New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-16
a DISGRA CEFUL NOMINATION
10 SIIELBY'S RECORD AS WRITTEN
BY HIMSELF.
Mr.. CLEVELAND NAMES A MONSTER VI
CRUELTY TO BE MARSHAL FOR TIE
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
SOME WAR HISTORY RECALLED.
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IBY rFIRGRAPH TO THE TRiBrsE)
Washington Feb. l5-No one familiar witch the
traffic In Offices which Mr. Cleveland carries Oh
in order TO pay of political scores or sauE'S
personal resentment Is surprised AT the chaF'0'.'
OF the Appointments that have lately been SUP
mittcl to the Senate. Bad as most OF them are.
none quite equal the appointment OF General
10 Shelby OF Missouri. to be Marshal Tor 'he
Western District in that State. shelby Is senator
Cockrei.'s old commander He Is relative "ole
over, by marriage OF the senior senator from ME-
souri, II is in order to gain CockreFs vote In the
controversy Mr.. Peckham's nomination 'ha'
Mr. Cleveland descended low as TO nominate
this disreputabe Renaissance OF oiooIE CONNIE
u an Office supposed to represent Jaw ana o''''.
In doing 50 he has outraged the feelings % decent
men and soldiers
10 shelbys character can best be seen in the
reports he wrote to his superior officers whHo
serving under General Price in Missouri These
rcpou,s are embalmed in Vol. XII Part !. or Ihe
Records Of the Rebellion. issued by authority Vi
Congress. There probably never was so VoiuhihouS
a writer nor quite 50 ecstatc a swashDucKer d.
10 shelby. H. Dragging and boastins ne easily
outsrips the most fanciful creations or either
the modern or ancient stage. He never met put
SUPERIOR forces he never engaged in struggle
except against tremendous odds. he never en-
countered the enemy but to hight him possessed
OF Overwhelming numDers' anu 49, then, herors
Yankees at every point NJ uINeS ', ,t ,aca ~
him. rides them down. wipes thein on the laee :"
military fury as 10 SheIDy; aeT9Iiins - NOT
own modest estimate OF himself There was hol n
day says he page G5D. that some of my scouting
partes did not meet. encounter and whip In every
AFFAIR A larger force of N. Federas and such was
me- nly Win h"aVv oils At another point hts
mon turn like lions at bay Lnere Is a ' r,t
raging Ion and who will charge from 10 men to
1000" He modestly stamps his exploits upon tle
eN petitions Of the war and "A beacon llght OF
! hope ana help reared in the dark night OF De-
| through his exploits the southern heart was
stimulated and encouraged; the wcahne-S Oh &c.,. s
wrongs of accumulated years avenged anu a graf
thrill ~ electric hope" pride. strength anu
s s<4t G""r''"S '"'0"S" every VEN ANU "' ~
But while all this is simply amusing. there are
| Shelby Of being II coldblooded monster, jackal
| preying uron defenceleSs misery, hiutr WI" ~
| stincts that would have made savage biusn lie
| Ger and depredafior a. 5, they were heroic ieels
| Tl. following for instance. IL taken haphazard
| "Thr German element. largely prepondera'ing had
| been taught that Confederate soldiers killed. burned
| and destroyed with vengeance swift ~ u va
merciIcs~ sIarng neither age nor scN AMI exciting
| a dark retrhution OF blood from the citizens AMI
'Sn9ijnr neither age nor sex"-,hey are Jo shel-
| bv's own words the words ~ blooiihirsiy Jay
hawker of soldier much less Of griitl,innm,
numbering along some little time after the scout
icft was precipitated from the track the 3com2iiV
| and three cars destroyed ana Tour "r Nv" N'''''
who were PASSENGERS on the train ~. ,.,,,. n,,,,,
And again. The next day they g. poh'S i'."Ili.
and Gordon pouncel down upon ,ie ln1',", ,,,,
| and turned loose upon them LOO rough ana huisiN
| hOrsomrn Then began seen" almost "'l'
| in The history Of the war. cotton snS ah '","i',
| nav corn ana oats reaping machines ana threshins
! machines negro cabins ana soldiers pIdi 'I7. w.,
| burned torn down and destroyed lank"r S'.p't
! masters and schoolmarms "'i" '"k,h H"hh ~" "a
I little focks - gaping Africans MI 49, - b.,
| secrets Of Rebel railng. Negro S'l''"t- "'', p,
horscs and mules. much o.ihing and supplies ana -
"'ttnG agnin. They (thes.. worthless c9p'nrri
r42t
ing and killed seventy nv" inpnsi" ~''.''' ~ a.
| an,nsi Yankre schoonAstcr- imported 10 "hch the
yo..s ni,5 rolnt ,page C-cD Jo shelby relates
| nat he captured small fort AMI coni"nnl -,
| FEDERAL troops with a guarant"" On nv par IT,
| the course " the nght ~" ti'i'' ,J ,,. - m.
er.l Lv other Confederate solder. hh' ON -. ~,
prisoners captain Snumahri taE'n ,, 'r,.m ui.'r
| and executed" Part - Sh"lhN c'lIl'"' ..t, -.
| his cowarlly and atrociouS murler runs '"'
hr 1rseryei death no On" denies ....,
ON page Gii De- relates. Gordon founi me ri,e',
Dr. mon him hls advance under captain W ll'ltt
n Norman striking Federal scout on ms sl'
81 thirty men AMI iHshint th.M I 'i ram aver
81, nae. and thirteen ~ them were drowned
Tho rest were captured ana kiH,'dd o." Ina, mimi
The rest were captured hnl kli'l J"~ 't',' .
~ a. II Is the Kind %; warfare which mu.t nav
appealed thc imagination q" 81 man H., ,ssii
~ Nr cleveland think ~ - ShrlbF IN '''
| uortlou with any Ofiic" How c"ull ID" n'nl''.'''
| a., r..rr.s.utative 81 law and order man "n'
| e., ,.r,i.s 'a,uong the blazing rait"rs 90 tlrl
dwellings" who has no punishnrh. TOT 'n, >,
OF "eNecutng" prls9nrI unt'' .. Y'S school
| who's. conicmptuous references - ! Ahh'' 't ~
| masters ami schoolmarWs, % nuns ~, =, H.
T., swine possessed 81 the devil snow MN l., ~
nothing but a cowardy poitro'n anu " l So, =
~. ar fame Of Confederate soldiers n" Srhhh
| should reject the nomination 81 ','i',@i 80, H.
:" he I nitci states Marshal for the western us