New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-27

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,,nnort,uee and deserving Immediate attention anu
nran,,t ac,,on But as was sick he would postpone
I'm, ,nbct To anotder time. wiss lying o"a o"' III lily
tent but was fully dressed toll nun was Ot 'v d
only Tired. That uad Jdst gTt aon ",, I.I~ now
oT MIR. tnau twenty nnies. There was ~ .oiii.
soo might LED Oh 10 make hhotel ~ ri,
ami IN my tnen state OF health c!oSG nYii brar
K mi of thing would Lruhaby he mos tnan , cnmid
Fiji n II, would excuse remaining Oh the cos cau
attend what he had 20 Tay Without az o,o n, low
~ n. urgrd lie sat tie ground ~ my COT "n =" 49,
hut very earnest lone tOld ue "','I no n ia LII
was To urge The lhnnehce ho 'u. SUI %, h. army
ha pr sIdeut and the two senior peherdis ". w "i9
in fvor OF an Immediate active caLph- oI pNasion.
Jackson tuon ne't 0dcer Ia ralk ~ 1 49,, 80 W.sI
OF which was command r. nN' va ~ g., hn Voxiran
POINT and had served vita hin t"O JSafs III hc od
"n III, 1o all he had 70 say. When he h Il gone over
he subect and egsed that WOulu ehuelNo' W iuu
tnose In authority to push the war INTO tho enemy
cVntrv sitI all the combined power OF tue Confederate
States and do Ius without delay, i0i MN that niu
n. he reournte Ic went over the subject again
even more earnestly than De Oroi seeinins NV 80
m KIM "a more special ell jrL 10 cJhNluco ino t,a.
and prompt CaUipagn or l1vlsOn was essen
al ia oar SUCCESS aud offered tue Oe,t Ctuco oI
- LII infu',re tiuse iu authority over this question:
Unwilins give 1t w. JaGAsou LOOK up tue s % Ia
previously SAID. he siOppcl suddenly ana looh's o
square the sad: have i9t oooo" any, t to
mattel; you must thlrk NJ 90 aDOut ~, sou v"I
help but that this our best Chance or success ~
r,nIv told MIN the substance or whal had occurred III
me conference. He listened un IL WAS through, then
rose fruln ground upon which no D.u 9eeh stimS'
800. m, "A warm srasp OF the ndnd SAID: am sOFTy
gnre ~" and Without another wori walked slowly
to horse, mounted mo Que dhch or s'amnTu' aIf
attending the ldnci al or AL his friends -,
w., o,.nt ,,ays at TIE end 4 that year seemed
we'll aa isheI with results OF the defensive iucy "e
had adopted at tue beginning or the war anu so ue
NV adhered in the conference AT ialraN Court
iI,,sn III, says: IL oi their Threatened march or
unchecked iucst, ths cnriy were zen ~ hi,i.
IN ~, ore MONT L, assume the uccnsSe ana upon fair
cu,,,a ison betwon the twObegrrenisa s 10 he, li-
t,ry means, ana financial con Iton' uo Con.rue'ato
states wcro relatively much stronger aL the end OF to
vaar ban when the struggle commenced III ths ross
coor view fae TO see the prohdnc future ouuct o
Inc almost suprrlunan efforts then brls Inale ny the
Tn1.rI t,oyrruincnt, apd the N0rthoin states and
ueoplr 10 prepare for MAJ IN the Erh.el s'ai' ui b
Inc ak months respite he hal allowed tleul Nv tne nc
c,soi he gave In thr Fairfax Court House conference
Scar tic close Of the war; IN April 1850. 1t was my
GeDrrnl Jnncs II. wilson. the c'nniander OF some
10000 Federal cavalry who about 'n Iro uhs n,u
bann ana IL part OF Georgia. ! hhl khown H'heral
wilson before tne war o nI" nina tr"ndy relations
soon alter his prisoner OF war DrlhE at ms
ats mad NOT prcs.cd the nghting ana crossed inc Dor
der IN the autumn OF 1861 Aud aided: lEht was
To mean the officers the old regular army on the Fed
cr side lie the North WIS not r'nly AT that Tune
whist the South was Ia far better cOhuitloh We rh
pccl ed the COnitdeiHcs W1uid come On w, ~
FER We knew that you Lad gone soulh hud nad n'rh
virginia That Wa, tue invaiIng army we were hook ng
ont for. WHY didn't your people attack tncin ne
INVASION came. ami winter inaly set III witnout
your having moved against Us; We Wrir w. Neu VI
Hei,re we were ready. And we know that
before spring set Ia We would nave Az % En,n,I anu
that ilnc-aud were bound 10 heat you III thc emu
We were the STRONGER of inc Two from thn time y"a
rave II. the opportunity To prepare for the contest
After some further conversation toid "c"rfh WILSON
,.,t the v,r l,,ips then over I had objection To
It, 'us h, a. rnsr ~nicn thought would the
Gtrs lou he had asked me; and u ne Wnnlh et ni,
orderly t.fSr mole fiOm me Ia my house, the paper
| referred to wound bc forthcoming. -
