The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-27

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to them. Virginia supplied Lee and john
ston, Stonewall Jackson and J. y. d.
Stuart. and a still more noble a and
flo; but her place In the pubic COUNCILS
OF the Confederacy was subordinate.
THE FIRST QUARREL.
The Examiner fully realized this rela-
ton OF Virginia 10 the contest. IL al
dressed itself moro to military operations
than TO civil policy. Its first quarrel with
Mr.. Davis was about the army. tn Pres
ident had a theory at the outset that the
volunteer and militia establishments were
o sufficient reliance for an army In The
field. Fresh from Europe. and fafpiiiar
with tho conscript system there In vogue.
Mr.. Daniel insisted with all his wonted
ability. earnestnoss and vehemence on an
immediate CONSUMPTION. and ridiculed UNI
mercifully the counter policy. IL required
hard work 10 force Mr.. Davis into an
abandonment of a f~avorite measure; but
the feat was accomplished i'm this in
stance. Mr.. Wigfall spent much time in
Mr.. Daniels rooms in conference with
him. and deAved from him the features
Of the conscript system. This. Mr.. Wig
fall embodied I'm the bill which he sue
cessfully carried through tho Confederate
Congress. ! cannot enter. however, Into
those details OF the war with which Mr..
Daniel was more or less connected.
Tho time has long passed when the
agency and influence OF the press can be
ignored and counted as naucht IN poll,
teal crises. Under free institutions the
press is no less a power In war than In
peace. The Richmond Examiner was an
institution OF the sectional struggle. Its
view OF the situation was at all times ORR
ginal and independent. resulting cXciu-
sively from It's own intuiticns. n ac-
cepted at second hand from no source
however authoritative; and held ut the
hehest Of 10 power however ~overshadow-
ing. The times demanded plain speech,
and the Examiner spoke its sentiments
with an earnestness and emphasis that
resounded each day through the Confed-
eracy Ike the detonations Of artillery. II
stunned the Confederate Government into
continual and respectful audience. IL
awakened the army and the people TO
the most vivid realization of the magni-
tude Of the events which marked the pro-
gress Of the wal in its different stages.
Its editorials were read at the head OF
regiments. and copies OF it were as eager
ly sought by the men in the trenches as
their rations.
MIR. DANIEL IN THE FIELD.
Mr.. Daniel was not at ali content 10
enjoy the ~safcties Of Richmond Whine
the war was fragrant abroad. lie repair
cd on several occasions TO me held. lie
Joined Gen. Floyd as an aid IN the much-
exposed campaign on the hana"ha,
during the months intervening between
the battle Of Carnifax Ferry ana the
transfer Of the Floyd Brigade TO Bow
ling Green in Kentucky. The brlgale
was posted for the greater part OF TINS
time on cotton Hi, near the mouth Oh
the Gally river, q prominence whlch
commanded the great road leading up the
lLnu4 rgnu Valley into The valley OF VIZ
ginia. lie saw much c~annonading and
sharp-shoOtiug here. but there was no
encounter OF troops.
Afterwards. Mr.. Daniel joined Gen.
Floyd at Bowling Green. where the Wes-
tern army Of the Contederacy. under
command OF Gen. Albert Sydney john
ston, was then posted. But there was
no collision OF troops on that field during
the limited time that Mr.. Daniel could
renal away from Richmond.
Thence he returned 10 the capital. ana
continued on editorial duty until the pat
ties Of the Seven Days around Rich-
mond, in July, 1862. Anticipating these
events. he joined the stan or Zen. A
j. Hill, and was witness OF and particl-
pant in those operations until he received
a shot which shattered his right arm
above the wrist, and was completely
disabled. The casualty occurred as Col.
James G. Field. afterwards attorney
general OF Virginia, WIS handing MN
VI receiving from him. an order itoia
Gen. Hill. THIS wound and subsequent
events prevented his return 70 the army.
Financially the was won
dorfully successful during the var. though
before then its success was not great.
No expense wa spared 10 give IL 4 NOR
ough equipment. both materi1l ana -
tellectual. and the investment PAID IN
tan-fold returns. Its circulation was nm
tied only by She difficulty of procuring
paper on which TO print H. for Two
years at least before the END IL was re-
duced for lack Of paper 10 = h2li sheet.
At the conclusion Of the war, when
was cOeval with his death, Mr.. Dame
was 4 wealthy man.
But the Examiner establishment. en-
bracing all the material. the good VIII,
and the subscription lists was wholly
DESTROYED in the fire which occurred on
the day OF the Federal occupation OF
Richmond. In less than "A week after
Mr.. Daniels death. and which consumed
the best part Of the city and the Exam
liner establishment.
sessed with Mr.. DAME by the ability or
his dispatches 10 the state Department
in explanation Of political occurrences
IN Europe. The old gentleman tod me
more than once, That thcy We're the aDlesl
and most instructive that he received.
Mr.. Daniels copy Of that correspondence
bound I'm manuscript volumes, was taken
10 Washington. during the Federal occu-
patton OF Richmond. II t. private prop
erty. and a mere duplicate OF what the
state Department already mao ana II
ought TO be recovered by his family.
IL would be a valuable acquisition 10
the Virginia Historical Society.
PERSONAL FRIENDS
Mr.. Daniels regard for Gov. Floyd
was more thar an Intellectual one. lie
wrote Of him frequently as a great
and good man" Iie felt an almost maj
attachment for him. lie esteemed him
for his unselhshness and nODlenoss or
nature: even more than for his mascu-
line intellect and varied intelligence. lie
could not have spoken seriously when
he said that he had made Floyd tloyd
had been elected Governor over DAME s
opposition. He was elected subsequently
TO the Legislature. In the Know Nothing
campaign Of 1855, and served there twhere
he won his highest fame), during Dan
ie'5 absence In Europe. In this same
absence. he was appointed 70 Mr.. Buch-
anan's Cabinet. and had his death strug-
Gle In II with abOlitionist asailants. Encn
had power TO advance himself. and eacn
dld advance himself. without the other $
aid.
time or other with most or MS intimate
| friends. lie did not with Henry WASH
,ugtOn. nor with Charles Bolts, nor WIN
Robert Hamilton; nor with Arthur ttt-
loolas. nor with William Crump; nor
with James Barbour; nor even Win
myself. who had BY an act Oh housnt-
lessness given him just cause Tor quar-
rel took the oil his hanc7,
and. q rev months after having charge,
published some extracts from Il letter
u Daniel To PetlcOlas containing pretty
sharp criticisms upOn the aflch-ealHe
DrODensltics Of the Italian Counts SPOON.
ers correspondent IN ilchHtohu s'ns
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