The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-14
PROGRESS OF CIVILIZATION.
SIDNEY HEnBERT THINKS THE
WARS SHOULD CoNDUCE TO 1T.

Gen. FORESTS Faulty Grammar Did
Not stand IN the Way of soIdierIy
Results - Unjust 60 say the North
HAD no Great Generals - ExpIRnR-
ton About Col. Observation-Disclosures
From stirring Poems Inspired by
the War.
Pine Crest villa. Maitland, Fla, Oct.
i3.-The late Rev. J. Lansing Burrows OF
Richmond. Va. a Baptist divine OF high
repute once asserted that there never
has been a great war in the world which
has not. under Gods control. contributed
In some way to the progress OF elviliza
ton and to the additional preparation
for the triumph of the Messlah's
Kingdom" This sweeping assertion fur
nishes food for thought and careful iuves-
tigatlon Just az this time when war APP
pears 90 be accomplishing the purpose to
which Rev. DR.. Burrows referred. II
seems that a successful termination OF
the campaign in Cuba. Porto Rico. the
Philippines and In China ought 20 accom-
plish great things for the progress of CIV
lization and the establishment OF reli-
gious freedom and good government In all
those countries.
Elevate Them Lower.
In my last Sundays letter l referred 70
Gen. Forests careless use OF grammar.
and his "fustest." not fastest" but Lieut.
Sale declares that the General did remark
TO him Lieut. Sale. why don't you cle-
waite those guns iower7 Your shot are FAIL
ing in the river half mile beyond2" The
guns were elevated little lower 10 meet
the Generals approval still. the ieea OF
elevating the cannon lower made Lieut.
Sale and his gunners smile a broad smile.
And YET. Gen Forres, was every inch a
soldier. and following his peculiarly given
advice Lieut. Sale elevated his guns lower
and sent death and dismay into the en-
emy's ranks.
Charge Was Unjust.
A savannah friend has sent me a copy
OF the late Or. Hunter McGulres address
on Declaration Day" IN Alexandria. Va
last April / am surprised that 90 emil
nent a surgeon and well read man as Or
MCGUIRE should seek 70 5elittle the mill
tary fame Of Grant Sherman and sherl-
dan. by name. and then add In a general
way that the Union soldiers knew they
had no generals comparable 10 ours. But
why Il Il that the North has failed to pro
duce a great soldier?" lie answers the
question BY laying tho blame upon what
he calls the Puritan system that existed
over the whole North and West I do not
remember ever TO have heard any such
sweeping charges against the Southern
generals by any Northern civilian or Tn
ion soldier.
At the fredericksburg. Va meeting of
tho Society Of the Army OF the Potomac
It's newly elected president Mai Gen. W
J Sowell. a United States senator from
New Jersey. asserted that while Gen. Lee
may have had an equal. he never had a
superior as a great military commander.
II has always been true OF the Army OF
the Potomac that 81 never belittled the
courage or the ability OF the Army Of
Northern Virginia. when Dr. Mcclure be
Titled Northern generals he cast q slur
upon Kirby Smith or Connecticut par
entage) and French. Walker. Shoup. Penn
berton Gardner. RuEgles. Gorgas. Frost.
Lcadbetter. Cooper. York. Pike johnson.
Ripley and other Northen generals. who