POOLESVILLE, MD.,
December 23, 1861.
Hon. CHARLES
SUMNER, U. S. SENATE — Sir: — If the
National Intelligencer newspaper of the —th inst. quotes you correctly, you have uttered, on the floor of the Senate, a falsehood and a slander.
Permit me to thank you for the speech in which you use my
name. There can be no higher proof, in my opinion, that a soldier in the field
is faithfully performing his duty, than the fact that while he is receiving the
shot of the public enemy in front, he is receiving the vituperation of a well-known
coward from a safe distance in the rear.
Very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
CHARLES P. STONE.
SOURCE: The United
States Army and Navy Journal and Gazette of the Regular and Volunteer Forces,
Volume 5: 1867-’68, October 19, 1867, p. 142,
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