General alison probably expect 70 see a he",p1pcr
hanGrd INN tho account OF the conference htld ~
,irf,x COirt II0ase. winch had been signed III dup
cate January 81. ls62 by Generals johnston, bchhr
iii kir Davis bau In tEat conference rendered great
hut no doubt unntcni1 al service to IN unlnh o',,
and that the United States HO,crmeh' ~is NUM- "
nm ,s b,imy the VINO h"d saved mo northern
states from Invasion before th"y were iny prrPa'u
for war Ana nc added: "NhiicN'r doupl lh,In my
he I'm rrfcrrucet 20 tue esiis mat might nave ipnoWci
from the proposed campaign oi INVASION III l'"i "rtS
at That tm' 10y rVlng q" North "n .PlItHn,n W. P,
uar for the struggle, relieved ~ OF great thAlcb ~
the tt.ue aud removed all doubt OF Our ultimate
Ia rrfcrrng incidents % those war days II Is not
prop sod TO ecu now "la' i ,'t nay" d. 80" NV hc
events had been shaped ~ other TORN. b"t nn ~
well briefly call attention 10 come OF inc st'mrhts
made ny tic eX-Prc.iIrut OF me Confederate states ~
regard to the conference IN question. lie ~
my nqurY In the cunicrencc 's to whai nl'e Woni We
Inc lowest estimate maze by any OF Them lthe three
Generals was twice the number there resent "r
snu,ethIng over 10000. Tue lowest estimate OF The
force requires va, 10000 winch show. mat tho irast
nuirb.r OF reinforrcHcuts asked for was les thah
lOOOU But Mr. Davis st1trs That TINS hunpcr VS.
moro than 4O0OO.and proceeds to saj Z very httie
nus nye .uiiiced To show mat hal power
make such AN aidiuon t. mat army wiin"nt ,os'
Auaing the troops hcnt raised ny lht 0tatr ol Nl
,ni I'm The sprng OF 1862 Sir. Dtvis siys8 The feeling
heretofore noticed as arc ising IN Virginia deIe nina
ton TO nc abandonment ~ her hu1h'tn Ilohl'I'
and which eel the Of reinforrrnehis, pore
frnii IN The ai II ION thirty thousand men, W
draft made by the Governor ui the STATE ln'ec' u -
titi- we're not the disciplined, HeasOncd TO p' when
wer. 4. ked for by the generals In the conference Al
ia rfax Court House" Having thus p0sltNel staten
that "discnr seasoned troops were asked Tor MT
Davis In COMA the account O that conference
signed by the tbrcr generals, says; IN oho par
the paper II IL stated mat Tue rem .ofoehrn
akcd Cor were To lie soAroncd soldiers such a. were
there prcsent, and VINO wrre ,"ld TO We ia
the finest ngius condition lhis. II Snch prop"sl-
ton had boon made, wound nave exposed hs abNutly'
az well a. the lonpno.' u 'il'I'9 in ~ 20 % nm
qucrty ASSERTING that ihr Troop, W. ' Wy
to the proposed standard MI DAVIS Knows that
,r,Es Min an ." and speaks OF 'its absnIdlly"
and OF the nOphule II offered Tor escape ny suisse
pnrposc IN wr iing las wen To elucidAc o"scnr.
ity a, TO correct error; aud saying; - u WnnlL
for praise each aud ali who wore tne gray.
IN tie conference Mr.. Davis carefully RETAINED
om giving tho slightes inImton oi what he now says
Of tie absLrdty Of the proposition AMI tc '"phoIe LOT
escape 49, .,, H.. .,, .,o,i1
name mo nI,ce or places from which "dscl-
Mined. Seasoned soldiers" could be drawn. lie
pressing c for answer TO Ms question o. TINS sub
cc Yet. he now Gays: VERY httle experience. or
air amount Of modesty without any eKprfence, would
scrye To prevent from announcing ms conclusion
that troops cOuid be Withdrawn IRON place or places
the NECESSITY for their pTc-cncr This quotations ana
the one previously made In reference 10 l0ophoc Tor
escape furly Illustrate the spirit IN winch Prrs lent
Davis listened To the suggestions 81 the lhrec grrras
AT the Fairfax Court House Conferehc" In Ot0brr lsO
Having already slightly exceeded theength nreHcrlbed
for thisaticle have pace la which oven to name Ger
tain partial OPERATIONS" suggested by President DAVIS
had refused tn furnish any rlnio dement's on Tue
character ana had decided not to
as rapidly possible all the available forces OF the
onfedcracy the Potomac WIN the army thus re-
inorced ana by pressing the Hghting III the enemy =
country make determined en0rt m the autumn OF
1861 10 compel Northern states to recoyZr COhfed'
erat. nendencp GUsTAVts W. SMITH.
Lite Mal0r-General Confederate states America
see the account sllned by the three generals.
Rise aud Fail OF the Comic ierao Government" vol
H., page II. ,,... ,,-, 81, J.,
Jefferson Davis. Vol. I, D. ii3.
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bPa9e 45o. -, 8,
s''Rlse and ~ the Confederate Government" Vol