The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-10-24

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following as it Immediately concerns yor,
4 Democratic paper IN New York ha-
| the following advertisement:
"WANTED.
2o,Wi0 LIVE DEMOCRATS,
To sell the Youth or Peoples History
of the G eat Civil War The only Dem
| ocratic History published. Over 5D.9o5
copies have been sold IN few months.
1t Is still going ike wild fire. Agents
prom 'unce it the best selling book they
ever .anM ,sed for. It takes the hair oil
the VI ,ngfels.
This work is an elaborate defense Of
the Southern Rebellion in the form of a
history. 1t is written from the stand
point Of the editors Of the Milwaukee
Neaos. who hold that secession Is a con-
siitutional right of States The extracts
that follow will show now the Democratic
party seeks to write the history CT the late
war:
General Beauregard, il. order to pre-
vent Fort Su,apte. froii being reiniorced
by abolition soldiers, opened fire npon it
on the morning of the 18th day OF April,
1861, a day-brcak !"
so FIR as firing on Fort Sumpter hal
gone in the Say Of getting up an excite
ment in the North, Mr. Liatpla's pisas
for ,aaagurattag u greet olofift0. acdr
had siicceelled to has satisfaction. But
there was :; great legal difficulty lii the
way, the Coastitatioa gaze han no po,osr
to raise volunteer army for the purpose
Of ffghfag aay Of tie soceresn States Of
this Uai3a.
M. Lineoln's call for troops based on
this oil act, therefore, was not only lie
gal, but It ecos suprenaely ridiculous We
are not to suppose that he was really so
Ignorant as to imagine that the act JUS
titled the call for troops to operate against
the governments of States, Which was
passed for the sole Ioasposs ofttsast'ay
States to put down in,urrection against
their own governments. ;
Mr.. Lincoln first cali for 5000
troops was received with >hout Of joy by
all the oil enemies Of the Unioa as our "a
theirs made it, in the North -
Mr. lincoln 5 proclamation also
aroused the greatest excitement in tie
South. Every abolition Governor of
course re iponded to the call for troops
with great alacrity.
'HoU soGeretga iStGtes, 7clich are IN no
sense suLj 3ct 10 arg government, c,i;, re5el,
| have never heard anybody attempt to
explain"
A CHUCELE OVER BULL RUN.
''The effect Of the hu:niliating defeat
at Manas ils Was fearful inieel Di>a,-
pointmel5 and mortihcation, however,
are not the words to express the state of
the Ela * Ran hlican sentiment all feel
ing at the North"
UNION SOLDIERS sTIGM. TIED AS MUIR
DERERS
while the events I have described
w4re going III in Virginia. tn- can l.iiaa
iii the West was moving on vigorously $,
though in a smaller way at ST. Louis,
many C.t!z ms were shot down in the
street. In some Instance 4co,sea m
children nee MuS zlHydered by Tie .19ck
Republican sotot;ers The Sta.e mad
taken no seeps towards sece s>ion.
Govern " Jackson called cut the Mis-
souri, militia who we3c eu3a.npcd under
the laws of the state at p!ac. called
Camp jacs-on, near the city oi s.. Louis
These Staee troaps Were compelled to
surrender 10 superior t;rce OF abolition
soldiers ief Captain LION, who was az
terwards u,de general " Nj. Lincoln,
and wa, killed nnl long after at the bat
| tie Of Sprin lield. y
CRIME To PROTECT MISSOURI From g..
CESsION.
s'The pre- sence of the Federal army in
Missouri ag INST Which the .Stuit uutRort-
ties struggle 50 long and SO gaNaatip,
,1as a grettt crime on the part of lHr
Lincoln and The Blaci, Repullscan party,
as the prese ace Of The sane kind ot III
vading army would be in New York or in
Massachusetts al the present time.
CALUMNY on GEN. LYON.
Gen. Lyh', WHO va XII d al IN, bat
tie OF WiiSol > Greek, wa, ii COni4tctctti
abolitionist o. the most bitter type. He
had neither p u nor mercy for 0ity setite
man who - not an abuitinntst. He
was an excellan iislitaiy officer, iA.t fll.-
attcat and cratst i'll cariylngout h IS creed.
LOYAL KENrUcKTIANs CESsURED.
"No doubt many Of the citizens Of
Kentucky assisted the rery crnly TIA!
/
! for the acholes t{e oreafii7ou oJ' their pyoo-
erty, under til. delusion that hey were
! fighting for the Union.
ADMIRAL FAREAGUT DENOUNCED.
Flag offer Farragut was very rat1e
and haughty IN his commun cltions with
| the Mayor. toI instance, tn. Sat2 dag
OF Louisiana Aoate1 f'om the Efty Hail,
and tirragut sent word th tt il must be
hauled down.
EULoGIEs ON REBEL OFFICERS.
In this battle TAT Nashvilie] the brave
| Confcjel ate Commander, General Nc
| Culioch, Was killed, AMI General Sterling
Price WAS severely wounded. The death
Of General McCulloch was great loss tc
| .he South, tor he was one of the brayest
and dashlng Of all the officers i'll that ser
vice.
Thus ended Jack SON 5 brilliant Val
ley campaign. and with it ended all idea
OF the frightened Mr.. Lincoln OF sending
reinforcemcEts to McC elan Jackson :
little army become so everywhere pres
ent' that the a6olttiontsts at Washington
began to shake as soon as they heard the
name of Stonewal Jackson mentioned
But if Lee had won great victory it
had been at an immense sacrifice OF life
and the loss of some of the bravest Off
GERS Among them. Major Robert " hea
fell while gloyiomsly charging at the head
Of his Louisiana Battalion. With tone.
Of anguish it was whispered around b.
his comrades: Poor Wheat is gone.
His dying words were: The field is ours
as usual, boys. Bury me- on the battle
ield Z"
Never did more gallant peopl'
draw a sword than did those Southern
men,"
IL forgot to mention that in the battle
of Cedar Mountain, jackson victory wa