The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-06-27

unframed volunteers Strange language
that for graduate of West Point, but
who shall be able to refute the great
Jackson's opinion?
"When- Captain Barringer appeared
at General Jackson's tent the command
er's greeting was entirely devoid of sen.
timent. The General was busy, as usual.
he was at the door of his tent, giving
command. As the Captain approached,
the General aaid, with an inquiring yet
welcoming intonation: Captain Barring
ger, I have sent for you on business; you
will stay in my tent all night; we'll have
good time unless the Yankees disturb
us. IfPope doesn't, I know Mcclellan
will not That night the brother:in.law
general and the brother-in-law captain,
who later himself become general, dis.
cuased at length the war policy of the
Confederacy. Already Jackson had
seen that the South could not stand nav
ing the enemy's armies within her terri
tory. The mere invasion was sapping
the roots of Confederate supplies. He
and Captain Barringer conferred at length
on the cavalry, its merits, its advantages,
and where and how it could be best
used. General Jackson announced his
emphatic opinion in that interview that
the continuance of the defensive policy
meant ultimate disaster and ruin. Jack.
sons plan was, he said, to organize two
four or more interior camps at the more
important points in the South, and use
the best troops as light, movable col.
umns' OF not over forty or fifty thousand
men each. These must be made up of
the very best men, under the command
of the pick Of officers. They should be
lightly equipped and prepared for long,
quick marches. These he would hurl
against the enemy as they invaded the
Southern territory, or use them to make
rapid invasions of the North. He would
select the best and least protected cities,
fall upon them without notice, levy ccu-
tribusions on them of S5O, 900 to 100000
or more, as circumstances suggested, and
destroy the towns that refused the levy.
Whenever be should find the enemy
pressing him in the North be would
retreat and fight his way across the line.
In the meantime, however, one of these
light, movable columns would be on
the way to some other unprotected city,
perhaps 500 miles away, which would be
levied on or destroyed.
General Jackson went 80 far as TO
specify the States into WHICH he would
send the lightly equipped columns. he
named Pennsylvania, Ohio and Bleed.
iug Kansas as constantly exposed points.
It was his intention on these invasions
to take no prisoners except high civil
officials, whom he would hold for ransom.
His idea of taking no prisoners is one
that his biographer, DR.. Dabney, either
was not thoroughly familiar with or
which be unintenti tionally failed to make
himself clear upon in the Life of Jack
son. General Jackson, in that inter-
view with Captain Barringer, said that
/ while he would take no men of the rank
and file prisoners, he would parole them
| all at the point of the bayonet with the
expressed understanding that if ever
taken again they would be put to the
sword without trial.
GAS regards the territory of the South
Jackson said that his idea was to aban-
don the less important points, and to put
the citizens upon their guard that such
would be the policy, so that they might
be prepared for it. Where necessary he
| would defend, but his general policy was
to strike terror in the Northern territory,
and to locate the interior camps 80 that
| they could easiest obtain supplies and
protect the important key points Of the
South.
"Whilst General Lee agreed with
General Jackson on the general idea of
this policy, the former said that circum.
stances might arise before plans for its
fruition could be set afoat that would
necessitate prosecuting entirely different
plans of campaign. Besides, General
Jackson said General Lee knew that
President Davis did not share these views.
The date of the interview between Gen
eral Jackson and Captain Barringer was
July IA, 1862, after the victories around
Richmond, when Jackson thought the
Confederacy was in desirable condition
to make the changes Of policy which he
had conceived, and which had the sym.
psthy of Robert e. Lee. Within few
days after mat Pope struck blow on
the Orange and Alexander Railroad.
Jackson whipped him at Cedar Run, and
Pope retreated. General Lee uufortun.
ately invaded Maryland with his whole
army, misfortune that both Jackson
and Lee forsaw: The result was the
disaster at Sharpsburg. The whole army
was in the enemy's lines, where they had
no supplies. Under Jackson's plan Of
campaign, with light movable columns
of fifty thousand troops, this could not
have happened"
A Good Man Painted.
It was on the San Jose train, and two
young ladies-one as serious and good as
little nun, the other with mischievous
black eye-sat behind the youngest min