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ATLANTA, GEO.,
n esdat^ septembkATo, isst.
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Hr. Bnehanan’i Letter ud Xr. lu-
ohaaan'i OftMMt.
Xr. Mticbanan’i letter toll* « Forty Cler
gymen” wh > so impudently addrewd him in
reference to sfiafm in Kamaa. we are glad to
see, both at the North and the Sooth, hat be n
received with a " well done »bo* pood and
faithful servant, such as even his friends can
not claim for his admirable inougn-.i 1
adJrtse^popnlarjts that address was. And
yet. while this is true, the degenerate -p rtt of
Know Nothing ism in the South—are ,n
Georgia—prompts. here and there, r party
pretS. and a party leader, to sneer at the Pro
idem, to malign his motives, and, in some case
imitating the abolition off-scourings of Ne
England, to condemn him for the writiinr i
enpuon! , _ .
Direct letter* to Editors Atlanta Examiner
Democratic Nominations.
FOR GOVERNOR.
JOSEPH E. BROWS.
OF CHEROKEE
FOR CONGRESS.
First District—JAS. L. SEW ARD.
Second.
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh
Eighth
Wa» ever people in lb« h imor «oo«J >"
“ W’aa ever people in this humor won ?”
If all “ Bedlam and Pamassns were let ou;.
and each unhappy inmate were to constitute
himself a Know Nothing stump orator, wi h
design to bring contempt upon the Sooth, to
reiie upon Mr. Buchanan's letter-, nnd reproach
I ..itn for having written it, would be all the poor
| evns would nrtd for the accomplishment of
i so nefarious an end We, however, feel and
I knotc that, in their bear's, thousands of the
i " American " party of Georgia, approve every
cutiment, line, uud word, of the President's
: >-tter, as well as the writing and publication
hereof. but thos? are not leaders and eandi-
' JaUs lor office, who, hungry for honors and
lor spoils.'sacrifice Southern honor for seff—
| no: they are part and parcel of the bone and
shtea of the State, who, though unhappily
M. J. CRAW FORD. Jmeritans." are nevertheless keenly sensitive
D. J. B AILEY. I as to Southern Riirhts and Southern honor,
L. J. GAR TRELL. ( and will I ever Ik* tonnd aiding and abetting
A. R. WRIGHT.
JAS. JACKSON
LIN. STEPHENS.
STATE LEG1SLATI RE.
For Senator.
JARED 1. WHITAKER.
For Representative
JOHN C, WESTMORELAND.
our common enemy,
L'pou the same “ wild hunt," the leaders of
H «TFPHF\N , the American party, not only abuse Mr. Bu-
A. H. S I brH E.N- . j ebanan, but abuse and traduce his Cabinet —a
Cabinet composed of four Southern men, aud
three N orthern Democrats, every one of whom
bad been sacrificed in their States for standing
oy the Scu'.h in every hour of her late trials,
W ho, we a 3 .,. is Floyd, of Virginia, that he
should is..denounced a? a traitor to the South?
Who. Brown, of Tennessee; Thompson, of
Set Third page for Late News. Mississippi; and Cobb, of Georgia? These
• - — - — ~ ~ ~~ j men traitors I If so. where in (Jod’s name
GIN G- J. PILLOW S ADDRESS , shall w ; find men true to foe Cjnstitutiou and
To the People of Tennessee, j the South ? Sbaii we le>ok'for them among
We levote a large portion of our ‘•Daily tK? sworn members of the .Secret Order of
Kxamher” to the address of Geu. Pillow to Know Nothings?— or, in the American party,
'.tie peole of Tennessee. We do so, t o* among the sympathisers of that odious. anti-
w uhout offering any apology for it, conti- 1 repub..can, lleaven-forsaken organization ?—
• ot thatall who read it will thank us for Shall F;oyd, aid Brown, and Thompson, aud
ransferrin; so instructive and important a Cobb, giv way f r Hen. Lilli, Racse Wright,
paper to otr columns,. Had we the time 18am Elam, and Frank Bartow ? And, in tk»
and space, ve should refer to some of the t North, Cass, and Toucey, and Black,
coding pouts, or 'act*, iu the add res- way for Reward, and Sumner, and G hidings?
