The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-11-02
LETTER FauE Es-GeaEssl " o. FORREST Oh GENERAL m-
FkT2lcS

The Mem. - AcClanclte or the 2oth ult. puDishc,
tho following letter from General Forrcs. in regard 70
cerialn alleged SANDERS uttered about him by GEN
eral Klpatrcs during the present canvas. The
Letter has been the suuec OF brief mention BY tce
graph:--
mr.. II. X. SHACK RrORD New Haven. Conn..-
Sig-Ihe lalse and mendacious representation OF
me, made by General Judzou ktpatrlck OF New
Haven, ON the 2oth INST. to which YOU call my atten
ton, ~ not the hrst in which he has INDUCED since
his appearance On tile hustnSs IN TINS canvass. l
understand he freely employed his criminal
capacity for ribald Invention In an OF tina
speccne3 he has made since hts return
TO ths country, and that ] have been the
objective point OF many OF his unpriucplcd aud IN
decent lies. The Northern masses have been so
prone to misunderstood any appearance thai have
made Ia the pre- eat campaign that have been
tent, heretofore to foteg0 any nouce o. General XII
trust that some futurs and more ausplcious time
would afford me an opportunity Of stripping tae i'm
poster and or exposing him. the base counterfeit he
is TO the contempt OF al just aud fair minded peo-
pie Ny forbearince, however, Ia construed by hun
a license o additional and more slanderous de-
traction. and | am constrained 10 notice hia New
Haven speech, ~ II appeared IN tho eyster or Oc-
Iobcr II, 1865. 10 that speech he - reported
ing .nat forrest nad naled nesro,s 70 fences s.t
The charge IL but tho natural offspring OF kiipae
ricks common and mered fame a. an unprincpled
aud easy lar IT ~ enough Tor me TO say, IN which
feel win be believed aud sustained by every chiv
aric ofncer aud soldier IN the federal army, that
what he has said OF In the speech referred to ID
the elimination OF saaderous islsehood, rendered
he more olIous that 1t is deliberately Forged for
erect upon the unthinking and too connding
portion oi the people of the North, whose votes no
intends to steal By such criminal and dsreputahla
invention. All such reports whether emanatina
from tins creature Fitzpatrick, from auy else,
winch tend IN any way TO create tho impression that
1 conducted my humole pare In the war upon any
other than the strictest principles OF CIVILIZED
warfare, arc utterly untrue and are the
corrupt and feculeut 1ctions OF designing and
rascaly sanderers. 1 am not prone 10 OBJ
trude matters or this kind upon tho public no
tice, and would have been glad 10 have met kilpat-
rick aud settled this affair Ia less public and moro
emphatic manner; and u IL should happen that this
note should meet his eye and he should make II tho
provocatiOn OF any additional display of words, any
one who may hear hun Is at liberty TO assure him
that am ready to meet him Ia any way That he may
choose, ana while sm avorse to personal Conflict
should much prefer ~ CRAFTY any wish he may cher
fsh IN that way TO being tue further subject of Ms
uninany defamation and unsoldierhke misrepre.
sentatiDn.
think the public will justify me in denouncing.
as now 10, General Judson Fitzpatrick a black
guard, liar, sc0undrc and poltroou. ~ he = no
rOic Jg,Ue he trOatt haze tie Northern peJDle be-
hsre han, my FRIEND, General Basil W. Duke, 10
Louisville kV, Is authorized 70 reUetre on Ujy DeAaO
a1tg COMMUNICATION ne may chooSe 20 make.
n. 10. FORREST.