The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-06-21

4 tiations was reported punctually
! clearly and fully, by the most rapii,
], means Of communication that I had
And yet ! neglected not one singh
: precaution necessary to reap the full
-Ibenefits Of my position in case tn
4 Government amended, altered, or ab
solutely annulled those terms. a
4 those matters were necessarily min
,Egled with the military history Of tn
i period, | would like at this point t,
submit to the committee my ofIicia
-Ireport, which has been in the hand
-|of tho proper officer, Brig. Gen. Raw
J lings, CHEZ Of Staff Of the Army o
1.-The United States, since about TIKI
18th inst. II was made by me a
( Manchester, Va, after had returned
IIfrom Savannah, whittier went tt
SsIepen up the Savannah river and rear
1.-THE fruits Of my negotiations with
General Johnston, and to give Gen
.Icral Wilson's force in the interior q
]safe and sure base from which he
.|could draw the necessary supply d
1clothing and food for his command
IIt was only after / had fulfilled ali
this that | leaAled, for the first time,
through the public press, that my
lconduct had been animadverted upon,
mot only by the Secretary Of War but
Iby Gen. Halleck, and the press Of the
country at large. Ibid feal burt and
|annoyed that Mfr. Stanton coupled
with the terms Of my memorandum,
Icorliided to him, . copy Of telegram
to Gen. Grant. which he had never
sent to me. He knew, on the contra
Try, that when he was at Savannah
that 1 had negotiations withciviI par
tiles there, for he was present in my
room when those parties were confer
ring with me, and I wrote him d letter
1setting forth many pointsotit, illwhich
4 said aimed to make split in JEFF.
Davis domiDions, by aegragating
Georgia from their course. Those
were civil negotiations, and far from
Icing discouraged from making them,
WIS encouraged by Secretary Stan
| ton himself to make them.
7 By coupling the note to General
Grant withmy memorandum, he gave
1.-THE world fairly and clearly to infer
that [ was in possession Of it. Now,
1 was not in possession Of it, and I
have reason to know that Mr.. Stan!
ton knew was not in possession ot'
|it, Next met me General Halleck's
telegram. endorsed by Mr.. Stanton, III
which they publicly avowed an actaof
Iper6dy-nanely the violation Of my
terms. which had q right to make
land which. by the laws Of war and byi
THE laws Of Congress, is punishable
by death and no other punishment,
Next they ordered an army to pursue
my enemy, who was known to be sur
rendering to mo. ia the presence of
General Grant himself, their superior
officer and finally they sent orders to
General Wilson and to Gen. Thomas
my subordiaates, acting under me
on plan not the most magnificent
scale, admirably executed 10 defeat
my orders and to tlwart the interests
of the Government OF the United
Estates. Isdid feel indignant. AS to
t my own honor, / can protectit. Ininy
letter Of the l5thof April, 4 used this
language: 4 have invited Governor
Vance to return to Raleigh, with tue
civil officers Of his Staten / did So
because President Lincoln had him.
Iself encouraged me to q similar
course with the Governor Of Georgia,
when was in Atlanta. And here
was the opportunity which tie Secre-
tary of War should have taken to put
me on my guard against making
terms with the civil authorities, il
such we're the settled policy Of our
Government Had President Lincoln
llived, I know he would have sustained
Inc.
On the 2Sth Of April Gen. Sherman
addressed the following letter to Gen.
Grant:
HEADQUARTERS, MIL. DIVISION OF THE. }
MISSISSIPPI, IN THE FIELD, 3
RALEIGH, N. G., April %, 1866.
General-Since you left me yes
|tcrday | have seen the New York
Times Of the Gath, containing a bud
| get Of military news, authenticated
by the signature Of the Secretary Of
War, which is grouped in such away
as to give very erroneous impression.
II embraces copy Of the basis Of
agreement between myself and
Gen. johnson Of April Is, with com
mentaries, which it will be time
enough to discuss twoor three years
hence, after the government has ex.
perimented "a little more in the ma
chinery by which power reaches the
scattered people Of the vast area Of
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