Evansville weekly journal., 1848-05-18

pet, Gideon ]. Pillow, from the Senate and re-
ally seems determined that he shall enjoy the
pay and emoluments of Major General, des-
pite the wishes of the Presidents constitution
al advisers. On the 28th ult., MIR. Reverdy
Johnson, of Maryland, introduced resolution
in the Senate requesting the President to in
form that body whether any officers are in the
military or civil service of the United States,
whose nominations have not been submitted,
and if there be any such app intments, the date
of their commissions nd the reasons for not
presenting them TO the considerations of the
Senate.
Remarking upon this matter, Independent,
the Washington correspondent of the North
American says:
Since Mr.. Polk seems dead TO all sense of
the dignity and propriety of the high station
which he fills, and has evinced disposition to
sustain his corrupt and disgraced minions, in
defiance of public opinion, this inquiry is par
ticularly proper and Mr.. Johnson is entitled to
thanks for offering it. The President appoint
ed Gideon ]. Pillow Major General during
the recess of Congress-, about year ago, over
the heads of officers, whose lives have been de-
voted to theservice of the country, and whose
valor and virtue had been conspicuous
in the last war with Great Britain on
the frontier, in Florida, and whose blood
had been freely poured out in this conflict
with Mexico. Mr.. Polk selected him for this
responsible trust, not upon recommendation,
but, because he was his personal and political
| friend-because he was his confidential reposi-
tory, because he wanted spy over the army in
Mexico, and an instrument to filch from brave
and gallant soldiers. their hard earned laurcls
and their blood-purchased fame.
Mr.. Polk appointed him, E1lol0ing his emf
nent qualifications for thisservice, appreciating
his character and ensured of his readiness to en-
| list in such cause. 1t is more than seven
months since the Presidents paper in this city,
published letter from Mexico, protesting to be
history of the battles of Contreras and Chnr-
ubusco, in which Gen. Pillow was awarded
| the whole distinction of those fields, and in
which all other officers, who had really distin-
guished themselves were deprecated. That
letter was substantially duplicate ofthe world
renowned ''Leonidas" and was either written
by Pillow or one of his tools, from materials
/ furnished by him.
| cite this fact to show that not only The
President himself, but his cabinet and organ
were all concerned in this contemplate work,
ceeded in making himself an object of univer-
sal sccrn and derision. This, be it remem-
bered, is the hero of the Union--the pet OF
| the President,-and the intimate of MIR. Mar
cy.
The infamous fraud perpetrated by Pillow in
the publication of the self-glorifying letters,
became officially known to the Executive
through the correspondence of his confidential
commissioner, Don Nicholas 'Trist, and through
other sources. Did the President act in a man
ner becoming his position? Did he order a
Court to ascertain the truth of the charges?-
! No: with an uncommon effort offriendship for
the disgraced favorite, sent him Mr. Trist's
letter, which he refused to the peoples repre-
sentatives, so that he might have time to pre-
pare technical defence; he gave him every
advantage of the secret archives of the public
departments as the public prosecu.
tor, he furnished him with advice and informa-
tion to defeat the ends of Justice; and finally
when Gen. Scott, under the regulations of the
the service, demanded Court Martial tC
punish his baseness, he, the President of the
United States, interposed the Executive shield
and ordered court Of Inquiry to secure his
escape from the just doom of the law.
But he has gone farther than this. While 6
resolution of thanks to the officers of the
army was pending in the House of Representa-
uves, including Pillow, by the special motor
OF a Locofoco member from Tennessee, The
President suppressed and purposely kept bacl
all information of the charges against him
whilst he communicated them to the criminal
and evidently with the design of trapping tht
: House into the process of whitewashing tht
character ofhis friend and confdant. This il
not all. Though Congress has been in session
five months, and though all these facts hav,
been before the president, he has withheld hi
: nomination from the Senate, and under tha
pretext the nominations of. Others, agains
whom no manner of objection exists. choos
to infer for the purpose Of affording him tn,
pay and emoluments of Major General. Mr.
Polk well knows that his nomination woult
be dismissed without division; and this de
|, liberate postponement of it, makes him virtu
!, tually, party to fraud upon the Treasury
STATE FAIrH.-The few remaining State