New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-13
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

tur FIGHT FOR MISSOURI, Prom the Election of
In.oo'' w. Viii 500 Charles scrihncIs sons.
The author Of this lively narrative had many
facilities for knowing the full history OF ut least
one side of the struggle for the possession OF MIS-
souri, at tue beginning OF the Rebellion AS Eutor
o. The st. Louis Bulletin he was well acquainted
with the political contests and maneuVres, ana
with the schemes of the secosscnist leaders 10
which he gave an active support; ana as a'e-ue-
Damn to Governor Claiborne Jackson, ana lat'I az
staff officer to General Sterling Price. he cad ample
experience OF military operations. 10 thrse PR
son,l advantages he seems to have added dnigent
study Of documentary records lie teisa curious
story with rat deaf Of force. Missouri contained
q poweriul and resolute LOYAL majority. and when.
after m. ca plotting a convention was ordered Tor
the pur,ose of taking the State out of the Union
tue vote AGAINST that scheme was oVe'Whein lhs'
Nevertheless Missouri narrowly escaped o'ihs
pashcd into t6e Confederacy against her ;.
through The activity of the secession
AMI Che doclrniire the9r,Gs- - .n,,,;a, 80 ,ho
VIZ - not the life Of every State we'll as of
ali the States yet clung TO the idea that the first
duty of Missouri was to warn of her premises the
troops who were mastering TO defend the Union
These notions seem wild enough now, especially
when they propoundei by people who sun hoid
them a. Mr. Sn"ad does but we cannot under
stand tie anomalies of the Rebellion ithonI tax
Eng careful account of the situation OF the border
States where a large party was always trying to
hold the North by the throat with one hand and the
South " tn the other-but not holding the south
to- highland was calling that loyalty.
What saved Missouri was the insight, enterprise,
energy and herosm of Nathaniel Lyon. There is
nothue better IN Mr. Sneads able and interesting
book than tue justice which he does this pictu-
,i. net Ior the l..
jr he has likewise a generous appreciation OF all
the shifting scenes in Mr.. Bar's singuarly varle-
gated career the performance which Mr. Snead
calls drolly enough his rebellion against Mis-
souri, Is that upon which his friends will prefer to
rest his reputation with pOsterity. lie peIcelVel
more clearly than any other politician IN tue state
the n,incnce of the danger and the tutllity OF the
measures popularity relied upon to avert It, While
both sides lost in delusions he saw at glance
the time and the for decisive action lie
recognized in Lyon a kindred spirit and IT was
largely through his untring exertons That the merry
Yankee captain was imtrusted with the responsl-
bilities of which he made such brilliant use. In
few months Lyon defeated the rebel plots for the
seizure of the ST. Louis arsenal with its 10000
stand of arms. and the capture of the city of st.
Louis. He broke up the rebel Camp Jackson and
made prisoners of the rebel State militia lie
drove Claiborne Jackson from the capital,
and held TIE armies of McCnlloch and Ster-
ling Price at BAY until the loyal men cond Ieas-
semble the stare convention, install loyal govern
ncnt aud make Missouri, with its great resources
and It's commanding position, safe for the thlon.
To do this Lyon had to make The desr crate stand.
AGAINST oycrpow efing odds at Wilson's Creek lie
Accomplished his object, but he paid for 1t with MS
life " By wisely planning by boldly dong aud
by bravcly dying, he won the fight for Missouri