The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-06

vile railroad, with orders to hold them, hay
ment
H. The posts upon the railroad being at
tackled by the rebels Col. Heffren abandoned
his men, leaving them to be killed or taken
prisoners and escaped in hand-car to Nash
vile. Reporting to Gen. John F. Miller, his
superior officer, he was placed under arrest
for cowardice, and afterward permitted to
resign.
II. His resignation was Endorsed by Gen.
Miller, ito be accepted for the good of the
service" and by the district commander that
"unless accepted serious charges against Col.
Heffren would be preferred"
Ii. After returning from the military
service with the brand of cowardice
upon HIM, Col Heffren entered upon
his active career as traitor, outlined above
in the facts of his connection with the order
of American Knights
IA. On the It'll day of May, 1868, there was
published in the Salem Weekly Times an
editorial headed ''Lincoln," in which the
martyred President was denounced as a ''vile
buffoon, a fiddler in Illinois doggeries and a
assassination was referred to in these Words
John Wilkes Booth done an act that will
be applauded in after years." and Mr.. Lin
coin was, in mock scene of the Judgment
sentenced ito the lowest depths of hell" in
charge of John Wilkes Booth, "who once at
tended to your case and done good job"
Is. The Salem Times was owned by George
Fulz, but this editorial was not written by
him, 1t was signed with a dagger I'd and its
authorship is revealed by the statement in
it that "he (Lincoln) caused ourself and 9TH
ers to be arrested and imprisoned for moth
ing" "Ourself' is Horace Heffren, and the
article is the production of his heart and
pen.
16. Horace Heffren applied for pension
from the United States government, which
was rejected. The ostensible ground for the
application, as we are informed, was because
of rheumatism contracted while in the service.
Mr.. Heffren has made a second application
for pension, and we have letters in our
p possession in which he has endeavored to get
evidence upon which to prosecute his claim,
These are the principal points in the record
of Horace Heffren, which hate been given in
the Journal from time to time during the
legislative session just closed. They are
principally taken from his own sworn testi-
mony before the military commission, and
from unimpeachable public documents. He
is shown to have been a traitor in 1861, q
coward in 1868, secret traitor in 1864, a
coward and traitor to his fellow-tr traitors in
1864, when he took the stand as a witness
against them to get himself out "of bad
scrape," after a lie to his attorney,
Colonel Durham. In 1868, outraging
the memory of Abraham Lincoln, he
still showed himself to be a vile and
malignant traitor. In his speech in the
House of Representatives yesterday-in offer
ing resolution vo iding himself of his filth
and then withdrawing it before there could
be protest or reply, and in skulking behind a
constitutional privilege-he again showed
himself to be liar and a coward. Had we the
desire we might inquire into the private and
family and business history of Mr.. Heffren,
bat neither our readers nor the public are
interested in uncovering his private life or
family characteristics wlfch led an out
ragged community to lynch one of the name
so that there might be peace and quiet in
the locality in which he lived or in detailing
business practices which resulted in proceed
ings fully described in 39th Indiana But
such is not the province or purpose of the
Indianapolis Journal. We only cared to
bring to general attention the public and
political record of this man, whom the Dem
ocratic party has adopted as its leader and
patron, and the question still remains,
what is the Democracy going to do
about it?". AS for Mr.. Heffren, his own
sworn testimony and the public records show
him to be traitor to his country and TO his
comrades, miserable coward, contempt
BILE sneak, and filthy liar
No one will deny David Davis the serene
pleasure he evidently enjoys in contemplate