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Grants Military Record.

Grants Military Record.
70 the Editor OF Cincinnati Enquirer
w have certificates from Gen. Hill
~. Wallace. Webster, ETC., that Gran
vas NIT dunk NJ DOmsldaOm and ,.Shi.
Ion. Nov, itia vetv csftaIn on ampls
cvitlrncA. imc,u.ltnG Gruorsl Lew. Wal
lace's, 'ksi Grant was ahAemt from dav.
High, e'hcm fha Rebel attack was made
Of D,1A,,lsoM. Till three o'clock In the
afternoon 4 l. also proven. bv annie
cvi,lenrc. that Grant was not on the
bAssla.d.'d Al Shllol, fi'l eleven o'clock
IN the Oh OF April 1862. aud that he
Asssrtsd lhe field Co. his host twice. that
49, ma oboot noon. when he gave
% - ~ g let Vhea Ne heard his OK.
IRENE ylGSs ~ driven bark and again,
st two O'Clock IN the afternoon, when
that TANK WAS REALLY DRIvEv mack
and he lid not again sppear ill hve o.
clock In the afternoon, when, ~ he says
IL his report Bmell's arrival saved the
transports. landing sMa his army from
capture. The alleged for such conduct
by his friends has hitherto been that he
WAS DRUNK and unit nr duty. II that
Was not the reasOM. can there be no 9TH
er than his consciousness Of incapacity,
or his orders from Hslleck to allow the
defeat Of HE army. General Wallace
testified before the Committee on the
Conduct Of the War Honest Benz.
Wade Chairman that Donaldson, not
being able to yet orders from Grant. al.
ter repeated efforts, he attacked without
order. aud thereby saved the Union ar
INV from defeat. and was Of course the
true hero OF Donaldson.
He further testihes that on the eth Of
April. ut Shiloh, about eight o'clOch in
the morning, In asking orders from
Grant ss To his line Of march to attack.
he was given direction that would
have lei him into the swamps Of Snake
Creek. and lcsding two miles north OF
the battlefield at the time. Aud that in
the afternoon, when the battle was near
ly over. Oh asking order from Grant in
person in which line to pursue the en-
envy, he was directed to advance on a
line which would have led him back on
the same track by which he had come
up to the front. Now. the best excuse
that can he given for such orders il, that
Grant WAS DRUNK, and unfit for duty. :
There il no other reason for such con-
duet than that he was ordered tn allow
the defeat Of his army, or his utter in
capacity. Again, there is found in
Grants life, By himself fathered on Ba-
dean. dispatch to the War Office, rs fol-
lows:
"Grn. Grant left his command with
OK N authority and went to Nashville.
Z; 40 ""i ,rls or reports of any
7 itM .im IN .irci nd worn
y. - this iIr.iec nj irl'i .iracv
IL. W. iiALLEcK."
And OH the 4th h- dispatches To Grant
ss follows: you will place General
{. +. Smith in command Of the Ten
nessee expedition. and remain YOURSELF
AT Fort Henry. Why do you not obey
orders and report strength and position
OI your commandw
Aud rgain, on the 9Th OF March. 1852. |
H.lleck telegraphs to Grant: your
II" elect o: special orders to report the
strength Of your command has created
great dissatisfaction, aud seriously in-
tertered with military plans, etc"
The above Is I'll the Official evidence
that can be- had ut present as to Grants
claims as "Great Commander" At Don
sldson, Shiloh, and between the same
III other evidence has been suppressed
Q. destroyed by Grant hiin.-... o. H.!
leck
IT, ,',aatiOn Of Hal!rck's char q
axAia.. 1ta .:r 40 ,all.,iI. tui- "
ter has %. :. .-c:n = .o;.l ''". +
now ia an 'in"n,. nd thea ........ttt
with CRAFTS staff. that he was lr,,u.
fro'.l the 18th Of February TO the Ill.
OF March. when again restored TO .on,-
Inand. rs Grant informs e. aeral Su.ual
..'i day. iSee Grants Baleau. pl..,
$751;
Why should such evidence b, -np-
pressed IN face OF the speeches Of Cor,
king. Wilson and Wade AZ 10 Grants
unparalleled military talent, ETC.. an
these certificates Of officers interested H.
his election.
His main merit, indeed, was in being
oftsp drunk. and II he had remained
dead drunk during the war;. the merit
would have been greater still.
Morrow, Sept. 30, 1879. WIG.
A POND father In Rochester hal sua