Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1865-12-22

ueFe oucu juotihatto w ehJ onres W
totally without excuse; and " prove
my assertion true, his fabricated vIndi.
cation, while II will show that "ihe
CALLED Jade winces," will only .oonsign
him TO deeper pit OF infamy and con.
tempt.
onshe 6rst day Of last May charges
OF rebef sympathy, substantially a.
complained of by Meredith, were ver-
bally made to Secretary Stanton. They
were made on tho authority and At the
sarness and importunatd request OF
prominent Kentuck ians. including Hos.
Lucien Anderson; and II he shall deny
II tho proof will be at hand. Secretary
Stanton at once ordered him to he re.
Iieved, directing the order to be made
on that day, which was done / was
present on this occasion. Here tho
matter rcsted for several days, whom
was informed that the order of the SEQ
retary had not been received, andtthat
Meredith was still in command. The
Secretary Of War being inaccessible, on
account Of business, called TO 500 The
President, and finding him also sur
rounded, l sent by his messenger note
referring him TO the charges against
Meredith, and the report that no was
still In command, and asking him 10 call
tho attention Of the Secretary TO the
matter. Upon this the President nd.
drersed tho following to'iho Secretary
Of War. written on the back OF my note.
EXECUTIVE OrrIoE, WAsnIsoros, ID. G..
May 3, 1865.
Respectfully referred to The llonora.
bio tho Secretary Of War, who will
please give this matter his earliest at
tention. ANDREW JOHNSON.
TO this Secretary Stanton replied as
follows:
Wan DEpr., wAsuiSoroS CfrY, }
May o. 1865 (
Mn PnEsIpEHr: return herewith tho
letter OF Mr.. Julian. He 10 mistaken
General Meredith has been relieved
General Thomas reported, four days
ago, the fact Of his relief, and tho name
OF the officer who relieved him. The
order Issued on the Let Of May, and
General Thomas on the "a OF May, 70.
ports that he was relieved by Colonel
Carleton, Of the s0lh Ohio. | have the
honor 10 be your obedient servant.
Edwin NJ STANTON.
Secretary of War.
These papers were returned TO me,
and are In my possession. IL will thus
bs seen that the truth of what gave TO
the newspapers Is triumphanlly made
out. lie icds relieved from bis command
in Kentucky, and the witness OF this
fact, and Of the charges on which IL was
done, ~ the Secretary Of War. The
certificate Of the Adjntant General,
paraded by Meredith, that he was m US
tered out OF service on the 22d Of May,
at his request, has nothing 10 do with
the issue. He wns relieved. from his
commando at Faducah on the 1st of Nav
and of course was glad to be mustered
out, after falling. as he did, to get him
self reinstated. Nor is the Secretary of
War At oil contradicted by Gen. Grant,
in the statement purporting 10 be his,
quoted by Meredith. In that statement
he Is careful to say, 80 far as 1 haze
eusr heard" and 80 far as I haze evcr
learned, ETC." He had good deal of
larger work TO look after than the Padu
cab District, and his indtfinite state.
ments, evidently procured by some poll.
tician, do not begin TO make case against
Secretary Stanton's positive declarations.
The reader will see, therefore, that in
stead OF being "lhe cowardIy and lying
author of q slander," l told the exact
truth, and for this cause only, on his
own showing, he summoned around him
his bulles, and played the natural part
Of n biu'e.
Whether the charge on which Mere
dith was removed was true or not, is o
distinct question. The Secretary OF
War must have believed il 10 be true,
since it led TO bis removal. From what
| have heard from reliable sources, |
have no doubt as to it's truth, and that
this will be made to appear, overwhelm.
ingly. if the subject should become sui.
: ficlently important TO the public TO
demand investigation. Certain il is
that Hon. Lucien Anderson, NJ Meredith' g
own witness, who repr esented the Padu-
cab district in the last Congress, always
said he was u rebel sympatbizer, and
repeatedly urged others, including my
cciIs w Jptb uttu iu INC tuuthFOF 10 Tlu
the District of it's commander, in order
that really loyal one might be secured.
Before concluding my notice of this
l"vindication," l mus, refer TO few
smaller matters. Meredith asserts that
Lucien Anderson told bin that re-
quested him (Anderson) to go with me,
last winter. to see the Secretary Of War,
for the purpose of having Meredith re-
moved from his command, and that
further said Meredith had been bef,r
the Committee on the Conduct Of the
War. Both these statements are totally
untrue. Anderson, however, repeatedly )
urged me TO go with him to see the Sec
retary for the purpose named, and said
that he had already been to sec him. l
challenge him 10 the denial. Meredith
asks why did not have his military
conduct investigated before the Commit
toe on the Conduct of the War? an
swer, il was done SO far us its importanee
required, and invite the readers at
tention to the evidence of Major General
John Gibson, in the reports of that c)m-
mittee now published. 1t supplies me
with very good reasons for my opinion
as to his military character and fitness,
without any occasion for imputing TO
me any malicious motive. As 10 the
! statements that in the early part of tue
war was in Avor q letting the rebel
States peaceably seeede; that ] opposed
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