Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-20
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cite ana MAINTAIN tndt Host lIibhllui Vi
all human scourges-a servlle insurrec-
! tion!
And what does this TEACHABLE his
tory have 10 say about il? We turn 10
page 1877, and find that Brown was hero
and martyr. rather than a criminal. ne
spired by lofty motives. but unable 70
carry out his great designs
FACTS THAT ARE SUPPRESSED.
No hint is given of the men whom he
cruelty murdered OH that tranquil sab
bath morning at Harpers Ferry; No Omen, men.
whom he seized in their beds. and snack
| led as hostages or slew from mere lust
OF blood. In short, we are assured lhae
these deeds Of his had really no meaning
| I'm them And IL any one was TO blame IL
| was the southern people, who, TINS
| TEACHABLE history tells us, put them
selves i'm wrong light by getting ex-
cited and rushing to the conclusion that
| the raid was Significant OF northern SEN
| timent" ut was soon known. says TINS
| history that in his wild design Brown
| had asked counsel OF no one, ana Win
this cool prevarication the whole subject
| is dismissed There Is no allusion 10 ,he
| toliing OF funeral bells on the day OF has
| execution. There is no mention OF special
| services at churches draped In mourning
or OF flags hanging al half-mast. And yet
stands in apotheosis the divinity OF a new
| sect. with an aureole about mis- brow, and
a legend which declares that his mode or
| death has made the gallows as sacred as
| the cross And his name and fame nave
| united TO inspire. II not our national an
| them. at least the battle song OF the re-
! pubics conquering armies.
TIT .sOUTH'S INSTINCTS RIGHT.
The instincts of the South were right! In
| the incursion OF this tough old marauder'
| half hlghwayman, and half eVahgei'
| we had premontion OF other hordes, more
mt
| like him, were 10 ravage the land Win
a zeal uuickened by rapacity, with
! rapacity sanctiiied by zeal.
/ should like TO call your attention 10
the cold and formal terms winch are USED
| i'm relating Federal disasters. and to con-
| trast them with the effusion and glow
| and tumult which depict their victories.
! The Army Of the Potomac. this teacnapie
| Fredericksburg: and again checked" at
| Charlottesville Which IL very true. 1t
| Is likewise true that the army or Bona
| parte was checked" at Waterloo But
| no French patriot, not even Victor Hugo,
ever thought of putting 1t in that way:
| Now, turn the page, and see a Federai
victory. We are carried AZ once INTO
new atmospheTe-an atmosphere OF Lne
vivid, the picturesque, the dramatle- bs.
hold Sherfdan-the illustriOus, and the
| lllustrated-he Of the ''coai-black sIeed,
spurnlng the dull earth beneath him,
covered with foam." his nostrils blown
wide open, his tail in commissions, dash
| ing 10 the new front" and sending the
| ''piundering Confederates" whirling up
| the Valley Of the Shenandoah"
On the next page (265) In foot-note,
| there is n brief reference TO one of our
| cavalry commanders. General Forrest. IL
| is the only mention that this teachable
| history makes of that remarkable man,
| and every word is TO his disparagement.
| And yet in all quarters OF the globe,
| wherever the art OF war is studied, the
] % hppn
a delight. wandering star in the mill
tary armament, his magnitude has not
vet been measured, nor his orbit traced,
| but his dazzling coruscations have be-
wildered the strategists Of all climes and
tribes from Delhi TO Kamschatka, from
| Sierra Seone to the Horse Guards. What
would have been disaster and black ruin
| to other commanders was to him but
mild exhilaration. Hemmed in by tenfold
| numbers we catch again the inspiration
of his CHEEKY words:
Now. men; we've got 'em Just right!
! THEY'RE all around us and whichever way
we go we shall mix up with 'em!'
Truly, IL might be said of him:
Most master of himself and least en-
numbered
When most beset, surrounded and out
numbered"
THE FACTS SUPPRESSED.
At First Manassas Dull Rum we have
the astounding information that the
Confederates were driven from the field"
but were subsequently rallied. Then
shell burst among the transfers wagons,
a caisson was upset. and "McDowells
men fed" etc. This trick OF statement
runs all through the book. Mcdowell. IT
is true, was one of the nine generals
who: in succession, commanded the Army
| of the Potomac but we have no right to
suppose that all school children are IA
miliar with that fact.
The author is definite enough when he
describes the battle of Nashville. He does
| n 4
was checked" But he says that General
Thomas drove the Confederate forces
out of their intrenchments into headlong
flight; that the Union cavalry thun-
dered upon their heels with remorseless
energy" and that the entire Confede-
rate army was dissolved into a rabble OF
demoralized fugitives," only "the rear
guard" Offering any effective resistance.
less rear-guard, which baffled and de-
moralized and outfought ten times its
own numbers was commanded by the
peerless Forrest.
on the fatal third day of Gettysburg
this author Is equally definite. He does
not simply say that Lees army was
checked" But he goes into details. He
depicts 1t in all the glory of It's strength.
30 that he may show how magnihcently
his friends destroyed IT, "Out of the
woods swept the Confederate double bat
tle-line over a mile long" "A
thrill of admiration ran along the Union
ranks. as, silently and with disciplined
steadiness that magnificent column Of
1900 men moved up the slope" And
then we are told how, when II met its
masters, whole companies rushed as
prisoners into the Union lines. while the
rest fed, panic-stricken, from the field"
DENOUNCED AS A LIE.
Myself prisoner. ! saw that charge.
saw Picketts heroes. cheering on the
crest OF the works which they had won
Whole companies did not rush as PRISON.
ers into the Union lines. nor did the frag-
ments of thar devoted band Fly panic
stricken from the field" 1t is q lie, That
is a bitter word. but 1t Is an honest one.
IL is a cold, smooth. smiling deliberate
Yankee lie. and he who coined il will
have his portion in the burning lake. his
share in the everlasting bonfire 1t Is
also a shallow liea Where was the gene
ralship OF Meade that he did not spring
forward his victorious lines TO annihilate
this ''panic-stricken" crew? Why did
he allow Lee. for ten days 10 remain in
his country. subsisting his troops. con-
Quoting his prisoners, and marching along
with his ten miles of wagon-trains?
OF Stonewall's brilliant campaign against
the four Federal armies of Milroy and
Banks and Shields and Fremont there
are but a few meagre lines. which con-
clude with the statement that jackson
finally made good his escape. having
burned the bridges behind him." And
vet our distinguished chairman, who
served on Jacksons staff. and who has
travelled widely in Europe will tell you
that some OF the foremost soldiers and
clared to him that this campaign was
''the finest example of strategy and tao
tics of which the world has any record;
that in this series of marches and battles
there was never Dlunder committed by
Jackson: that this campaign was supe-
riot. 10 either of those made hy NaDOleOn