The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-08-22

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t The following is the correspondence be
tween General Brisbin and Pirate Sem
mes about which there has been so much
talk Of late. One man who is of relig
ious turn Of mind says since he received
these letters he has omitted his praye
book and reads these 10 its place Reae
and laugh M 7o 1I
bua BRIsBIN's FIRST LETTER
Rnphaa ,Scnnaes, Editor Bulletin, Pirate
Traitor, de-:
Sir Some one has sent me 4 copy o1
your paper in which you devote nearly {
whole column to my late speech in Lex
ington. Kentucky. You think me in
cendiary, wicked, bad. and a party mar
on the Fourth Of July" What righ1
have you. vile wretch. living by the
grace of God and the mercy Of a too hui
name government, to take loyal man
to task for what he may see fit to say
lave you so soon forgotten your crime :,
or a.e you insane enough to believe tha
they are .orsotten among men, and that
trea son after all is not to be punished :
For the sake Of Jour soul. beg Of you
n5t to forget the past, nor to be unmlnd-
ful OF the future. for the day Is coming
when you and Forrest will both be called
to a just account for Your misdeeds Pi-
rates and butchers of innocent nen cannot
long live in America unhung Be con
stantly prepared, for you know not the
day nor the hour wherein the righteous
Judge viii come TO do justice. Being a
christian man, when yoar troubles great
and deep uibulation Is upon yoa,- send
for me, and | will come and do all can
to prepare You for your end though |
tell yoa frankly, ] believe no earthly in
tercession can save you from the hottest
hell in d4mnation. You fear such men
as am will raise to power Gu the
shoulders of the blacks When you re-
collect your awful guilt, and that by the
laws OF nations you are au outlay, well
may your coward conscience fear such an
event. You say such ,ileii as Instigate
the negroes to do lawleSs acts. The dey-
il rebuking sin would be q mild conpar-
ison. | have always advised the negroes
30 be aw-abiding. quiet, sober, industrious
aud peaceful, and shall continue TO do So.
They have no occasion 10 take the law IN
20 theii owi hand, and when they 10, !
shall as much condemn them as ! do you
We, who are their friends. by the help of
God and q radical Congress, viii in good
time, in Il legal vay properly punsl, you
and all their enemies AMI the enemies OF
the republic, and iii the meantime the
negroes will be quiet, orderly and indus
triols citizens. Yours truly,
JAS. S. BRlsBlfl, L. s. A.
sEMMEs REPLY
.Iomes s. Brt:siin L. S. 4
Sir:-In former times. when person
who had the honor of signing L. ) a.
after his name felt aggrieved. he address
ed private note to the party whom he
supposed meant to offend him. Such a
note from you would have found ready
response at my hands. This was rule
in the Old service.- where the Uniform was
a guarantee that the vearer Of it was a
gentleman. What changes the birth OF
the New Nation may have brought
about among those who now wear shoul
der-Straps ] am unable to say. As you
have departed from this rule, am con-
strained to regard you as one OF those
new men of the army, whose education
has been detective, though know moth
ing Of your antecedent>, never having
heard OF your name or fame until read
the incendiary speech delivered by you
to the blacks at Lexington, Ky, the 9th
er day. Having voluntarily placed your
self without the, palc Of gentlemen, by
asSaulting me- personally, through the
newspapers. there is. no other resource
left me-7unless you should hereafter
change yous lnind-but to reply to you
through the same channel | do live, /
hope by the q ace Oh God, but not by the
mercy OF the government OF which YOU
speak, since purchased my personal
safety with a consideration which has
long since been paid, and enjoyed by the
other contracting party, towlt: the lay
ing down Of my arms and the disband-
ment Of my troops.
There are, no doubt, plenty of such
creatures as yourself. who would be glad
of the opportunity to disgrace the gov
ernment under which they live, by coun-
selling it to dishonor; but | have the sat
isfaction OF believing that there are other
men in the United States Army besides
the comiNe, OF the Brisbin order, who
run the freedmen 5 bureau, affiliate
with negroes for sinister purposes. and
strike at everything gentle IN the land.in
compliance with the base instincts with
which all itscrutable Providence has ere
ated them But | am wasting words up-
ON such nice fellows as yourself; and SO,
If you viii I, rn!it me. ] will close our
correspondence by telling you that, In nay
opinion, no officer of the United States
army, who entertained the sentiments of
honor which should characterize noble
profession, could have written the coarse
ter which you havehad the listinctioL of
producing, for the gratificatin of certain
class of blackguards, with whom, prob
ably YOU associate. m yu rs
mfe a RAPHAEL SEMMEs.
BRISBIN 5 REJoINDER. =! rsH
eF LEXINGTON, KY, fully 81. 1861
Raphael .Sen0aes, Editor, Pirate, IFait-
or, dc: w fa4.q -
Your dirty little billet deus, without
date or place, (just as your miserable car
cass will be when the RADICALS rule. came
duly to hand through the editor OF the
Coa.nse,,ctul. who publishes everything
for everybody, and thereby turns ali hon.
est penny for himself.
You think the straps on my shoulders
are not in a good place. and that the ar
my is not what it used to be Abraham
Lincoln, whom you rebels murdered put
my straps on, and [ hope to wear them
until you are all i,1nished for your enor-
nous crimes As 20 the army, you are
quite right. sir. We had lot of scoun-
drels who we're educated in the art of war
at the national expense, trained to arms
that they might successfully defend the
country-nay, sworn to defend it against
all enemies whomsocver, but who, in the
hour Of necessity deserted their flag, and
forgetting alike. honor, duty, home,
friends, gratitude, and the sanctity Of