The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-01-08

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MANS eagvec for the osase of humanity
ana good government IN Western Tea-
aee. comes Is the dctgasc of Gon.
Forrest b regard Is lie Fort Pl
low Gsa acre. s follows
Eve vish our Northern fionds 10
take aEaial no.e q wha, Ne aFg about
10 say We are about O. make 8 state
mont 0Mch VII Pc entirely 81 variance
With b opinions. ioo, sincerely and
honestly l3tml sHl entertained,
aud supposed to bo sup
ported S. sufficient eUd nce. What
Sc mean e this i + literally Believed
81 thc Nguh. and IS MANY persons III
the south, that Gen. Forrest was The
cause and author the tog Z oug8 81
Tie Fort Pillow massacre We former
ly held that belief ourselves. and thought
sd had good grounds for Is We now
think the Generals friends have mater.
ial for raising strong presumption
and tins is what wo wish 20 call Gtteu.
ton to that General Forrest has been
misjudecd We think they have suiic-
ieut evidence 20 justify them in assert
me that lie condemned ii the time, and
has done so since, the conduct of his
mea; that he restrained them Just as
soon as il was ia his power TO DO il;
that be used strenuous efforts and se-
we're measures IN doing this, That be
hit en- Of his own men dead III enforc-
inc his orders, that he took three hund-
red prisoners, white and black, and trea-
ted them as kindly as prisoners usually
were on his side; and, in fine, that i
the great grief Of his life that this hur-
rid thing should have occurred and
that his name should have been conuec-
ted with IT,
1t viii be asked how it came to pass
that this thing should have been done
bv men under FORESTS command, and
vet he not be held guilty. He moved
rapidly from place to place, with noun
ted men, subsisting oil the country; and
we learned in our army what effect
this had upon troops. Then Forrest
had hundreds Of reckless, desperate
men, who, all their lives, had been
taught to hold tie life Of negro cheap
and the taking Of such life about equal
70 tho crime Of killing a dog. Forrest
we learn, was not present when the rs
sault was made resulting in the masBa-
ere. but rode in all haste TO the scene
Of action, as lie learned what was going
on, and By his authority put stop t.
it.
General Forrest, nearly year ago
demanded commission before which
he proposed establishing the state
ments We have introducedaboye. This
request Of his has never been granted
We only ask this for him. No Confed-
crate General talked SO sonsibly to ms
men at the time Of their surrender and
no one has conducted himsofmore hon
orably or decorously since
MuAI8Ay's CASE In 1861, Tam5iu
p. Milligan was arrested in Indiana q
capital charge, tried by military
commission found guilty, and sentenced
to be hung. President Johnaon appro
we'd Che finding, but committed The
punishment to Imprisonment Milligal
/ 81 bqJeDs corpus got the case before The
I Supreme Court, and that Court ha.
unanimously decided Chat the millinery
commission III Indiana had no jnrisdie-
/ ton, Congress never having authorized
such d commission in n State where thC
civil courts are unobstructed, Five o.
the judges were Of opinion thtt Con 81
Iress cannot give military jurisdiction in
such cases while foar OF The Judges
held that in times Of public danger Con.
gross in its discretion may authorize
summary trial by military courts. This
case is by some regarded as q condcm.
nation Of the trial OF the conspir4tor'
against the Life Of President Lincoln
\ That remain8 to be seen. Judge Chase
i has refusd an application for n writ q
hcbaas copus in the case Of one Of these
ieonspirators.