Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1878 — FITZ JOHN PORTER. [ARTICLE]

FITZ JOHN PORTER.

Mis Appeal for a Rehearing, and the Order to Reopen His Case. After ten years of earnest solicitation Fitz John Porter has succeeded in gaining a rehearing. President Hayes has issued an order convening a new military court of inquiry into his case. Porter claims he has new and sufficient evidence to show that he should not be dismissed thft service .because he failed to come to thfe relief of Gen. Pope at the second Manassas battie, in August, 1862. Following is the appeal of Porter to the President, and the order for the reopening of the case: HXAI}ftUA»TEItS OF the AbMY,) Adjutant General’s Office, JWashington, April 12. J The following order has been received from the War Department: An rppeal has been made to the President as follows: New ¥obk, March 9. To His Excellency R. B. Hayts, President of the United Stated. ‘ Sib —l most respectfully but most urgently renew my oft-repeated appeal to have you review my case. I ask it as a matter of long-delayed justice to myself. I renew it on the ground heretofore stated, that public justice cannot be satisfied so long as my appeal remains unheard.. My sentence is a eontinuing Senteji.ee, tfid jnade to foffow myxlaily life. For this reason, if no other, my case is ever within reach of executive os well as legislative interference. I beg to present copjes of papers heretofore presented bearing upon my-case, and trust that you will deem it a proper one for your prompt and favorable consideration. If Ido not make it plain that i have been wronged, I alone am the sufferer. If I do make it plain that great injustice has been done me, then I am sure that you and all others who love truth and justice will be glad that an opportunity for my vindication has not been denied. Very respectfully yours, Fite John Pobtxr. In order that the President may be fully informed of the facts of the case of Fitz John Porter, late Major General of volunteers, and be enabled to act advisedly upon his agplio*tionfCnreneT.insaidca.se, a board is hereby convetfed, by order of the Pifesident, to examine, in connection with the record of the trial by court-martial of Gen. Porter, such new evidence relating to the merits' of said case as is now on file ra the War Department, together with such other evidence as may be presented to said board, and report, with reasons for their conclusion, what action, if any, in their opinion, justice requires - should be taken qn said applfoaffon by the President ing offlqeti ar< for the'boaa-4 :* IM. Gen. J.l& Sbhtfaeßl'Brig. Geri. A. H. Terryf Col. G. 4 W. Gettor,'Third Artillery; Maj. .Asa B. Gardner, Recorded The board will convene at West Peint oh the 20th of June, and is authorized to adjourn from time to time, and to sit m such place as may be deemed expedient. By command of Gen. Sherman. E. D. Townsend, Adjutant General.