Answer and Defence of Patrice De Janon, Late Professor of Spanish at West Point

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Excerpt from Answer and Defence of Patrice De Janon, Late Professor of Spanish at West Point: To the Report and Statements to the President of the United States, July 16, 1864To the President of the United States:Sir: To beg to be heard in defence of our reputation and character is, I believe, one of the most humiliating requests that the vicissitudes of fortune can exact of us. To defend our material rights and interests may move our mental and physical energies, but to resist that which attacks our honor, appeals to the powers of the soul. But when these two propositions become combined in one death struggle, while the doubts of the contest last, it renders the living rather the darker side of the grave.It is with feelings approximating this extremity that I herein venture to review, and refute, as I think I shall, to the utmost satisfaction of your Excellency's calm and solid judgment, the communication addressed to you under date of July 16, by General Richard Delafield, pretending to inform you of the reasons why I, without complaint or reason stated to me, was dismissed from the Military Academy at West Point, as Professor of Spanish.In entering upon the discharge of this oppressive dut3T, I shall aim to remember the respective positions of all parties, and not allow the sensibility of deep and burning wrong to divert me from the path of fairness and truth.It is proper, I think, to note the fact, though such is not disclosed in the report of General Delafield, that none of the matters therein referred to were of record or known to the War Department at the time of my dismissal, nor even so long afterwards as my arrival in this city, begging to know the cause of my summary degradation from my official position. I was then, upon inquiry, informed that there were of record no charges or complaints against me. Being a commissioned officer, I was equally surprised and pained to learn I was thus denied the only practical means of vindicating myself from the wrong to which, I saw in a glance, I was inevitably consigned.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.