New-York tribune., 1886-05-23
THE MEN WHO WHIPPED.
~Oyu sOUTHCRNER CAN WHIP FIVE YAN-
ErEc."

"One Southcrntr can whip five Yankees for the
yankees are towards anl won't fight" While pre-
car,ng 20 launch the laic "unp casantreSS, 'h's
,rcnnnc,amsr:o was prime favorte with the
Southern chivalry indeed, it seemed 10 consuu'e
ttc r,eic wand with which they conared men ana
,oo.,e t ,i,ro tholr trcaqon Doubtless they
believed this quotation which they had heard ana
rencotcA so ch VIII ail It's variations from 'nei'
youth M Conveniently they expected TO nave an
pa walk over tie Yankees and d'sdaheu a.
crofY.Is of compromise accordingly. II 'his "u"o'o
of surcrstit1on and ever 80 hea'iN or CON"
netclv nrickci as by the incident am aooh' 10 re
late Cand the public am surcl would pe 'H''hAi"i
for 4 report of IT,
e., the hauos of Providence through which this
,'ischievous he was nailed and the revelation snb-
siliu,cd that one Southcrner could not whp even
one Yankee. Hacck-MajoT-Nen Nenerai hehry "a
Ger Iacca as the word rcmem leIS MIN was one
n those many great sad might have eeens OF
whom Lincoln and almost all patrols had hi2n eX-
pectat;ons The soldiers who were under lialieck
60 onn NJ Cariuth in 'G2 toVa ard the last used to
cali hin The Great Preparation At first their con con
fdcucc IN hun was unbouHde0; ior h9un ne ne
leon educated al the Pint as well as tae pest OF
fhcm aud written a book, 10 bool-a whoe
bogkand al about fgdhing ois @nf H,l StLa1egy Enegs
h's bi1. of coarse lie dces-you hetw couple of
weeks later when there seemed to he nothing 10
show for the time bnt surface ndicalon Oh genelai era
siagnaiion. and some Of the boys began 10 ,Iel,
Hal eek stIll had admirers. and they SAID: NOW
,ust keep on your shirtS-the world wasn't made III
n dav: inst wait a bit until Old HAS ready
fhar You bet Bcaurcgard will hear something drop
fhat1l make his ears ring and head SWIM, ana
quicker than you could say scat weIl nave the
Ei.at IIOclImdtOr III trap But aias, OId ADes
drafts of great expeditions on Halleck all had 10
be protested for nOppaymcni; and day followed
,ar and week followed week, and nothing dropped
but d few Of those i0ng poles mat old solu.eI'
viii remember. wlch lialleck had run up on top
OF trees for ''lookous." All along it was the
opinion Of Hallecas wlGe-awahe suuofuIIatts
that Coruth might have been taken with
laf of his force Tor less any day
dmrInr the s;cQe II things had been pressed
But Haleck said: No, no; not Tor the world
don't bring an engagement under any circun-
stances" | have seen small boys WIN ther lirst
pair 1l new boots on. crossing a muddy road on tNo
chips: stepping first one, tLen TeachlOg back lor
the other ANA laying 1t forward, then stepping on
that and 50 on. lseck must have seen the same
thing and adopted its substance lor MS pan Oh
moving on Cor.nth. only substituting elaboratc
Notifications for the chips, and keeping behind
these instead of stepping on them. But he made "A
new departure in beginning the use OF these sub
stitutes miles before any mud was reached
laborious and useless trick that no enteIprsIns
boy would ever I've guilty of.
