The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-15
Il Cd IRD FROM GENERAL GITI,

| Il CARD FROM GENERAL GIN.
lie Denies that ho Spoke Disrcspcct fully Of
| Mre. Grant--Hls Honorable Promotions
Mt the Hands of GencrnlLco.
MeSsrs. Editors: Allow nc space in
your paper to reply to the cxtraordi-
nary attack made upon nc by Col. J.
II. Rion in Il speech he made before
your recent County Convention.
My attention was called to it during
the session of the Democratic State
Convention IIc begins by saying:
"I have no cross words with General
Gary" and proceeds to repeat stale
Radical SANDER in regard to General
Grant and his wife, in these words:
"Gary, who in public meeting, at a
wrong time, in wrong place, before
the wrong persons, made an ATTACK:
upon Grant and upon his wi1c, that
Grant can never forgive" AS to the
time, place and propricty Of my
speech which was before tho Tax Pay
crs' Convention at Columbia, on the
18th Of February, 1874, | shall not dis
, cuss with the gentleman, but shall
simply refute the false ard miserable
! SANDER that ! madc an attack uDon
General Grants wife. never made
an attack upon General Grants wife
or the wife Of any other man. ] have
always regarded Mrs. Grant as one Of
the best women in the United States,
and think she is so esteemed by every
one. IN the speech referred to bv
Col. Riop, before the Tax PAYERS Com
Vention, did use the following lam
guagc. 81 for one am unwilling to be
Knocking at the door Of the White
House for political or other fayors. !
am willing to conccdc that Grant is a
great soldier, fit to have stood by Cm-
sar, Napoleon, William the Conoucror,
or Washington, if need be, and give
directions in battle. But by accepting
presents Of great value, in violation of
Of his oath Of office; iM Mrowiug the
responsibility cfhis speculation miih
FISK ana Gou1U, mhe,c6y he muole
twenty-frc thousand dollors, upou his
| WUc, he has furnished and thrown
away form that might have pcrpctu-
ated his name for all time" low Col
oncl Rion, or any other fair minded
man can construe this into an attack
upon Mrs. Grant, am at a loss TO
perceive. Ii is more Of a defense for
her, against the unknightly action of
her husband. Further in his speech,
he uses the following language: "Gcn-
cral Lee said Of him during the war.
that General Gary is working for Gen
cral Gary, not for South Carolina" I
! can but reply to what he repeats as
I having been said Of me bv General
Lee, by briefly stating what General
Lee dld for me smy general. was
upon the reorganization of the I(amp-
ton Legion elected lieutenant co]onc!
ofthc Light Infantry Companies ihat
larmcu part Of that command. |
was at once assigned to Hoods Tcxos
Brigade. ~ short time after thc bnt:
tic OF Sharpsburg, or Antictam, Gcncr-
al Lee sent for me to come to his head
icrs, and upon my arrival there.
'cd lie that he intculicd TO make
! I Colonel for my services in
~ C Of Sharpsburg, that he would
du y consolidating the four com
pan."s Of the 18th South Carolina Boi-
TALON into two companies, aid order
them to the Hampton Legion, tbcrrhy
making ten companies, all Of which he
did.
at the battle Of Riddles Shop, below
Richmond, prevented General Grants
army from occupying Malvern lIill.
and held his advanced troops in check
until General Lee arrived with his
army. | was then commanding n
Brigade as Senior Colonel. General
Lee, as recognition for my services
on that occasion, sent me my commits.
sion rs n Brigadicr General, on tho
next day.
After the battle Of Darby Town. the
plan of which battle submitted ot a
council OF war presided over bv Cen
cral Lee, General Ice, as a rcc6pni,ion
OF my services in that battle, voiunturi.
" assigned Captain Hawkins Battery
OF Artillery permanently to my BRIG.
adc. lic also, in addition to that. had
mo made Major-Gcncral of Cavalry
The last order that | ever received
from him was TO occupy and hold An
pomattoX Court House. until his army
could come up. which did.
1t will be seen from the above facts
that General Lee promoted mo on
three occasions, which was the 0nlv
) promotion that received during tho