The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-02-04

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sHe is entirely without character. Why, for
81 00O ne would slanoer his own mother.
The said William I. sherman, general of the
army of the United States, by this language,
uttered as aforesaid, In derugation of his high
Office. and fOrgetful of his official position ana
the honor and dignity of the service 10 which
he X attached, did violate the criminal laws OF
the district in which he is stat oned, to-wlt.
the laws defining and punishing the crime OF
slander in the District of Columbia; this at the
headgusrters Of the army ofthe United states
at Washington, II. G., on or about the 18th day
Of January, Ammo Domini lS'e, in violation oil
the e1ghty-third article of war.
SiECIFICATION III. In this, that upon the
appearance IN print OF the Language OF the
as recited in the first specification of this
charge, and contained IN the interview here
unto attached and marked A. the said Henry
V BOyntOn did address to the said William t.
sherman n cOmmun cation in the following
letters and figures, tO-wit:
''WAsIuNGToN, Jan. Is, 1880.
general w. I. sherman, Washington, ID. c.
"GESERAL-Thc inclOsed Interview appears
in the Washington correspondence OF the
Cleveland Leader OF the 10th instant, and, as
you will perceive. il purpOrts To give yonr
language.
ssOf course do not object 10 that part which
treats OF INV criticism or Your "Memoirs;, but
am 10th To believe that yOu used the Language
contained in the two brief paragraphs have
marked, namely:
'''You could hire him to do anything for
money ana, why for $1,000 he would slander
his own mother
aAs these purport 10 be your exact words, /
am sure you can have no hesitation i'm inform
ing me II the correspondent IN question re-
ported them correctly; aud IL he did not, am
also sure YOU viii promptly disayow them.
livery respectfully, II. V Boy NTON."
the said II. V. Boynton meaning by the first
part of the above letter that he did not object
10 decent criticism of his treatment of the
"MelnOirsr-to which communication the saId
return reply, written in hts own hand, in
the following letters and figures, to-wit:
" HEADQUARTERS
"ARsIY OF THE UNITED STATES.
"WAsHINGToN, ID. G., Jan. Id, lsSO.b
"H. v. Boynton:
"SIR-I have received your letter ineloslDg "a
copy of Cleveland paper, which l nave
young man who came to me saying that you
had siandered his father.
Il said thoCght you were capable of doing
snythlng for pay; that slander was you- daily
avOc ation. ana that a. you hsd deliberately
falsfied as 20 Ine, believed you capaOle of
slandering your own mother FOR pay. This IS
hard thing TO say OF any man, mt believe
IL Of you. Yours,
AMI he, the raid William + Sherman, gen.
eral OF the army, did subseq quently exhibit the
same to divers and sundry persons, and thus
laws OF the district in which he Is stationed,
to-wit, the laws defining ana furnishing the
cfinlS ol slaudef IN the Dlsrlct OF CoininDlii.
This az his residence at No. SIS Fifteenth
street, in the city of Washington, on or abOut
the l6th day OF January, 1850, and AZ the head
quarters or the army of the United States, AT
Washington, - G., on or about the 18th day of
January, ISS in derogatiOn OF his high Office,
and In violation Of the elghty-third article OF
srEcu'IcATION III. In this. that lie, William
L. Shermao general OF the army, having writ
ten and caused To- be published two volumes
entitled M moirs of General w. T. sherman,
written by himself" purpOrtiDg TO give am
accurate account OF those events in the late
civil war with which he was connected: he,
the said William 4. sherman, having had at
the time Ot publishing the said Memoirs all
needed records OF the war at his control and
wi "a. 4
memoirs" commit grave and inexcusable err
rors in statement. ana did by these writings
do great injustice 20 noted officers serving
with or under him, notably 10 General u. =.
Grant, ia connection with the Forts Henry
the Sea-" To General ID. e. Buell. and the Army
# the ohio, In connection with the battle of
Pittsburg Landing; to General George III.
Thomas, then deceased, and the Amy OF the
Cumberland, in connection with the battles OF
@ lattanOOga and Nashville, and the assault on
kenesaw Mountain; 10 General ]. B. McPher-
battle of Resaca: TO Generals John A. Logar,
and Francis T.. Blair, then dying with paIaly-
sis, in connection with the battle tf
connection with the assault on CnicKasaw
Bluff; TO General William SoOy Smith, in con-
nectlOn with the Meridian campaign; to Hon.
T.. NJ. stanton, then deceased, In connection
with The cotton capI urt d at Savannah; all u
the manner more fully set forth in the said
memoirs of General w. L. Shei man, written
by Himself, and did further claim for him
self hOnorS belonging TO other officers, and
uld attempt TO make other OtnceTS reSpOnSl ole
for various mis;a kes and failures OF his own,
and did print unfounded aSperSlonS against
noted officers; and these various errors, unjust
assertions and unfounded claims ana
asperslonS having been partially exposed
by Henry V. Boynton, writer
ton, by comparing the writings OF the said
William i. sherman. general OF the army,
with the oilicie, recoTdsof the war, ano pub
mans Historical Raid: the Memoirs in the
Light of the Record" herewith attached and
marked 3 D he. the said William T. sherman,
general OF the army. for the general purpose
OF breaking the force of those comparisons,
and especially OF breaking the force OF that
portion OF them which charged him with inn
properly claiming to have originated the
march from Atlanta to savannah, commonly
known as the "March TO tue Sea, when, as had
been again ana recently pointed out from the
records by the said Henry V. Boynton. the
credit of It's origin belonged to General L. :.
Grant. aud also for the purpose of breaking
the force OF that part of these CON-
parsons which pointed out that
the said Memoirs took away the credit of
planning the campaign OF the Cumberland
aud the TeDnesSe rivers from General Grant
and assigned IL 10 General Halleck. he, VIII
liam T. sherman. general of the army, did say
10 lug ne II. COwles, a newspaper reporter,
repeating and adopting the words of said
COwles, and adding words OF his own: "Boyn-
ton,in IA IS review of N.Y." Memoirs" j." made very
many false and unjuse statements, contradic-
tory OF my account OF things in the war, and
20 strengthen his position he went to the Con-
federate recOrds and made gaTblcd accounts OF
these tn sustain his denial of my assertions.
Every word of this is true. Boynton garbling
of the Confederate records was most palpable
and shameless. But what cOult YOU expect OF
the mans Everybody knows him To be
notorious slanoerer. NOu could hire him TO
do anything for money. A man of character
and a aChristian-bah, He is entirely without
character. Why, for 81 GOO he would SANDER
his own mother. Nobody of character wishes
TO dirty their hands with such a creature.
would not bother with such vermln as he. He
j. very persistent and energetic in the manu-
facture OF fa'sehood"-the said William T.
sherman violating
the District OF Columbia, wit. the laws de-
fioing and punishin the crime OF slandeT, IN
derogltion of his high Office as general OF the
army OF the T. nted states, and IN violation of
the eighty-third article of war.
This at the headquarters of the army OF the
United States, at Washington, ID. c., On or
about the 18th day of January, lSsO.
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