The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-02-12
ARP'S ANNALS.
Reviewing Ar,leloa ON the Late Wa

W "oSeoCuusettS, you nave con
quered everything else. now learn ia
conquer your prejudices." Daniel Web
ster said that or words to that effect, and
II ne was alive to day he could say it to
all OF us, for we are the slaves of preiu.
dice: l was thinking about this while
reading the last number of The Century,
III the December number General Lew
wallace wrote an account of the battle
oi shiloh, and thought it was very fair
and considerate, considering that he was
a Federal General. believed him 10
be sincere. And now comes General
Grant in the last number and saws that
Lew Wallace did not obey orders and
bungled up things terribly. General
Grant starts out by abusing General
Halleck, his superior officer, and tligs
him under the short ribs severely. The
biggest thing 10 his long article is Gen.
Grant, and he takes up a good deal OF
epace in telling about his horse falling
down and hurting his ankle, and about
bis standing by tree all night in the
rain. Well, that was bad-very bad
and we are sorry he had ii to do, hut i,
was twenty. three years ago, and we are
all we'll Of it now. He saws that the
Confederates had over 10000 men tho
first day, and ne had only %, 900 in line !:
but ne never had any doubt about whip.
ping the fight. He says further that
Lew Wallace came up after the first
days fight with 5000 men. and Bell
came next morning with 10000 more.
aud this made total of $4,000 for the
second day. He says he did not need
BslPs force, but was glad TO see them and
they did all that there was for them TO do
| Well, now let US look at VIM. Preston
Johnston's account in the same number.
| He says that Grant had an army of
| $4,000 men in camp. nearly $4,000 of
| whom were electives. Bell was near at
| hand with $1,000 more, aud Mitchell
not far distant with $4,000. In all Grant
had los, 900 effective men, aud opposed
to him were less than 10000 effective
Confederates.
So it seems that Grant was 70 have
easily whipped the IL 900 Confederates
with his 80, 600 Federals without any help
from Bell.
And on the other side it seems that
Grant had 10000 men pitted against
10000. Everybody is at liberty sup
pose to believe either. one or the other !;
but reckon most people will do like the
Jures do when the lawyers get them all
befoddled-just split the difference and
find verdict.
Beauregard and his friend Jordan
make up a pretty good story for their
side, and VIM. Preston Johnston handcs
them Without gloves and makes up
better one for General Albert Sidney
Johnston, aud 30 it goes, and nobody
knows just how it was exactly, aud never
will know reckon. don't believe sny
of these writer's can tell it just rs it was,
for they are all just human, and hare
prejudices, and it is impossible for them
to see it from II q same standpoint. And
we their readers will believe or not be.
lieve according to our prejudices, for wo
| can't help it, We inherit love of sour
side" just like we inherit our politics or
our religion. 1t is trait in human ma.
ture that contributes to our good and
makes us happier, but like all other good
things it can be INDUCED in to extremes,
and then it makes us selfish aud conceited
| and uucharitable.
know that the truth of history ought
TO be vindicated, if it can be, but 1 don't
| SEQ that all this wrangle about the battle
Of Shiloh is doing any good. 1t is pretty
we'll settled that We got badly whipped
somehow or somehow else, and the "iIs"
aud the "peradventures" are too uncer
tain to make up history. They remind
me Of an article I read about General
Jackson at New Orleans. The writer
said that "Old Hickory" WAS the second
saviour of the world, Tor If he .hadent
commanded at New Orleans and killed
old Packenham, old Packenham would
have whipped that fight. and then gone
back to England and taken charge Of the
English army, for he ranked Wellington,
and Napoleon would have whipped him
Mt Waterloo, for Packsnham was poor
General, and then the French would
have whipped England aud all the rest
Of mankind, and the whole world would
by this time be under the French empire
and be eating frogs or catching them for
a'living. vrr
One thing is certain, though. the rebelo
did some good fighting on several occa-
sions, for General Grant says 30 and sev-
eral other Federal Generals have said go.
5siis7e they dc give ;;s credit fer getting
up a little stampede at Bull Run, and
now there seemsIto be a. fuss about that.
for General Patterson's son has taken
offense and comes to the front to defend
his Iather, who is dead That briDgs in
some more "ifs,n for: they say that if
General Patterson had Joined Mcdowell
| In time the reheis would not have whipp.
ed the fight at Bull Run, and 30 it goes.
There is just about as much Jealousy
among military commanders as among
doctors in one.horse town, and Is Sc ef
| q worse kind, for doctor can die ont; Of
it aud get rid cf it, but q general can't.
They will rake hin, up and slander him
| after he has been dead and buried for
twenty years. / coufess to prejudices,
and / can't help feeling burning iudig-
nation when i hear the patriotism, the
genius or the generalahip Of Albert Sid
ney Johnston questioned by anybody.
especially by those who enyied bin. i
love to love the memSry Of the fnsn, and
l dop't like anybody who seeks TO disturb
my faith. Faith is the comfort of man.
Faith in thosa we have been taught to
admire-faith In friends, faith in religion.
/ would not try to shake the faith of a
Baptist in immersion, nor an Episcopa-
liam in the apostolical succession, nor q
Jew in the Talmud. Let them have
their faith and let me have mino. But ]
would try 10 enlighten the ebeclolded
minds of those who worship Ere and the
sun and all sorts Of idols and have no
intelligent conception of God and his
goodness, The Jew is "a much q Chris.
tian as the GENTLE, for he believes In q
Savior-tbe Savior who sitteth at the
right hand of God, and the only differ.
ence Ii that he does not believe He has
vet come, but that He will come. We
should be thankful every dsy that reli
gious intolerance has passed away, and