The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-06-05
THE TRUTH or HISTORY, -:
GEN. sHEHMAN'O INITIATION OF MR..
DAVIS C0MpLlCITY IN The Al.
OAOSlNATION OF PRESIDENT
LINCOLN
| What Mr.. Davis Has 60 say of scN crn1
] Utterly lnsubstautsa6cd Asser.

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MEMPHIS, iehii' VA! .'' 1900
Col: w. r. Meilem-
NY Dear SW: ileasc accept w! ,'ialhs
tor your kinu letter oi inc ioti INST. anu
the accompanying copy OF aot. LOUIS pa
per containing an tNtrac. rom .ue Ior.n-
comlng WORK 3I zen; w. -: o"eI.nai,.
MY absence uelayeu .ho reee'P' VI your
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LEV me either I'm iI,c 'niied states
,rn,w ar In civil lif,' surely learned notb-
inc TO iustisy such SUSPICION. I'm The
conduct of war between the States. de-
snitc of many busclcss accusations. we
can proudly noint To n record. which
| shows a strict adhprancc TO the ,,sa,,e. of
war between civilized nations. on what.
then. did the suspicion of Gen sherman
rest? Was It not that. proceeding on the
rule of Judging others By oneself. he
ascribed To INC the m,,rderols and mali
cious traits of his own.na,tlrc?
lie reports n conversation with Prcsi-
dent Lincoln, from which is to be in
t.rred a desire to have authority for de-
parting from the course, which rs q SOL
| dier he must have known was usual and
proper towards prisoners of war. Did he
hope to get instructions for The slaughter
OF the coniederacy's president and cabinet
officers. as set forth in the orders of Col.
| Dahlpren. when he made hi. raid against
RichinondY If thc goo,l-patured c6arac-
1
him fiat ,ni,rdcr was NOT Tho annrns,d
measure. II seems TO have tailcJ tn in.
spirc MN WIN the generosity anu cnai1ty
which is ever found in noble minds, or
with the chivalry which ever adotns the
true soldier and gentleman.
| Among the articles of the surrender OF
| Gen. j. T.. Johnston. there was one pro
hibiting military expeditions in the coun-
try east OF the Chattahoochio river. That
was the best consideration obtained tor
the surrender of armies, arms. munitions
and manufactures In that section. and it
was In violation of that article that the
brigade of cavalry, by which was cap
tured. was securing the country and
freely taking from the unprotected peo-
pie the little which was leitsto them for
| their future subsistence. From the state
mcnt of Gen. Sherman we learn that u
story had been told. to the effect that
| was carrying in wagons, millions of
specie to the south. and therefore we are
left to conclude, was made that
expedition in violation OF the
agreement Of surrender. Though the
story of the millions of specie
is now admitted by Gen. Sherman 10
| have been fiction. the admission is made
In such temrs as would lead he reader to
suppose l had been travelling with Wagon
transportation, ana had few thou>ant
dollars oil specie IN VaIse. pa,
neither smpp oG I,,d W1!n Train and Wa
abont Ia Icnve il wien cant,,rrd: nv
| only bnUgoOr was yalisni which was