The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-06-07
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Sm: An article 0f yours. which
recently appeared IN she Charlotte,
M d)nHome, of which you ars
(edit9rs I ind, going Tho rounds OF
the newspapers, in which yon mAke
an attack upon the character Of tie
late General Candy, md other d.
ceased officers Of the United States
army. In this editorial you - me
the honor to bitterly denomce ma
I NJ. ,hpnnr, fce I .esteem u IN
honor Tor any man who has been
loyal to his country 10 be black
guarded and vilifed BY you. Were
I 90 unfortunate a. to be the re.
cipient of yopr .comnaendation, II
should feel Ike exclaimine, O.. did
Socrates, when applauded BY . bad
man like yourself, ssWhat crime
hays I committeds" sssz
Ysu exuH over the, dsath of the
brave. Candy, assassinated by sav.
ages, and attribute his death, with
that Of Abraham Lincoln, Edwin
NJ. Stanton, George 81. Thomas,
Professor Mahan, Of West Point,
ex-senator Preston King, of New
York, and the late Senator Lane, of
Kansas, to retribution of God, be-
cause in the late civil war they op-
posed the effort to destroy the gov
ernment of the United States.
You say of General Candy that
while he was in command at Rich
mond, Va, he personally superin-
tended the hanging of q white man
up by the thumbs for kicking an
insolent negro" Now, this is your
version of Candy s. conduct, and the
whole editorial you have written
breathes so fendish and brutal
spirit as to make you unworthy of
credit. aua@n e5
Besides this, General Hill, the
whole life of General Candy gives
the lie to your assertion that he did
anything vulgar, inhuman or unbe>
coming a high-toned soldier. Candy
was q man Of learning and ability
and . Christian gentleman a. well
as 2 model soldier. I am not pre-
pared to deny that within Canby's
department . white man was tied
up by the thumbs. While he was
commanding at Richmond negro,
under the Consultation as amended,
which Candy was sworn to support
was entitled to all the rights and
privileges Of other citizens. As 4
West Pointer md m s0alC6r OF The
United States army before the war,
you know that to tie . malefactor
up by the thumbs was common
mode of punishment in the army,
and Candy failed in his duty if he
made distinction between crimi
mails ON account of race or color in
netting out the pains and penalties
required by good order and military
discipline. While as matter Of
form and duty, as department com.
mander, Candy would approve the
verdict of . military court inflict
ing just aud necessary punishment
upon criminals violating the laws it
was his duty to enforce, he was
above being his own executioner
The management of the details he
left to q man of brutal instincts like
yourself r@d sTaA ~
Now, General Hill, while you are
falsely accusing General Candy of
brutality, I propose to enlighten
the public a. to your military rec
ord. While IN command in North
Carolina during the hte war,
twenty six white men were tried on
the charge OF being loyal to the
United States. No other offase
was alleged against them. They
were put on trial late in the after
noon and by the verdict of a drum
head court martial acting under
your orders, all were hung until
dead, before breakfast tie next
morning, without benefit of clergy.
Are you not q beautiful specimen
to assail Candy on the score of bru-
taity? I can think Of nothing az
supremely ridiculous, unless it
would be for you ind your friend
Captain Jack to wnte 3 treatise on
civilization for distribution among
the Ku Nux of forth Carolina.
Indeed, if I did no know that YOU
were in North Caplina, I should
infer from the brutality of the as
sault on Candy, Tbmas,and Others,
that you werein th lava beds when
it was written, ar1 that the article
was the joint production of your
self and Captain Ack.
Your assumption that the death
of the noble Geore II. Thomas, by
apoplexy, and the adden deaths Of
Lincoln and other oyal men, are .
retribution Of the Almighty for the
side they took in thdate war, could
be inspired only blythe malignity
, born of disappointed ambition and
the spirit which possessed the devil,
, the founder Of secessin Democra-
cy, Of 2 preference to nling in hell
J to serving in heaven.
I am happy in The belief that
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