Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-10-08
HAIsTsAD HeissfmEp.l
A Monstrous Letter Written by the
Bloody Shirt Editor Made Public.
vilifying Grant and yenomously
Abusing President Lincoln.
Wants Lincoln's, Head "Knocked
Against the Wall" and Suggests
His Assassination. ''''.'

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Wants Lincoln's Head knocked
Against the WALL" and Suggests
A" His isAssassination. 'i''t
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i CINCINNATI, o., Sept. 27-The sem
sation here to-day was the publication
in the BRquirer of q fac sirnile letter of
M. Halstead, editor of the Commercial
Gazette, written in 1858, and making
the most monstrotis charges and asser1
tions about Grant, Lincoln and the un-
ION generals. The publication of this
letter has fallen like bombshell into
the Republican camp, and has o. f,ra.r
a. &c ABSOLUTELY STUNNED II
the party leaders. The letter occupies
the whole first page ofthe ENQUIRER and
IS reproduced In fac simile, The letter
is as follows: ''' ''" '''
OFFIcE Crsc1NSArI DAILY AND WEEKLY ili
| -. CoNURcrAI, Fourth and Race Streets
'''." CINCINNATI, Feb, 10, 1868.
Gov. Chase-hy Dear Sir: = Iur o. "a
| n \ wrote you a somewhat fantastic let
ter the other day. But that I suppose
is not now strange. write this morn
ing TO send you copy of a private let
ter L have from our army in front of
Vicksburg. 1t Is from a close observer,
who eudeavors to tell the truth.
| "There never was more thoroughly
disguised, disheartened, demoralized
army than this is, and all because il is
under such men as Grant and Sherman,
Disease is decinating its ranks, and
while hundreds of poor fellows are dy-
ing from smallpox and every other con-
celvable malady, the medical depart
ment is afflicted with .delirium trem-
ems. In Memphis smallpox patients
are made to walk through the streets |
from camps to hospitals, while drunken |
doctors ride from barrooms to whore |
houses in government ambulances.
How is it that Grant, who was behind |
at Fort Henry, drunk at DOnelson, sur |
prised and whipped at Shiloh and driv-
en- back from Oxford, Miss, is still in
commando @ fn- ~ B. ~. ss us |
Governor Chase, these Il things are
true. Ournobie army of the Mississippi
Is being wasted by the foolish,
DRUKEN, STUPID GRANT.
He can't organize or control or fight an
army. | have no personal feeling about
it, but Know he is an ass. II - -- r.. 4
There is not among the whole list of
retired major generals man who is not
Grants superior. Mcclellan, Fremont,
Mcdowell, Burnside, Franklin, even
Pope or Sumner, would be an improye7
nent upon the present commander ofl
the army of the Mississippi. Will YOU
wake up some of those days and find
we have no army of the Mississippi?
q Then, there is awful discouragement
at the way the
FOOLISH OLD HUNTER,
who is thought to be great man be-
cause he is not insane in his prejudices
on the negro question, is doing. Tnl
Gods name, what is he waiting for?
More reinforcements? Pity he CAM die
and get out of the way as Mitchell did. /,
But to Stop this sort of growing andl
come to something more pracitieaEg 10
The army, west and east is being
weakened hourly by desertions. It is
great evil. The thing needful to stop it /;
Is for the president to give each COM
mander Of departments power to Ia
, y SHOOT DEsERTERs. ~ Il,
They must be shot by the dozen. The
Presidents weak, pulling, bidding hu-
manitarianism is death and hell to the
army: Can't You take him by the
throat and II NJ
KNOCK HIS HEAD AGAINST A WALL Il HI
Until He Ii brought to his senses on the II
war business do not speak wantonly ii
when / say there are persons who would .
eel that it was doing God service y
To KILL HIM,
f it were not feared that Hamlin is a
bigger fool than he is a.ss ,.s:s sy4s.s. !
And yet the pitiful congress twaddles !
weekly in private caucus about politi-
al matters, as ifa
LITTLE MORE Niger +
would do everything. Why don't they e
,ass your finance measure and the con- I
cript aetand mind theirown business? y
The proclamation Is a positive nuis-
nee to every truly loyal man in the |
vest. It IS q weapon in the hands of i
he Butternuts.s-I If it is made a party r
est Vallandingham would be elected a
Governor Of Ohio, Do you think Iaml E
alking at random. Alas! know what {
am talking about. What is wanted: 1
4, 4: a general for our army of the 6
e. Deserters shot by order of COM
nanders of Departments. t,2 SEkf To
8: Less dependence upon The nigger t
nd more upon the white man.
4. The consolidation Of the frag- q
nents Of regiments. '''''" ''' a
5. Arrest and try Henry May and Fl
Wendell Phillips for treason. M 1T
6. Suppress the New York Tribune p
nd New York World. h
.-Jito4 M. HAIsTEADaDa u a
This letter is talked of everywhere, 8
nd the Republicans are in. despair. S
ialstead has been shouting and roaring Ii
nd waving the boody shirt and want n
ng to fight the war overagain. He has "a
'een doing the hardest kind of work for q
sherman and Fofaker and now this let 4 z
er is made publiceonvietinghini the3 n
most yenomous abuse of Lincoln, Grant t
nd the union generals. % ia ala
Halstead admits he wrote the letter.
ut has not much to say aboutsit.& In-1
eed, there is not much that can be s.
aid. .-.u.~. -,.. :. .,,,- y,.rt f