, 1866-08-27
DAILY, T,l.wEEKlY AND WEEKLY,



DAILY, Al&o. tlsu youF rHkexsT sud slnro Addfras
MONDAY. AUGUST 81, 1900.
slIEnlDAN'S DESpATolllss.
The publication OF General sl,crlaau's
dispatches concerning the New Orleans mas.
facrc 1lfts the veil frol0 gllnstly scene.
Tic principal facts Of tic atrocity were
known before, but they Ind not been COM
mun1cated to the public under the seal Of
official authority. Dy supprcss1ug part
and 1nutilating tho remainder Andrew John
con Ind succeeded In giving a false coloring
to the affair and in making General
Sheridan responsible, in the eyes of
the people, for the ialslacatson. General
Sheridan, rs VIC are crcdIbly informed,
Threatened to resign lis command and cnm-
mission, if he were thus compelled to bear
Ialse testimony concerning the foul tragedy.
which had 1nuved Ills soul with indignation.
Thus It was that Andrew johnson. who
boosted 4 few days ago that no powcr On
earth could move lin from his position,
trcmblcd before The honest resentment
of Phil. Sheridan, and tastcncd to pub.
lish the evidence of Ills own COM
piicity with tic massacre. Like other
criminals, his first ciIort WAS to hide
the evidence Of his guilt In SO doing he iu-
cautiously tiled to make the hero of Five
Fo, ,...an accessory after the fact. In this he
h.z iai:ed most co'spieuously anu ignomin.
iously- Tic stands forth as the direct insti-
gator Of the massacre, without whose agency
and encouragement 1t wo,,1d never hare been
committed. Blood is upon his hands, the
blood Of Innocent, loyal citizens, who had
committed no crime but THAT OF
Seeking TO protect themselves against
The rebel 1,,isr,llc Nhfch hr
Acdro,v 1o1,rson ,., ~. .1 ,.,,, .,
n'u4e~ 11 so''s""' ia" ,''s'ea upon thcm.
1icncciofth let Il" man, who abilors treason
aud assassination, =. take him BY tic hand.
Inc mugs OF 1ac Ne" Orleans police,
whom General Sheridan tlcnouaces, arc moro
respectable thnn Andrew johnson, aud more
entitled to public esteem and confidence.
They 40 tue work they "cIs chosen 10 per-
sworn to sec TINT tllc laws are faithfully cx-
men Of New Orleans, and then directs the
military to mid !" the civll authorities" rs
he is pleased 10 tlc',omf1atc them.
EGcnesal Shcridan's hrss despatch (hc lav-
ing 'ccn absent at The commencement of
the 1nassacrc) Is called out by nj, order from
General Grant, directing him to enforce
martial law, Which hal becn previously cs-
tabllshcd ly General Baird upon Ills own re"
fronslbillty nnd III tlisolcdicnee Of the prcsi-
dents ort'er puttlng the military torcc ut
The fcrSicc olf The rebel Attorney Grncral ntld
Mayor. General Baird says lie felt compelled
to take Ills cotlrEc l'y rcntvn uf tho cumpllc.
ity oftllc police with the lnnrsleroiIs pro.
Greetings. tcnernl Sheridan replied to Ocii-
cfal ofnht, as 1o'1nwe:
AMEN unf.rAne, August !, 1871.
,anir ~ a III ,a' mo.u ms nttne
ii wns t,o rii Ii was IN nb.of,t: i,,sssacre y ihc
nniltS. wt'ls W; M T. MI .xrcc'lest II turdela's
With t Mnsnr ~ a n,ir, ~ m, III r.. ,.sr'.n'i.
81 Mtllluus sa,ndow uf iirces,ty. ratitlettnufe,
" w. H., NY yafsMhsss:
ltestit w0,,itt t,u lntl,s with tr rinrsrpst srai.
i9caf'eM y iWhili!r.'s u ;ilr t'np4ln!ion n TIN
liz ian "f liz ,'rs tr.r ~, n,'.,t :" s,f ,s s,' m
which !. .iuw 70 t',,rl lncttI.n It'll iitu snGry 1T
n ~" a. fs.'PSay @ S"ts 9t fc's wl'i' 'r civil
"'" Wv '''"I vi. 1t. Auru,nAx,
"Mstor s'"''rrnt t'"n'ua,l.ltaR."
Thla despatch ft'an u,sr III wilton, tin )'cuplo
tr Tue country 1ml rnllr. confidence was
sniprsssfd, a,'tl false anl lying ver4lu,sa given
IF It hy tl.r grcnt crI,nlnal wl.ulA Il A.,
Thoroughly expuac,l. IIuL l.pw We come tu
nil all VI l,aHpnrFs tlIlra,nllcltsl IN lin llts
iory "T aHy country. Unlun i,Irn 1.saccably
assembling IN Cnnycntlul, iln,ins Hrcn ,nnr-
lcret1 by ilr sel,els uf Ncw t}rlputs-tIu,zc
inMtdnrs not n,.ly inying .l,er,i t,r,aaHftrI 1,y
ile President, but thu artny lnvItus lprn 1T.
tretel tu Att lhr ,ssAasn<t Tho testimony
furnished By t}etlgtal ahrtf1attA dtstMit1l
lfaclhE The responsibility wlrtt. II I,tut,rttv