New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-22

heads ana DrctK tne hearts Vi tuc utlc"'ci'''
"citizens"; he anl his officers pillaged private
houses aud he informed the city by general
OF tie, that all semlics who in any way mani
"fested sympathy for the South would be ex-
"posed To the insolencc of his soldiers" an
order for which, "bY the common consent CT
Europe and America" he received the name OF
Beast" At the second battle OF Mdnassa', the
Federal comm nder was an officer by the name
" OF John Pope; his troops ran away, and be
himself never stopped until he found himself
ga ie in Washington. While the Northern army ia
b-ing massacred at Fredericksburg, the hero
" Burnside is sitting upon n commanding emil
"nencc Two miles in the rear, and across the
river, calmly viewing the whole scene with his
"te.cscopr." Colonel Ellsworth was L" a famous
"rough and circus rider.'
The North recruited her armies by hiring
European merccpalies.' " The South had moth
Z" ing but her gallant children to pa, in the field,
d" and thus she was condemned 10 stake her most
"pr, ciOus Jewels against the trash Of Europe"
The South was a nation of cavaliers, peculiarly
4" fitted by blooC. climate. institutions, and edu-
cation to contend In defence of their rights
with world in arms AT the North, hand
" some youths joined the army for the privilege
"oi wearing the buttons" and every petty
"oliiceI found himself hero" "A respectable
portion OF the Democratic party at the North
" were opposed to the war, and never ceased TO
d" cry ont AGAINST it. To suppress this opposition
harsh measures were rcsorted TO by he Fed
"elaI authorities, and many of the ant-war
leaders were imprisoned I he opposition Gull
minated, however, when an attempt was made
:" to fiji up the ranks By means of Il general
draft"
The Northern soldiers being represented in
general as base hirelings, the authors OF this
dsgraceful book naturally find nothing to
praise in the Northern commanders 1t is
fact that they have not one word Of appreciation
even for the purely mill any achievements of
Our greatest leaders; not one word to show that
Grant or Sherman, or Sheridan, or Meade, or
Farragut or Foote, or David d. Porter, or Gill
more, or Dupont, or George II. Thomas, or
Rosccrans, ever did anything remarkable. Sew
elal Of these historic names are not men
toned and as rule all subordinate officers
on the Northern side, no matter what their rec
ord-ilancock, for instance, kearney, Sumner,
w. T. Smith, Sedgwlck, franklin, Reynolds,
McPhers N, Warren, Custcr-arc passed unno-
tced. In The cases of Grant, Sherman, Farra
gut and iincOln-certainly four of the greatest
figures in the history of our tme-the injustice
of silence is carried SO fan as to be ludicrous.
Very different is the treatment accorded TO the
leaders Of the South They are all heroes of
the first magnitude. Lee was not only great
general and good man. but he was an officer
"of the United States Army above reprJach."
jefferson DAVIS was mo extremist O., yet resO-
lutte in defence of the rights of his section"
The South could not have been conquered If
she had not been weakened by internal dissen
sions: In the history of the world. a united
"people. struggling for liberty, have necer been
"subjugat d."
II is OF little consequence that Messrs. Black
burn anG Mcdonald, and many like them, enter
tain The anmositics which are displayed in this
book. II is OF great consequence that false
views of history and revolutionary theories of
politics are taught In the Southern schools
that the rising generation is educated to repeat
the wickedness and follies Of its fathers; that
the peace and justice we have bought at so
great a price are thus secretly imperilled by
the rreconciablc fanatics to whom the South
sees fit to trus the training of the young.