The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-06

Davis or W tn the other members Of thu cabi.
ne,: was vildicuvsIy ho.Iile 10 conscri ptions
anu impressheuts My policy was to supp, re
.he caase by direct contributions there
wes NO trouble about that GA, people wsnId
I'VE given their last dollar, snd what want
o 10 10 Was TO ship ail the cottoi TO Eu,vpe
and draw against 1t ltwould have given u.
uui 'mitS m-ans. Conscnp Ions and lmpr So
III, nus Kept our people dissstisned Thee
was no trouble about getting recruits
Tor the army, nut to drag man away from
nome and lut him in.o strange regimeat,
WI WI r,I strange Officers over lin. mads him a
command in The army, sent every .usssd
conscript Davis sent, back home. they put
me under arrest for disvbeying ORDERS but
that didn't worry me; l Went on doing he
came. There WAS a olhsr d fficulty, a.d a
serious one. was the secretary OF state, and
as sucn Was ende .voiiDg 10 secure recognition
~ Ior.ign powers. anu it was ! VINO sent
\ ncy 10 Euiope for shat purpose. Both
france ana Eu 81 ,ud were really to recogu 20
us, buttLey objected TO slavery. replied that
slavery shon'a n.ts stand in the way IL eur rec-
osnition .hen demanoed the tight to issue
Proclamation Uf emapcipat Oh freeing every
slave by Tue stroke Of the pen, as 1t was 1aally
done. Davis ana the cauioet beltuer hai the
sense nor he neIv to take such course. 1t
wont, have maze The success Of our cause as
rtain as the sun will rse on another day
DAVIS hadn't the cou age. The proclamation
Could nave been for Y adual ancpai Ion, aud
| then graduated rs Washington did the neG-
t1rSly IL htCtSSdIy. we ndu pts MY
preceden's for such actiou. would have taken
the responsibility, aud ought, as secretary OF
| state 10 have been allowed to, bat Davis
wasn't u diplomat; neither was he a states
yer this gu sti,n OF the aboliton
| OF slavery with NapoeonlIl. and with Glad
stone and r, merst0n. l ioie'aw the war
tnen. aud VS. Tor preparing for It, Both Ma.
poieon ana the English government would
| have recognize ed us In u moment bu. for
SLAYER, ANU knew II, but DAVIS stood in my
| way 1 meeting the oblecti os IT the foreign
| powers as exp Is % me, 40 efore re-.
upon such recognition. W. went TO
Europe after the wal was II 70 than ever
| confirmed III the wisdom Of the policy would
| have auopied."
Rearding the controversy between Davis
and Joe Johnson he i'd; "Johnson is
right. He Is a, peculi Il an sn old m Id, but
he has got the tight of the difference bee
| tween Mr.. Davis aud himse f. The trouble
| Is that Mr.. Davis W - constantly interfering
W IN his mt it'iy commanders and rewa
Ing his pets at expense fl ttlr men A real
grouud OF tn, ditilcu ty between doh son and
Davis grew out OF the ques Ion of rank. Why,
alter the government W moved tn f,ichmoud
had & eat time getting Lee into the confed-
.r-t To service. He was m4jor gener l of Vir
sinis tro' ps and Day haa a pet named
| L0eper tn 4 he wanted tn make the ranking
general of the co !federacy. The commission
-pp inted by Nlrg mia insisted that Lee BIZ
m de the ranking officer, anu hnd o 60 tc
Davis 10 fix 1t up. tod Davis tbatw had {
hard me getting VIrainia out the uni n, an
! We had to make concession to Ike p her out
Davis flnaliy consented, and that fixed lee'i
, position in the arm, nut 1t as not until fal
of i-6l, ~ err we nd been at war more thar
Tx mo- tbs lie was always In q b ID humo
7 about his rank y
nr,g,rl 10 the ques,i N of the generalshiI
. of the southern army, MIR. loon bs d I'd: II ct
, Long>t eet and Johnson We're the best
Lorgstreet Is u radical now, but was u goot
, 80 der and e I'll man. Stonewal, Jack, Of
Was the bes III sIl jackson was tn
!, creates. Ii "ce Napoleon. He was
, ilitary gen h d power over uei
which few -. yer possessed, ana yet, d
you know If ..-d no been Tor ue, Davl
would have gOG rid Of stone wall Jackson tn
first year of he war? During the campaig
in western Virginia he put one OF his pei
Q ovr ckson: AID Jack on resigned, az
1 Davis acc pied IT. h ard of 1t, aad mad
him recall Il, else the greatest soldier of tn
!. confederacy Won d hive heen virtually 1t
Was" + my st ry about this. TIE man WHO'D
O lac put over General Jackson. whicn causc
q he re- Equation had been member of cor
g ess from Arse;ists. aud once challenge
II johnson. iavis was his secoI al and WI
o ] huson's s4cood. Davis had enc IN rit, III,
a was o sticking to his frierds."
M OF Ben Hin statement til the war chang
70 ell he government, Ttombs speaks as follow
o char ,cfer of the government has NJ
cianSed 1t cannot be changed. | den
ev n hat the co ,stltution has been changrC
cay tn 1t the tn rteeni h, four cent h, al III
II fifteenth nmendm 1nts are not parts f the Il
- tuition OF he I'm ted States, and have I
TX re pect for the government a- now org MIA
m anu administered. II was III politics,
" wO' Id bs before thu people on that !, sue. Tn
y Is THO reason why have never ecepted au
10 nestv do not recognize tn s.,verume
l Its present shape rs bav 'ng "a p wer 10 gral
II amnesty OF course am ily spe king +
l.. my {, but this is my 0siti n. l have OF
a mitted no crime, and shall never ask 10
~ giveuess.''