New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-22
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to observe In amateur the strategy Of the
Union and Confederate armies. He landed
at Brownsville, in Texas, passed diagon-
ally through the whole line Of the cam
paign in 1868, and witnessed the battle of
Gettysburg. His description of the Con-
federate commanders, Lee, Longstreet
and Pickett is Of course impartial, and
highly commendatory Of their skill and
courage. With the Confederate repulse
at Gettysburg Colonel Freemantle termin-
ated his tour Of two months duration.
passed through the Union army to New
York, from which place he embarked for
England, having formed his opinions on
the character and condition of the two
armies as an American General has done
in the campaign of Germany and France.
From the narrative Of this impartial
witness, as well as from our own his
torical evidence, the battle Of Gettys-
burg was critical engagement, involving
the duration, possibly the result Of the
war.
The city of New York seemed, however,
unconscious of the peril, or Indifferent to
it. Colonel Freemantle says:
The luxury and comfort of New York and
Philadelphia struck me as extraordinary
after having lately come from from Charles
ton and Richmond. The greenbacks seemed
to be nearly as good as gold. The streets
are as full as possible of well Creased people,
and are crowded with able bodied civilians
IDENTIFY no intention of doing So They ap.
parently don't feel The ,car at all here, and
until there is grand smash with their
money, or some other catastrophe to make
them feel it, can easily imagine that they
will not be anxious to make peace.
I walked the whole distance of Broadway
to the consul's house, and nothing could ex
coed the apparent prosperity. The streets
were covered with banners and placards,
inviting people to enlist in various high
sounding regiments. BOunties Of $3.50 were
offered, and huge pictures hung across the
street on which numbers of ragged gray
backs, terror depicted on their features,
were being pursued by the Federals.
The only drawback to this mercenary
indifference to the peril of the country
consisted in the fact that the Federal gov
eminent had ordered draft. There then
ensued the resistance and evasion of this
call which occasioned the CONSERVATION
SO we'll remembered, and resulted in the
slaughter Of some fifteen hundred.
From this reference to the power and
wealth of this great city, it is obvious that
its chief concern was money, money,
money. The Herald suggested at the be-
ginning of the war that New York city
should secede from New York State, de-
clare herself separate and sovereign
State, and conduct her affairs as a free
city. As it was, New York negotiated the
whole finance and equipment of the war,
md made indefinite millions by it. 1t
was during this period that the Demo
cratic candidate, Mr.. Tilden, was en-
gagged in rising from the insol- |
Eency which his friends now claim
for him in 1857, to the wealth whose in
come he is unable to guess at. Did he |
i'd the Union cause? 1t does not appear
hat he took any further part than to look |
Up from his ledger and say tie thing had
zone far enough, and should be aban-
loned as a failure What did he for |
he Southern cause? Was he openly
ctive, like Vallandigham, or Pendleton
y George Saunders? He turned his back
n his allies and directed his abilities to
he pursuit Of gain, ready, it is true, to
evert to his pursuit Of ofice when any
ccident should give the Democracy an
dvantage, but committing himself by no
ct, covert or in sympathy, to the South
IN cause. There were many occasions
n which the Intervention OF a patriot
hooked at blood and sorrow might nave
cen at least attempted. Abraham Lincoln
nd W. H. Seward at the request of General
rant went down to City Point to grant
hatever terms they could offer. Mr..
. H. Stephens testiies that Mr. Lincoln
ould have met the surrender OF the Con-
derate armies and the return to the
MON with such terms as the goodness
his nature would always have die
tied. Mr.. Tilden manifested no such
ltefest in the restoration Of national har-
ony and the adjustment Of national
hferences. His zeal for his country did
ot impel him to take up arms in it's be-
IF. His sympathy for his misguided
lends was not strong enough to in
lire an attempt to protect them.
heart neutral in this vital
ruggle, he turned his back at once upon
s enemies and his friends, devoted him
If to amassing riches, and when peace |
turned, through the efforts Of others,
r. Tilden rolls out barrel of money, to
lrchase an Office which, had the war
en- left to him and the likes of him,
ould have had no existence. We can
adily see how Federal soldier would
spise this sordid neutrality. We can
It understand how Confederate soldier
ould feel much enthusiasm on behalf CT
le who has SO much Of self and SO little
sympathy in his nature.
.ESCENT CITY ON THE WANE-WHY7
The Philadelphia Commercial Reporter a
a journal devoted to material progress a
d SO naturally assigns practical cause ,
: every commercial result. We give the /
PLANTATION of the Reporter:
New Orleans in 1860 had q volume of for .
N trade amounting to $l30, 1888. But
zee that time the war has interv ened dur Q
2 ~hich The Northern raii,rays perfected a
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