The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-11-18
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GEN. GEN. FORREST + ST AFTER TIE "wIcKEnEsrn. AN
Z hEAHEsg GENERAL IN TUE UNI,
IA .i,fsela III, TED STATES 70, . ii ez;llt
An Open Letter to HsH. Ehackleforc
s q, ESQ., of New Haven. Iaxra
GENERAL Kp.RArRIcK BRANDED AS * poll
'.sf'sE7 TgeoN, TO wiifcH ifE SUBMITS.

ai Mrarnrs; October 2s, 1s1sI b.
Fl. II. shackleford Esq, New Haven, Con :,
SIR-The false and mendacious repre-
seotation Of me, made BY General Judson'
/ Fitzpatrick, Of New, Haven, on the 10th
inst To WHICH, you call my. attention, is
not The the first. in which he has INDUCED
since his appearance ON the musings in
.nis canvass 1 understand he freely EN-
ployea his criminal capacity for ribasdi in
|,vemtion in all of the speeches he has made
since his returhto this country mid That I,
have been The objective point ofmantyy OF
his unprinciplea and indecent iibois. The
Northern, masses have been so prone to
misunderstood any appearance that l have
made in tho present campaign that have
made in the present campaign that have
been content, heretofore, to forego any no.
tice Of Gen. Kilpatrick's inventions with
reference to myself, and to. trust that some
future and more suspicious time would
afford mean opportunity Of stripping the
impoater and Of exposing him, the base
counterfeit that hei u.s.. to the contempt of.
all just and fair minded people. My for
bearance, however, is construed by him MS
lieerse TO additional and more slanderous
detraction, and am constrained to notice
his New Haven speech, as it appeared in
the Register. Of Oct. 81, 1868. In. that
speech he is reported as saying that /" For.
rest had nailed negroes to Fences, sci. IRE
TO The Fences and burned ne negroes 10
death"
Tho charge is but The NATURAL offspring
of Kilpatrick's common and merited fame
as an unprincipled, and easy, liar. 1t is
enough for me to, say, in which feel Twill
be believed and sustained by every chiyal-
ric officer and soldier OF the Federal army,
that what he has said of me ia the speech
referred to is the elimination Of sianderous
falsehood, rendered more odious that it is
deliberately forged for effect upon the un-
thinking and too corGdipg portion Of The
people OF the North, whose votes he in
tends to steal by such criminal and tlisrc-.
pntable4 Invention. All such reports.
whether einanating from This creaturs XII
patrick, or from any one else, which tend.
in any way to create the Impression that
I conducted my bumble part in the var
upon any other. than the, strictest ,pripci-
pies Of civilized warfare, are utterly untrue
md are the corrupt and fecnlent fictions Of
designing and fascally slanderers.l 4 ON
not prone to Aobtrude matters Of this kind
upoa tho, public notice, and would have,
been glad to have met Fitzpatrick and set
tied this uffair IN less public and more
emphatic manner: and if II should hap
pen that this note should meet his eye; and
he should make il the proyocation Of any
additional display Of words, any ono who
may hear him is at liberty to assure hin,
that ! am ready tomeet him IN any way
that hesnsay choose and while am averse
to personal conflict | should much prefer
to crafty any wish lenay cherish in that.
wayto being the fnrthor subject Of his, an
manly defamation and nnsoldierlike mis-
representation. , q. s'I ,.,a 80
Ithinkthe public viii justify me ia ae-
'nouncing, as l now do, General Judson
Fitzpatrick as a backyard, liar, scoun-
drel md poltroon. Ifhe is tho heroic fig
urc he would have tho Northern people
believe him. my friends General Basil w.
Duke, at Louisville, Kentucky. is author
lied to receiye on my behalf any commuui-
cation he may cboosoito nake.srg ie4t' /.
= ss7s84 aas Respectfully,
I, I. s.. q IT,. = n. B. FORREST
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