New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-09

The great Tennoss zee pillOw-which after such
wonderful performances should be called bolster
has ripped itself open again, and therefrOm has
losted cloud, composed not, ss We find upon In
spection, of down, nor yet of live geese feathers,
but of the mighty pens " of buzzards aud boobies
some of them being big enough to rehabitate any
extant and dilapidated specimen of tha. marvel OF
ancient Eastern travellers, the now defunct dodO
After this richly metaphOrical sentence upon which
We Justly plume ourselves, We must, for the sake
of the sdmring hut puzzled reader plumply an
nOunce that General Gideon j. Pillow, the con-
querer Of Mexico the digger Of bitches, the custo-
dian of the honor of bis country, the sole winner Of
We do not know hOw MANY battles aud also the
attorney at law has written another letter to show
that Winfield Scott IAN obscure person Of whom,
however, some people may have heard, who
never heard of the mighty Gideon j. is
a liar thief, pOltrOOn and charlatan.
This epistle presents to us tremendous and triple
case, viz: Pillow VS.. Tie Past, Pillow vs.. The
Present, and Pillow vs.. The Future; to say
nothing of side sections such As Pillow vs.. The
American People-PillOw IS. The American Con-
eress and Pillow vs. Common Sense--six cee-
brr,cd currs IN fact, rolled into one the trial OF
which, Ike Jsrndyce IS. Jarndyce will probably
90 Oh through several centuries the plaintiff being
one Ofthc mmOrtals, continually appearing pro Sc,
and securing to himself the inestimabe honor of
being considered ass by al endless succession of
tribunals We did hope, for his sake and not for
our own, since We like good grin ss We'll as the
merriest when Gen. Scott put al extingulsher
upon tho farthng candle of Gen. Gideon, that the
man of briefs and bombs would make no attempt
to relune it, But he has imprudendy done so;
and albeit there is precious little light, there is
prodigous sputterug and most unpleasant smell.
The net purport of General Pillows charge
agai st Scott is that the nantGencral paid to
the poverty.strcken Santa Anna the magnificent
sum of SIC, coo TO secure peace, being, for such
is the necessary implication, more in love with
fnancering than with fighting. After the dis
bursementOf this munifcent instament, General
Scott was 10 march 70 the City of Mexico. Then
there was to be of sham fight the
smallest possible number of individuals 70 be
killed. Then an armstice. Then the pay
ment of one million Of dollars TO Santa Anna.
Then the triumph of the American Eagle-the
GROWING glory of our dimes Susl was the sub
stance, according 10 Pillow, of the Puebla negotia
tons. To Ills General Scott has responded, that
le never paid dollar to Santa Anna. The reply
of Gideon amounts 10 Just this and no more: lie
co. lie firmly convinced that the Mexican Dicta-
tor bagged the money, and bought, we suppose, no
end of wooden legs herewith, together with
large ayiary of iglting-cocks. G.. j. Z. does not
pretend that Santa Anna ever fingered the 81
OOO, coo: So that the whole matter is reduced
TO an insignificant $4,000 trans.ction-im-
portsnt enough during a crisis in Wall street
but mere hafpenny affair when the conquest
of capital is desired For our own part not
caring fnger-snap who got the cash, we must as
sert. with the mOdcsty becoming our military and
militia experience, which is of tho most limited
character that at $4,000 the bargain was re-
narkaby shrewd one, and credtable to General
SCOTS financial abilities. There has been no such
brilliant conquest since the loye-lOm Jupiter
laughed at the lOcksmiths of Argos, and i'll quest OF
Danas, SuriferOusly stsrmed the brazen tower.
Pillow, with an Indignation of the high Roman
fashion, throws himselfintO perspiratOn OF virtue
and raves of the scsndaOus improperly of bribery.
He thinks no conquest 10 b. honorable or worth
peascod (et alone aurels) unless il be phebOtomcsl
and sstpetersh. We beg leave, not being martial
10 differ. We have always declined to fight duels,
upon the ground that when the shot were flying
about il was much safer and more comfortable TO
"go in than to go out. If the question were
between bribing our enemy If We have one in the
world and slaugbering him, We should strenuously
endesvor to raise the requisite wind, and not
throw away our hard earnings in purchasing pom
iards and powder and pistols. We would corrupt
the foe TO the utmost extent allowed by the interior
condition of our pocket book. But then we are
not, military.
Pillow is very severe in bis criticism of Gen.
Scotts operations before the City OF Mexico, which
were not according TO the taste Of this man of steel
and steepens; and he fayOrs US with tender
nissive (afectionately ending Yours truly and
stiIl more sfiectionately beginning Ny Dear Gen
erslO which he sent to his Commander, containing
tie best of advice, begging Winfield Scott lot TO
do this and that, but, according TO the Pillow tao
ties. 10 DO the other. The Scott strategy and the
Pillow strategy not precisely harmOnizng, the
former was adopted and quite naturally, inasmuch
as Pillow was not although he should have been,
in command of the American army. Gen. Scott,
With The most nsulfersbe vanity, and to the intense
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