New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-12

c,a,o authorities to move for the protccuoh OIL |
the victims The reason presumably was ''','V '''u
vo.es Of the mob were too valuable 10 DC .'ro"n
AMY or even endangered, and that the Morihohs
had no quotation rate in the poliucai nafhe"
An that cen be- said in the case lhdccu p''iu 'ii'
Carr saws id is that the free State oil ilnois w
haved quite as badly rs the slavehoiuing o,"'c Vi
Missouri had done to the followers Vi ''0 hioP'''
Smith.
Tho Southern bias OF Mr.. Carr is strongly ex-
limited in his version OF the contest to keep Mis-
souri in the Union at the outbreak OF secession.
Tho faithful efforts Of Frank r. Blair and captain
Nathaniel Lyon to Illustrate the disloyal plots OF
Governor Jackson and his secessonist faction are
here represented as unwarrancd and innaticai In
references with State rights and it is implied II
not directly intimatcd, that there would nave oeeh
no serious attempt to take the state out oil inc
Union but for these needless and nopportunc move
nents The assembling By the Governor OF TIC
State troops at Camp Jackson is described as a
norfectly innocent and harmless measure. when
the fanaticism Of Lyon exaggerated into somethihs
lncnacing and sinister Mr.. Carr cannot indeed
dyoI the admission that Jackson intrigued WIN
General Frost for the seizure OF the d. LOUIS
Arsenal, though the fact can hardly DC salu W po
without significant bearing upon the camp jack
SON erisodc lie rather singuarly omits mention
Of the dispatch Of guns and ammuhiUich To o"nip
Jackson bv Jefferson Davis and quite naturally he
says nothing Of the letter in when DAVIS liz
formed the Governor Of what he had sent him and
observed That the guns would be found useful for
attacking St. Louis. In effect this pcaccaDie anu
ncenrous Executive did his best first, to capture
| the ST. Louis Arsenal: second, to prevent 'he UT
ranization Of troops for the defence OF the Union
| third TO take Missouri out OF the Uhloh
| Mr.. Carr intimates that the passage OF the leg
islatiye bill calling out fifty thousand troops lor
home scrvice-that is in defence of secessioh- was
the direct result Of the riot which followed Lyon
capture of Camp Jackson. The loss oil Iilc WIN"
resulted from that attack on the Home "u"r"S
was deplorable but it was caused by inc nAsooh-
duct of the mob which fired first upon the troopS
and had MORALLY wounded an officer oil 'he ''''c.
before the order was given to return inc hr,' Il
! thc LEGISLATURE therefore was moved by tllS w
currencc TO declare for secession, the suddenheSs
of tbc change is no less remarkable than the IN
| odcouacv Of the reason But history-not accord
ing 10 Mr. Carr-tcaches that the missouri "cn-
eral Assembly was not loyal. and that' hiu IL HUI
been for the Convcntion-whch proven 10 navy
a crushing majority of Unionists, greatly 10 .hc
DISGUST and disappointment Of jackson ana MS
partv-far more decided acts of hostility 10 o"c
Union would have been committed.
Blair and Lyon undoubtedly bailcd tho schemes
, of the scccssionists. Ihey Werc no' i'""'O'
but clcar-sightcd, patriotic, practical men, WIN
law what the danger was and took proihpi h'ca as
mos IN meet it. IL fault OF theirs llidu w
| T,nionist element in the State atcrWaU zen
ou1rt juto strongly differentiated lacHChS. OF
which one, the conservative wing, proved niue
! less hampering and m.sciicVouS than the copper
| hcnds while the Radicals, by the force oil ft'c-
tion AGAINST n hestating, timld policy, tchuc1 70
- - nv about the bolder d sturbancc'
, which continued throughout the war
Tbnv were lancntable beyond question, ana ~
useless MS they were bloody Bat il cannot be sac
that they were altogether effects of the rcIchoil
Their melting causes must be Sought rathea II
the preliminary steps Whlch icu 10 9i It h.
The border line between Missouri and Kansas ha'
hccn fer wears debatable land upon whIch ln
6rrccr and more lawlcss and unFuy SPIRITS OF potl
parties carried on feuds and raldS ana reEensra
and whom the war broke ont these outlaws lori. ~,
fhe nuclei of the predatory band, nat rNaSrq ua
v.LoIo line thonccforward. Missouri SuHcie'
4 Greatly in the rebellion, and more IN propo'uV'
{ than many other States. because her pcoplc louH
ON both sides 1t can never he forgotten tiE'' 81
contributed lavishly TO the / mon ranks hoI w
Il II he overlooked that thousands OF hcr clti%Htl
. eyolled the forces of the COnfederacy. AS MI
r Carr nuts IT, she had long been bone OF c0htch
a | tion and when issue was Joined shc leu. I'll
= | teeth Of both the contestants. border olaoe'
I | slave State containing populatoh ahyIIiIns va
: homogeneous trained in factlonal quarrels' IA,
4 ;nr 6ivided nteress-hcr condition was pcculiarl
. | unfortunate Nothing could be more intefcS'Hi
~ fLan an Intelligent, dispassonate lucld stu'N .
the history Of such State. but we cannot SLY Una
Mr. Carr has fulfilled the necessary co'u'. ION
. reasonably lucid but very far from dispassionHte
IL and thn color he imparts his narrative Is MOI ,ru
d r. nature and is decidedly calculated to mlsiei'
Il the unprcpared student.