, 1861-09-19

Editors Chicago Tsikuae:
In Your iitae of yesterday you are rathe,
severe On Col Fred Kicker, whola you wonI;
Hhe 70 "cut aewn peg OR tHo," as y2u rrrn
Il. Inc wlter OF this happened to o1srlo7k th<
nt'le paragraph in his hMty ID
t tae TRIBUNE" il the morning his attea
flen was called to it BY Soma Iisuds atter
'"asdt, srd he trusts thas Jou will give u;sae
It your ctluulas tn the following In %, even Il
lacy hre belated and cannot b. called a s-o.7 y,
response:
Tbs troubles in the Hecker Regiment 1.y,
bees source Of great nortlacatioa to the
6erssss cf Illinois. With high hopes Of suc
cszs they Law ths resimeAt march from azrs.
and While, a. 1a1 - ef1icieAcy End ntlltsrT
spirit Il couceEne&, tAs4e hopss have not bees
dl6aI po1ted, cons intsznal. sqaaohlss ana
olHs&lfee which arose between The Cuisael
aad asme OF Tho officers, have given riae ID
coI;i.aai sisker1sss and disputes brtvaes
tettl=3. : "
Ia ycpr article you throw the blame autsre1.
on Gel Hscktr. This is hardly fair. o. oae
thing you nay rely. Col Hscker is not one
oi ltt.e ColoNeis who nadks or rai3e Z rt5i.
sis1t: 10 order to get aone tppolrtneat u
santaleer; he was aciely actzatad by ttr
pllSI ptIf1etlasn when ne accepted the proE-
etect1t.A rstll he vas notified pt the fact. H
came frf5 10 decline III. p,sc:. ,vhsn fhe renr<.
sentAuone OF tae officers OF the regiment nro.
sa1lod O. BIN to sceept. Wha.-yer IL
troubles in ths: regiment may hsve BEEN. ii
~ Never icRt it's efficiency ana has done ex-
IenL stele service curing the great rebel chase in
aaou1u Liver be loet ejgnl uf
~ msE who 80 lnuv.d ty one idea on1y
1ahd II thus case it h the aI-aAsorAapx tdeA of
dc4otloa to tAe country, CM GHecke1 In =
most i1 'mpe,aop. nsn, ros5y somoe.nss ~ ay
iaso n p1.slea suddenly, bat always ready aa'o
naet, know hlla ~ MAR In whom there ID r.
E1l1e more epeR-AsArtsA, fr:1k and cut
SPOKEN Htan Gu scarcely DO found in tbIa
con1tsy: We know his virtues ~ veil 81 III
.o49.es' put Where the former prspoaaexat- to
G61suit to overlook The i8eEef
II 1eEard to bus military acoujreEanfa Major
Kane himself epeEc Of tnem with tha sienesr
Iral1e tut recsGt1y, He yofy often has b.ah
III temporary command of several raxim snta-
~ ana alWays acquitted aimself to the satiafac
slen OF his superior of1csrs.
!, II Is not Ely intention to lay The blame ef
~ uu1crtnsate discussions IL the rekimeat
so.el5 to the fault Of the discharged OH
GERS. iAcy were strangers 10 tha Colonel.
mad never had any i1te1ceurse vi3k h,m'
anu d1o rot know his somewhat rude
way to handle men ard things. h =
E9.! r. - unsnJ respects, Particularly in trlass,
Is 1asatr too much Of dikciplinariaa and IN
necessarily severe, ultrs Find word or even
jest would not be ont of e1ace. As to Ne
aschsrse 0: somc Ct the of8cerz, it ia known
l1as Csi. Aecktr had the authority to dis
esArGe them conferred upon hin b1 General
ffeAont. Still, thiIk that Lxjof Kure is
feHectly f1gA1 In ore respect: Snar tni4 dis
eA2lge Gees nat take bHRy from those OH ,era
tnen commissions, and that they sttlI are in
Inc service OF the United 5tates 10 Ms1or
hune' 5ae F1iter Of this enrertains the most
l1ie1ol5 feeilrSs towards him it probably
asnt oe the best thing for hll coneeTne1, if q
conrt Martial Nc1ld settle the dispute, In no
sense, III The opinion OF the writer Of this, is
iea9t affected By Their discharge
There still remains IN tke Regiment 4 nh
Jsntj OF the original officars, who setu 60 be
nA the best sf terms with tkeiF Coloael TIC
Kegiue1t vas enc Of the first to raise the
htala and stripes On the "5acrea soil of E-n.
tucky,n and they expect every moment to
meet the enemy. I do not think that the
eeuntfJ In snch mo4e1t would be beattted
ny tae rssi9zaticn Of Colonel, to uhem al
!eaet the ms5ority Of his ofic-rs seen to be
ae7otedly attacked. The friends of Hecker.
IN order to See an end put to all thess erimi.
Aa1o9s and recri1ninations, might perhaps 1iah
sor 1Ae SAKE OF their fiead, to see i'm re-
mssed from position, which, just on acceaat
u = DIS zsal for the Cause, Aas great naoy
lhofas 1or alm, but at the present nonont
'ae country requires the services Of such an
one Of her defenders. Hecktr's qreat and
brilliant ZANE is still revered a:nons Tie aus
oi ths Gernans, and Iov, sitter, ~ il il hoped.
tAe o11flecltle II tho Regiment are settled
before him. 'f1A7