The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-22


which they were profoundly ignorant Your successor
had n support which was withheld from YOU lie fol
lowed your plans and tho aid he received brought tho
success which he attained. No ono without that adj
dtOua support and with the laws MS they stood In re-
gard to impreSsment could have made the commits
sarlat effective IN the last days Of the war.
Thank you for your good wishes IN regard to my
health which am sorry to say. is not as you would
have II To-day am suffering from acute rheumatism
in my foot the one broken at Buena Vista. do no!
ind alton for physical Ills you do In the
poet tina. they may come TO AN end My downs
have many and the feeling of Justice 50 great
that wish to hold on and see whether the better day
may come and mine eyes behold retriOutVe Justice
upon the knavos nourishing as green bay tree
lave you had your attention caliedto cutic"rH
as remedy for oxsemaH 1t has, in some cases within
my knowledge been proved efficient and venture to
invite your consideration to it although remembering
that you are au N. D.. know my position to be some
thing like that of tho Presbyterian who went 10 Rome
to instruct tho Holy Father
On the 9th OF March. 1862, President Davis
addressed II long letter to Gen. Joseph r..
Johnston. then In command OF the Conlelcrate
army. with his Headquarters ut CentreNllle, Va
From this letter | extract the followlhg:
Notwithstanding the threatening position OF the
enemy, l infer from your account or the rOads ana
streams that his active operations must lie Tor some
time delayed and thus am permitted to hope that
you will be ablo mobilize your arms by tho removal
heavy ordnance and such stores as are not re-
CURED for active operations No that whenever You are
required to move 1t may he without public loss and
without impeachment CELEBRITY. To preserve the eff.
nciency OF your army. you will OF course avoid necd'
leas exposure and when your army has been relieved
of all needless incumbrance you can hAve no occasion
70 move while the roads and tho weather are such as
would serious suerinE because the same reasons
must restrain the operations Of the enemy. In the
mean time as have heretofore advised you am
making dilHent Efforts TO enforce your columns II
may still be that you will have power to meet and repe
tho enemy of action more acceptAno to noth
of U.S. It 10 not to be disguised that your decctNo
position and proximity to tho enemy rase OF opera
tons do not permit to be sAngune OF that result II
IA necessary make all due preparations for
tho opposite of events. You Will 10 assured
that in my instructions TO you did not intend 10 di
minish tho discretionary power which is essential TO
oper in the neld aud that fuzzy rely
upon your zeal and capacity to do all that ia pract
cable. Please keep me fully and promptly ai'
vised your condition. and give early Information II
there DO anything in which can aid your operation'
The above is very kind and consLorate let
which seems to mint that even Mt that carly
period OF the war, the rotations between john
ston and Davis were somewhat s e.
a reply necessary TO some unjust accusations
mado against him IL the tcntnV Aaga;;"Tte by
Imboden, sent TO that periodical a carefully
prepared answer to their CHARGES The Genh"y
s s ee"s we're mose 70 Whe M
Davis was informed OF this. ho wrote his friend
tho following very indignant letter:
Tho unsatisfactory answer Of the CENTURY publishers
Is but part of tho general Injustice which has pursued
every hearted Confederate from the time or our
failure. Nothing has succeeded Ike treason to the
cause for which our people pledged their lives and
honor IhAye never read Beauregards book. but can
we'll understand 1t to be tissue OF fasehoods sprnsins
partly from vanity and largely from malice. In tho
review OF It by Gayarrr published in the southern his
tocnl papers he represents BeaureSard as having as
his leading idea concentration OF our forces, aud
tho Administration as failing his wise purpose
by dispersion. In tho beginning when he ask.
cd re endorsements from Johnston and as soon
as practicable q junction ordered and made by
Johnston moving down tho Manassas Gap Railroad,
Beaursgari entered into unauthorized correspon-
dence with Johnston by requesting him to move so
to fall upon tho enemy rear and flank. which would
have been give the enemy an advantage Of position
between our forceL and would certainly have resulted
In defeat which was only prevented by Johnston
forces moving was ordered, and thus concentrating
our whole force res!s: the advance OF the enemy.
Again. Drury's Bluff, instead OF executing my order
and bringing Whiting UP b. the Chesterfield road
he ordered Whiting to move up tn" direct road,
and put Butter between our forces and lost
tho victory which ought TO have been won. Again, in
his retreat from Columbia he had headed his coumu
toward tho road leading toward Wilmington while the
expected enforcement wero marching from the West
aud seeing that lie would thus enable sherman to move
up from Columbia and iuterpo'e between Beauregard's
and the ro-enforcemens which were marching to
him sent Gen. Gt,m"r with letter TO BealreRard or
daring him to t,,p on the drec, road to Charlotte and
ravn in.r ano,h, latter instruct \; him II Bsaure
gard did not Immediately conform TO tho order no
would present him the authority gave 10 relieve him
tho spot These cases which readily occur to me,
and others doubt will occur to you.
nave sH'u no'"."R e-eCeoto' M "as"'i' W 'ur
cause except perhaps should have said. lying. and
have been equally the victim of both. In
gard 10 H. think at the time of our retreat through
North Carolina he was in some manner connected with
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an ONCE undo the new Administration so rewards
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