which serve oexplain, and throw light upon 1’his Would indeed be a most glorious consum-
. idents of tit- Mexican War, and the di- motion—one. though devoutly wished for, would
piotnary thereof, which reflect great credit I yet tr:ke tra .:■> ■ many a patriot! But it
upon Gen. Pillow . who was much traduced is waste of ink, and paper, and time, to defend
at the rim.-. A candidate now before the . Mr. Bcfoui-.iii and ir- Cabinet against the
Legislature of Tennessee, to represent that | charge that they are traitors to the South.—
State in the United Ststes Senate, Gen Pi' I he pa.- vindicates Lc-m . the future will
low has thought piopt r to address the p* o- prov ‘.hi’ they have Own, and are trio-, to the
pie upon his pol'-tcal as well as Ins military U nst;'. o und the South '
career, trusu*g,as we do, that in hi* election I
an et: . rscutent thereof, by Tennessee, w
and attention to tfcsir Wants, antidk tfcs die-
•am of a pestilential cUnwtsnnd theWd
ahipa of a camp UR.
To the report* of Geu. Scott, my imme
diate and only auperior in the army, with
whigh I fonght, 1 refer, for the manner in
which I bore myaelf in commend, and sus
tained the hoonor of Tcnnmee upon the
many battle field* of Mexico. Gen. Scott
was t...der no suspicion of partiality for me
—and may. therefore, without indelicacy,
refer do ''is report*, for my bearing upon
those holds, which have reflected *o much
honor upon ourcountry. By them lain wil
ling to be judged.
While I was thus engaged uv. a foreign
war, ende ,g to maintain the right and
defending the honor of the country, a ma.
ligna it party arts* at home was perpetually
pouting its volumes of abuse aud calumny
upon •no. All that ridicule, falsehood and
, v mi • could do to destroy my reputation
w i. ic. My only answer to thoso assaults
v.il do«> 1 gave the enemy in front.—
1 tel in vindicating my reputation as
a *. 1 Midi my sword, 1 best answered
the ir oi the enemy in the rear."
Tl..- o»« of the brilliant nampaign which
res\ Ited in tin- >-.ipturo of the enemy’* capi
tal. found me cat duion.
In a few day - afterwards, while prostrate
m* „
Geo. Seott
upo, a
main
wltteh
from m
ed.aud
its • <v
third
come
hod, from
b the r-sult of his candidacy,
The Democracy of Richmond
The Democratic party ot Richmond aun
ty, met last night in Augusta, to t. mutate
andidates lor the Legislature; on which
occasion, we see it announced in the follow
ing manner, by the Constitutionalist, that
our friend. Col. Lochrare-. will address the
meeting;
“Col Lochbzne, of Macon, lias teen m-
. tied to be present and address the meeting.
He is an earnest and eloquent -peakc-.
aud we can. safely promise those who may
attend, that they wi I be not only instructed
by his vindication o: the principles of the
party, but entertained by his exposure of
the want of principles of the opposition."
Judge Brown's ippolntim-nts.
Judge Brown will ddress his fel‘ weiti-
At Augusta. Saturday night,
“ Greensboro', Monday,
■ Madison, Tuesday
“ Covington, .Wednesday
’• Monticello, Thursday
“ Jackson, Friday
■• Griffin, Saturday *
“ Butler, Monday
Perry, Tuesday
■ Americus, Wednesday
“ Albany, Thursday
Hon. B. H. Hill is respectfu
ed to attend and discuss upon i
8as“ .Veto Yoi k Sept. 1 — n *
.-real excitement iu W II s'n-i.-r
defalcation of the paying teller
ebonies Banking Association i--land t -b
the cause :f the clu ing of the d ors
bank. ti/.'jgb th Po t of thi- evening leu : -
ibat its afla;r- nav been critically invo • d
.or some time. The bank bad b en running
behind at the Clearing Iloas- and ,;nrn.; t W
»: c-jnferei.ce decided yesterday -r.it it Lad iu-
■ ;rr d 'he penalty of exclusion. 1 bis. of rourw.
• juivalent to its purvl'e discredit.
Sept. 19.
“ 81.
“ 30.
Oct, 1.
ily request-
y..i! terms.
Interesting < onitiiunlcat ion.
Below wepuidiiii a communication from
Gen. Pillow i" the people of Tennessee,
whn-z, in the finguage of the Union A A-
merican, “gives an interesting aeeount of
the unwritten hut -rp ot the secret negoeta--
t. -ns of Mr. Trtst durtngthe Mexican War,
from u liich it appears that uen. Pillow was
a eonjuientiai f.eer of ti>» Government, as-
. riated with Mr. Trist, snd especially con-
r. i- ■! tn by President Polk tu guard against
a p. - - • b I - * c Mipromis -q tiie interests or
honor of the Gorernuient.
