The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-12

Bquarc.
lion. Jefferson Davis and his Sandcrers rs
Infamous Falschoods Expose d.
MEADOW Nook, DEKALr County, Ga.
July 81, 1906.
To the Editor Of Tie Metyopolttan Rec.
ord:
DEAR SIR: ! have been convinced
by the teachings OF history and man, and
moro particularly by the events which
have come under my own personal
knowledge during the past five years.
"that lie well stuck to answers rs well
as the truth to serve the purpose Of
hate and envy, and wo be unto the in.
diyidual and peop!c who are forced to
permit systematic and persistent Sian.
der to go unrcfutcd. Victor Hugo says
somewhere that mans destiny depends
as much upon what is said of him as on
what he actually does. The fanatics Of
The North havo acted on this fact for
thirty years, and the dignilicd contempt
with which we have reg g,rded their mis-.
representations has ended in our ruin and
dissolution.
These reflections have been called to
mind by reading the report Of the com
mttcc appointed by Congress to inves.
tigate the charges against President Da.
Wis of completely with the assassination
OF tho late President Lincoln.
1t appears TO me that sense Of shame
would prevent any set of men who had
particle Of feeling of honour from tho
attempt to link the name Of such char
actcr as Jefferson Davis with murder and
crime.
After the most dligcnt investigation,
running through period of more than
twelve months, and subornihg witnesses
who for the honor OF humanity, be it
said, recan!cd at the last moment. ond
confessed their dark crime, what does
tho whole testimony amount TOP
First. that Mr. Davis, during the pro.
.grcss of long and terrible war, con-
Quoted on the part OF our enemies, with
q barbarous cruelty unknown to modern
times, received few letters from few
individuals requesting permission to OF.
fer themselves as instruments to rid
their country Of the men who were re
garded rs the wicked authors Of our suf.
fcrngs. These letters are raraded be-
fore the public-ono from G. T.. 0. Dc.
Kalb, another from j. S. Parramcrc,
and another from Lieutenant Waldemar
Alston, requesting his permission. Tho
two first are unknown to me. but Lieu.
tenant Aston was an officer under my
command at one time-an nnassuming
and intelligent youth, about nineteen,
years Of age, who had witnessed enough
cruelty at the hands of the. enemy to
turn his heart into bitterness and gall.
In none of these cases was the permission
sought granted and the Committee
were careful To- suppress those cases
where it was not only refused, but re-
jccted with indignant scorn, as was nj.
ways the case when these kind Of letters
was brought to tho personal knowledge
of Mr.. Davis. I can testify to one case
which happened in my own regiment
where it was not only refused, but the
party who made the request was placed
under arrest, and ordered to DO tried by
court.martial. A gallant young lawyer
from Memphis, Tennessee, who was
Captain of Co., 9th Tennessee Regi
mcnt Morgan's Brigade, smarthg under
the sense of recent injuries, wrote to Mr..
Davis to request permission to go to
Washington and assassnate Mr.. Lincoln
and his Cabinet, blow up the capitol, SO.
Mr.. Davis endorsed on tho back of tho
letter, "Atrocious, Respectfully refer
red to tho Secretary Of War, who will
order the arrest and drial by court.mar.
tial Of tho writer. J. D.
This letter, with this endorsement,
f,ywas returned to General Morgan while
his Brigade was at Blacks Shop, near
MurGeesboro', by Mr.. Randolph, then
Secretary of War. Captain was ar.
rested and was so mortified at his arrest
that he shouldered musket, and march.
tng headlong into the first battle, was
killed at Milton, Tennessee.
These facts can be established by Gen.
Basil Duke. Col. N. G. P. Brccken.
bridge, Major William p Elliott, Com.
tnissary Of Brigade, Major David H..
Elewellyn, @. NJ. Col r.. A. Alston,
then Captain and A. A. 9.
The second charge WHICH depends on
the false testimony OF one LOWS f..
Bates, rampant .secessionists and rono.
gadc Yankee, that Mr. Davis, when he
received Brcckinbridge's dispatch an.
houncng the assassination Of Mr.. Lin
coin said: "Well, General do not
know, if it were to bo done at all, it
wore better that it were well done ; and
if the same had been dono to Andy
johnson, the Beast, and Secretary Stan
ton, the job would have been COM
pletc."
A more shameless lie was meyer ut
tered by renegade Yankee, and if
this man has any conscience loft, itmust
sting him with remorsc, until hc is driv.
en-, iko-the other witnesses, to repent,
and take back this damning sin. God
forgive him, for we meyer can.
=. Tho writer Of This was standing with
in ten foot Of Mr.. Davis whom he re.