The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-07-21
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An OPEN LETTER.
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I MY DEARs SiR:-The General is
absent, but z have seen your letter,
and the articles Enclosed from q pa
per which has been considered res
pectable, The General has no inten-
ton u answer anything which has
been put forth in spirit Of malice
envy, anger or resentment, regard
ing his Memoirs.
You may say for me, however,
that the most ghastly apparition'
which rises before my soup-the
one which fills me with the greatest
horrors the awful dread Of the
fate of those Especially if they b. be
Catholics who indulge in such base
less ISLANDERS and spread forth such
malicious falsehoods. Ny knowl-
edge Of General Sherman ctssacter
is thorough. Every ysss IS IT. life,
since he vas nine se.!ts old 3 s 1--we
assosiShsd silh him az orfe1 snded
with him. and I have known Ills SEN
timents well. Gould tR nassral viz
tues and a heart itas' ftom malice, re.
sentiment or injustice setpfs heaven
to a man, Ineed not ask iof hlmsthe
superna atrial gin II faith.
Tel couri ournal Sssper-
petuated an enormity III himself ap.
plying the torch to factory, during
which time he was also guilty soi
blasphemy. | say General Sherman
never was guilty Of blaspheny orpro,
fanity, and the men Of the G. ]. knew
when they published that article that
he had never applied the torch to q
building. How shameful to Islander
IA Religion by accusing her Of DELHI li !.
erately calling down curse, upon Z
man! & 5s:sE 81 a.sss'sas
When the Convent Of the Ursu.
| lime Nuns at Columbia, S. ca was Is'
/ ported to be in danger Of burning
General Sherman sent my brother
| General Charles Ewing, Of his stati,
and q commissary officer, Major j
W. Comyn, both Catholics, with Of.
d ders and authority to do all thai
could be done for the Sisters and fol
those under their charge. They 'ex
ecuted the orders With zeal and grea1
kindness, and under continued in
structions from General Sherman
they assigned to them goodly shar'
Of commissary stores and attendedlt'
t their wants until the army left tn
) place. Curses which are called dow
!, will not fall upon General Sherman
and he is too good to wish that the.
i may rest upon those who inyok
them. Let the malicious revile, ant
J, the false invent SANDERS, and let sucl
s journals as choose to deal in sucl
e things publish to any extent, but lie
: them not presume to assign to m
: sentiments SO foreign to my hear
: regarding the man whose purity 9
life, answering principle, gentlenes
$ of heart and courage Of soul hav
7 heightened and confirmed in me, tn
i admiration and confidence of m,
youth. am, my dear sir, very tru
ly and respectfully yours.
ELLEN EwIxe SHERMAN,
9l2 Garrison avenue, st. Louis, Nc
July 8, 1876. ~
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-E. b. WHEELocK, President Q
e the New Orleans Pacific Railway, al
f ter remaining here week on specia
! business connected with the immedi
., ate construction ofhis Road, left o
E Monday evening, for Shreveport an
i Marshall. We are glad to know an
i make known that his stay here ha
8 proved perfectly satisfactory to hil
e and the interests he represents, an
+ he left US only wishing he may far
no worse elsewhere. Our people ger
], orally are alive to the great impor'
I ance of the Road, and in many il
d stances have taken stock adequate
i their means, and we see no cauf
y why the Road should not be no
IS considered as commenced and su'
II cess. Always strong advocate
v such Road, and too often disal
y pointed in our most sanguine expe
n tations, We do not now for . momel
il. doubt the complete success Of Il
: present one, and strong in that fait'
10 we decline further arguments vii
u our people and doubters, and clo