The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-01-10
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
The Blackburn Burbridge
Business

bean given out for publication:
| LEXINGTON, XII, Dec. q, 1881.
| General s. @. BlsTbrldQe:
Sir-4our note Of recent date, with al
enclosure from one OWsley, directed {,
| you, was handed to me by the assistan
| dooTkeeper of the House of Representa-,
tives on the day Of the adjournment o
Congress, to wit: 2lst instant. In you
communication you complain of my re-
| opening the wounds of the war anC
charging you with having dotted my dis
trict over with the graves OF men whom
you murdered during the war, and you
sack to apologize for your action OF that
period. This Is substantially the contents
Of your letter. I would have replied
earlier had not been leaving the city as
| soon as / was well enough to do so. ]
| am thus forced to answer by mail. ]
wish you to understand, sir, that have
never sought to reopen the issue:
Of the war, nor have / ever at any
time spoken unkindly of any officer of
the United States army, unless his acts
put him beyond the pale of civilized
warfare in the twilight Of barbsrism; nor
will consent to employ harsh language
or severity Of criticism towards my OPP
ponents in that struggle, save under the
circumstances stated; but, sir, after care
fol consideration allow me to say that,
in spite of your special plea
that . number Of dating aished
gentlemen, whom you name. sp-
proved your conduct, all of whom in so
doing must have acted without full nokwl-
edge of the facts. Whenever the cir
cumstsnceS require. or I may be called
upon to speak thereto, my statements
shall be consistent with the truth, and
those heretofore made by me. b3
Yours, respectfully,
(Signedl j.. @. S. BLACKBURN.
General Burbridge's reply to Black
burn, Gays: Blackburn assumes that
the distinguished Union generals. who
approved his (Burbridge's) course dur
ing the war, did not know the facts. He
said these deeds which provoked rebel
wrath were executed openly upon the or.
der OF Secretary Stanton. Those who
endorsed his acts before and after they
were distorted by rebel hate were fully
converssnt with all the facts, and he re-
grets that, in passing sentence upon him,
| Blackburn did not include rebel guerillse,
l Wha murdered men protecting their
| wives from insult, and did hundreds of
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pale of civilized warfare into the domain
Of actual crime. Blaekburn's district
was dotted with the graves Of men who
did such shameful acts, yet not one of
them died except under the orders Of q
great leniebcy and allowing many 10 30
cure pardon on promise Of future
amendment. he was frequently GEN.
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lucky legislature had no power to COM
mand him, he appeared voluntarily be-
fore them, and after full investigation OF
these charges, committee of the lower
| house abandoned the inquiry. There
we're acts committed by Adherants
TO BlAckburn's cause which so
far surpsss those above mentioned
ss TO provoke them into the in
quiry whether they were not concoct-
eddy the prince Of darkness himself. as
the Introduction Of clothing infected with
yellow fever during the war. By who
ever this crime against civilization was
attempted, the prooh Of the attempt were
ample. He advises Blackburn, while
vexing bis righteous soul about
bsrbarous treatment of thieves
and cut-throGts in Kentucky, to
allow some portion Of bis indignation to
ind Vent against hii diabolicsl attempt
to murder innocent women and children.
Here fellow three kilograms from General
Sherman, dated Big Shsnty, Georgia,
June IA, '64, in which General Burbridge
is instructed to hunt down every gueF-
rilla, and robber in Kentucky; letter
written en- the 2lst of the same month
by General Sherman, urging at length
that summary measures must be adopted
in deslidg with KuerriIlas, and letter
from Secretary Stanton, day and month
not given, written from Washington in
'64. and authorizing General Burbridge
to seize ali hs can lay his hands on, and
turn over to the quartermssters depart
ment ell he cannot use. Also the
following:
WASHINGTON, D. c., 1864.
General BMr0TidSe. Layton, Ky:
I fear that you arrested my relative,
Mrs. Helm, and released her on her
showing you 9 letter from me- II it con-
tsins anything that allows her to act
treason disregard it, and treat her IS you
do other rebels.
tSigued.l A. LINCOLN.
Then follow letters from General
SconelQ, unQof oAt6 OF WAsnlng-
ton, June IA, 1864, and from Pres
ident Lincoln, and Secretary Stanton
on the same day, . congratulation
of General Burbridgs. on his victory
over Morgan. Numerous other let
tiers. including one from Montgomery
lir, under date Of Washington, June
al, 1866 and one from Salmon P. Chase,
under date Of Washington. June IS,
1869, are submitted. They endorse Gen.
Burbridge's manner Of .dischsrging his
military duties 10 Kentucky. The state
ment concludes with letters from Robt.
j. Breckenridge, w. G. Goodloe, Jas
Speed, T. s. Bell. judge advocate. Gov.
Hoyt, w. r Kennedy, G. +. Bennam,
j. Hobson, D. NJ. Key, and others, :all
Of which tend to show that in the opinion
of those writers Gen. Burbridge's record