The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1852-09-22

THAT SLAP ON THE PACE We copied two
ar three DAYS ago from the Baltimore sold DE
fender" IAN article stating, on the alleged au-
thority of acapta.n IN tina army, that Gen.
Pierce had his face slipped at card-table in
Mexico, on the evening before he started for
home, and that he did not resent the blow.
The article said the captain who made this
declaration was himself an eyewitness Ofthe
occurrence, and that he was and always had
been Democrat, though unwilling to vote
for Pierce i'm this election, and that he was the
son of ono distinguished Democrat and the
brother of another. His name was not given
but the editor of the paper said, that, il any
Democratic paper should venture to deny the
truth of the statement and call for the prof,
il would be furnished.
We are not aware that the editor of the
Baltimore paper has been called upon for his
proof, but, as we happen to be in possession
OF the names of the parties concerned, we shall
give them. The officer who slapped G N.
Pierce in the face at the card-table was the
distinguished Col. Magruder, and the off GER
who was an eyewitness of the occurrence.
and upon whose authority the statement was
made in the "Old Defender" was Capt Nc
Lane, son of the Hon. Louis McLane, who
was in Gen. Jackson's Cabinet, and brother
of Hon. Robt. McLane, recently member
of Congress from Maryland.
The facts occurred as stated, and the
names of parties involved are now before he
public. Gen. Pierce, robed in the livery of
his country, with his epaulettes upon his
shoulders and his sword at his side, received
slap on the face from a brother-officer, and
instead of holding that officer responsible for
the insult, skunk the next DAY from the city
on his way out of the country.
We commenced the present canvass deter.
mined not to apply the term coward to Gen.
Pierce, and we intend to keep that deter.
mnat;on. We must say, however, that Gen
Pie;ce's department under COL Magruder''
infi,,:i fully explains, if any explanation is
needed why he always tainted or got sici
whenever any citing was to be done dur.
ing active operations of the army in Mexico
We think that any man, after reading fail
and full account of Pierce's connection Of
rather disconneb;iJn with the battles in Mcx
co, would, if asked his opinion as to the prob
able department of such person under tht
Gil, umstances of having his face slapped, I'M
hestatingly say tina. he would submit quiet
ly to the insult.
We do not like to dwell upon persona
matters, but we would ask in all earnrstnes:
whether General, who submits tamely t.
blow, can positively possess the qualitie;
indispcnsably necessary to the stern and re-
sou,e performance of the important dutie:
Of President of the United States. The
Democratic papers have right to complain
Of this exposition. NJ my of the Democratic
pap have had the shamelessness to cal
Gen. Scott coward and we presume there
is scarcely Democratic paper in the Uni
ted States that has not. upon;the authoritoitj
of that miserable old traitor and malignant
slanderer, Gen. Wilkinson. charged the here
of Lundy's Lane with "ducking, bol bling
and do iging," in his dues NEARLY life with
DIR. Claude and Dr.. Upshut.
Intensely Wings as we are, we would no
vote for Presidential candidate bearing
meekly about with him a slapped face. though
nom mated by fifty thousand "hig National
Convcnlions.-[ Lou. Jour.