Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-05-08
Grand Army Of the Republic and General
Kise.

To the Editor of the Journal:
In the Sentinel of Saturday 25th instant,
appears card headed "The Grand Army
Of the Republic aud General Kise.' There
is good deal Of General Kise in the card,
but not very much Of the G.. A. K, as
might be expected. This Nasty Demo-
crat seems to lament the fact that he has
been made dupe of, "taken In" and done
for by this patriotic organization; an or
ganization which has for its objects the
most patriotic results.
General Kise says: ~ bad gone into
the army at the outbreak of the war with
no purpose to aid in subjugating the peo-
pie Of the South or interfere with the
rights or established institutions of any of
the States" .sts
This statement we are disposed to ac-
cept as true, and is proven to be so by the
simple statement ITSELF
II will not be denied that "the people
of the South" made war on the United
States Government, and attempted to de.
stroy it, and set up another antagonistic
to it, the chief corner stone of which was
to be human slavery; and, therefore, to
subjugate the rebellion it was necessary to
subjugate "the people of the South" and
if General Kise, as he says, "had gone in
to the army at the outbreak of the war
with no purpose to aid in subjugating
the people Of the South, the logic of the
matter is that he did not 60 into the army
for the purpose of aiding in subjugating
the rebellion. for the very reason that you
could not subjugate the rebellion without
subjugating "the people of the SOUTH
If any further proof Of the truth Of his
statement is needed il can be found in the
fact that the General is at this time acting
for and cooperating with the party in the
North who sustained and gave aid and
comfort to the rebellion on the part Of ''tbe
people Of the South"
II is we'll that this fugacious General oil
the Kentucky Democratic stripe has his
habitation in Indiana, for il he lived over
there he would not even have their pity
for his miserable "blunder" Of joining the
g. A. r., and for his participaDcy in "sub.
jugating the people Of the South" He
need never hope to be forgiven; and the
pitiful plea set up by him that he was de-
ceived, seduced, in fact, would be spufned
by even tho Confederate Democracy with
that contempt which il deserves.
If the General is right now there must
have been something very wrong hereto
fore, and he made a most unwilling "blun-
der" by going into the army (of the
Union) at all, for "the people of the South
have been to some extent subjugated. and
"the rights and established Institutions
Of some Of the States have been slightly
interfered with; aud il is also slightly sus.
pected that the General would like to have
the loyal people, Democrats as we'll as Re
publicans, believe that he had aided some
what In bringing about such results; while
on the other hand, he would like to have
the disloyal and rebellous portion of the
country believe otherwise, and that he wa.
not there for the purpose of subjugatine
anybody or anything. This latter fac
being true, he was not proper man tc
belong to the G. A. r., and the organiza.
ton loses nothing by his Withdrawal from
it. He coniesses in the most bumiliatine
manner that be was not true soldier il
the first place, and furnishes the proof il
his miserable effort to defame the organi
cation by giving to it false coloring anC
attempting to make it appear that it wai
instituted for bad purposes in the interes
Of bad men. Well, he is welcome to al
the capital he can make out of his mis-
representation. 1t would seem, however
that after the experience Of 1866, tn,
presidents swing around the circle,
etc., the effort in this direction would be ;
hopeless one.
General, this year Of our Lord, 1868, il
going to be bad one for circuses, and j
will be we'll for you to consider the conse
quences before attempting "two-horss
act" horses going in opposite directions
and especially when you say yourself tina
you do not possess an extra amount o.
sagacity. You may have intended tina
remark, however, as 'sarcasm;" and il may
be we'll to guard against future "blunders,
for another one or two such as you confess
to will destroy even rebel Democrat il
the estimation of his confederate brethren
The General, however, in his effort q
Misrepresentation, for the purpose of con
ciliating the friends Of the "lost cause,
and for the purpose Of clearing his skirt
and washing his hands for all time O
such internal blunders as going into th'
army, not for the purpose of subjugatinG
the rebellion, as appears from his owl
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