•■It als ip;iL irs tr ,-m i!n^ communication
ti. Gen. Pillow i protest and opposition to
»!. - si i-re; negotiations and the armistice
growing out of them was the cause of Mr,
1 rut s rec: d by the President and of his
(Gen. I 1 , s rupture with General .Scotland
Mr. Trist.
** 1 uese interesting developments explain
ing to the uutry, tor the first time, the im
portant relations winch Gen. p occupied
towards the Government and this mission,
place his conduct, bis motives oi action and
th> rupture between himself, Gen. Scott
and Mr. Trut in a new light before the coun
try that cannot tail to deeply interest our
reader.
He therefore uvite spec
this commuriieatjori.
“niton to
in d o
Mt -
T
Ir
v , To the 1'euplc of Tcnnewee
ln p.acing myself betore the country as a
candidate for United States Senator, I teel
that it ts not improper for me briefly to rc-
fer t , tiie motives which have prompted my
. amt ' ' state the principles by which
1 •• .a., be governed if honored with vour
pa
[the demo
hood, but
a soldtet
rio:'. . Sept. ! —JJie president Sec
retary oi in,: 1 r* j-ary. and Wecietary of the i rece ‘ vm K
Navy, with their luaiuea. wid other official?,
'•enerai Ward,Genera Burnett, and several
oiemoers of the press, to-iay ntu-r.dedthe wed-
dit-g of the Hon. Hiram H i- . [
i:'e a recherche affair.
known to you liiai 1 have not hereto-
gu political honors. That 1 have
• | rtictpated in all the great politi-
'gles t .rough which the country has
i?r many years, is not unknown to
of uiy immediate neighbor-
irticipation has been that of
ranks—neither asking nor
I ire in the fruits of the vie-
was
tory.
Incidental to u
formed, was an ai
nomination of Mr
6*1- 1'zr'.t.g August more than one „u-
und li'- ho- -red warrants have been is* ie,j
..di-r the bounty mhd w L f Idoi, to satii-
-i which twu hundred and thirty-one thou
• ,:.J u res will be ncce»-ary. So far tweoty-
\ mil .- ;■ five hucdrel th :--.ud acr-1 have
• - - -ran’td in accordance with that at-.
humbl. part I have per-
ive participation in the
Folk, and in the strug
gle w hich resulted m placing him in the
Presidential chair. Tnat event was follow
'd by the war with Mexico. The part 1
bore m that war is known u, the country.
A i l ive to lay of those services, is, that
I l p< rfortn my duty m the difficult
and trying positions in which I was placed
To the brave ons ol Tennessee ol my com
mand. 1 app. i a* wit n( ises ol my kindness
Wi
M .
o our army, I at
wtaiok matter,
end defended the mcu>
•re, both apon thawore of murals and as to
the usage of governments. ITe wid we were
not enmpting Santa Anna, for the fact that
he was found in the market, asking a bribe, was
proof that he was already corrupted.
In regard to the practice of Governments;
he aald it was a wage of all Governments to
effect their purpose, when necessary, by mon
ey, and that ottf Government had sanctioned
the practice. He said the presents made by
it to tho Chiefs of Indian tribes and to the
Barbary powers, were nothing bnt bribes.—
He further said that in the settlement of the
North-eastern boundary question, £500,000
hud been used—no oue knows how, but the
officers of the Government, uuless it was used
to bribe the Maine press. He mentioned oth
er instances in which the Government hail ex
pended large sums of money in this way.
Finding Gen. Scott clear os to the right of
the measure, and earnest in his co-operation
with Mr. Trist, and not being familiar myself
with the usages of other Governments, nor the
practice of our own, I doubted what I ought
to do ; ami in deference to his wishes uud
judgmeut, suspended uiv opposition, until a
day’s reflection had couth med uiy opinion of
duty to my country. Qn the night after the
confereuce took place, Gen. Scott called u
council of General officers, to whom he made
known what had been done iu the way of ne
gotiation, and to whom lie expressed substan
tially the views and opinions above detailed.
Being satisfied after reflection that my first
impressions were right, 1 went next day to
Gen. Scott and Mr. Trist, aud protested so
earnestly against the whole matter that they
both said 1 was right, and that they would
abandon the negotiations. I then thought
they were sincere in their purpose to abandon
jt, aud all idea of peace to be thus obtained.
