The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-08

win fuldl MS promise Thc,eve that ~ Grant was
,Gs 70 namse ana was not surrounded by bad ad
Kind heart and would naturally act kindly towards
ss s 6us unfortunately he has seen t to place him
platform, and he is elected the leaders of the re-
puoican party WIN certainly see to it that he does
the policy OF the radicals Should he dare to oppose
them the manner In which they dealt with President
Johnson would be put before him as threat and
NO CHANCE OF A FAIR ELECTION IN rrSNrssss.
ior inc part tennessee Is to take in the election
inc uemocrats, lear, have no hope OF success. In
Ger ain counties OF the State the negroes are hooking
oyer 70 our standard but the registers have the
cate TO any man they see lit. In Gibson county where
large number Of negroes have formed Seymour
and Blair clubs, the registrars have already made
their policy known by refusing to give any negro
member OF the clubs q certificate. With such
power welded against any opposition that could be
made against the republican party in the State It ia
very evident that fair election In Tennessee Is ut
tery impossible. Here the people are not exerting
themselves TO win over the negroes to the cOnserva
tive side with that energy which characterlzes the
EFFORTS OF the democrats In other Southern States,
and simply because they know that as soon as a
gro is suspected OF being democrat he will not be
allowed to VOTE"
Tne General then concluded his remarks by very
frankly answering few questions as to the capture
OF Fort Pillow. He denied in the mos, emphatic
butchery or negroes when the fort was taken:
when the fort was captured" said he, ..many Of
those who mol had been in a but were not Of the garrl
som as wen as many or the garrison, with their arms
In their hands, rushed down toward the gunboats,
the fort being open on the side OF the river. They
did not strike their flag nor put up white one, nor
MAKE any SHOW OF surrender and for that mat
ter haven't surrendered until this day. AS they ran
down toward the boats along the bank, where they
mad ammunition opened TO be used against as, two
or three hundred OF my men who were posted under
the bluffs on either Side the fort seeing them run
ming with their arms and also firing and the
nag still 1ylng were under the impression
That the light was still going on, and poured an en-
flading fire into them. The fight was between Ten
nesseeans and the daughters and SISTERS OF several
men or my command had been outraged by the men
who had gathered In the fort to tho number OF $780,
yet were not OF the garrison. When / dashed into
the fort tn-clad gunboat was training her guns
Us through the opening OF the fort the river side.
A gun was wheeled about and q ball struck her and
she made Oh. When saw the nag flying l ordered it
cut down, and at once the firing ceased. Many OF
the men OF the fort rushed down the blur and,
propeng into the river tried to swim TO the boats,
but were drawn to the bottom by the great suction
the bluffs. No OF the 40 600 men was in
strumenta In capturing during the war can say that
l ever maltreated prisoner. i asked President
Johnson to have me tried and thorough fnyestga-
ton made ebout the matter Ben Wade's Congress
sional committee IL was who got up the infamous
Islander about me at Fort Pillow, Notwithstanding
the evidence OF the prisoners showed there had been
no general massacre SO far from IL, as soon as
cried, Strike the coors,' ordered the firing to
cease, and shot one OF my own men for disobeying
the order II it can be proved that did as charged
should deserve hanging.n