The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-15
RICHMOND, July &c, 1865.

pondent,s in his communication pub
lished in the Hc1ultI Of the 4th OF
July, in which he gives biographical
sketches Of several generals in tie
Southern army, mentions the fact that
had comlnelr 90 the practice Of law
in this city-p1cfacing it with 81 state
ment that / served in the rebel army
for the first two wears of the war, hav-
ing, FORA part of the time, fllll com
inand nf the Polish Legion. raised by
countrynlan of mine, and That [
resigned my commission i'll the army
oNVr swo Years ago, because of IN in-
dignity offered to ,6e ly Nh. Davis in
tie promotion :over me of :; junior
othesr. Each 5"rt of this PREDATORY
;;:ae~mcnt bcingii erroneous OF founded
| on some narr:ts, which misled vo,lr
corl'@ @sponoteilt. the writer Of an edito-
ri:;l in the Hcrm.1, OF The 7th Of july,
whilst controvrr;in.s it. and reUucstinn.
Your correspondent to be moro care
fu'. h"s represented nc to be "a
Southern advcnturer: that ! came from
Germany and offered my services to
tie Federal GnErrnmcnt: that being
refused, ] went TO New Orleans, and
attempted to- raise Il brigade for the
| rebel army; that the rebel authorities
refused 20 make me either Il Brigadicr-
General or Colonel, and that the rebel
Congress <,rew ont a bill Tor three
Thousand dollars which I brought be-
fore them"
Every letter of this, intended to be
corrective statement, is also elro-
nous, and does NE great Injustice: vet
being unwilling t. place myself before
the public IN any attitude whatsoever,
my first impulse after reading the
articles in question was to remain
sfirnt, anl not cotrcct tslc error, they
contain. By reason, however. of nv
ant"relcnt coa.lt' ton With ine affairs
OF Foland; OF my having held a COM
mission as MAJOR in the army of 1880
81; OF my having served us Vicc-Pre-
sl;ientDi tic Polish Council in Ayic-
non, IN France; sf being well-known
III the United States as Il lecturer on
the. history OF Poland and policy of
Russia, (on which subject L addressed
over six hundred public meetings, in
| cll'llng the literary institutions and
sixteen State Legislatures in the
Western Statcs;) Of having hclda con-
truvcrsy Tor more than two years,
through :hc public press, With the
a:ltL@roi the ''S!lctchcs Of the History
of Northern Nations of Europe" (which
were published in the NHiou,A Mtcl;-
H@"Se/', by the editor of the -4meyjcon
ifH HsFtex1', over the signature Of ''Taci-
tus''-for these reasons, I say. it is
thought by my friends that silence
might furnish material for speculative
charges to impicate Jay countrvmen,
the Poles, i'll my Southern proclivities,
and feel, therefore. compelled load
dress You respectfully, to correct those
erroneous reports about me which
were published NJ the Ue71dd, an.l 10
check the apprclcnded differences that
my taking part with the South may
affect the interest of my colmtrymcn
ut the North came to the United
States i'll 1887; in 1913, I became a
nat;iraliZed citizen thereof; and in
1876, was admitted to the bar in Bal
timore and New York, and allowed 20
pract:se in the Supreme Court of the
United States, Ill Of which is matter
of record
When the VII commenced, / went
to Montgomery Ala. and offered my
services to the Confederate States, not
because of any hostility to the Union,
but simply because it was my earnest (
belief. that constitutional guarantees
were refused t, the Southern States. |
For this reason ] never offered mill |
tary services t. the Federal Govern
mcnt. Authority was given to me to
raise regiment, and if 1 found it
practicable, to mise a brigade, for my
own command and when 1 raised a
brigade and reported it ready to take
the field, only colonelcy Of one. Of
the regiments vas offered to me. ];
rejecte4Ghis offAr; withdrew from the
service N August, 1861; and brought
President DAVIS before the. bar of
Congress to obain certificate Of that I
BODY hLnt I TOA tho command of nv