New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-11
pEESERTE TIE Truth or HISTORY
FEW WORDS WITH TWO UNIVERSITY PRO

4 FEW WORDS WITH TWO UNIVERSITY PRO
FFs;on. AxD ONE CONFEDERATE COLONEL
The Hon. Edward Mcherson In The Getty SbuFg s'ar
aud sentinel.
one ~%gd a'GI@ YET In The February NUN
her I'm an article By Harvard Prof >ltilcr on " nc
lander slate Mcn IN the Civll WnI page IJoj' he
,nnLs Of hi, conviction I'm l-Gl that the North "hs
night In making for the preservation Oi the uliio
Th. fact +, that the North did not make war NJ All
II accepted war. War wa. begun At Fort Sumter III
April i-6l, by the Confederate Government opram5
Nm. ON Font sumter. 10 that President Lincoln rpilcd
by hi, call for 10000 men me '1hit'eh,{ VA, '
and thcic the a-grcs,or overly, -, IT hd been ior
EunaiIv inaccurate is lille statement by Professor
Gdereye Of Ioa, Iop9. Tnye TS6 IN tT s' io
der and declares that the cnu'c We iought or' hiI
our brother, died for the ean,e 81 civ liberty c, Hd
veil a, n sentence and can understand no" RIO
lessor Gll!er-leeyc, i only for hi. chdrens IKE
plainly not tIuc. II il vain Imagination. y,
he .suc between the two armies was civil
1ry pray when %@ h P91 dn Sctcy 1" VITA VITA,
,onal right did Professor Gllder,ceye or any one ele
lcavc nt ADuomattoN. destroyed By the surfcnderI
Wiot prv EGG OF citizenship had he before the Rebellion
which he ha, not now Hoy much e,, resicledd u
snmthcrn ciiinen-hp ~ 1t was lose by dc'rati What
did Northern citizenship, as IT was. gain by ylc,"r{
The precise truth IS nothing Gnma , TO elmer lS;o i, t nn
ciple between the two forces WI, the alleged rle vi
,eon That Te 1G Hon aY al M pfo he ssue be
cause the CONFIDENCE basel IT, 'yStem o. Ro,Gfhe
and o on u
LANGUAGE OF lts Vice President .-.-, -,
FGuollv mi slcading Is the reported statement by
Coonol Charles Mar .hall Of Baltimore, In that Ion
fedcrate memorial address, In which he says thht
while the secession Of the cotton states In January
and February. 1861. was "neiiher TRht nor pohlc
nor necessary" the subsequent secession OF the border
states I'm response to President LlncOln's pr0riama
lion OF April 81 1861. hight because that pf0cna
flon as.:lod clv liberty In a>snlnhg tI1a ON Jury
ond tho habeas corpus. Colonel Marshall onght TO
know that President LincOlns proclamation touched
neither Of these thing. but It called for troops Tor
Tho purpose Of maintaining The honor, the ihtegTiE
and Lr existence of National Union ana the
nrncri of uopnar government and to redress wrongs
already long enough endured" And In II was dc
cared &" that any devastation. any destruction OF or
Interference with property any disturbance on
nearefn citizens Of any part Of the country wa, to be
with thc utmost care avoided" Whit was there IN
Tnt f. ustify The charge that SIR. Lincoln sought to
ir.troy civil liberty When did virginia. the lcau
Ing border state with IT, convention IN session witch
Inc ana waiting Join the COnfcdrracy on the oth
~ NprIl by n vote ot l2s to 90. ii recognized The
,ndeprdencc OF the seeding states. THIS was before
The atack on sumter. ON the l1th OF April " passd
I'm secret session It's Ordinance Of Sccessiooo TO o
on the 25th Of April II made military ieasue VIII
The Confederate states gave Jefferson Davis command
of her military forces and gave him an ner ih"hitions
I Of war Now when did President Lincoln .tahe
away" trial by jury and the hnbcaS corpus No, ,,, "a
sep I'm tho direction OF either and then Only TOT l
tarv purposes was taken til after the last on tOse
dates 80 that the statement that Ni'gira wh,cn WIS
the pivotal State Of the border states seCe1cn
Lincoln took away habcas corpus ana tlai w jury
l. iuuCs-iblc 10 be