The Iola register., 1889-09-06
,r.pos.r FROM THE OTHER side.

RESPONSE FROM THE OTHER side.
,r,o eo,,ouinr communication was receive
..,ara, ,raeks ago, but has been una'oiuaoi
crowded out.-EDIIoh''
EDITOR REGISTER: During the las
.hroa weeks l have been accoste'
twenty-five times if possible with suc'
as the following:
"Hello Tom, Winchester cooke'
vour goose did he?n
"Hello. Tom, When did you hea
from Winchester last?'
.sHello Kelley-old fellow. 1t seem
that our friend Winchester has lai'
sThe Other Side in the shade"
awbv don't YOU go for Winchester
old feiIowp / would never let hin
down me with one letter."
And one friend-bright fellow-sait
to me the other day, that he though
that 7 would continue my impudenc'
FIJI some one would down me.
Winchester does stagger on the trutf
once in his communication when h'
saws that Lee got badly beaten a.
gettysburg. That was indeed one o
the greatest mistakes that was made
during the war and it was then tha'
the backbone of the rebellion was
broken. and still it was after this grea'
battle that Lee met and repulseo
Grant with bis great army on seVerai
hattie fields. Our friend closes by
saving that his letter is written with
the best of feelings. However. he
manages to call me liar once and a
fool twice before the letter closes. But
"a I make it a rule to never get insult
ed at the truth it is all right, so come
on brother. ,
Thought that had received what l
Justly deserved?
Well, we'll. The facts in the case
are that 1 had discontinued my COM
munications to the REGISTER before
Brother Winchester attempted to an
swer them, and I did not expect 70
contribute anything more to your col
umps until after the heated term had
passed but seeing that Brother w. and
his favorites are inclined to make II
still hotter for ME I have determined
to at least attempt reply.
In the first place Brother w. de.
clares that there was but one side to
the great question that was forever
settled between the northern and the
southern States between the years OF
,61 and '65. This leads me to believe
that Mr.. Winchester is one-idead
man, else he would certainly see diff.
ferently.
However it is an old saying that
none are go blind as those that don't
want to see, and possibly this may be
the case with our friend Winchester.
lam not acquainted with Mr.. w.
unfortunately and don't know what
position ne occupied during our un-
pleasantness, but l will venture the
assertion that he was not with McClel-
Ian during the Peninsula campaign
else he would not be SO ready to assail
that old veteran and call him coward
and q traitor. accuse him of keeping
bad company etc, 'Tis too bad for a
man to wear himself out in his coun-
try's service and then be hooted at and
called bad names by these sleepy in
dividuals.
Mr.. w. deals extensively in proba-
bilities. He refers to what Phil Sheri-
dan might have done had he been in
McClellan's place. We cannot say
what he might have done, therefore it
is improper here to deal in probabili-
ties. Sheridan never commanded a
large army and the chances are that
he could not have done so. Stonewall
Jackson, Longstreet, A. p. and D. h.
Hill and many others were good corps
commanders but they could not handle
the great armies that Joe Johnston,
Albert Sidney johnson, Robert E.
Lee and Grant and Sherman COM
manded. Surely, our friend took no
hand in the late war else he would
have known these things.
Mr.. Winchester, TO prove that Sher-
idan could have whipped Lee refers to
his chasing Early in the valley of Vir-
ginia.
Is it possible that he does not yet
know that Early never commanded
more than $4,000 men at any one time
and that that was just $4,000 more than
he was able to command. as he was |
notorious drunkard and one that any
sober general could whip.
But our friend don't stop by simply |
making light of the Generals life
while here below but even stoops to
belittle his Christian character. He
again deals in probabilities by saying
what Mcclellan probably prayed for.
We cannot tell what Mcclellan pray
ed for. We are taught that he was
Christian man, therefore We leave the
rest with him and his God. The old
fellow has long since gone to his re-
ward, and we must leave him.
But here our friend lays aside his
probabilities and deals in wonders.
He wonders if T, F. Kelley thinks its
right to tell the young folks that one
southern man can whip five northern
men. I will just ask ihe gentleman
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