The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-03-17

puts forth in his latest
contrlhpt ion TO war literature; unless. in
deed. i.e expects bis readers to accept as
such i.rnofs the opinions and sayings OF
Longs ,.-..t and other Confederates, which con-
stiiGtcs about half Of his latest Well we
heard great many of their opinions and say
jncs s,-s8 reports during the war and since
then. ;.'s,j they were nearly all in the same
styl, ,initous article, and about as reliable.
IL il.- opinion the accounts which place the
losses = Gettysburg al 10 per cent. are the only
one r'-.'hie and he has never seen any accounts
which ;iee them higher than 81 per cent. All
my dear nolton, We never search diligently Tor
the things We do not want TO find.
had supposed the Editor of The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE To be in position, from his ready ac-
cess 10 he War Records. to furnish as nearly
correct "a statement OF the subject as anybody,
which ne did editoriatly. Sept. 3, 1881. Look it
up Mr Doiton. and be surprised. He comments
with sotne asperity on the great amount Of am
muEiiinn used at Gettysburg and SAYS the
mole le inquiries into that subject the more it
lifts Chickamauga above Gettysburg. BE care
ful % nvergtraininE. nay dear BOLTON You have
unde-:uSen q tremendous job of lifting and
airinu ygnr sectional jealousy in the public
prints win not aid you in the lifting process.
lie - rs Gettysburg didn't weaken the Con-
fedef7,s-r. Well, let see what it did do.
1t enhanced our national credit and strength
enea III Union cause generally, both at lone
ana aNfUaG tU3t ~ dSierfSQ
fioEs from recognizing the independence
of tise southern Confederacy; that it re-es-
tabii-'sri the confidence OF the Northern pee-
pie iu ne ability OF our armies to pnt down
the Iui lion, aud they never afterward enter
tsiils%3 aIy doubt the ultimate success of
the i=i'sa cause although they had a damper
put Ui.'I, their enthusiasm few months later
by tii- aiIfir at Chicka4AaagR. 1t demonstrated
that y hen Lee and his sH bordinates lad to con-
ouciss -F:aissigB where every man, women and
child throughout the adjoining country was
not an ally or spy for them their boosted
superb generalship was sadly at fault and
when. away FROM their own Notifications,
they had to meet the Army of the Potomac in
open !i-ia, the latter army was more than a
match i'r the Army OF Northern Virginia. Up
TO thai .le, with two single exceptions, we had
been I. ting them either in their Notifications
or SO cl,,-e outside OF them they could drop back
into il.-ir trenches for shelter If defeated, and
consequently could take greater risk in battle
" hen Mcclellan defeated them 10 months be-
fore al Antietam they were yet among their
frIen'!s N Maryland, though far from their
foTtiGs..tioDs. 1t wiped out the last vestige of
belief IA the superiority of the Southern over
the A-rtlern soldier, aud destroyed for good
the hes.'s of the Southern leaders in their pet
hobbs II debating terms OF peace from North
ern 4s-i-. which they We're won't TO gaunt-
ingiy assure their people they would do and
1t gaKe most of these deluded Southerners a
big urprise in their first glimpse of country
posses ed of inexhaustible resources in men aud
matrfiai OF war.
The above is but part of the beneficial re-
sDits ie the Union cause of the campaign and
victory at Gettysburg; aud not one of these
resus:s aided or siren gthened in the least
by ilie crand march 10 Rossgilie-
Ffrss reports current at the time and since
90, he impression that the great secret of
Longs reet's partial success at Chickamanga
vas taat his movements were hidden from
vic" - the timber ANA inequalities of the sur
face u me ground almost up to the moment
be sir-rs the Union iiues. But Deiton assures
his Tiers that he WAS in a position 10 observe
those movements, and writes glibly about q
graAu sight wheel. Fortunate man. 1t is not
often given 10 men in the line during the heat
OF l,lts5p to Observe much of what is occurring
beyo'.! their immediate front, and he does not
inf0raa his readers IN what capacity he was SO
fortgaate as to secure so advauf ageous a posi-
ton. Had the gallant aud hitherto successful
old 5.s-ey been go fortunate as TO secure like
p9si;;7a It's more than likely he would have so
ois1os. his forces as to offer successful re-
sistsucc 70 that grand right wheel of the Con-
fedei "a and have avoided that other grand
Silee 70 the rear.
IN lis patriotic endeavcr to lift Chickamauga
cut Il Z be position II has occupied in history
30 leIz. Dolton assures Us that the defeat Of the
Dni0a army there dId not injure our eanse and
GloLe iiFtteIu6u IDuitabFdte UpiE tDiIS proof
that q gas disastrous Only 10 the Yictars and
thai ai+3tber such q victory TO them would be
the assts Of the Conscderacy. Foolish reason
tnr. Bnt Let ms what il did do
j. n Orr army dclBOralized, crouchinP for
Ebf.itf5 tebind the fOIti 5cations Of Chattanooga
hail -. wing, isolated the enemy in possession
OF III ii8e Of communications: the North
alarmed Tor the safety Of that army and the
impeding fate Of Tennessee 1t revived the
expiring hopes Of the STAKEHOLDER of the South
auG d. cuted their Comprehend allies aud SYM
palAizers ia the North, who cOmplaisantly
asslrd tbeir neighburs That now we had better
give up: that we could never whip the South.
and that further continuance of the war was q
criminal sacrifice OF the lives Of our soldiers
IL s,rynei bened The credit Of the Confederacy
IN Europe, and embroidered the politicians of
Eng siBd France. aud other European cOuu-
trles s-'o were clsmorlng for the recognition
bg tbeiE 1orernmenis of the Independence Of
the tDnieaeTacy, anc correspondingly embar-
RAISED cur Government aud its agents abroad
] do not like 70 contemplate what might
have occurred TO onr army after Chicka mauga
and bore Joe Hooker arrived there with a
corps 81 the Army of The Potomac to their
nelicl 81 The Confeeeraey had had an able and
eDterlnislng General in command there instead
OF BTaSg. That is question you m ight nro-
pound 20 Longstreet, Mr. Dolton. since Won
seem 10 place much reliance uDon his
opinion.
Dolton inadvertently admits the greater
importance Of Gettysburg by claiming that
deleat there would hare left ne back bone to
speaE of in the Union cause, and would be too
horrible TO think Of aud thereby practically
dispfoyes all he started out 10 prove, and de-
strOyed all his own lifting capacity.
] have neither the intention nor the wish TO
stieWia sur al the men who fought at Chick
sInaC@@ especially those who rallied around
GeE. ! Iomas there. and defed the best efforts
OF Lie Noniederaies. The men who repeated
there ga deeds. if not in words the celebrated
reIs9 Oi the French General, Cambrene, the
commander OF Bonaparte's Old Guard at Wa
leis0o when called Oh to surreuder-"The Old
1H&rd Dies but never surrenders the Old
Guiifa at CbickatnaRga cares not for either
plflise or blame; their deeds are history.
Continue on with your lifting enterprise my
geoa It-end Dolton. Patience and perseverance
sometimes accomplish wonders-Jous KELLY.
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