The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-02

the raiders reached Indiana he was pre-
vented from going farther with them, out
Columbus and contrived Morgan's escape
from prison. Such a person is not d NJ
hero for any work of fiction, and ne shoulo
have been hung instead of heroized and a
patriot made the hero In his stead In tne
second place the author eulogizes Jonh MOT
gan: the rebel guer bad outside her bor-
ders. His praise is not only unpdtrlotIc
but founded on a false picture or Morgan.
His eulogy of Morgan is profuse and 1ui-
some throughout. making the raider one
of the greatest generals OF all times. ist
II success is evidence Of go99 gene SfsIile99
I'm the Indiana raid. the next year ne iaiie9
in his Kentucky raid and he was kllea
S,h preP ws1e Si fS Z ms has ssir no saving grace.
They were no more difficult than the tasks
assigned to Wheeler, Stuart, Mospy or for.
rest. vet they succeeded. This autnor says.
al am not criticising any one, General MOI
gan least of all. This was war ana ne Was
a soldier. and none more sa th;s nan. called
marauder. guerrilla and bandit by the nasty
and inconsiderate, after all pursued ms III
the lie to his accusers and marked him a
knightly cavalier" The author snoui9 nave
criticised many. and Morgan IN pahp,t rsh to
think that a son of Indiana should praise
This raid and raider over her fair bosom,
s a . man so turn against his own at this
late day as 10 praise a. guerrilla lot mdh-
ing a raid in direct violation OF the orders
of his superiors? Why was ne MOI q
marauder. for he went against orders
among people then defenseles5 and 10 XII
them and destroy millions OF proper.y VIA VII
vantage. He levied $2.lOo OIL three mus d
Corydon and made similar levieS at Saleln
and elsewhere, and destroyed all rallroauS
and All bridges In his way. Col. Basil Duke,
who was with him gives pages OF oescrIp-
tion of the plunder OF tneSe m mTpI for the
low of 1t. as they would throw tneIr SUN
away soon after getting II Ever Isp. a y
Hines Is praised here, although ne lorgeo
orders on the quartermaster general at In
dianapolis and thus stole from the idrnels
their fine horses and also lost ali the niSn
I'm his This author sneers at the
Attempt of the unframed clerks and pioW,
bows to stop Morgan, although none coulu
know long enough In aavanee " e%fYective
force, and all large forces Morgan aVoiueu.
Morgan was a reprobate before tne WarAas
his mother spent over 10000 settling suits
growing out of personal immortality. CouIu
any one e2peSt srsh Vet s 'n he IS the idol held
nm by this book. Even the. Commentaries
we're more considerate of Indiana than this
literary sen of hers. for they condemned tne
raid by taking Morgan's command from
him. no,
In the third place the autheb d He a nes
not hold up the light of patriotism 10 guloe
his readers to better political life. lie mas
Union soldiers or officers. His heroine is
made to favor a rebel instead or q Onionist
lover His villains are all taken from
among the Union people, and the characters
are So drawn as TO give the reDels: COPPER
heads and knights of the Golden Circie lne
readers sympathy and to create disgust
for the Unionists. Hence the motive OF the
book is low and treasonable. III the autn0r
believes what he writes he is a discredit
TO Indiana citizenship. II he wrote about
SO vital a matter a lot or faisenooos IN
which he does not believe he violates
literary ethics and is a disgrace to the
literary fraternity. His book should be con-
demned by all interested in cultivatlng In
sha coning generation a spirit of unfalter-
ing natrfotfsm-a patriotism which holds as
q cardinal principle that no man has the
moral or political right to give aid or COM
fort to the enemies under any circum-
stances OF the nation or State OF which he Is
a citizen. JAIhSoN'
indianapolis. Oct J.