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I'm the, December number of the North
American Review, Just issued, Gen. Grant
has an article Of ten pages, entitled An u.
deserved Stigma. in which he reviews the
Fitz; John Porter case, reaching the con-
clusion from military considerations that
the finding of the court martial was erron-
eous, and that q great wrong was done to
Gen. Porter, which ought to be undone as
far as, is IS now possible and as speedily as
possible. After reciting the charges pre-
ferred against Porter and the finding Of the
court. he takes up the alleged disobedience
OF Gen. Pope's orders and shows that in cases
referred to the general always acted upon the,
best military judgme i. The article con-
cluded as follows: 30 80 &'5:- -: -
thorough understanding Of and belief in the
|entire;inDocence Of Gen. Porter will tend to
draw the public mind to the same cenvic-
ton shall feeCamply rewarded for my ef-
forts I will always be pleasure to me, rs
well as q duty, to be the instrument even
in the smallest. degree ofsetting Alright any
man who has been grossly w.onged espe-
Fcially II he has risked life and reputation in
the defense of his country. I feel, as stat
Ell on previous occasion, double interest
in this particular case, because directly after
Il might have been Instrumental in
having justice done to General Port.
er and later as president. Of the United
States, when, certainly could have done so,
lahOred under the firm conviction that ha
was guilty; that the facts of the receipt of the
4:30 order were as found by the court, and
that the position of the troops and numbers
We're as given in the diagrams Having
.becomeb tier Informed, + at once voluntarily
gave. as have continued to give, my e;tfnest
efforts to impress the minds of my country
men with the the justice of this case, and to
secure from our government, as far a. it
could grant it,. the restitution due to Gen.
Fitz-John Porter. ., 49,. U. S. GRANT.
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