Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-03-13

5I5O IN ADVANCE.


! Two Prominent Conlsseratss- saI.a
Have Doubts Aboul It
St. Louis Republican.
The statement By Gen Frost Chat s.
j the iRcipient stage of the late wan sbs
: early autumn of 81, it was the clearly
! defined policy OF Air. Davis, the head 81
the Richmond governments to avoid sends
ing troops INTO Missouri "a ca-1Fea
with the state guard Of that state Be-
cause Of the probable complication fhal
would result ia the event III tie union
being disbanded still continue 10 be
uppermost ia the minds OF the Missouri
ans and southern confederate who were
at the front AN the discussions and
conferences relating TO the peculiar ro--
ton of the state of Aissouu and lhe
state guard are being recalled ald He5is-
lcussed, and opinions freely expressed
that the head of the Richmond govern
nent was not withheld frOm action iu
the state Of Missouri by fear of bscom
ing entangled with the state 70 Tie later
/ annoyance Of the confaderacy.
-'It is a subject ON which Gen. Jchn-
stOn never conVeIsed with me, remark
ed ex-Lieutenaut Gov, Thomas @. Rey-
nolds TO a reporter, shut i have q dis
tinct recollection of meeting with him.
. during which some one present inquired
of him what he thought might be the re-
suit of war. Gen, Johnston GnsWered-
/ Il never speculate on the probable result
/ of my actions. do my duty as It lays
/ before me, and leave the result to God
and the future He may have had such
la secret, however, as Gen Frost speaks
/ of, from Mr.. Davis. for he was very re-
/ ticent man, but i believe the policy OF
/ the confederacy toward the state of Mis-
/ souri, can best be Judged By its official
acts, and they do not justify the opinion
/ that its policy was to avoid any debt Of
/ obligation to the state in the event of
a final settlement. According TO my re-
( collection, long before the state Of ais
| sOuri seeded from the union the con-
/ federacy made a treaty Wlth her, as en
I Independent state, to furnish money Tor
/ the support Of her soldiery, and official
/ acts are a better foundation for a iudg-
ment than reliance on chance converse
/ tiOns with official men, which are often
1 simply discussions.
1.-The Missouri troops were, without
I doubt, the best informed men, and uH-
/ derstOod the political situation in the
4 country better than the troops from amy
other state on either side" said Mr.. il.
7 81, valiant, sand dQz think -nat they
/ were eVer-t5cs19ed in
/ tituds Of tne conIedeEacy t1 their
state. The peculiar posLlen occupied
/ by Missouri in the early stages 81 the
war was the one subject Of conversation
about the camp-hres of both prlValsa
and officers, and its position may have
/ had weight ia determining the early
movements in the west. The state Lead
/ ers considered the geographical position
/ of the state-that it would be o1unuea
l.a1l thuaa sides by free Territory 1lalz5la
I it improbable to maintain ST as @ slave
state, and thought the synapatlies Of the
+ pOpUlace Of the state were OVerWhelm-
ingly in favor of the south, the state re
/ fused to secede. think that Its geo
/ graphical position had considerable
weight with the convention that decided
almost unanimously against secession.
But it had never occurred TO me until
| Gen. Frost made the statement chat the
cOnfederacY ever avoided an alliance
with Missouri because Of boundary
line consideration. While the state guard
under Gen. Price was resisting the union
forces and the state of Missouri was
member Of the union it might have been
thought in-advised by the Richmond
/ government to fly to the support Of Gen.
Price, thereby making the confederacy
duty bound to stand by him and lis
army if a treaty should be entered into.
and that without knowing what posi-
ton his state would take. However, that
there was a desire on the part of the con-
/ federacY to embrace hliss0uu can hardly
be doubted. ln support OF that opinion
it is significant that commissioner HLara
s.le
eraey- probably they were sent BY ln-
dividual states-and when the state dia
so through a loose form Of see I0n 81
her legislature ia session, unlike tla SEE
] cessiOn route taken b e ol
/ the confederaoy was willing ono aa1-er5
to recognize her az a COINED
But before she expires
ling TO Jon the conial1aecg tle
owing profession TO tie Missouri a-llssIa
and not knowing how taa state a.
would want 90 act if g H4aty Was @
drawn up, may have. cut some ra l
the confederate troops not sens
into Missouri However. tnsfa
haps, very little ordering
headquarters TO the troops
previous to Gen. Johnston
an command. and when he in
the west he had ell be could -
with the men and equipment band.
east Of the AIississiPpi river without or
deEing troops into Missouri ielpfs
neither the boundary aiha uor M lnear
tainty as to whether Missouri
] desire to stand By hex 5.diel1
treaty emergency may have p-ay1
part in deciding whether
/ troops should aid the h-CE
guard or not %