In a few days afterwards the army com
menced the march for the valley of Mexico.
We renched the valley,had fought the battle
of Contreras and Cherubnsco, (a continuous
fight that lasted nearly two days.] when at last
every portion of the field was won by the in
domitable valor of the American army, and
whilst pursuing the enemy at the head of the
army, and almost within the gates of the city
I received Gen. Scott's order to halt the army,
and fall back to his position—when I learned
from him that it wn-t his purpose to grant an
armistice.
The enemy had sent no flag oi truce, nor
had he asked an armistice. 1 at once told
Gen. Scott the city was in his power—that 1
thought be ought to take it provide for ti e
wants of his army, and then grant an armis
tice, if the enemy desired it-
'Gen. Seott replied that his purpose was set
tled, aud gave orders for the disposition of the
army for the night then approaching.
Next day I went to Gen. .Scott's head
, quarters, taking Geu Worth with me, and we
fo. ! he man selected for that posi-,., ,, , ,,
_.- ,, 1 both earnestly protested against the armistice,
s Mr. N. P. Trist. But either dis- . >,
, . but to no purpose,
St II not satisfied, tin same day I addressed
a written remonstrance to Gen. Scott, which I
sent bv Gen. Pierce—still more earnestly pro
testing against this araiistiue, as likely greatly
to endanger the safety ot the artny in future
operations. But all tny ifforts were of no
avail. I was now satisfied that Gen. Seott
was acting under the influence’ and wishes of
Mr. Trist, aud that he was carrying into eflect
the Puebla ergot atious. That in doing so,
if we got peace, it would be at the cast of tho
bon r of the army and of the Government of
the eoniitH- That if we cot no pn.ci, Sauta
Anna wod?3 avail bim-elf of the armistice to
recruit his beaten and disorganized army, to
complete lib defensive works, and to remove
his heavy artillery from the front wo bad
tw nrH, to the frout we were availing. And
that in the event of Naina Anna's iiad faith
in this negotiation, we were giving up all the
advantages gained by the battles of Contreras
and Chernbusco, [which had cost us the blood
of 10 0 men ] without anything in return,and
without any guarantee of the enemy's good
faith.
EnterUhting there views of the object and
effect of the armistice,and the purposes of Mr.
Trist, and finding that I could do nothing to
prevent the consummation of measures ,-o dis
reputable to the government, I at once wrote
to President Polk, giving him a full account
of the negotiations, und the steps adopted to
wards its fulfillment. Upon the reception of
this information, the President prompt ly re-
ca led Mr Trist withdrew from him all au
thority to act as commissioner, arid directed
Gen. Scott to smd him back to the Ciuted
Stales.
The recall, however, was uot received until
Gio. Scott had resumed offensive operations,
and the Army had entered the City of Mexico.
The armi.tice lasted fifteen days, during
which time Santa Anua had completed his de
fence?, had removed his heavy artillery from
El Pinion and Mexicalzingo, and had reor
ganized and recruited his army and had 25,-
000 fighting men in the field,—and then re-
announced that the armistice was at an end.—
And in the alter operations ‘of the army-
made necessury by the armistice, and by giv
ing up ail the advantages gained by tho first
two bloody battles, we lost in killed uud wound
ed 1C72 men, so that the army had to atone
for the error of its General-in-Chief, acting
under the influence of the Government Com-
miceioncr—with the blood of many of its
bravest men.
Up lo this time Gea. Scotl had never been
Otlierwise than jasi and kind to me.
At Vera Cruz, he had »elecled me to lead
the storming column of volunteer forces in the
contemplated a-suult upon thut city. He af
terwards appointed me a Commissioner over
the heads of my then seniors in rank, to fix
upon the terms of its capitulation, lie had
which 1 did not rise lor
s, I was arrested. A sword
not dishonored was wrested
■-my personal was dismember-
gallant division which had cut
' the city, at a loss of nearly two
s members, was taken from my
and ordered to remote and interior
posi.ions in Mexico. 1 was confined a pris
oner in the City of Mexieo for 90 days, and
until released by order of the President of
the United States.
A lot g investigation of the charges pre
ferred ; gainst me. resulted in the triumph,
ant vindication of my reputation, and in o-
verwheiming my enemies and persecutors
with shame and falsehood.
