The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-09-29
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OF Genera Grant have excited gooQ QeAI
of conmen, IN the South, and created no
small indignation among Confederate col
diere. HE attempt to disparage Sidney
Johnston, S:orevall Jackson and General
Lee has seemed TO our people only the
venting Of . little jeeloasy at the reputa-
ton which these great soldiers have in
Europe bit bis effort to make the i'm
preston that the Confederstes were not
outnp u bertd IN tie contest, but were con-
qaered by The superior skiil ard yslor Of
she North, sc ems TO us a deliberate attemp pit
to fAlsiiy history IN order 10 exa!t himself.
His option that S.onewaH Jackson
~ouid hare been badly beaten if be had
been opposed by "Sheudsu or any OF our
great generals" hAs excited among the old
foot cavalry VITO followed their great
leader 10 50 many fields of victory an
Iucredulcua smlle and an earnest longing
that II could have been 60 ordered tha,
Sheridan, OF even Grant hims self had been
opposed 20 odd S:onewall' IN his valley
campaign. Il ls uselees to speculate now
or what would have been tie result, but
xe at !east believe that 10 that case
Cavalry Sheridan" would never have
awakened the poets Tyre, and at ncordl-
;iona! Surrender Grant you'd Lot now be
irdolg.ug 10 this table talk"
Geceral Granite Tenark-"l have had
nearly all tie Southern Generals In high
command in front Of me, and johnston
gave me- more anxiety than any of the
Others; l was never half 50 anxions about
Lse'-has very naturally raised the ques-
tion, "Whea aud where Was General J. Z.
Johnston ever 10 Grants front Tha:
great comm al der, with q very inadequate
force, was in Granite rear, while he was
beseiglng NIcksburg bat with the heavy
fortifcs!ious which protected him, and Ia
the light Of a!s statement IN the Lex: para
graph tia: { did not know Johnston " as
coming until be read his book, il IS d IL
T.n Of raj InTaF "a
anxiety"
Bat the following ia, perhsps, the meet
remarkable Of all o. tie Wild state uents
OF tE!s tGJTt TO IL al q Fac.aTe iIe[CT!
'''I never rauked Lee as & -cu.e oIAer.
Of the aimy,' sslt The CT era; TIA, = 20 -sy.
| never had as uGcu sL1ie'y w.si. - az L
my frot as vixen Joe JtnL-to2 Vas II t.or: ::
Lse Was good man, fair CONN Aute', " 30
had everything 10 Ii, favor. He Ess u az
Who needed suI shine. II. was Supported by
ne unAnlmous voice Of The South : ts Sc
supported OJ large party % Tie Sor:l he
bad the support AID sSmpAthy OF the co = de
world. Al IGIs - Of Imueuse soys; tSEe To a
general. Lee / 81 ttls IN q reu atEao!e degree.
Everything lie oId night, He Eas t;es:ed
like demiEo Oar genersls bad a hosii.e
press, lokeSArm friends and q hos'i.a p1Stc
opinion oatside- I ne cry was IN the air al the
North only won BY brute force; ttAt the gecet
Slship and vAlor were ~ith TIE South. TITS b ~
gone INTO history, w.tl 80 many oIber lllosions
that are h 'siOricAl. Lee vas Of AsIo~, consetVs
humor. al ays the came, with grave dignity
never cou!d see in his achievements ts what jas
tihes hIs reputation. The illusion that moth
ing bat heavy odds beat him will not stsn {
the ultimate II lsht of history. know II is 20
true.
1.-THE South aud North were mere uearl!
matched EnAD you would suppoee The whole
population we're in tae war. TIE 10000
of negroes were the same e. soldlers, eecaos'
they did the work 10 the fields which " hit
men would have 10 do. l believe the Soutl
bad mar HnHA he NNFf
What defeated the Southern arms WAS North
ern courage and sklll. and tbs. too, WIIh de
traction all around. You cAunot aRine how
disheaItening IL was at tue ne, not only 4
cSiceTs bat men,
General Grants opinion Of General Let
:samatter of small moment.
General Scott pronounced him, "tht
Tery best colder l ever saw in the field.
General George Meade sald that lie wal
"by far tie sblest Confederate genera
which tie war produced" In your edIto
Eial Oh GeUeral Lees death the World said
that "the testimony of ali honorable mer
who conteuded against the great Southerr
general agrees with the verdict of al com
petent foreign critics in awarding 10 him 1
place among the most eminent soldiers o
history" The New York Herald said "Ir
him tie military genius of America wal
developed TO q greater extent than eve1
before" Tie Philadelphia Age said tha
f'as q great master of defensIve warfsr,
Lee will probably not be ranked inferior
TO any general known in histoFy." Tht
Cincinnati Enquirer said that she was th,
greatest general of the rebellion 1t wa
his strategy and superior military know
ledge which kept the banner Of the Soutl
af1Oat 80 long, and the campaign of th
Wilderness, the defence of Richmond auC
the bold advances into Maryland ant
Pennsylvania, which only failed because O
insufficient numbers, established him lonl
before the close of the war as one whom
the powerful press of England might vel
proclaim the great captain of the age
The halifax Nova Scotia) Morning Chron
Scls pronounced him "the greatest soidie
in the world" and said that seven hi
former enemies must concede to him tb
first place in the civil war, and we kno1
no living European general who possesse
TO the same extent thOse attributes of
soldier which 90 distinguished the COnfed
crate leader" The LondOn StaHddVt
Eanked him as the greatest general ca