Asheville daily citizen., 1894-10-26
l. S. LUSk AND HISTORY.

EDITOR THE CIrHEN:-ln answer to
the article appearing in your issue of the
9th inst, under the caption: This is
History | am under the necessity OF
in!oriding you that many OF your state
ments thcrein are not history at all
You 5 ate that said in my Catholic
HUI speech, Monday night, that Il
fought ur years to trtc Won nisSerS." "
| made no such declaration. did not
reer to my participation in tie war ote
way or the other, ard il had done 50
true history would have CONF ell,d me to
say that fought four years to keep the
negro in slavery, as all the fighting did
vas on tn. Confederate side, under the
Democratic flag of secession; and. If nv
information is correct, that had for its
object the perpetuatiou ut slavery and
dot tor freedom ut the negroes.
Your statement that prosecuted Shot
well is as far from being history" as
the statement that Il fought four years
to free YOU niglerS.' Shotwcll under
took to cane me- on Il certain occasion
here in the streets OF AsheviIle. He came
up b hind aud struck me on the head
With a stick. then shot him in the
thish with pistol He plead guilty in
court and | asked the Judge not to pun
ISL him tor thr assault, alter which he
WAS permitted TO go without punish
meat. Two yca'S later he was Indicted
III tnc luited States court ut Raleigh for
kukluXirg lanes Iuslitc Of Rutherford.
ton. was then assistant district attor-
ney, AID wh,n the case was called | de
c'nyd to appear III the prosecution,
stating To my suueri)r in office THAI
S5Utw,lI ard myself had been III a per
sor.ol ditiitul y; and, tur that reason. |
did not apncar in the prosecution. He.
Is was afterwards informed, was CON
vtc.td b. lie testimony y! his associates
ncrImc aud sentenced to six wears impris-
onmeut IN the Albany pen,rcntiarv.
Subsequently, at the instance OF Plato
Due ham, wrote an official letter (hav.
ing been appointed district attorney tor
the western district OF North Catoiiual,
to President Grant, asking him to par
don Shotwel; and, htiug in WASHINGTON
City at the time, | sought ard obtairpd
m interview with the President and aU-
pea'ed to him in pVrs n 10 p rdJn lin
a few days later, Shotwell WAS pardDrcd
and he and came home on TIE same
train. While he must hay, known that
he owed his liberty to the ,l1rt had
made in his 5ehalt still he never thanked
me, but all his lie thgtedi;cr sought op-
portunitlcs to abuse ard III II rn me.
As to my evidence before rhe outrage
committee III Washington. have to say
that YOU are nearer to the history" OF
the case than IN Your other statements.
Th' ku-kjuN had murdered my political
friends because OF their political opinions;
they had scourged and beaten Kepubi-
cans Ivy the thousands; they had threat.
ehed mc with the same penalty, until
recital OF the shocking detaiis fill The
pages OF 90 large books OF history, vet
not 4 sin@le one OF the murd.rcrs has
been brought to Justice.
Am to be condemned in this age oil
civilization tor demanding the enforce
meat OF the law OF both God and man
against the sheddin. OF human blood ::
whatsoever she0deth mans blood, by
man shall his blood b. shed But Il
tprgOt-therc Is IN amnesty for all the
bloody crimes o' the ku kux. bat there
is 10 amnesty for the man who wanted
the kukInx punished for their bloody
crimes.
| regret to ST. this old bloody shirt
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