The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-11-21


aEAIaE HOW PLAIN a TAN. sHALn PU,
IHIM DOWN.
And now comes that Iowa Unio,
Man" with another letter in the Bull
IN Of last Friday, in which he reiteI
ates the assertion that he heard tn
editor Of this paper jubilato and ex
ult over the hanging Of Mrs. Sirratt
The writer Of the letter says he was
comrade Of ours in. the army, durin,
the war, and remembers distinctly tn,
language used by us at the time 0
the execution OF Mrs. Surratt. Her,
is the exact language he uses in th'
letter to the Bulletin;
"We belonged to the same com
pany, and Z c0nnot be mistaken abou
his rejoicing at Mrs. Surratt's being
hung. We all did it,
Nov, 10 prove what an execrable
unfhitigated, wholesale liar the writel
Of the foregoing sentence is we viii
state few historical facts with which
every school-boy is conversant.
Gen. Lee surrendered to Grant OF
the 9th day Of April, 1865; Presidcn,
Lincoln was assassinated on the 14tt
Of April-fve days after the surren
der. Mrs. Surratt was tried, sen
fenced and executed on charge Of
completely in the assassination. She
was hanged on the 9TH day of July
1866, months after the surrender Of
the Confederate forces and after the
war was virtually at an end. Thus
much for history.
Our discharge from the military
service bears date Dec. II, 1861
three years and half before the ex-
ecution Of Mrs. Surratt- we were
never again in service. On the I'd
day of May, 1865-less than three
weeks after the assassination of Lin
coln--we started across the plains, for
Oregon, in company with large train
Of immigrants, and were in the Rocky
Mountains at the time of the execu.
tion OF Mrs Surratt. Our party first
heard of it at Fort Halleck, and uni
versal expressions Of denunciation Of
the outrage were made by almost
every one, the writer of this being
among the number. Messrs Geo.
Humphrey, SEN, DR.. w. @. Stewart,
1t present residents of this city, Geo. |,
Humphrey jr., present Deputy Sher.
Fl Of Linn county, Hon. Jas. Ii. Tur-
Ter, now praeticing law at Pendleton,
Jmatilla county, and scores of other
espectable and reliable persons were
/ our company while crossing the
lains, all Of whom will doubtless !
erify the statements herein made !
hose who are not yet satisfied that !
Ie Bulletins "Iowa Union Man" is !
unmitigated liar are respect
lily referred to the persons. above /
Imed. !,
But surely nothing more is needed !,
nail the wretch to the cat-head of :
blic opinion and to demonstrate be- :,
nd a doubt that he is brazen liar. -,
The facts are, the Bulletin in its
nd zeal TO injure our business as n
blisher of a paper, and to impair IL
party record, has either invented -
lie or suborned some irresponsl- t;,
vagabond to perform the dirty 90
rk for it; but in its eagerness to wi
Ike out case it has discharged 80
'merang which has recoiled upon -,
If, One would suppose that the :
tor of that paper would have had h.
re sense than to have. permitted A.
Iself to be caught in SO ludicrous -
glaring fraud; but men who are ~,
tinuaIly striking right and left, do
ablind snake in dog-days, can ~
fail to bc-caught in their own tolls NJ,
asionally,
he Bulletin will now either pro- 90
e its correspondents name or IN
ID branded before the whole State "a,
he forger of most brazen lie, 70.
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