The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-02-26

remjnscpas cslsd up by Secretary Ds, :
General scott Ssys:-"Fos revenge the slnB.
ders respecting thu trial II 1910 was dsin-
TERED by Your hitter II september, which
being refu'ei ~ the .aIae npaib, i npw ~
produced with variations.
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THE ca'p,ic etIistle. thu b'auiifcd .iih
political extracts, va responded 81 IS lb''
-s-r,tary 10 = beginning ,hHs.
War I,rr IgrngNr. Feb. =. l-.,6.
SIR; ! received yVar htteF dated Jaun-
AIRY 81, anil prooe,i to nolio IL contents.
You haze persisted in making your lrttsrs
Official, aud haze thns forced upon ~ the
obligation to roc'iyc them and reply, 10 .nch
terms as SEEN Ia me appropriate, In the
hairless accusa,ion that I have cn.isvorri
To provoke duel with an old soldier. knows
to ipe ~ lame In both arnfa ~ 70 write with
difficulty and pain
Tho. ignorcnt Of ihe lac, that the great
disability 81 which you complain was the ~.
ml, Of fall upon the pavement in New
York. w0nld naturally mfr from the intro
duc,iou of the phras' "od soldier" that YOU
were i,y wounds received In battle lisqnal,.
fed for self defense, and every GENEROUS
heart tina, believed your assertion would si.
II with indignant eensure the unmanly at
tempt Ia involve wounded veteran n
personal combat. Bu, no such parpo-' was
entertained You hni given notice 10 the
world that you would no, act upon tho ~p-
timpt which makes gentleman rssponsi.
bic 10 any une whom he assais when IN tho
vigor Of manhood iou pleaded spnsn Of
religion and patriotic sernplcs. ~ reasons
for not answcringto the personal defence
o. an aggriesed officer. General jackson
your superior in military rank, and infinitely
grratrr than you IN very other respect and
Il was not to b. supposed that you wond,
nj this time. take dlffrcn, grounds, Hut no
disability. no age, no plea u coD,crntinns
seruplts can bc admitted 20 shielI - ~laas
derer from rebuke, and wbsn yon gra,ni,nus
~ imputed 10 me motives injurious and o.
fcusive 10 me, ! addressed to you M unofficial
note and fixed On you the brand Of falrhood
which you vainly endeayor to wash away
with your aniailing food Of abusive cI,,-
,he's Your obcdient servant.
JEFFERSON DAVIS
To Ereye, Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott.
Us
10 this spicy communication and THESE
gentle hints at his cowarlcc, the beto Of
l.nndys Lane thus pitches Into his adversary
under date March 20, AMI says Again you
rcur 10 my past history and my court mar
tial Of 1910. Now your thrice told tale 4"
again and again rfd,cd AMI pat 10 shame
hut which with Caliban malice, that need
must curse. you ar likely 10 reproduce Ia
the end Of the chapter. II only Ia give me the
advantage, as you say Of referring 10 a par
ticular passage II my history this. to such
asprit, II not victory IA yet revenge"
10 this the Secretary Of War returns
lcngthy reply anil Gen. Scott again rctorts
my silenr. under the new provocatiou.
has been the result first OF my pity, next of
my forgcifulncs. Compassion + always due
Ia an enrngcd imbccile who lays about him
blows which hurt only himself. ar who u,
worst only seeks to sthc his opponent hy The
din Of naughty words"
The follow - % an appropriate PAS Ia
thi. rare 81 nan Of nficial correspond
cncc
WAX i'rr ,RrNESi May -. 1890.
Sir l have reccivcd yonr letter Of III.
20h in'' The delay for which yon make
n hypocririenl apology has strengthened soa
10 r@ume thu labor oi vltuIsra,eu, bat ba,
ing only IN this correspondence stamped y"u
with hlsehosl and Whenever YOU presented
a tangible point, convicted YOU hy conclusive
nrnaf | have ,t.ls.SI Ia r,.psrd yonr abnar