Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-26

the latter was tortuously misread.
In manner not creditable to
a schoolboy and repugnant to Mr..
Davis exact knowledge of syntax, so as
to give pretext to the shocking charge
that had abandoned my army, and tel
egram was sent in naked haste directly to
Gen. Bragg, telling him to retain the per-
manent command of the army. The ''Blade
of JOab1 had given it's thrust. The repre-
sentatlVes in Congress from the West and
Southwest applied TO Mr.. DAVIS in body
for my restoration. and when, disregard
ing his sheer preteXt that had aban-
doned my army, they still insisted, Mr..
Davis declared that | should not be re-
stored if the whole world should ask it.
This Vaccination went to such length
that it was given out in Richmond that l
crazy. So carefully was this report
fostered Zone of its tales being
that l would sit sll day strOking
q pleasantly that a friend of mine, a
member of the Confederate Congress,
thought it his duty to write me a special
letter respecting the device, advising me
to come directly to Richmcnd to confOund
1t by my presence-a proceeding which l
disdained to take. [ had not only then,
but from later still more offensive provo
cation, imperative cause TO resign, and
would have done SO but for sense of pub
lie obligation. Indeed, in my after fields of
action the same hostility was more and
more active in its various embarrass-
ments, reckless that the strains inflicted
upon me bore upon the troops and country
depending on me and relatively upon the
cause, so that l often DREADED failure
more from my own government be-
hind me than from the enemy in
my front; and. when success came
in spite OF this, it was acknowledged only
by some censorious official enquiry CON
trastlng WITH thu repeated thanks of Con-
gress. was, however. not the only one
OF the highest military rank with when
MIR. Davis relations were habitually I'M
wholesome. Ii is an extraordinary fact
that during the four years of war Mr..
Davis did not call the five Generals to-
gether into conference with a view to de-
termlning the best military policy or set
Iling upon decisive plan of operations
involving the whole theatre of war,
though there was often ample OppOrtu-
nifty for it. We needed for President
either a military man of a high order
or a politician Of the first class such
as Howell Cobb without military preten-
sions. The South did not fall crushed by
the mere weight of the North: but it was
nibbled away at all sides and ends be-
cause its executive head never gathered
and welded its great strength under the
real advantages that greatly reduced or
neutralized its adyersary's naked physi-
cal superiority. It is but another of the
many proofs that timid direction may
readily go with physical courage, and
that the passive defensive policy may
make long agony, but can never win
war. G. 7. BEAUREGARD,
+fhis silly tale was borrowed from an Incl
dent at Shiloh. Towards the end of the first
days battle soldier had found pheasant
covering, apparently paralyzed under the
ceaseless din, and brought it to my head
quarters as present to me. 1t was beauti-
full bird, and after receiving 1t, l gave direc-
tions to place it in a cage, as l intended send
ing it as a pleasant token Of the battle to the
family OF Judge Milton Brown, of jackson,
Tenn, from whom I had received, as their
guest, while occupying that place, the kind
est attentions; but in the seconds days con-
fct the poor waf was lost.-G. Z. B.