Tri-weekly journal., 1848-02-29

TIE CASE OF GEN. ScoTT.-It is not in
WAsHINaroN, alone, says the National lntelli-
gencer, nor in the Eastern cities, that the pub
lie Journals are scandalized at the manner in
which, at this moment, when union OF skill,
courage, and discretion, such as that which
composes the professional character OF General
ScoTT, is most required at the head of the Ar
my in Mexico, that army should, by an Execu-
tive rescript of the most arbitrary character,
have been deprived of the accomplished Com
mander who had just placed it, through Sc
ries of successive victories, on the summit OF
military renown and glory. From the South
we have the reverberation of the discomfort
felt here, and we have something more. Plac-
/ ing confidence in the source from which we
derive the subjoined statement it is apparent
that the General Order for the Court of Inqui-
nv in the case of Gen. ScorT, lately made pub
lie, places the act on false (or at least wholly
insuffcient) grounds, when it recites 'char-
ges" BY Gen WoRTH as the ground of the IN
dignity offered in the presence of the army,
land of the enemy TO its gallant Commander,
by subecting him to a court of Inquiry of jo-
Nor officers.
) FROM THE New ORLEANS PicAYUNE.
We cannot believe that one of the distin-
guished Generals placed in arrest by General
> Scott, and who has now been relieved there
from, has counselled or remotely favored the
. present investigation of charges against his
commander-in-chief. On the contrary, we be-
lieve we have good reasons for saying that ne
foresaw the evil consequences which would
g ensue from pressing inquiry into alleged
wrongs at this moment. We are assured that
: he demanded investigation at such time as
would not interfere with the exigencies OF the
service. We look to an influence, malign
q influence indeed, fiom another quarter as the
e origin of this evil We trace it to the lnsatia-
:. Bile vanity, the unappeased vanity for distlnc-
: ton, of the same spirit which governed the
II pen of '.Leonidas" and 'Veritas." lie avowed
l. to Gen. Scott his purpose of communicating
e with the Secretary of War, not through the
;, channel dictated By military rules; and for that
he was arrested. But he had a deeper wrong
T to avenge; the affair of the court martial upon
b the two appropriated howitzers had lniiamed
1t him with deadly hate. This alluslon shows
Gen Pillow to be the "malign influence re-
fered to.l This measure of the President IN
n dictates TO us that this man has accomplished
l. one of his purposes. The singular, the unac-
i countabe control he exercises over the Presi-
> dent has been brought TO bear, We were told
, weeks ago that the blow would be struck, and
SIS zoe lCere told whose influence luoud do It, The
prediction has been fulfilled, and in this sus-
m pension Of Gen Scott we have renewed occa-
2. sion to regret the most deplorable appointment
N which Mr. Polk has madesince the co nmencc'
n ment of the war.
n Once before has this man endeavored,
"a through contemRhe io hep
n the thick clustering honors of the victories of
I'D the valley OF Mexico. He was foiled in the un-
of worthy purI ose. His own partsans were made
4. to blush for him and to denounce his shame
N lessness Again, in mode equally indirect
DR. and unworthy, has he aimed a blow at his com
mander, and this time with surer. deadlier
Or ann But the justice of his countrymen will
again interpose to shield the intended victim
is The blow will recoil upon him who aimed il:
5, and, though suspended from his high command
d and stripped of his authority, GEN Scott will
IS tins day stand higher in the affections of his
d countrymen than he were still debating law
10 Mexlcoln all the bravery of conqueror