Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-01


epithets which Senator Sherman in de-
bate applied TO myself are his mode
Of retaliation for my denunciation OF
his brother. ! have been compelled to
prove General Sherman TO DO flasher
and slanderer in order to protect my
character and reputation from his willal
and INSCRIPTIONS mendacity. If his
brother (ihe Senator) felt the sting OF
that exposure, and his epithets are any
relief, | am content that be shall go on
record as denouneing me as TRAITOR
because have proved his brother to be
a liar.
This "historical statement" might
have been enlarged and extended by
the Senate and made to embrace de-
liberate Misrepresentation by General
Sherman OF the communication to him
by Colonel j. d. Stevenson in regard to
Albert Sy dney JohnstOn's command in
San Francisco. In letter to Colonel
William Il. Knight, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
dated October %, 1884, General Sher-
man asserted:
Colonel ]. ID. Stevenson, now living In
San Francisco, has often told me that he
had cautioned the Government Rs 10 the
plot OF conspiracy through Department.
Commander Albert sydney Johnston, 30
deliver the possession Of forts, etc, to men
10 California sympstblz'ng with the reDols
in the south, and he thinks II was by his
advice that the President (liucOlnJ sent
General sumner 10 relieve General John.
ston of his command before the conspiracy
was cOnsunmsted.'
That statement Of Sherman the veto
ran Colonel j. d. Stevenson promptly
and emphsticslly denied.
General Grant himself has not been
exempt from Shermans malice. To
Colonel Scott Sherman he wrote: u" II G.
j. Smith had lived Grant would have
disappeared to history" This remark.
able statement was published by Gene
raj FIe and pointedly AMI emphaticslly
denied by General Sherman. Prompt
to Islander, he is equally quick to deny
his language. The letter Of Sherman,
dated September 6, 1883, was written
to Colonel Scott, now Of the War-Re
cord Office. The denial Of Sherman has
caused the publication Of the letter and
the exposure Of his hypocrisy in the
recent laudstion Of the dead chieftain
The deliberate fslsehood which Sher-
man inserted in his official report, that
Columbia, S. c., had been burned by
General Wade Hampton, WAS afterward
confessed in his Memoirs" to have
been distinctly charged on General
Wade Hampton to shake the faith Of
bis people in him." Even when con-
Tossing ore falsehood he deliberately
coined another, and on the same
page of his "MemOirs said that
the Ere was accidental" when he
knew from the letter Of General
Stone, who commanded the pro.
yost guard in Columbia, that the fire
vas not accidental. How much more
be knew he may in future Memoirs "
or " Statement " reveal. Can any man
imagine less moral character, less con-
ception Of truth, less regard for what
an official report should contain, than
is shownby SheTman's deliberately c1n-
cocting a falsehood for the dishonorsble
purpose Of shaking the faith of tho
people Of South Carolina in their iol-
low-citizen, General Wade Hampton?
| have in this vindicatiOn, not Of NY
self only, but also Of the people VINO
honored me with the highest official po-
sition in their gift, been compelled 10
group together instances Of repeated
falsehoods, deliberately spoken aud
written by General Sherman-the Blair
Post Islander ofmy self, the defamation OF
the character Of Albert Sidney John
eton, the disparagement Of the military
fame of General Grant, and the shame
ful and corrupt charge against General
Hampton.
| have prepared This examination and
exposure only because the Senate OF the
United States has given to Sherman
SANDER an endorsement which gives it
whatever claims it may have to atten-
ton and Of power to mislead in the
future.
DayiDg specifically stamped the state
ment as false; having proved its author
to be a habitual slanderer, and not
having a partisan Secretary to make
place for this notice Of personal TRADE,
which was neither an official report or
record made during the war, so as 70
entitle il to be received at the office OF
the archives, submit it to the pablo
through the columns Of newspaper
which discountenanced foul play aud
Misrepresentation, ard which was kind
ard Just to me in its issue Of January
II. 1885.