, 1866-08-26
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SUNDAY, AUGUST %, 1866.
sHERlDaNss DISPATCHES.
The publication Of General sheridan's
dispatches concerning tho New Orleans mas
sacre lifts the veil from ghastly scene.
The principal facts of the atrocity were
known before, but they had not been com:
municated to the public under the seal Of
otRcial authority. By supprcsslng part
and mutilating the remainder Andrew John
son had succeeded In giyingn false coloring
to the affair and In making General
Sheridan responsible, in the eyes Of
the people, for the Justification. General
Sheridan, as We are ctcdibly informed,
Threatened to resiga his command and COM
mission, If he were thus compelled to bear
false testimony concerning tho tonl tragedy,
which had moved his soul With Indignation
Thus. 1t was that Andrew johnson, who
boosted a few days ago that no power on
earth could move him from his position,
trcmb1ed before the honest resentment
oi 1Ail. onc1aoau, una nasteneo TO pub
1isn Inc e'aenee ol nus own COM
pnc.y "''n Inc massacre. Like other
esuulHas, MS a5s1 cnoft vas 10 hide
.ne s'1us"ee " niS ea!t. N 60 dong ne tn-
Forks an accessory after the fact. In this he
has failcd most conspicuously and lgnomln-
iously. He stands forth as tho direct .insti-
sas'e ~ tue uAssaee, WITHOUT "nose agency
ou1 encoln asen4ene !. "o"iu uefet nave neen
conin1ttea. blooa upon MS aanos' 1he
olooa oi lnnocen1, loyal citizens,' VINO had
couaml1'eo no crime out that OF
seeking to protect themselves against
the rebel mfsrule. which he.
aa..x Th -. =.
nuete" sonnson' nao ioiSseu upon tncm'
Henceiorth let no mnn, who abhors treason
IN IN s'.n' s.a,'ea. ~ .aA. n'ul W e"e hauo'
ihe "thugs' Of tho New Orleans police,
whom General Sheridan denouuces, arc more
Respectable than Andrew johnson, md more
entitled to public esteem md confidence.
They do the work they were chosen to pcr.
10TH" de' me fresident o. Inc UNITED States,
sworn 10 sec that the lnws arc faithfully cx-
ccutea, sets these hcll-honnds On the loyal
mcn OF NEW Orleans. and then directs the
military TO aid " the civil authorities" MS
he is plcased to dcnominate them.
General shcridan's frs. despatch (hc hay-
ING been absent at the commencement Of
: the massacte) is called out By m order from
General Grant, directing him to enforce
martial law, Which had been previously es-
tablishcd by General Baird upon his own re-
sponsibnity and in disobetlience Of the Presi-
dents order putting the military force at
the service Of the rebel ATTORNEY General and
Mayor. : General Baird suys he fs;t compe1led
st,-1.,.1H,,t ~ Io1eo ~ = 1I.eeu " tno eo"p''
ccad,nos Cansr.I snos,aaa 1ar,,as ~ - ~ ~
ess1 go. i csa,A ene'A4An 'sPt'eu ~ oea-
e1"1 ofane' as .t. .ol.oSs:
tsaryErA1-Ths more infornaiien nj @h,S1n tey oTshe
affair In this city, tho more revolving It becomes.
os , tIG. 81, a. apsol9ts massacre T. y tho
araelt5 BY ihat of Fort Pillow. it vas a mrrdcr
Khish III Mayor and police Of the city ncrpetrat-
bclicSe Il wse r9cmcaied onS
-! recommend tho removing Of ibis bad man. 1
tna. woq,d &c 1s 2ed q, ,sh ts ainssres. 1at
eiiy. There Las been feeling Of fnsecn.it7 t o',
ths pan Of the people here on account Of this man
liz md nronetv dost na s 3siia, ~ Ssse q
authority, but with the military. = "t''' |-' ~"
49,. -uN.,o- c.n.1:, =: a.s.1119;I. sazE1AS.
This desna.c}, % froIn one IN uha,n +ha ,.an,,a
of the conntTy Ind en,;-e cnnasanaa poorss -
SUI, ,rt..rd and fa1sa md i1ire- ,.a.stons .,nes
of it bv ia e-.cst ~ aIa:,n. .elsaS @sa.a gtssa
tbononrt,v exnosea W. nn. Wv "no aa,ns ~ t ~
nm .ct ~ hs.opsss .,."S,,s;, ~ ~" W eyns "
torv NJ anv 1 conntsu iTn,aa sa ~ ,sne IL
assen,h,iry T., 1a1yar.;o. h..sf.a ~. t"a passaDs
derc;1 Nv 9ha .aho,. at-e5a ~ r.,s..'. ou ..aa.
.nnn5-rs not oniT 1,ar,n .s,. s.r1...s ~ ~
the Prea1dcrt hut, thc army having been d.
fectel to aid the assassins; The testimony
furnished by General Sheridan,s DESPATCH
placing the responsibility where It proncrlv
belonged, declaring that, the more fnfaIsn-,
.Aie.~-. o,'s-sas.e t,E;eno .usar, THO more fe
So'.ns AZ oecaaae|' tnat ~ was no faot, hus
"as VI Aueoaute loahsacte ~ tne ponce Wh1cn
mas nos eaeeeaea IN numerous cruelty BY
tna1 OF fofs fiAoW, that II was murder
as,1 ~;.hort e the Aas aassaw a'u p'..ea ol. ane
ass ,..u.aa n..uous VT snaoo" .. nesess'tS,
paso1se sms1u ~. anu p,sa!.a ,a angee; ~ pecame
.a,sssa S,u,e ena. e .,, enic. ns,e'esos saoalo
,.aa,,st ~. 81 - 49,. .nls "s4ns VI esaaenee
-gaa,c. a.na.s 49, ~ ... hsa ss'oeues snoeio oe
~. 49, stts ~, " 40 - puss aesosnns'y'
- ea., tus ~ W, " august Ing any a1tet sher1-
nan a.'a .e1 pnea :, utan.' Anofe" johnson
~ ss..oe,.s "as y oen snc'luan series OF !eau-
" 9sesuoos, iao'eauns tne natnrc and Kind
~ 1na" 60 "t1cu NC desiFea' amounting, to
" 1nsel1s anu PURPOSES 10 an ofaer to Sher1-
eau 1na1 tneS DC answered IN the manner In
0satea. ne Gays, nrst:
,ssen,S,9oc ~ ~ nsfc .nat prior 70 me
venlion elected In 1851. in1Iammssory.: iasu1rsc-
Honary SPEECHES werc made to mob composed Of
afm and ennin r. on snSua 10
taining The Convention in its 1iceai md nnaut6os
ICED procccdfnEB.r