But then is a mystery, a secret history in
the motives of those who sought to destroy
my eharaetcr and to strip me of the humble
honor of services which eost me so much
suffering, which has never vet been under
stood by tiie country.
That mystery 1 propose to remove.
It is due to iny own reputation, to the me
mory -f the great and patriotic statesman
who v 09 tlien Chief Magistrate of the Na
tion. and to the truth of History, that the
veil wh eh has now, for ten years, conceal
ed the truth from the public, should be 7//'-
tcd.
In . ppointing a Mission to travel with the
army ; id treat for peace, (if an opportunity
should offer,) the grade of diplomatic duty
to he performedi ami the emoluments thereto
attached made it impossible for the Presi
dent to find'a statesman who would accept
the place,
lion wa
trusting his ability, or judgment, orprudem
or all of these, President Polk was not sat
tsfled -. place the honor of the country,!
and of his Administration into Mr. Trist's
hand alone.
By fiw ■nfidential letters, now in Iny pos- ,
session, he so far asssociated myself with
AI Trist, as to place me in semi official re
lations with him as a Commissioner. The
duty was enjoined upon Mr. Trijt of taking
me into all his conferences, ami to consult
me in all his negotiations. The duty was
imposed upon me as a patriot, and devoted
friend of the President, to guard and protect
the honor of the country and his administra
tion against any and everything which 1
thought would tarnish the one or the other.
It will thence be seen, that while Mr. Trist
was the ostensible commissioner. I wss, in
fact, the confidential officer of the Govern
ment, np n whom the President relied to
guard and protect the honor of the’eountry,
in the important negotiations involving up
peace of the country.
When I rei.h-d the 11 cad Quarters of the
rtny ut I’u ''u, 1 eras invited to conference
•i’ll Mr Trist. On ay arrival at his qnar-
r --1 ,uud lien. Scott there. Mr. Trist ic-
urtBc) me t* at hud opened negotiations
A'iUi '•ar;ta A_.; j.and bad pretty well agreed
I -tpoti the pr itiiinaru-j of negotiations for
peace. Gy tr- mis Manta Anna was to be
ash in . 1 i -.irtrst money. £10.000,
r irr .y ru u inarch lo the valley of
ir.d I !- a battle before the City If
an iimislioe wtuuo be granted, and
tne. ipp intisi .o treat for peace.—
i e -noukl m concluded, Santa Anna
n reivi ..lie million of dollars more,
larilier informed me that these
ir» nail i>*i
•d to, bnt it wot an open
quest n wbetner Ainta Anna or Gen. Scott,
fafle the battle * i- fought) should take the
initia- v and red 'he flag of truce prepara-
niatii-e—Santa Anna insisting
that Gt n' should send the Hag. but Gan.
Sco't ir.-. • •». if I e won the battle, Saii-a Anna
shorn i do 11. IT- further said Gen. Scott had
funds ' ,ro the money, and that he had paid
tbe3!< itTi required to be paid in advance,
and 'h Gen. Scott had the means in the
disb ring department of the army or could
rai*; the means, of paying the million to be
paid at the conclusion of the negotiations.—
He also said In had invited me to the confer
ence in pursuance of the order of tin Presi
dent, a> d de«ired my approval of the terms.
I ask'-d Mr Tri9t if thtre was any Uw au
thorizing such uu use of the public money?—
He replieii there was not. I then asked him
if 'he President had authorized such * use of
it. He replied lie had not; but he thought it
was the best be could do.
Regarding this as an improper iu*. ( ,f tbc
public money, and as a bribe to the commander
of the enemy's force*, and as dishonoring the
seWctod ne to attack In front the strongly for*
tilled flsld of Cerro tJordo - while with the
main force of the army be turned the enemy’s
left.
Finding his army so much crippled by the
operations at Vera Cruz a’ud the battle of
Cerro Gordo, that he conld not advance upon
the City of Mexico, he sent mu to the United
States, (under sick leave of absence,) but in
fact to procure from tho President an order to
reinforce his command by the new troops pre
viously ordered to Gen. Taylor's line of oper;
tions; which dirty beiug performed, 1 returned
and overtook the army, and assumed the com
mand off? Division at Puebla.