1t this stage General John Pope was III command
of the lett VIM OF liaeck army Now General
John was not only the best beloved, but was The
pride of all " his boys lhey were a. an times
ready to swear or affirm according 10 then re-
ligionl, that their General Jonn could not only
OUTFLOW, but actually outhgllt awning IN
lIalleck's army: also to let, at least two 60 one,
that he habitualiy wore and was entitled to wear
the longest and ClOsslest tall-eatheIs OF all the
roosters in that or any other army This beauii nj,
dashng and intrepid son OF Mars. who had then
Iu. recently greatly distinguished hin self hy the
UNIQUE new departure of establishing his bead
quarters permanently in the saddle, at several
times during this slow siege became So restless and
impatient that he Just could not, and would not
hold himself or stand it, He must have whack
at that French upStart. inst to take the surplus
wind ont OF him. to keep MIN from endanEeTinS our
cause by more OF his grahdlloguent pIocIamatlons
II nothing else. And aS liaiicck had MS head
quarters about five or six miles away over on the
right Pope seemed several occasions. to have
IN al IL IS IN would
gard and take Cornth on his own hook before
HalIeck could get word over TO call ln OIL. Eut
each time, Iallccks ears apIcaied to be too qUlck
for John as an orderly or 0ineef wonid come rush
ing ovec with message about as follows: " ny
Ing goodness gracious. John my dear boy. what ~
the would are You dong FIRST you know you VIII
have I}eauTegard real mad. Now do keep quiet;
and whatever else you do, don't bring on an engage
ment. nder tue circumstances H. Is lar better 10
ran than to fight Then you ought to have seen
General John bite his lip. sling oil hls war harness,
and canter oil by himself 10 " cussW
But there must he change from every good
thing; a gOOd. well-tried Republican admin
jstIatiOn. So on the evening of the 29th OF May i
think il was llalleck knew lie WAS ready, and
passed the order along the lines Forward ON
Corinth" We really set about obeying TINS order
with great alacrty; for, by this ume notWih-
standing our iohg SOIL snap IKE tuc peopi'' III
'sl had turned fools so far as 10 want change,
regardless of what might be ahead on the new
road. We not only set about obeying tins order
but contrary to the expectations OF most every one
OF us. we did actually obey It, aud forwarded right
on. into and all around CoTintn. Got there about
3 o'clock next morning. Strange. No noise no
bustle-nobOdy came ont TO warn MS out OF town.
or say they glad we had come in l}nt llalleck
just took the whole business vithout a suot; and,
apparently, without exciting the least hard feelings
III anybody.
The egg of surnise had hatched d chicken OF Ger
tainty. that. though Haileck and his abolition
lOrdcs' had come down on COrnth like wolf
on the fOld.D that told III the same sad cOnd-
ton as ncle sam eXcheqhe1 when the Democrats
las, turned II overland the same It's bound 10 be
in Then and 5'ey %@ oyeT So Peb no
great guns httle ones. no comml>sares, no
nothing save and except several thousand of those
long. broad timex. Tusty, Vlllanous-ooklng, home
mace blOOd-curdiing hpr-stIieniug knives
bowel ripper" the boys used to call them. These
Law scattered around 80 thickly and pr0miscuOuslv
that, il the season had been falling autumn H.
stead of budding spring we would have sworn
these knives must have been the fallen leaves oi
some southern tree new to nsl. designed by a kind
and considerate Providence To supply MS southern
children with The neceosaries aud pleasures of lie
according to their instincts and education; just -
IT supplies nlnbie legs 10 the tmld rab-
bit and savage tuS1s TO the terOclous boar
Developments now showed that "Od BiowharG'
had not Only saved What reputation he had Dut
added 10 II by appar 'nty getting completely tired
out waiting for Halleck to get ready TO come
and relieve him; and that he had. therefore, done
gone " and gathered mp all his men and traps
and LETT the "rdnch' AT that time II doubt
less seemed TO almost yb0dy that HaileckS
siege and capture of COrntn had resulted about as
Solomons HE dl /, according 70 his own estimate
OF ii; in Daugh but vanity aud vexaton of spirit.
necessity of all these prenmnaries just exactly rs
they were; we shall realize that
"L'te Is real, life IS earnest,
And things are not what they seem"
] have long been Impressed with the notion that |
| AIN about the only man who has caught on to |
the true IuwarGness of lIalleck's siege OF Cor
intn which the world has made light Of i
| therefore feel il to be only my pleasure. but
dn1y. 10 reveal the revelation. unto 1t has /
been rcvca ed and thereby show that all this ap-
parent fuss and feathers. and vanity, etc. had /
"real and an earnest Office III great Natures |
hardening and thereby vImdicate not only Long |
fellow. who doe, not need it, but Hallecb and sew
eIai OF her. whOd0.
In Natures plan, then. what the issue Of this
mountain in labor I Was 1t only q mouse cOlos-
sal mas OdOn. rather; for tins labor, waiting etc,
wRs not hing Tess thau Natures necessary pTeiim-
nary pIcParatiOn and machinery for proving TO the
world once and for always and decISVeIy, that one
soEthcrner could not whip five Yankees. No not
.ycu i've minus four. And what is the prooff