, 1880-12-24
JEFF DAVIS.
A Talk with the Quo NInu Not u Citl"
zoft Of tho Uni0n-lle GlvcH Light on
some Hitherto Hidden Voluts In tho

A Talk with tho Quo N1nn Not Cltl-
zcn of tlle Unlon-Ile Gives Light on
some IlItllcrto Hidden Points In tho
History Of The Co1ttcacracY.
pn1l.auELpIttA, Dec. a...-Alexans1cr McClurc,
ritlny to tho 1Ymes from Mississippi, thus de-
aaril.es hts visit to JetsnrBau navls:
II haye lung desired To know tho oxact truth.
frt,n tho fountain source Ut knowledge on tho
subject, In regard to several important events VI
tho War, a1d was ngrooubly surprised at tho
freedom with which btr. Davis met my lnqulries.
Why l'uRurcKarsl WIS or,lurcd to tjre upon 81at,
ANDERSON In F0rt sumter, afttr bis surrender
WIS inevitable mt u specified time Without us-
sauItit,g tho ag has mover bcen esltircly unkler-
stoud. It wns All act Ut Inadness, US 1t n,ai0 d.
vlsion In tho North impossible, md l have al
ways believed tho reul causo Of tho order TO ilrc
wus 10 unlfy tho gouth, and end tho threatening
movements for q scuntun on certain tersus. Nr.
tho 0rt!or was given solely becnus1 fnith hntl
been prokon by TUG LInepln Administration III
e. sat fooe % no e soiy s eDpo
with tho % satis troe,on. Yhos' Y.' asked whe}hes
natod 1t Gottysburg. waa adopted "a purely
nscesslty ] insida tho CoNfoderaGy. he niiswered
that It WAs thu WtHeat MT nt both military md
political sts.tcRy, but was mt dictated at all by
political conalloralots. lilo sald tlts wlsanI 1l
tho military Iu0*l1l4flt was proven III IHg FttAil
OF Nunlle tFom virsinaA, Ailu thu tral,stor &C
hath AFnsles "a Northern 8oll, hut, 10 auberly
addul, tho battle, was misfortune. The
3NrY sucuGss, aiu that woultl haye tiorInEctt tho
Wh0lo plan OF tho G0yerIllGnt and Impaired Its
RESOURCES for calupAlgn ttat year. As u Mlll-
tafy movement, Mr.. lAtls euya thG Gettysburg
campaign had tho enttrD approval of Loo, and
shoro were no pi,sltcM1 divisions In ttl1 Suuth to
llQtatc lts departure from tho wlsesG military
VI desired also to know vhothos at tho time
OF tho Hampton Ks,als cnhfcTonc0 botwout.
Lincoln, HoWaFd, Htephttl8. Al1ti othaEH hr Davt8
had received any it,tlinati0n frotn any orodibld
source TINT Mr.. Lincoln would assunt to tho pay
mont ol $4oo. .0uo, ,m "a 4 compensation s0r tho
and return 70 tho Union. lilo nHswerel that hu
bud no such intilnAtion from my sourre, but
that II such a proposition bud t,cAn Hlad0 ho
could not have entortainct! It as tho EXECUTIVE
tho Aworn Executive af uovorn-
1ncnt founded on tho rlXhta ot btatas;
thut slayrry was DISTINCTLY declared to
10 exclusively eAto Inst tntlull; AHll that such
Issue could AAy0 boen decided only ty tho inc
peuieist ussont ur cuea Stato. botae ot thesu,
10 added, would hnF0 nccuptcA such tertns Ut
that tEiHg but that uthcEb wEn!1 hAy0 lGGliNGtl
II. and lWace therefore was impossible On that
1alals. - ~
Iii. Davis d,scusset, tho present attitude and
futuro prospects Ut thu South with manifest lii
iurpst and Ffeut candur. Mhllu he ts not aud
Gun not DO u factor IN attaining any deslrtd pn-
lItiCal Fcsults for thu South ha shares thu holHa
uxpt1ssel Nv the great luss VI the InOtv lntolli-
gent Southern people, that all dlulcult problems
are yos 10 bQ wisely solYed by tho gradual Rd%