The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-01-23

General sherman rabi,<hcs Justification
of llI~ Remarks Rejecting Upon Je0er-
sou Dasis aud AIS Attitude Toward tho
Southern Confsdcracy.

0eoerai sherman fu1it<he< = Justtuc@txoo
of his Remarks Rejecting Upon Jener-
sou Dasis aud AIS Attitude Toward the
Southern Confsdcracy-
wAsniSo1o~. ID. O.. January y.
Tho National Rapntiicaa publishes IL
full the documents Ilcd by General Shcr-
mau with the War Department in justitca-
ton Of his assertion at a recent meeting
Of Grand Army Post IN ST. Louis that
jefferson Davis, during the progress OF
the war, changed his State rights doc
trines and threatened 70 use force should
any State OF the Confederacy attempt TO
scccde from the Government. General
Sherman's letter transmitting these docu-
ments was published by certain papers
this morning In violation Of q pledge $50
Secretary Lincoln says) that the whole
correspondence should be published or
none
The omitted documents on which Gen
eral sherman based the charges contained
In his speech and reiterated in his letter,
established these points: Extracts from
contemporaneous cyclopedias set forth
that in North Carolina two parties exist
ed, one headed by Holden, who contended
that the State alone had the right TO ne
gotiate peace with the General Govern
ment; the other, headed BY Governor
now SenatoD Vance, who insisted that
the State could not act in cooperation
with other States engaged with her In the
war. Quotation - made from speech
Of Governor Vance's, In which he de-
clared that secession from the Confederacy
will involve US In new war--a bloodier
conflict than that which we now deplore.
So soon as You announce to the world
that you are sovereign and independent
nation, as matter Of course the Conieder-
ate Government has 4 right 70 declare war
against you, and President Davis will
make the whole State . field OF battle
aud blood.
This Is followed up by letter from
Jefferson Davis to Governor Vance,
dated January ), 1854, In which ne says;
have received your letter OF the 3cth nj
timo. containing suggestions ofthe measures
20 be adopted Tor the purpose OF removing
the sources OF discomfort al North Carolina
fear much, from the tenor OF the
news I receive from North Carolina, that an
attempt Will be made BY some bad men 20
inaugurate movements wnich must be con-
sidered equivalent 70 aid and comfort 20 the
,
blne 70 put down At any cost ION may
count on my aid in every effort 10 spare your
states the scenes OF civil warfare which VIII
devastate its homes II the designs OF these
traitors be suffered 10 make headway.
In another message to the Confederate
Congress. transmitted about this same
time, Mr.. Davis said he had hoped TO
present to the world s'the proud spectacle
OF a people unanimous In the assertion
and defense of their rights, and without
the necessity of . single sacrifice OF civil
rights to military necessity, but II can no
longer be doubted that the zeal with
which the people sprang 70 arms at the
beginning of the contest, has In some
parts of the Confederacy been i'm
paired. Public meetings have been
held, in some of which
reasonable design Is masked by .
pretense Of devotion to State sovereignty
and In others Is openly ayowed.'
Wnereupon he asks: ssMust these evils
be endured? Must the independence, for
winch we are contending, the safety OF
the dcfenscless families Of the men who
have fallen In battle, and Of those who
still confront the invaders, be put In
peril for the sake OF conformity 70 the
technicalities Of the law Of treason" He
proceeds TO recommend the suspension
Of the writ OF habeas corpus throughout
the Confederacy.
Appended TO this secret message Is an
intercepted letter from Alex. IL. stephens
to Herschel ". Johnson, Of Georgia,
(Which has previously been published,
hut which only becomes fully Ineligible
when considered in the connection IN
which General Sherman places il In which
Mr. stephens says Of Mr.. Davis:
sSince his first elevation 70 power he
has changed many Of his former States
rights principles, as In case Of conscrip-
ton. His whole policy on the organiza-
ton and discipline OF the army Is per-
fectly consistent with the hypothesis that
he Is aiming at absolute power"
Other documents are given, together
with arguments and historial facts, con-
corning an article Of several columns, all
tending TO confirm the truth OF the
charges made by General Sherman In mis-
speech before Frank Blair Post q. A. X.
WILSON'S WIVES.