The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-04-14

THE General was relieved of his COM
Dand, and when again assigned to duty
it was not in the Department Of S. w.
Virginia.
1T is not my desire to rob Gen. Will
liams Of a single laurel that decks his
brow, nor detract from the glory he claims
as the hero of hundred battles, but the
statements have made are facts, given
in compliance with your request, and if
he is attacking your war record for polit-
ical effect, and the statements I have
made are worth anything to you, it is
your privilege to use them Respectfully,
your friend, "a. l. GILTNBs.''
SOME MORE CowARDICg At PEACH TREE
CREEK, GA.
HereDaiped under arrest from October,
1868. till May, 1864, when, without trial
or acquittal Of the charges, he was as
signed TO duty in another department
Even in his new sphere he was not wholly
free from imputation of similar indisere-
tfons, his absence from the command Of
his brigade at Peach-tree Creek, on the
23d Of July and at the time ofStoDemans
capture, two of its most Dosable engage
ments, Col. Breckenridge commanding in
the first and Col Butler in the second,
being by many attributed to the same
cause. Bot whether in defeat or victo-
ry, he seemed to have been equally the
victim Of misfortune, for as he suffered ar
rest after the defeat at RheatowD, so after
his Wanted victory at Saltville. in Octo>
Der, 1864, he was again placed under ar
rest and stripped OF command. The
charges against him were still pending
when the war closed in May, 1865, and
the surrender OF the Confederate armies
came to him as a boon, which, while it
brought captivity to others, was a release
to him from bondage.
Such is the military record of one who
seeks to delude the people of Kentucky
with the falsef glare of a reputation for
Iglory which lives only in his imagination,
with the facts Of history staring us in the
face that he was for more than one year,
or more than one-foarth Of his term OF
Iservice. under the ban of a military ar
rest. Could ef5ronte,y 60 farther. or could
additional words from me speak more in
his condemnation or my own vindication?
| Thus have sought to prick the bubble
which has fioated SO long before the adj
miring gaze ofan indulgent and deceived
people. Willingly would have permits
ted its owner to bask in the sunshine Of
his own vanity, had not forbearance
tcease5 to be a virtue, and my longer 81,
lence been capable Of misinterpreta,ion.
THE COURSE OF A BaAYE soLDIER AND TRUE
GRyrLExAS.
For myself, eeasea fgbting my bal.
: ties when the war closed, and no one has
lever heard me alls5e to the events of tn,
war, or 70 my participation therein, al
any ground sor my support. Ny Who'll,
. aim has been to leave in the background
, all Of the part. seeking 10 mite all Ken
tuckians, of whatever antecedents, IN til,
advocacy Of correct principles OF govern
| ment, and the promotion of the peace
prosperity and honor Of Kentucky.
. l have contended only shat ones par
: ticipation in the war, whether on one sid,
: or the other, should not he urged as ar
argument against his political advance
, ment, and always deprecated an sppea
to the passions Of the war as a stepping.
stone,to prelerment By the enforcement
of such policy we may hope TO becom,
Thoroughly united as a people. and ulti
mately efface all of the asperities. of thu
late struggle. and it behooves the De
f mocracy Of Kentucky to guard well lesi
, we shall bring ourselves INTO merited re
| proach by countenancing the pretensioni
Of those who aim to ride into power b.
, such appeals as those have had TO ex
pose. .....
As for me, ! am impelled by no over,
reaching ambition, holding ever my owl
advancement subordinate to the good o
the State Feeling thus, and aPpeaiin.
alone to the just sense Of the people o
? Kentucky, and Of the honest manhood o
the Democracy Of Warren and the who'll
Commonwealth. shall submit with de,
, ference to whatever decision they shsll
make in regard to my aspirations. anc
labor ever faithfully TOR the principles
hold so dear, upon the triumph of which
depend the destinies Of our State and Re
public