Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-10

mAnder, Col Hitchcock gave up the commend and cd-
ceny skked from the post Of danger and honor for the
nosndt position of Acting Inspector General in General
scott staf whore all his associates Leutednt and
wnere ne was far removed from danger With the sol
dier the post Of danger is the post Of honor TO under
stand how far he compromised his honor soldier by
TINS step we have but to examine the catalogue of the
gallant dead, where find the names of Mcintosh,
Scott Ransom, Graham, Butler, Dickinson, and host
OF other regimenta commanders to see how fearfuIy
their ranks thinned in the bloody battles fought
from Vera Cruz to the city Of Mexico and then to
template how comfortable to be in the staff of the
Commanding General, sOithou being under fire
was by this species of strategy that this gallant veteran
of nearly forty years services the army has passed
through series Of many years soiou scar upon hs
person. without seeing enemy in the war with Mexico
except from the safe stand of his Chief and with
out ever having faced enemy of his country unless
he in of the skrmishes with the Indians in the
Florida While upon the subject of the Florida war
we invite him, in his next episle to tell what General
Scott in his reports, said of his gaanty in that war;
then to furnish the country with what he said OF Gen.
Scott in his anonymous communications to certain papers
knowledge of the achievements of this of Mars in
that with the opinion of the great soldier of his
gaantry, and his opinion of the great soldier, writ
ten for the information of the public would interest the
people of Tennessee quite much his dishonorabe
reflections upon the memory Of the great whose fame
constitutes the pride and honor of this State To under
stand why he breveted it is only necessary to say
that that honor reflected from Gen. Scott, his chief
upon whose reports the Govercmen acted in comforting
brevets.
Such is brief sketch of the brilliant achievements of
this veteran warrior who with the breve rank of Brga
dier General, resigned his commission and abandoned
the army rather than obey the order of his Government
and 60 duty with his regiment to frontiers where
by possibility he might have fight the Indians In
regard to his character of honor and truth the
country will remember him co-conspirator and
sociate witness of Mr.. N p Trst who by their false
hoods Matched the difficulties and provoked the rupture
between myself and Gen. Scott and acted his pimps
in getting up the asehoods embodied in the foul charges
against me, and then appeared before the court of
inquiry and against with malice so ndiscree
as to dscredt themselves and to the court to
aside their testimony thus branding them convs of
wilful faIse-stc
While viii be ready at all times to make good the
statements in my address if any gentleman will take issue
with upon them, yet proper selfrespect forbids
that should do than notice the Misrepresentation
and aspersons of Hitchcock Trist who are par
BILE fratrun in crime. This much will do, nasmuch
some persons may his dirty efusions who have not
had an opportunity of examining my address shall
point out and two papable fsehoods in his let
ter so that the public may that he is still engaged in
his old vocation of wilful Misrepresentation.
In my address made the following statements, viz
n appointing mission travel with the army treat
for peace f opportunity should o the grade of di
pomac duty to be performed and the emouments thereto
attached made impossible for the President find
who would accept the place. The selected for that
position Mr.. N p Trs But either distrustng his
ability, judgment prudence all these, President
Polk was not satisfied to place the honor of the country and
his Administration in his hands alone.
By his confidential letters, in my possession he so
far associated myself with Mr. Trist to place in
enoined upon Mr. T of taking ints all his conferences
and to consult in all his negotiations The duty was
imposed upon patriot and the devoted friend of
President guard and the honor of the country and
of his Administration against any and every thing which
thought would tarnh the the other 1t will hence be
that while Mr. Trist was the osensib commissioner
in fact the confidential officer of the Government upon
whom the President relied guard and protect the
the country in the important negotiations involving the
of the country"
1t will be seen from the above statement that repre-
sent myself as having been placed by the President in
semi relations with Mr.. Trst as commissioner
and that occupied the position of confidential officer
of the Government in connexion with this mission, of
which fact Mr.. Trist had full knowledge But had no
duty to perform such civil officer with Gen. Scott and
there is not word said upon that subject and yet
this swift Witness in his letter to the ST. Louis Repub
can, makes the following reckless statement, viz:
This very remarkable paper stands alone it presumed
instance wherein candidate for office before peo
pie bases his claims his principal claim upon open con-
ssion of having occupied the low and dishonorabe position
OF the conduct of his commanding General Gen.
Pillow unbushingly tells that he joined Gen. Scott in
Mexico the confidential officer of the Government upon
whom the President relied guard and protect the honor
the country In the important negotiations involving the peace
of the country In this position Gen. Pillow having
the entree to the presence the Commanding Gene
raj at all times and frequently having seat at his private
table, accumulated materials for deaming his condng com
mandng officer in confidential old companion in
law Office then the President of the United States and
this astonishing fact and claims from the peope
of his State high office reward his service in
that capacity Who does not the shocking things
thus disclosed and disclosed too by the very who
pied degrading position What officer of the American
of proper would permit himself
made such instrument? What would due sense deli
and honor have prompted gentleman do finding
himself appealed to for dshonorable service Undouh
edy he would have thrown back the Presidents appeal with
scorn, or he would have laid the whole matter before the
Commanding General and profess only with his full
knowledge. But Gen. Pillow accepted the degrading posi-
ton rendered him by the President and now claims credit
ston him the of the Commanding
General"
Here with my address before him. this Ex-Inspector
General states what he knew to be deliberate false
hood viz that confess myself to have been spy upon
Gen. Scott and, having assumed this lie, he has the
efrontery upon to base his calumnious structures
fouy aspersng my character and covery assaiing the
memory of President Polk Who does not perceive that
if had accepted the position of spy upon Gen. Scotts
movements and had in doing dishonored myself that
the President in imposing such a duty upon me- was
dishonorng himselfs But accepted such position
and he knew it when he penned the article. How des-
picably base must he be who will thus Intentionally fabr
cate fasehood in order to get opportunity of SLAM
dering the memory of the ustrous dead and of venting
the malice of his soul against the whom he tried to
vctimize with his false testimony before the courts of
inquiry If he before court of Justice for
the first time and with untarnished reputation would
not this Wi!fut fatsehood utterly dscredit him
Nearly ten years ago. in my defence before that court
(which published to the world denounced him as
destitute of TRUTH honor and courage He has pockeed
this withering denunciation since in silence He
comes FORTH protesting to be governed alone by the
desire to protect the character of the great SOLDIER
and to enghten the people of Tennessee as to my claim
to Senatorial honors his malice marked with fasehood
striking like the assassin in the dark
Ten years ago. when was under arrest awaiting a
trial upon charges which he expected to prove he
wrote anonymous letter to the New York Courier and
Enquirer, in which he said
"Piow, too is in arrest He is SO; and charges running
through several sheets of paper have been Forwarded t
Washington and they represent him in odous light
that cannot think of him but with disgust He charged
with lying and with dupcity and treachery; in fact his
character is utterly prostrate here"
Again he said
He Pillow could only have received slight blow of
sort possibly he struck his foot ankle against some
projecting limb, without knowing what it was"
Gen. Scott, in his official report, said of this slight
btoU against projecting limb " g This gallant leader