Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-08-08

l:any obstacles in the way Lee an
tswered thai ii would nave 9 most
l3happy effect, and accepted the tesuss; rs
I handed over my penclled meInosshs |. :
dun to ansaide tosT2nt into INK 'ana 1
a,,s;,e ,se resunee conEe ION q eouk
Eolds times and friends in the arm Iesss
Various officers came ins-Longstreer,.
EGordon. Pickett, from the South;
sheridan, Ord, and others from our
side. Some were old friends; Long,
fstreet and myself, fof instance ana
! we had general talk. Lee, no doubt,
expected me to ask for his sword, out
!. 7 did not want his sword 1t would
/ only" said the General smiling
ahaye gone to the patent Office to pc
worshipped by the Washington rebels. req Is.
/ There was another pause when me
said that most of the animals In ms
cavalry and artillery were owned ned, ey
the privates, and he would like TO
| know, under the terms, whether they
would be regarded as private proper
| ty or the property Of the goEefnmedh..
| 1 said under The terms OF surrender
thew belonged to tha government; !;
Cen. Lee read over the letter aid SAD
that was so. I then said to the Gen 1l
sral s,.aI that, | believed and hoped this
was the last battle of the war, and l
| saw the wisdom Of these men getting
home hon and to work as soon as possible,
aSa that I would give orders to allow
any sold;es or officer claiming a hors;
or or, . mule to take i. Gen. Lee show
cd some emotion at tRis-a tteelng
which / also shared-and sa'a 1t
would have most happy effect. The
interview ended, and l gave We orders
e.. rationing his troops. The next
daytif net Lee on horseback, and W. we
had a long tasg. In that conveFssL
ton 1 urged upon Lee tGs @!saom OF
ending the war by the saffsnaer oil
the other armies. I asked him to use
his influence with the people OF the
South-an influence that was su-
pre.se-to bring the war to the end,
Gen. Lee sa;& that his campaign II In
Virginia was the last a..issssnized iss!n resls,
tapce which the South was eafa.1te OF
makine-that might have TO march
8 gool deal and encounter isolated
commsSas here and there, but there
was no lor ger asy army which could
make astand.y l told Lee that this
fact only made his responsibility, |
greater, and any further war would
e E e crime. 1 asked him to go
among Csc Southern s.9, people and use
his Influence Us 1lase I'll men under
arms surrender on tbs sas+e !eS21s :;3 !
givep to the Army of Northern Vir-
eiuia. He replied he could not do SO
w3tuo,,s.!ss consultation with President
Davis. i was sqgry. I saw that the
Confederacy had goas beyond the.
reach of President Davis, sac that
there was nothing that could be done
except what Lee could do to benefit
the Southern people. | was anxious
to get hoIas s1aa h have onr armies go
to their kames and Eel@s: iilS, Lee
would not move without Saws, aHd:
as matter of fact at that tlRe, or
soon after, Davis was fugitive IN
the woods.
JEFFERSON DAVIS AND THE SOUTH
An alllpsoR was made to the feel
ing in the South THAI Davis was an
injury to the gonfedegacy and did
not do his best. Il never thought
So" said the General. Davis did
his best-did all that any man cou d
do-to save the Confederacy. This
argument is like some of the argu-
ments current in history-that the
war was a war.against windmills, and
that if one man or another had been
in authority the result woald have
been different that some more plac-
able man than Davis could have
ma6a g better fight. This is not true
The war was & tremendous war, and
no one knows belts. ttih:an those who
were in it. Davis did all ne could
and all any nan could for the South.
F;a2 South was beaten from the be-
ginning. There was no victory pos
sible for any govefnreptresting upon
the platform Of the Sou uthern Conted-
eracv. Just as soon as the war uni
ted and aroused the young men OF
the North and called out the National
feeling, there was no end but the end
thst came. Davis did all he could
do for lis p;le, and how much he did
do no one kaoas bstter than those
who were in the meld. .
sroNEwALL JACKSON.