Huntsville gazette., 1885-01-17

General Sherman Publishes. q Justification
~ of His Remarks Rejecting Upon :Jeifcr-
son Davis aud Hiss AtsftudeksToWa the
Southern Confederacy.s =. ~. -
wAsn1SGroS, b. G., January II.
The National Repubiicansp publishes IN
full the documents filed by General Sher-
man with the War Departmental fustifca-
ton of his assertion at a recent.smeeting
of Grand Army Post in. st. Louis that
Jefferson Davis, during the progress OF
the war, changed his State rights doc
trines and threatened to use force should
any State Of the sConfederacy attempt to
secede from the Governmenrs..General
Sherman's letter transmitting these. docu-
ments was published by certain papers
this morning in violation OF pledge ESQ
Secretary Lincoln says. that the whole
correspondence should be published or
none. 49, -r@''A,e
The omitted deeune1 osa&sh >'sel3fn-
eral Sherman basedthe charges c9qtained
in his Speech and reiterated in his letter,
established these points: Exfztts rom
contempoyaneoeng.ss..ec ec,yclepedias set forth
sthat iii North Carolina two parties exist
ed; one headed byffdraen,. .w1hesc:Sh7ehdcd
that the Ssaee aielfe haa: the .rigfie sne-
gotiate = peace, WITH tbe.lG lGees<s Gafsrn-
ment' the other, headed by. GaEeEor
-3how 'Senatofj Vance, who insisted that
the Statei could not act in tos6pefarion
with other States engaged with. her in the
war Quotation is i1fade' ffoin-a speech
of Governor Vance's, in wmchtehe sde-
clared that secession from the CQrtederacyl
will involve us in a new war-a bloodier
conflict than that which we now depiere.
So soon as you announce to the. wQrld
that you are sovereign and independent
nation, as matter of course the (Dnfeder-
ate Government has a right to declare. war
against you, and President Davis viii
make the whole State a field Of battle
and blood.
This is followed up by "A letter frpm
Jefferson Davis to Governor .rVanGe,
dated January 8, 1864, in which ne says:
have received your letter of the 30th ul-
timo, containing suggestions Of the measures
to be adopted tor the purpose OF fenoying
the sources of discomfort in North Carolina
fear much, from the tenor Of the
news / receive from. North CarQlina, tltat an
attempt Will be made by some bad mtn to
inaugurate movements which must BE cen-
sidered equivalent to aid and comfort to the
enemy, and which all patriots snould'ePm-
bine to put down at any cost. You may
count on my aid in every effort to spare3H1r
States the scenes of civil warfare which VII
devaState its homes If the designs ofcksseSo
traitors be suffered to make headway. >,
In another message to the Confederate
Congress, transmitted about ths.sdme
time, Mr.. Davis said he had hoped TO
+lo a tba rrSI, or ri
of a people, unanimous in the assertion
and sdefense of thciprights, and ,withoat
the necessity of u single sacrifice CT cita
rights to military necessity, but it can,nb
longer be doubted that the zeal with
which the people sprang to arms at the
beginning of the contest, has iffss6ne
parts of the Confederacy .beep-s ims
paired. Public meetings hdVe been
held. in some Sssf2-y u4fslt 80
reasonable design is mqsksd.rAg ~
pretense of devotion to State sovereignty
and in others is. openly ayoWed..
be endured? Must theindepeRdelce,.f .fpr
which we are contendfiig, the safety. Of
the defenseless fsahihes of 4he men Who
have fallen in battle, and, Of those who.
still confront the invaders, be put in
peril for the sake; Extraordinarily II t0s:
technicalities of the law Of treason fHes
proceeds to recommend the suspensions
of the writ OF habeas.c9rpus. tiffUdsho out1
the Confederacy. - ,=~es. ,..ae,s..ss-
Appended to this secret message is an
Intercepted letter from Alex. HizStephens'
to Herschel V. Johnson, OF GeorgiA
(Which has previously been published,
but which only becomes fuhy%faseilE bio
when considered in the connecaon In
which General Sherman places it) in which !.
Mr. Stephens says of Mr.. DAVIS: .7ef'.
t'Since his first .eleyatlon. ,.to pQplEaEr, ne
mas changed many Of his former States:
rights principles. asrin case of, consefip-
ton His whole policy on the prganjas-s.
ton and discipline Of the army is per,
fectly consistent with the hypothesis ehas-
he is aiming at absolute power.pr -..e 4:
Other documents are given, together
with arguments and historiai 1aetss cehs
corning an article Of several columns, ;a1t,
tending to confirm the truth, OF the
charges made by General Sherman In his
speech before Frank, Blair Post G. A. Z.