The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-21
Mrs. Davis Makes CauS-
tic Reply to .Gene!r'--
ais Statement.
SAYS HE TR E ATED
HUSBAND CRUELTY
Not Trusting to One Whose
Perceptions Of Truth Are So
Vague Al, and Misty De 5. -
mands Photographic 81
Repro oduction Of Al
s3 gs legged Letter. 3sS
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Especial to Tho Tlinss- Dispa tct,. ) H ~
SAVANNAH, 8GA.,s F'cb. GOV riting t
the Savannah / 'ress. NlrH JEFFERSON @DavI
calls upon General Nelson a 4. Miles I
produce a5lcttcr, which he claims TO hnv
from herr thanking him for his kin
treatment Of President Davisi At Fortres
Monroe ortt 10 cease referring to It. Y
81 Her letter says IN part: *
IA 235iSs"I have not the gleast memory 81
n having written such il note to him.;
S5Slt 8is sGonccIvable that whilst iii gnlO--S
rance 3of the facts or In hopeful re-
acognition OF some Improvement In the
ts treatment Inflicted upon, my husband,
e may have made some acknowledge
q inent OF what may have construed as
Il common humanity ut q time when had
Il y known the facts as they existed, II
neither could nor would have written
5$ save In Indignant protest 34S M
ssiS. Forty years have passed since Gem
Il eral ~ Hes perpe trttcd glile crueltIss for
which ahp lis now undergoing some
3 measure of punishmentlatSth hands OF
~ hisSE own public. During tina Z period
$Shss has not hesitnted TO shift the re-
4 sponsibility for his ncts2upon others.
A Tho publication OF instructions under
which lie claims to- have acted aud I
y the correspondence wnlch led up to-
M them. have long since convinced every
( candid mind that his Treatment of Mr.
i Davis was grn nltous, Ieithergjustined
n. nor required blythe Sordcrs of Y his sl -.&
N perlors. s5 +, 3s335 I'll 81 giS
a i4i Tho public attcntions cannot be5
Eidcflccted from the terrible charges un tx
s8der5which General Miles rests by i,l
II controversy 81 over n 4 letter concerning
Il even the existence nf$which no strong
i3S8 er proof Is advanced u than the bare
susserlions Or \; encral Miles But Y II so
X FAR aB lt&TaayS be u OF m "a Imp nportnnce,s
VI ms cstlmat 51f Cen eral Miles, char
ssnote,ris ssutsli that i'm c6istrttined to-
demand that A II " the III letter ex Isl q
photographic reprod duGction; q showing the
the place OF writing. tho contents
s and the signature aoe given to- the
d public II 1t u Is OF the vital import
( nnce which q Ics:eral, NJ lies seems to
claim, surely t..e situation from his
own u STANDPOINT IL suggests VI that the
slight trouble involved would be justi-is.
XII fled. 553 IA 33.ss ilSs
s.In d memoir OF Mr.. Dayis's llfe.!
written BY myself, after his death. I
exposed General Miles as fully as II
si thought was needful, but purposely
%eddcd very little to- the testimony Of
3 General Mlles's stbaltern, DR. Craven
4 furnished in his Prison Life OF " cfrer-5
son Davis printed and published
& whilst Mr. Davis WAS still u prisoner
j had experienced so many times Gen-
M cral N1iles's ndroit evasions and sub-
ytitutions OF his own invention for tho
truth In other matters. thnt8I did not
choose to res 7 on my unsupported tes-
y timony. My daughter has answered
81 General Miles's Iuntruthful {versi on OF
lis conduct given to the public after.
forty years OF putative silence broken;
only by rumors Of secret asseye ra ton
OF his Innocence and }investiyc asa inst
me and III many other Of the devious
wavs with which he seems familiar
While the witnesses were alive, why
4 did he not put In his defense and tax
his subaltcrn with falscho0d! 4Awak- Y
ened to The Nervousness OF his conduct
by n closer association with educated
II, gentlemen, he doubtless feels the
shame which stabs and clingE to him
now that the passions attendant upon
war arc passing away and he stands
revealed to his collntrymen ~
his true light. We are cautioned IN q i!oly
Writ not to bring a railing accusation
against any sinner however 6 reat MS
fa,ilt md ! do not desire any controversy
with any one, especially not VII y one
.t5 whose perceptions OF truth are ~
n vague antl misty. "a y
"Respectfully,
si ~. JEFFERSON DAVIS )tA is'