lie placed me in command of the advance of
the army in the movement? that led.fotlie bat,
ties of Contreras uud Churubusco. In the
midst of this last, long continued and bloody
battle, he sent his life-guard, (coinuiaudcd by
Captain Kearney) to me for duly, thus leav
ing himself at Coyoacan, without even a life
guard. Immediately on the termination of the
armistice ho threw me forward to Piedad, al
most under the walls of the City, to drive in
the enemy, and protect his army from surprise
and stratigieul movement, [with orders never
for oue moment to be absent from my post,
while he was concentrating his forces nnd set
tliug his plan* for future operations. 11c mov
ed from this place in the darkness of the night,
to dash upon and seize the Casa Mata, and the
Moliuos del Iley, preparatory to storming
Chapuitepee, and having chosen me to storm
that strong and almost impregnable fortifica
tion, [which commanded all the approaches to
the city.] and when it bail beconn evident that
it was victory or death lo the whole army, lie
directed me to assail the work as I pleased,
bnt that I must carry it, no matter at what
cost—that the fate of the army depended upon
my success.
Being disabled iu this duty, Gen. Seott.said
iu his official Reports, “That this gallant lea
der was cut down, while up with the front
rank, by an agonizing wound." In his offieiu 1
corres) ondeucejhe said, ‘‘From what lie person
ally fa "’. he (1) received an agonizing wound in
the able and heroic discharge of duty” in stor
ming Chapuitepee. Again he said. “On your
back as you still are with a painful wound , 1
yesterday very reliietantly troubled you with
a note of that date but was obliged to do so,
before finishing my report of the recent glori
ous operations, in which you had u full and
glorious participations.” ' *
“Again lie said in haste, permit me to repeat
once ir ore, that J have, from my first meeting
with you, been anxious from n high opinion ol
jour h ad and heart, your intelligence, lienor,
zeal, and valor. o win your esteem and confi
dence, on any terms consistent with justice and
honor."
I refer to these high official testimonials of
Gen. .Seott not in a vainglorious spirit, but to
show how strong uu influence must have been
brought to bear upon his mind, to have indue,
ed him’(btforc the ink with which Ins official
reports were wti'-.t-u, was dry) to have treated
with such harshness and injustice, an officer, of
whose conduct he had just spoken in his re
ports, iu terms of unqualified appro'.'.-tfiui and
whose "confidence and esteem lie was anxious
to win upon any terms with honor and just jgg.'
That influence was the misrepresentations ol
Mr. l'rist—who. availing himself of Geu,
Scott’s known jealousy of command, und oftny
opposition to the armistice—coupled.jyith the
letters written front the army condemnatory of
the armistice and lamlatorv of myself, inflamed
Gen- Scott's feelings, and so maddened hii
sense of justice, as to blind him in all his after
conduct.
Mr. Trial’s object, was to revenge upon the
man who had caused his recull, and to disgrace
and discredit the only man who ’ a J knowledge
of his corrupt negotiations, lie know that
I had written to President Polk, (for I had
shown him the letter.) Hu’. Geu. ricott did
not. He knew that to accomplish h s pur
pose, lie must control Gen. ricotl’s moral pow
er and influence in the army.
Gen. Seott never suspected his real purpose.
The armistice hud greatly affected the confi
dence and feelings of the army towards Gen
Scott, while my opposition to it, being known
throughout the army, had tended to induce
an overestimate of my services.
This was seen by Gen. Scott iu the many
letters ivritten from the army to the home press
—and his sensibility on this point, may be
seen in the issuance of his offensive general or
der, intended to disgrace Gen. Worth and my
self, upon the bare suspicion r that we had
written such letters. It was this order that,
leu to the arrest of Gen. Wortli and Col. Dun
can , and though be arrested me under a dif
ferent pretext, his main cbarge.was, that I also
had written similar letters.
Under these ciri instances, .Mr. Trist found
it au easy matter to induce Gea. Scott to be
lieve I was endeavoring to supplant him in the
confidence and affections of the army, and to
s'rip him of the honor, to which he was enti
tled, as its commander. That lie did so be
lieve. is manifest from his charges against
me.
Hence the blindness with which lie rushed
into the extremes ol injustice nnd wrung to
wards me, which proved so fatal to his own
reputation for justice towards hi .“subordinates
iu command, and which had well nigh ru*
incj the humble individual who uow addnss s
you.
