Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-09-11

moderation. dignity and discretion are well
statement from The Old Defender which, j.
ssys. is a spirited campaign paper recently
started in that CRY. We have forborne. several
days. IN give II insertion. expecting IN see
something farther upon tho subject The char
actef of tbe statement is such ne 20 forbid any
comment. until We have satisfactory evidence
fof III truth II is needless 10 saw that " e v III
give publicity Ia whatever facts. pro or con-
may hereafter be rnade known, relating 10 il:
GENERAL PtERC ELS GALLANTRY.
| Nr. Edaor.--lIaving heard il reported in
baltimore that fye rsona indgnry 9th. gros..
sect Character WINS Inflicted upon Cen. Frank
In Pierce. over game of cards. in The cityo
Mexico alter lis capinic by our TROOPS. which
insult was never Resented write this To en-
qnlro wh"fher YOU hive any information upon
the subject and # 10 AK The favor Of you 10
explainihe MIXTURE ri the njigui,y, and the au-
ihoriiy from which the report Originated.
}nllimore, Sep. 81. 1852 JR g.
We l,a.e 10 hcsiaiiun IN answering the en-
qnirv of onr correspondent. For the last two
Weeks, ,hr- report To- which PC aludes. hat
been eurreni in our eify We have taken some
palna 10 ifforn ourselves of iiefrufh. and have
not the slightest doubt Of Tho correctness ofthc
answer. which we nov give 10 the above que
ry;
~ +On the night before Gen Pierce left
the city of MEXICO. his face wAs slapped by
hrnihcr officer. Mt game Of cord-, played in
lplaee Of public re,ort which insult was moi
resented by him.
The authority Cor his statement. il IA CAPTAIN
in the -Unil"d States Army. of the llighesI per
sonnl chdraricr. who served with iii function in
the bn'rles noar the city of Mexico up to
ibis iimc, hos svcr been n decided Democrat
n -@and Whoar hro'her and father now hold ds
tlnpuislrcd positions in the Democratic parfp"
The Captain alluded IN. is II resident of this
city, bui will mot vote for Franklin Pierce
| ifoaY 3emocrair journal will deny thetrutl,
Of the above statement. proof cnn he furnished
10 remove The doubts Of the most incrcdnlous
lfany friend ofGen Pierce thiuks the chary,
pnrtakes Ola persouaI nature, and Is the efore
not properly IN the cnu,ass, We will ask him
: which pnrlr commenced personalities in the
c'mpaign. 10y publishing new aud garbled
statement of 'heprivate quarrel between Gems.
Jackson and Scott
The Baltimore Potriot of Tuesday, has tn.
folio" n, additional, upon the subject, which
! ~ MI we nav, rs yrl, seen
GeN.ap tvRcr's GALL,NTRv- article
copied into the American and Patriot from the
! Oid.Defendcr Of Saturday last In reference TO
an Interesting sce"e which occurred At n game
OF cards Mayed IA the city Of Mexico, between
/ General rinkha Pierce and Il brother officer
contains nhnlcngc liz any Democratic journal
TO deny the truth Of the statement therein
mado.
The Argus al yesterday notices The charge
Fl made against The DeuocmDic nominee hut
khoAh Wha, kind OF II denial Is nadel Simp-
ly this. Without daring to say IN po -ilive
tcrn,srthat the charge Is untrue, the Argus
makes III Argument To his effect 1T cannot
hctrue sccoHsc If truc, Gen. Pierce is not a
RI 'esilart man. Ms Cen Scott sad he was, and
II he IS not a gallant man. then Scott is a tar"
This Is the mod. of DENIAL To which tic Ar
gus Is forced TO resort. Tho editor Ct that
paper is too well posted about the narue posi-
7 'ionnnd character OF the officer who was the
accidental witness 10 the disgrace of the Dem
!. ocral.c candidate, to doubt or deny in direct
terma the truth OF the stutcmeat which he has
. mace
, + Now, in reference 10 this evasive rcnlv of
thaArguS we would ask tia Organ these ques.
. lione:
ftrH--Wss not the compliment paid TO
f General Perce's "eaHo@trg" in one of General
y SCOTS reports P"toy To the occurrence alluded
10 IN The Old Defender, aud is it not possible
for an officer who had once Won the good
opinion of hi, superior to forfeit it by subse-
quent misconduct?
: 1ecvnd-lf man cannot by subsequent
misconduct forfeit the good opinion of his
friends, how happens it, that the columns Of
4 the Argus. which were filled euIogies Of tho
patriotism of certain Martin Van Buren, in
, 1870, were wded with denunciation of him
IN 1887
, 1%jrd-Does nor the Argus know, what is
known to most readers of the history of the
Mexican war, that certain officer Of the L.
army, who was most highly compIimentcd
for ed/20nhy in several official reports, was
, afterwards tried, convicted, aud sentenced to
death for the crimes of robbery, burglary and
murdcr,--and only escaped with his life from,
the extraordinary clemency of Gen'l. Butler.
then first IN command at the city of Mexico
/ Let the Argus answer the above questions,
md then ga Nxba NJ cuch