The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-05-26
Rrir. Gen. r. 2. Buokland.

q letter fromtF. w. Bingham, also
statement Of 3. M. Wheaton, IN relation
to a charge made in the Cleveland Lea
der by a Correspondent, "a. ID. o." that
General BucKLANi,, in the odmlnistra'
tion Of afFnirs. as Commandant In the
District of Memphis, Tennessee, had
delivered up TO slavery, two colorcd
children. This charge was put out about
the lst March. At the time we pronounc
ed the abatement untrue, beceuse we had
beep pcrsonally acquainted with RALPB
p. BucyhAND since the fall of lS40, doing
business, aud conycrsing with him almost
daily, aud VIC have ever known him to-
be an open and determined onti-Slavsry
roan, from principle. We were willing
to assert that no power in the land
could compel him to return to bondage
any man, woman or child, that the law
of tho land ur "ordcr Of tho President"
or Of the "War Department" had made
tree. mol The story was gotten up for
the purpose OF slanderiug Genera Buck
LAND. There are thousands of men 10
Ohio who have known Gen. II. for ten
to twenty five years, who wanted no evil
dcncc from him in the case. Previous
character, conduct, manly decision, a
lifelong reputation "knOwn aud read oil
ALL" was all they cared to know to pro-
nounce il a ealunny ofthc boscst chorac-
ter; with such the name OF Gen. Buck
LAND is untarnishcd.
Since our lust issue letter has been
rccci we'd by ID. l.. JUNE, OF this place,
from Gen. BucKLASD, which letter was
handed TO us last Tuesday evening, by
Mr.. June, together with the following
note:
FREMONT, May II 1864,
Mn. KEELER:-l received the follow
ing letter from Gen. BUcKLAND, last
evening. 1t came 20 me under these
circumstances. When the 72d o. V. l..
len, (April 5th,) for Memphis, request
cd DR.. Rice to express 10 the General
my wish Ia common with others, that he
should consent to allow his name 10
come before the Congressional COnvcn.
ton as a candidate for nomination. His
letter is an answer to my request. II so
completely viadicates. the General from
the sluudrrous Charge made against him,
that tukc the liberty of sending it to
you entire, for publication. Respect
FULLY yours. ID. l.. JUNE.
"IIrApoUARTrRs DIsTRroT or MEM.
PMS, Tenn, "MEMPIus, May &, 1864.
,"D. l.. JUNE, Eso.-My Old Friend;
"Dr. Rice told me you expressed a de-
sire that should write to you, which |
should write to ytu, which intended to
II have done before now, but have been
extremely busy. | understand that my
name has been talked about some as a
candidate before the Congressional
Nominating Convention, rnd, as a con-
sequence, persons opposcdto my nomina-
ton have used against mo n communica'
ton published in the Cleveland Leader
signed "A. ID. o." accusing me of sur
rendering into slavery three colOrcd chill
drcn. That communication was malici.
ous and contained many falschoods. My
attention was called to It some time ngo
but did not suppose that my reputation
ut home could suffer from the statements
of nn unouy nous newspaper correspon'
dent. My sentiments upon the subj ct o
slavery have been freely expressed foi
many years aud have undergone nC
change, except in iafsnsity against The
institution. There has been no time
during the last t,oenty gears that any
earthly potrcr could compel or induce M
10 aid in forcing a fugitive slare bGc'
into Slavery. haze nsrer done such {
thing and ne rer piH. Since have beer
in command cr tho District Of Memphis
have not in any way, officially or other
wise, recogniz d the relation of master
and slave. The only restraint upon thu
, enbsrrhnemS'0,l lNare S,GSGrclscd.hy uI
one has been compelled to remain will
his or her former master to my knowl
edge. The colorcd children referred t
had been ordered by Gen. Hurlbdrt tC
be left with DIR. Wheaton. as an act o
humanity towards the children. In tn,
absence of Gen. Hurlburt they were for.
cibly taken away, in violation of Gen
, er0l Hdrlburt's order, and against the
wishes aud best interests of the children
themselves. They were not held or
treated ns slaves but were being educa.
trd aud kindly treated in every respect.
There was mutual attachment between
the childrt n aud DIR. Wheaton's family.
An adopted daughter of DR.. Wheaton
having no children, took great pains in
teaching the childIon to read, sing, aud
in religious exercises. The father had
enlisted asa soldier and the mother was
in the contraband camp, the worst place
IN the wide world for children. Know.
ing these facts, l ordered the children TO
be taken back to DR.. Wheuton's, no,
as slaves, for slavery does not exist here
but as an act of humanity and duty
towards the children. would have done
the sume thing ii tho children had been
white. The question Of slavery had moth.
tng 10 do ioih IL. DR.. Wheaton pledged
himself, and offered to give bonds to pro.
ducc the children whenever the authori.
ties should call for them. His residence
is within my picket lines aud within
range OF the guns OF Fort Pickering
One of the children is tho child of a
white man, and not OF the husband of
the mother. These children are very
lntelligo mt, and are contonted and happy
at DIR. Wheaton's. Il would have been
a great outrage upon these children TO
nave allowed them N be forced into that
contraband camp. | rever did moro
righteous act in my life, and If that is an
objection TO my going TO Congress-, when
understood, then have no desire to 90.
I N"NS'NH NHV stTNlCc WIN the determine
ton to do my duty under all circun stan.
oes, regardless of personal considerations
ana shall continue TO act upon that prin.
cipal as long as continue In the service.
l desire the good opinion of my friends
at homo, but | cannot sacrifice duty or
pHnclplo to obtain IT, My friends must
do US they thing best uHder the circum.
stances, about presenting my name t.
the convention. "Yours, truly,
II, T., 1UCKLANO."
we trust now that the Cleveland
Leader, the Oberlin Neps, the Boston
Lidsraior, aud other papers that have
contained these SANDERS against Gen.
AUCKLAND, will be ready to do him ius.
ilce, aud publish tho statement here
made in the JOURNAL. We wish also,
this other fact to be understood, that
Genera BvcxLASp has not written and
sent tho letter above quoted, with a view
TO, or thought of having it published;--
Out conscious of having done right, was