Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-04-26
from home. All that could be done in
hat quarter to iniure, to degrade and hum.


that quarter to injure, to degrade and hum.
ole me, here and elsewhere, has beer
accomplished. But, sustained by the AL
mighty arm, feeling myself strong in con-
cious rectitude, strong in mind and body
strong in all means Of self defsncc---I BID
defiance to mig accusers. l shall not plead
the letter Withdrawing the appeal against
me in bar of trial. Nay, | challenge the
writer of that letter to come forward and
do his worst. But no doubt he thinks
and with reason---that he has done his
tarorsf. Here, in view Of the enemy, he
has caused me to be struck down from the
high and honorable command Of most
gallant and triumphant army. He has
caused me first, to be prejudged and pun
ished at home, and then to be brought for
ward to be tried again, while he, my jun
Tor, has been pre-acquitted and rewarded.
The President has, we are exultinglv told.
done him full and ample JUSTICE Yes,
sir, in double measure; justice to his
pride, and justice to his vengeance. Let
him, Mr.. President, go forth rejoicing in
the plentitude of executive favor. With
out envying his honors, shall, at the end
Of this court, have done with him forever.
Again, Mr.. President, l repeat, my atti-
tude is that of defanee.'
The President remarked that such ir-
|regulrities could not be permitted, upon
which Gen. Scott desired the President
not to address his remarks to him--at the
same time looking towards Gen. Worth,
as if they should have been intended for
him (Gen. W.
Gen. Scott then read letters from Cen
eral Pillow, with regard to the time and
mode of his trial, and the replies contain
ing the reasons why it should take place
in Mexico, among the proper witnesses
rather than in the United States, afar from
the scene of difficulty.
Gen. Scott then read list of "conside-
tons the chance of General Pillows
commission expiring Through peace) be-
fore the end of the trial, should it be re-
moved to the States;--the chance of peace;
the risk, from sickness, of remaining in
Mexico, should the trial be put off a while,
&c., &c.-all which induced him to with
draw his charges against Gen. p.
The President said that Gen. Pillow
was at liberty to address the court.
Gen. Pillow wished to know if the doc
ument Withdrawing the charges against
him by Gen. Scott was placed on the re-
cord.
Gen. Scott said that document was now
in the hands Of the court, and out of his
control
The court having read the above men
toned document, Gen. Pillow read a We
ry long and cutting statement, insisting
upon being tried, SC, after which the
court adjourned.
Monday, March goth.
The case of Major Gen. Scott being be-
fore the court, Gen. Worth submitted the
following paper, which, after celebrating
with closed doors, the court decided not
20 entertain:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen of The Court:
Having without reservation, in my let
ter to this court, dated the 18th inst, and
for reasons therein stated, Withdrawn my
charges against Major General Scott, it is
with feelings of deep regret, that l find
myself called upon again, TO allude to this
subject; but the paper this day presented
and read to this court, renders it my duty
to do SO. If | am misunderstood or mis-
represented here or elsewhere, in respect
to the course have felt it my duty to pur-
sue, it is my misiortune-that course was
the dictate Of my own heart-its proprie-
ty confirmed by my own judgment.
shall say nothing in relation to the ap-
peal of Maj. Gen. Scott to sympathy, or
the attitude Of defiance he has thought
proper to assume before this court--this
is, at all times, a matter of taste, and is
alike the resort of the innocent and the
guilty.
Nor shall | remark upon the violent de-
nunciations he has been pleased to level
against his Government whose commits
sion he bears, and whose lawful decisions
he is bound in duty and in honor to re-
spect neither shall allude to the origin
OF the difficulty between Maj. Gen. colt
and myself--the facts of the case are be-
fore the public, and | am willing to abide
the impartial judgment Of my country men.
l merely propose to set Maj. Gen. Scott
right in few errors of fact, into which
an excess of feeling, or malign influences
seemed to have hurried him.
Gen. Scott says have caused him ''to
be pre-judged and punished at home, and
then to be brought forward and to be tried
again, while he, (meaning Gen. Worth, }
my junior, has been pre-acquitted and re-
warded."
If Gen. Scott means to say, that his
Government has ''prejudged' and spun
ished him, he either mis-states or under
stands its action.
1t will be seen by reference to the facts
already before the public, that the Gene
ral-in-Chief attempted to stine my accusa-
tons, by shifting himself, by an exercise
of power, from the position of an accus-
ed, to that of prosecutor, which, if per-
mitted, would be to establish precedent
of service, most fatal to the rights of eve
~ member of the profession, as guaran-
tied to the humblest, by the rules and ar
ticles Of war.
appealed to the Government for pro-
lection against what ! conceived to be in
;,,..;oo on tho mart of No; E.D Scott l..