It will be seen Irom this narrative of events,
that.all my trials and persecutions—all the
falsehoods and calumnies heaped upon me in
conseqncnee of my rupture with Gen. ricott —
all the blackening and defamatory ehurges, by
which he sought to strip me ol the humble
honor of my re-rvic-es, aud to disgrace me as u
man of honor—all the poisoned infused into
•he mind of the Nutiou by the party press,
that all this oboloquy was heaped upon - me,
because 1 earnestly protested against the cor
rupt ffeubla negotiation?, nnd tho nraiiBiice
a part of if which cost tlid army th« live, oi
so many brave men, aud because f made
kuown to the President,us T was iu bonoi
bound to do, the existence of the-e disgraceful
proceedings-
riciic-e it will be sen that, iuutead ot having
caused the rupture between the President and
Gcd. Scott nnd Mr. Trist, from an officious and
inlerinedling disposition, ns I wa9 charged to
have done, 1 was engaged iu a sacred duty to
my co n 'ry in all that I did. And though 1
was so gr ally wronged by tho press, and by
public opinion, such were my confidential re
lotions lo the Government and lo this mission
tliat 1 could neither expose the motives of those
who sough tjto Octroy me, nor the sense of duly
which controlled my conduct.
Iu my defence of the charge against me, I
was compelled to confine myself to the charges
themselves trusting lo the future for the vin
dication of my motives and tho fidelity with
which I met the responsibilities of my posi
tion nr tic' confidential officer of the Govern
ment.
The best friends I hud iu the army did all
they could to induce me acquiesce iu Geu-
Scott's refusal to prosecute the charges against
me. But conscious of my innocence' and hnv
ing b_en actuated by a high sense of duty to
my country. I demanded an investigation of
the charges, and an order from the court com
pelling him to prosecute them, or publicly to
admit that, they were false.
ffioosc to brave ail the consequences, rath
er thuu submit to be thus calumniated, or vio
late the confidence reposed in me by my Gov
ernment.
In nil this I claim tohave douu^iul my duty
but the tune has now arrived when I th.uk the
reintioiis before to the Government und this
mission, should be made known that my con
duct may be understood uml my motives upper*
riated,
I now uppear before the people of Tennes-
aii-i a?k their verdict upon these [acts. I
appeal to them for justice, and I state the per
formance u! ihese confidential services to my
country, wi en neither th- purposes of injustice
nor secrets >if State, require them longer to be
withheld from the public. 1 could not state
than cui li.-r, consistently with my sense of du
ty.
I he (acts, substantially as above given, wiH
be found in the sworn testimony of myself aud
other General officers in the archives at
Wushiugtuu, taken by order of the then Pres
ident of the United States.
I he great man. whose sleepless anxiety for
the hom ,,ty and Welfare ot the cuuutry imposed
upon me these Uy ing dut es, has passed away
but not so, the impress of his mind, und the im
perishable achievements of his administration.
I hese ore seen iu the glory of our arms— in the
countless millions of gold with which our Pa
cific attain.rs are freighted, and in the rapid
mirch of civil,za: inn and freedom to the distant
shores of the Pacific. Hud he lived this ap
peal to try o-onntlymen, to remove from my
name 11 ■ repioach implied l>y their apparent
mgleet, would ueverhuvo been ntscssary. He
would long since have mude known my scr-
vicc.-', un-l tiie itioli'.is which actuated my con*
III regard lo the ui c of conduct 1 aha!
udop: if I: uored with your confidence, I have
only to say, that, 1.think 1 have given prool
enough of love of country to satisfy yon, that
I will never intentionally prove faithless to the
trust reposed in me.
Upon the great question which now threa
tens the L nion ol the States, 1 declare my at
tachment to the Union to be second only to the
rights trsured by the Constitution to theStntes.
Upon this quo tion, 1 have nofnrther con
cessions to grant, no more comprises to make.
I consider tho South a* already driven to tin
wall, h urtlier, sbe ought not, cannot, shall
not retreat witli my concurrence.
Respectfully,
G1D. .1. PILLOW.
H OOD'.S HAIR RESTORATIVE.—Wo
have never kuown any other medicine win ns
large a share of public confidence in so short a
time as this has done. It has not been more
tbau a year since we first heard of it, and it
now slands nt the head of all remedies of the
kind. Ho have never used any of it ourselves
having had no occasion, us onr “crown of
glory not only us yet retains its orignal color,
but gets more so—but some of our friends
have, und we have never known it to fail in
restoring the hair to its original color. We
advise such as arc becoming prematurely gray,
to give the ‘-Restorative'' u trial.—Chester
{III.) 11, raid.
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Sept. 7,1857
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