The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-04-10
A CALUMNY REfUrED.
THE CHARGE THAT SENATOR LOGAN
RECRUITED A COMPANY FOR THE
CoNFEDERACY DESTROYED
statement 1T col thOrnd,Lc tiropLs.
wf,O ciniIus to have raised tiig puIN
kcCrnitS Iu Williamson County
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Mho ciniins to have raised IA" onIs
Recruits Ia williamson County
NiUscit.
NA~mN0luN. -. &. April /. The
local papers have published q lrttp. at
Col. Ihumdykc Brook. relative 10 the
story which has been revived 10 the effect
that Gen. John \. Logan recruited mru
for the Confederate service. The letter
j. from Col Thorndykc Brook. Of Bait.
more. who recruited the men referred to
in the Nhea,ly affidavit, and commanded
them during the entire war Brooks /, a
native Of Baltimore. and l. now whole.
sale hoe merchant there. shortly be-
fore the war, he removed 10 williamson.
ILL.,, and claims to have recruited the only
m.u IN Williamson county that entered
the rebel service. Brooks. while boast.
ing that he ], still rebel. show. that the
Nheally affidavit Is n libclous fabrication.
The following l. Brooks letter:
Tie Hoa. John 4. LOqqa-DEAR SIR:
Your letter Of his date j. received, and,
IN reply 10 your request for q yindication
at my hands. ! will state that | have read
the statement published in the New York
WORTH aud copied into otter papers, pur-
porting Ia bc an affidavit made hv one
John &. Whcatly in substance as follows
"JDhn &. Whcatly dcposcs that NE was
one of the seventy men recruited for the
Confederate army by John \. Logan
that the sail Logan conducted the re-
cruit~ from williamson county. H.. I'M
der cover Of might. To- place on the Ohio
river, where they crossed into Kentucky
10 join the confederate army that Logan
eho," his ssinp-placc in order 20 avoid
Union troops stationed at Cairo
that Logan left the recruits at
inc river for the purpose of
going back for more. promising fiitl-
fully 10 join the first in q few dly,. and
then command the regiment i'm the Con.
icdrratc service | wish 10 say thai
said affidavit j. q lie throughout. The
only body OF men ever taken from viii
Hanson county, Illinois, 10 the Confcd-
crate army. that know Of. were those
that went with me. With the rccrutim"
OF these or sending of you certainly had
nothing TO do. said Nhcatlv wa, never
in Illinois, that know Of before the war.
! joined the Southern cause. believing II
The right one, and have never changed
my opinion on that point. However. not
believing any good can be accomplished
By propaga,ing lies or Withholding IN,
truth, have written YOU this letter. a,
requested. Respectfully yours.
Nlgucd1 IHoRNDYKE Brooks.
Late Lieut. Col. {. :. \
BArrwoRE, Nd, March y.
LETTER or SENATOR IonAN.
The following letter wa. addressed by
senator Logan L. the New Ork lI.'f'. !
T. The Eit0r orHe Var IoR Il1rIS.
IN your ISSUE Of the 10th int. was pub |
ii.hcd statement based upuna pretended F.
affidavit of one John :. Nhcatlv, stating F.
IN substance that had recruited mum. .
Der Of men i'm Williamson county. H.. at .
the beginning Of the late war for the I.
southern COulcdcracy, that marched I.
them to the Ohio river and then deserted I.
them etc., etc. have no knowledge I
whatever Of Nj. Whrallcy except through |
m, false affidavit, never having seen him. |
II lac ever resided In Williamson county.
| am not aware Of it. Thi, base and false .
statement of hi, wa, published in lllnoi, !
-cNcral year, ago, aud at the time wholly |
fciulcl 10y men Of standing in the county, !
VINO declared c:cry one Of his state |
nrnt, 10 be utterly false. | understood M
The time that this affidavit was procured
rom man in ore of the poOr-hUuSc, in
Illinois, hy the name of Whratlv. for
consideration, and afterwards denied by
me same man. ! had supposed that no
me would ever again think of putting
his base fabrication before the public.
,ut inasmuch Il, it Ia, been done. / pre-.
nmc You will not refuse 10 publish
'ciuatlo on of il made by gentleman
whose knowledge Of the fact, are such
nat his statements cannot be- questioned.
refer TO Col. Ihorudykc Brooks. of Bal
more. who recruited the men referred 10
y W neatly and commanded them during
he war. lie was raised in MARYLAND. re-
moved 10 williamson county. Illinois, a
hort time before the war. aud /, "A u'cr-
liant in Baltimore, well known i'm that
liN. Therefore ask. a, an act Of Justice
o me, that yOu publish this note, with
he letter OF Col. Brooks appended, in II,
,oln,Picuou, part Of your paper rs you
iii IN" lhl>c statements against me
Very respectfully,
JOHN 4. IOGNN.