The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-05-21

The enemies of Gen. howard, when
they found that they were again defeated,
started the lie that three out of the
seven officers who composed the court
martial. were in favor OF CONNECTION, and
and that he was only saved by : majority
OF one The following editorial appeared
in the y Y Tribune:
\ communication in another column
sets at rest the question Of the division
in the court martial which eSta blished
the innocence of Gen. Howard of the
charges made against him The court
composed of able members, with Gems
Sherman and Mcdowell conspicuous at
their head, was unanimous in his acquittal,
and the result must be highly gratifying
to all who hold that the welI-earned fame
of the eminent Generals of the country
is valuable national possession.
The following is the communication
referred to:
| To tie Editor Of the Tribune:
SIR: Please allow me space to say of
the Howard Court of Inquiry, from au-
thentic information received this day
| that the court was unanimous upon the
statement of facts proved, and also upon
all matters affecting Gen. Howard's char
acter as an officer and a gentleman, and
also in commencing his conduct
as Commissioner of the Freedman's S
| Bureau K
NEw-YoRK, May IA, 1874
The New National Era, edited by a
colored mana son of Frederick Doug
lass, says:
GEN O. 0. HowARD-Few men in this
country have been the subject of more
unhesitating confidence as single
hearted and every way truth-worthy ser
want of his country and humanity on the
one hand, while at the same time the
object of doubt and suspicion on the
friends, the men and women who know
him, have believed in him, and have be-
lieved in him thoroughly. Generally
such undoubting confidence of man S
immediate friends is sufficient to shield
him from doubt and insinuation from
other quarters, but such has not been
the case with him. He seems to have
excited hate almost as intense and per-
sistent against himself as the love and
gratitude which his life and character
have inspered. At the hour when the
arms of the Republic had permanently
triumphed over rebellion the name of o.
0. Howard was among the highest of our
patriotic and successful Generals He
was the Stonewall jackson on the loyal
side of the civil war No word of doubt
or reproach fell upon him from any
point. The loyal face of the nation
greeted him with smiles of approval
wherever he appeared. History had not
confused his part in the mighty and de
cisive battle of Gettysburg, nor made
any attempt to wiring from him his dearly
won laurels in that dreadful storm oil
iron hail and fire.
All went well with him till the good
Abraham Lincoln selected him from al
his surroundings as the man who should
stand between the newly emancipateG
slave and the wrath and fury of his en-
ragged master. Trials then began, DIES
tined to Cypress and strain the nerves o.
the man more than war and battle had
done, and soon to burnish his youthful
locks into spears of iron gray All the
reproaches against despised race fell
mercilessly upon his head. He was ar
raigned by Congress upon charges which
touched his honor and stung his pride ot
character. He was spoken of as a mar
who used the Christian masks the better
to enrich himself at the expense of the
poor and the unsuspecting.
Our readers know the end of that in
vestigation. Gen. Howard came out o.
the trial without the smell of fire upor
his garments. Next he was accused O.
misappropriating the funds of Howard
University. Here again the General de
feated his accusers, and was fully vindi
Gated. Now, recently, he has been more
solemnly arraigned, to the delight of his
enemies. Charges proceeding from the
War Office, grave, precise, circumsta ntial
and apparently crushing were preferred
against him, and of each and every on
of these charges he has been triumphant
ly acquitted. Thrice is he armed whC
hath his quarrel just" And this Thrice
) acquittal ought to induce even malice
itself now to keep civil tongue.