New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-03
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" uE WROTE THE FAMOUS LETTER.

HIS LETTER TO COLONEL sColl-A" 'i4''-@ 80
SQUIRTING.
Fyo;a TAe North american Ret01
HOW HE WROTE THE FAMOUS LETTER
Whilst | seek retirement and peace, the
newspapers take great nperes WIN me- Uersonai friend
whom have known since boyhood ana ms iasngr no, 1o
IN san Francisco ana hrobep about family
matters / keep copies OF sueh letters anu "tI o
mine hastily easeSg ana nat ~ TS Obtained from Colonel
Scotia copy OF the GoIrespo s nne,oto1
Fry hsd and "sed as text for it was
clear forgery was ever perpetra'e9. laAns ny ~
never meant for publication contend II Is emnshty
consistent with ny constant lrenusp i MS reInsins
~ "hs iamb al Riverside. Can II then be wondered
at alter twenty-four years, that Senera ,iua 3
Central Graut see his published volume !sea; ne
Army under Buell. should stempt no INV
He obtains from a conhdg friend private letter W.
sapnon TO General SUcrm an. and when politely asked
the of HI. quotation ne n %n. he has
seneyed cheap newspaper victory over General sner
he is we come The man VINO sot ON Mus" ny WV
coat may keep 1t, Tor have bouSht DC" oHe'
HOW THEY MADE MESS OF IT."
WASHINGTON, d. C., Jan. &c, 1856.
General ". T. SHERMAN. U; Army 81 Lcaas, NO. e, -
DEAR GENERAL: You and nave na1e srIc ~
YOU By writing letter 10 me eI sfeat s w.
s :oiiiug and by using the letter ior inc llo
nation o. 9Te August last you wrote for certain
Information 10 lie in speech, about Aleu- %ISoa
audi ,raut
a. recopd evidence on tile ec and commenting upon
IT, ON september you reJ0ined' WIRING amous o'ne'
as TO alecE AM Grant had the highest poss
ibe opinion OF hailecks knowledge ana p1Wer' anu
c. r. smith ilvod Grant would have disappeared to ms
tory erter Donelson. Smith was strong, re,
Uruus man when reported to him III person ~ fors
Henry" - ,u, ,,iona ,,s,oral Fry who
saesny Interesled in the history OF Grant and Haeck
is very friendly both, and who had as Knew: luves
igaied the very question you have asked: Fry vas
trnck nv your Grantsntn conjecture aud desired II 10
Illustrate one OF the points IN his Aequahtanee WIN
Grant" As conjecture was neither esotelio nor
hurtul without hesitation assented 10 sucn use VI w.
little dreaming was package Of nniaoe,a Una
upon him to prove ssr ne a mas desire that
his vindicauOn DC accomplished at minimum VI "nn''
apce IT, you. ,.. -. .,,,,,, On s.n,er.
her g. 1855 Of my letter or September l. 1850 ana u
Fry's letter ms OF oath instant Yours sl4GSe e
THE ORIGINAL, EMINENTLY CONSISTENT LETTER
Icont.nd and have contended with European officers
of world wide faue that the military profession OF
@% nf 1S s9 spd that it was not iii both
Gettysburg and NicksOurg mat the war
began Then uen had lie rDed III the dearest seloo
of earth the simple OF war Then we had brigades
divisions aud corps which could oe Iasa
could ishtully be heid to just respOhsoiIlty. - $50
Tbis is the point shah endeayor TO make IN nay
memoirs but rejecting Oh you personally or ON
cany hold the kcpn.llesn psr,y o fsspo u.s. n
million in 1906 two millions 1867 ana alter so tnat
III
were less lhan years i'll their official records
Now as 10 HaIeck-Grant l had the hilhcst possible
opinion fallecks knowledge and power anu never
blamed him mIstrusliug Grants Sblllty. Hdu u r.
snItn lived Grant wound have disappeared 10 history
after DonelsOn Smith was strong, nervous vigorous
man when reported TO him III person az OFT henTy
saw him again again at Say AMMAN, Oh MS steamboat
the Tlgress" believe. lie threatened 10 arrest me II
did not prevent Colonel Tom WOrthlngton coming 10
bore MIN | saw him after he skinned his leg In step
ming into yaw-bUa and believe as well as DeeVe
fhu three wears ago lived in Washington, that General
smith reported General Halleck that by re son OF
this no accident he could not mount horse anu hat
wa, lie real reason General Grant, then left be-
hind Al Fort Henry ordered forward To Savannah
and Pi;tsburg Landing to resume his command
PATHETIC REFLECTIONS OF "CARELE5s"
WRITER
We are now told that the road to fame and public favor
i'm Americai is with the carcnsses OF men VINO
wrote letters This is true-and II Is equally True tnat
YOU cannot pick up handful OF SOL when does not con.
lain soIne part what was once human DeIng Iu Oh
H. life ana hope and fear winch all feel the very
bread on our contains the phosphate which once
of embed or an Immortal SOUL Never
the must short sOOurn on earth deny our
selves The happiness aud pleasure OF social Intercourse
ard CORES pOudchcc Why is tle Post once the most
popular OF our Government estdblshnlentsf Must we
ABSTAIN from all communication with family ana lilehds
because some may mprudently or nalclOusy reveal
our secret thoughts Even among the twelve disclpee
one proyed false, whilst the eleven remained true ana
press of America that honorable man
can serve the Government II this to b. the result oil
our free Government These are questions which we
leave 10 ia the " ne war"