The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-10-12

Mr.. Greeley will most certainly End at
the close Of the camr align that Senator Schurz
does not Garry the German votes in his peck.
cts as be avorred, for even we're such pre-
posterous and concealed statement, true, Mr..
Greeley's uncalled for and wicked lie nj q.
ton Of the German troops during the late
war Of the rebellion make it harder for the
German soldiers and their friends to swallow
him than the old-time Pr0slavery and Adolf
tionists hating Democrat.
When Horace Greeley un .crtakes to write
upon any subject it is difficult for him to alb
stain from going into extremes which render
him ridiculous. When the terrible news Of
reached New York city Mr.. Greeley rushed
into print, and taking up the burden Of the
charges made by General Hooker. flriously
denounced the whole eleventh army corps MS
having the field, and directly charged the
loss of the battle to defectios OF the Germa MS
under S.einwehr, Schurz, and Howard.
In TIE New York Tribune Of Nay 6, 1868,
Nr. Greeley says;
1t is evident that tho first battle on Sstur.
day May p ought to have been won by
General Hooker, and that he would have won
it but for the cowardly fight of the eleventh
corps at the very opening Of the conflict.
When they fled the whole maneuve. was
foilcd. n Our letters show that the
first days battle would have been the last
bu. fur the unaccountable fight Of this dis
honored corps. We trust that swift justice
viii overtakc the troops that broke; that if it
be deemcdttoo rigid to shoot them. they may
atleast be deeimated and then dissolved"
The press of the whole country, with some
honorable exceptions, taking their tone from
Mr.. Greeley, denounced in violent terms the
Dutch cor 81 and demanded violent meas
ures against the corps, off Gers, and men.
The German soldiers who served in that
battle were the recipients Of singing
abuse, which would have utterly demoralized
almost. any other troops. but self conscious
Of the baseness Of the falls hOrl, they stood
CALAMITY by their col.rs, AL in the smoky
crest a Gtttys51r. ab,yc the clouds at
Lookout Mountain, an the weary months Of
battle that ended in the deadly struggle at
Stlanta proved themselves soldiers, warriors,
worthy Of the name, and fang buck in the
face Of the slandercr the lie of Chansellors-
vile,
That the eleventh was broken at C.lancel-
louisville is the only single grain Of truth in
the wicked assault made by MIR. Greeley; but
that they fed was lie. Attacked in ir ont,
flank, and rear by $4,000 men under Stone
wall Jackson, their lines were forced back i,
and fighting, checked the rebel advance till
a new line was formed and en.renched. The
commanding general was repeatedly advi sed
Of the movement of the rebels, and orders
and help asked, but abandoned to the fate
fast encil cliug them, they met the trunt
Of the fierce ons Taught and sullenly retired,
and to stubborn defence made by the nth
and 18th corps the army was indebted for
its safe retreat across the Rappahannock.
| After the close of the war Carl Schuiz =.
who. was a major general, commanded a
a division Of the | lth corps wrote full and
accurate account Of the facts of the battle Al
Charlottesville, having for its object by
presenting the true history Of the battle, the
vindication of the German troops from the
assaults of the New York Tribune. This
paper was sent to Mr.. Greeley, who return
cd it to General Schurz declining to publish
| it.
After this Horace Greeley issued the second
volume Of bis boob, 'The American Conflict :
and vi it'll the full knowledge of the truth Of
| Tho at at.Ik 30 ul~ n e L..
mans. Volume II p. 257., speaking Of the
attack Of Saturday evenipghe says:
In moment the LIST division. Genera
Devsas; was overwhelmed; It's commander
being among the wounded, and one third O.
its force including every General and Colo ns
either disabled or captured.
tDriven back in wild rout down the Chan
cellorsvills road upon the position of Genera
Sc.uTz. was fuunl that his. division hat
already retreated-perhaps aeJ iss the apte
woodland an attempt made to rally aud form
here proved abortive.
Back upon S.einwhr's division rolled tn
rabb,c rous in spite of Towards frantic ex
ertions; and, although . semblance of organ.
aztion and consistency were here maintained
the great majority of the corps poured dow
to Charlottesville and beyond, spreadin,
the infection Of their panic and threa teninI
to stampede the entire army.
"Sickles, was thunder struck b.
tidings that Howard's corps was demolished
As he hal heard no firing fanny consequence
he refused at FIRST to credit tho story. but b
was soon constrained to believe it. Not oul
was the 18th corps gone, but the triumphan
rebels were in his rear, between him en-
headquarters. AMI now reporting T.
Hooker, be vas ordered to fall back o.
ChanceIorsvillc, the collapsed of the lit
corps having rendered our force inadequate
as was judged, for the defence of SO extende
front. 'Lee's army was elate
with its easy rout Of the ll,h corps and il
general success; covered by woods whic
not only concealed it's inferiority in numbers
but rendered it immaterial, while Hooker ha
lost heart by reason Of Towards sudden dis
aster, and his subordinates we're paralyzed.
And now. Horace Greeley, notwithsta ndn
the lies he uttered concerning German troops
asks the Germans to casts their suffrages 70
him, who, above all others, was responsible
: for tie wicked, unmeritcd abuse heaped uro
, German soldiers.
. Germans, remember the phrases, tn
dutch llth;" ~ fights NIT Sigel, but run
nit de 18th corpse 81 ish an nth corp
trotter," that the Tribune and the Demo
cratic press throughcus the country SO plent
fully flung at you, and then ask each other
you will vote for the man who started an
kept up these ISLANDERS in the face of evidenc
which proved them to be lies coined from hi
fertile brain.
COnOr and Adams.
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