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he country was not aware how formidable the wnig party considered Gen. Pillow before his ap- Poihtnent ns Gen. in the Mexicam war Since that tune the whole whig press hnve directed their ef- ofts 10 disparage his character. First came that oitcn on the wrong side Every little and big organ oI me universal party straghiway discovered that .ne oitch ras on the wrong side--and no mis- Iake' Besides that, Pillow put it there, and not tne engineers This being settled, such killing attempts at wit! Into the ditch the whole whig editorial corps plunged, and made the mud fly 70 their own amusement Second comes q mos. shnihiiating assault by the redoubtable Col, Has keli. Unfortunately those vile certificates. which showed that said Haskell was foremost in a re- treat, and apparently bud scared, has put qui- etas on this attempt. But along comes a letter ascribed 10 General Pillow--ridoolous enough but which 1t turns out he never wrote. Still it oid, and still does well for whig comments as t he wrote every word of it.

 The conduct of the General at the late battle was that of a good commander and brave man but some one writes letter giving him al the credit of the fight. Immediately the yhigs con Jectnre that he wrote it himself, when tue most probable conjecture is, that it was written by a political enemy to injure him. That he wrote ii himself every one knows Is false; and the con Jecture that he did is hut continuance of that party malignity which has pursned Gen Pillow ever since he entered the service of his country. better service. Your motives are we'll known If Gen. Pillow was vvhir. he wonId be at once . great man-the greatest, perhaps, in the coun- try, He would be amongst alae available eandi- dates for the presidency in tbe sshig party y.-IOu.