New-York tribune., 1886-05-16

The snowy 1lth New York Fire Zonaves' are
gaan gala tt 4h att 'Yas YswYorR % dhsssears in their dust
covered red uniforms, who had followed Grlliln
battery at some distance have only little VIM.
of onr batteries into the woods to the rlght o
Griffin and Ricketts,, at double quick 10 the M
left of the batteries. close to the Dattaon Oh the
marines. Hentzelman bestrides his horse near some
To Major Barry's startling declaration, CAPTAIN
In Snrc as Ea world thew are Confederaes
But Barry thinks he knows better, and hastily
responds: 81 know they are your battery sup
| port" ~.
Griffin spurs toward his pieces. countermands his
previous order, and firing Is resumed in the old Ill
Colonel Avere Assistant Adjutant- General to
General Andrew Porter, has just ridden up to
Heintzelmans side. and now catches sight OF the
rebel regiment. " What troops those 7 " he asks
OF General ileintzelman, pointing In their direction
drops his rcins and levels his field glass at them
probably" as Averell afterward said, there never
was such destructive fire for few minutes =, ~
seemed as though every mn and horse OF thas :
battery just laid right down and died right OF =
1t Is dreadful mistake that has been made Ana
there seems to have been no excuse for II, either.
The del lberateness of the rebel colonel has given
Barry abundant time to have discovered his error
For Griffin subsequently declared under oath
that after the officer who had been talking to the
regiment had got through he faaed them % oods 20 so
then faced them to the right again, marched them
about forty wards toward u.s. then opened firo upon
us-and that was the last OF IFS y
Ii il a terrible bunder. For, up to this moment,
| the battle is undenlably ours and while the rebeI
colonel has been haranguing his brave men, there is
| been plenty of time TO have passed the word
along the line of our batteries and poured canister
into the rebel regiment from the whole line or
eleven guns, at polntblank range. which must ln-
cvItably have cut it all to pieces The fate OF the
| day hung balanced right there and thcn-wlth all
| the chances in favor of Mcdowell. But those
chances are now reversed. Such are the hcKo
obo ;,% %I,a fowl of hntt tla
The account given Of political events during the
War is exceedingly full and torcbe, particularly
the record of Northern disloyalty Nor does Gen
cral Logan hesitate to brand with dis!oyalty, for
their effort to cripple the Government. the Con-
gressmen who resisted necessary legislation. the
free traders who tried to stir up dscord between
the West and tho East, the peace Democrats who
counselled surrender and the Governor of New-York
who addressed rioters as his friends. How many
precious lives and how many millions of treasure
this fire in he rear cost the country by encouraging
the rebels crippling the Union forces and prolong
ing the War, can never be known. and a generous
Northern people seem to have forgotten to-day that
most of the men who have recently been selected
for posts of honor and trust under " reform Ad-
mnstration were guilty OF tho crimes described.
But Genera! Logan does not forget Nor does he
shrink from branding such man as he deserves
because he is now representing the Nation at
foreign court, or directing an Executive Depart
ment, or serving in Congress. To him traitor Is
odious, not the less because he has become partly
successful at last Referring particularly to a free
trade speech by Mr.. Cox the writer says:
The damage that might have been done to the
Union cause by such malignant Democratic attacks
upon the National unity aud strength may be I'M
ac1ncA when reflect that at this very time the
annuAl e EXPENSES % or our Government were over
5000 100000 and growing still larger; and that
81 30 in legal-tender notes of the United States
was worth but 81 in gold; with downward ten
dcncy. Said stern old Thaddeus Stevens, allndmg
on tins occasion TO statesmanship of the peculiar
stamp of the COxes and Fernando Woods " lie
who in this time will pursue such course OF argu
ment for the mere sake Of party can never hope to
be ranked among statesmen nav, sir he will not
even rise to the dignity OF a respectable demG-
gOgue"
Most apprecaiiye and jnst is the careful descrp-
ton Of President Lncolns progress toward eman- |
clpation. Quoting the order Of December l. 1851 |
which prohibited further surrender of fugitive or
abandoned slaves. General Logan says:
The language of this modification is given TO |
show that the President, at the close Of the year
1N61, had already reached further step forward |
toward clnancipat ion and the sound reasoning |
upOl which he made that al dVancc. He was satis- |
fyIng bis own mind and conscience as he proceeded |
and thus while jus;Ifying himself to himself was |
also simultaneously CARRYING conviction TO the |
minds and cOnsclences of the people, whose servant
and agent he was.
That these abandoned slaves would constitute
over 10 the enemy and that Z" their labor may be
useful TO us were propositions which could not
sions, and 10 encourage Southern loyalty. he added
in substance, that AZ the close Of this war-waged
SO ely FOR the preservation oi the UEiOn-COngress
would decide the doubtful status of the slave, OF
rebels while the rights of Union Shareholders
wOuld be secured.
Mr.. Linco.n's own history OF the emancipation
proclamation. in his conversation with Carpenter
is REINFORCED by citation of many facts, and at
the same time il is shown that in his anxiety not
to commit himself too soon the President left many
true friends in toruring doubt as 10 his intentions.
General Logan says
just month before its iesns in answer 70
Horace Greeleys open letter beratIng him for the
seeming snbserviency' of his policy TO the slave
holding, sl9ve;nphodns interest" etc.. President
Lincoln had written his famous Union letter in |
which he conseryatiyely said my paramount
object is to save the Union. and not either TO save
Or destroy slavery II could sav0 the T'nion with
out freeing any slave. wond do it"and II rnI
free II by saving some. and leaving others alone
would also do that" l0'
No one outside of his Cabinet dreamed at rho
TING he made that answer that the Proclamation
Of Emancipation was already written aud sinnIv |
awaited turn in the tide Of battle for its issue.
Still less could it have been supposnd VIM an ,
IN the 18Th of September only two DAYS bcfore
Stoncwail Jackson had invested. attacked and | ;
RS seventy-three cannon and 900 small arms
besides other spOils Of war; Mr. Lincoln received .
the depntation Of the reli rious bodies of Chicago
proclamation. - "'0" :
The very language of his reply when he said to ,
mem: ii IS my earnest desire to know the will of
DroVidenGc IN tnls matter. and If can learn what
I is will do il, These are not however tbe davs
If miracles, and suppose it VIII be granted that
IN not TO expect direct revelation must study 7
he PLAIN. physical aspects of the case ascertain :
What is possible. and learn what annears
o be night and WISE" When taken in {
with the very strong argument with
which he followed il up against tbe nolic, nf !
advocated in the memorial and his G
ntlmaiIon that proclamation of contemplation (
>sned ny MN must necessarily be inoperatiye 7
IKE the ropes Bull against the comet .1-would 4
lnost seem 10 have been adopted WITH the vcry 1
hj"ct of yelling his real purpose from The nnblic
vents. il had that effect. ~ an /
Arnold. in his " Life of Lincoln" saws Of tbis {
lme, when General Lee was marching northward )
|h H.. I',nS S 'o'nia llat now the President,