite right, (or he bad not read this
pondence he gave them he should persist
Let all stand platform in this respect.
Let nothing be kept the dark In the of his remarks
he had made charge against Gen. Scott Gen. Taylor
any of these parties He had carefully absaned from doing
that he might not expose himself any impuaton from
the other side Of having made thrust at respecting
0f He dali
the information they possessed go the country that he
and the people might form independent opinion Till then
he should withhold the expression OF any opinion further than
that which he had formed from the documents already before
them.
Mr. HILLIARD expressed his opposition printing that
part Of the document which contained the letter written by the
Secretary Of War four days after the call made by the
House. He would take the responsibility of that position be-
fore this House and before the people He willing,
by what seemed him to be misplaced magnanmiy to give
the Secretary of War the opportunity thus to send forth in
document which to be long, aboed were
pared defence of the Administration on consultation with his
political friends There would be great injustice in this. This
correspondence of day. II not to die in week
It be entered the records of this House, and pema
nenty preserved here The gentleman from Georgia. (Mr
Comp with great ingenuity had endeavored to turn the
issue here, and had appealed TO his Mr. H. 81 magnanmiy
this subject He had asked him if he would suppress
document that from the Secretary Of War, In reply,
he asked the gentleman from Georgia he would do such in
justice to gallant officer like Gen. Scott who had exposed
his life in battle, and performed the most brilliant exploits
known TO modern times :
Would the gentleman from Georgia do the injustice to that
officer Of allowing the Secretary War send and spread
abroad document Of this House, charges which will touch
the sensbes and the character Of General Scott before they
despatched to that officer and before line could be
ceived in reply He Mr. H. could not be made party to
a scheme of this and he willing TO the
sponsbity Of Withholding the Secetays letter Let Gen.
Scott reply that document. Let him have the oppor
tuny Of making manly Defence and then if gentlemen de-
sired he would willingly print fifty thousand copies
If
But until the reply received he appealed the magma
nmiy of gentlemen, and he asked them stand by him in
protecting the character Of absent officer until he could be
heard in his defence.
Mr. COBB understood the gentleman from Alabama de-
sired wait until General SCOTS reply could be received
Now be understood that this letter of the Secretary of War
reply of General SCOTS il therefore they
to wait for General SCOTS roinder, they must in justice,
wait for the Secretary replication and when would the pub
lie get the correspondence
Mr.. KING of Georgia, having made brief explanation
Mr.. HILLIARD resumed, and proceeded to show that
the 18th Of April the resolution adopted by this House
calling the President for certain correspondence He here
read the resolution show its and character and then
he appealed to the gentleman from Georgia mir. CoBB to
change his ground He appealed also to the magnanmy
of other gentlemen change the position they had TAKEN If
they persisted after hearing the terms of this resolution, be
should look with the Of those gentlemen
He appealed the sober of the House if when this
call made the 18th day Of April there had been
correspondence between General Scott and the Secretary
Of War embracing this letter Had il then existence
Could the House have contemplated the calling for letter OF
which only the great body OF the House had heard moth
ing, but which actually written Could they them
have expected letter Of this be embraced in their call
What was the fact On the nth Of April the call
made on the 2st four days Afterwards Mr. Marcy
menced his reply Gen. Scott after having been informed
that the call had been made for the correspondence the
part Of the House, and days after the call made this
abored pare letter presented this House in obe
dence the CALL although had been written but six
days since And for the publication of such document gen.
lemen appealed to his magnanimity forsooth II in
suit print this letter under these circumstances and gentle
might appeal his magnanmity forever and he would
IT, He would resist il 10 the last, for he
unwilling injustice done to honorable gentleman and
gallant officer He would not stand by and silently him
thrust n this way He could suppress his indignation
such attempt-hs pure unaffected indignation, and he
wondered had reached the bosom Of the Secretary Of
War.
MI. HOUSTON made a remark in low tone of voice,
the purpo Of which may probably be connected by Mr. HIT
LANDS reply.
Mr. HILLARD said the letter was dated on the 2ls Of
April The place and time given how then could the
gentleman ask by any special pleading suggest
the minds Of Others whether this letter had not been prepared
before lift had been prepared BEFORE why had 1t not been
sent in the day Why wait until the 27th Because
designed that this letter should be written and
brsced in this correspondence, and sent out to make i'm
preston the public mind No. gentlemen could not escape
from the position in which they placed by special plead
ing Of that sort and he called upon them abandon the
from Gen. Scott could come and then he would join them in
he should not look round him who voted with him. II
L. H..