The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-09
Few Orleans Times,Democrat.

'Fsv Orleans Times. Democrat.
General Lee was the originator OF the
foulaen Invasion of Pennsylvania IN
~ he was the sole and only architect
,ns campaign which ended on the fed
uetysourg He not only designed IT,
II +, ~ ~ Impaired from his usual attitude
III helsonaliy importune the Confeder-
4 laye operations.
nhen the suggestion was first preached
&3 Srs sefal Lee few DAYS after the battle
|,ss s.naalaeieliorsville found both President
&sis and Secretary of War Seldom very
lsaous about the expediency of wholly
,,nsa.ug richmond. They were almost
, sia,lu ior the safety of the Confederacy
III. =, dS Lincoln and stanton were f,r
as .s OF Washington.
ssS ~. seneral Lee pressed his views per,
Eoef,rt" ana they eventually yielded a re-
<ect r,. Sonseht to the Pennsylvania pro-
n res III ~ MS urgent representations thar
III tba 'ls only remaining resource TO break
~. ~, Slion plans of campaign and IN
lin o,,shNso9rg. then the chief considera.
4 'Tbst AZ confederate military minds.
now and why the principle
Assrt - we t,e army was projected into the
T. ~ ,s o. the North In the very nresenre of
TSIs sSS nst which largely outuumbered ii.
Etosai , uves not rest solely upon my per-
Frjtrs,suess umony There are other living
b. rando,,o 81 the truth. | am INDUCING in
fsls asssrt, glesses, nor making irreGonsi-
Nsrinrs ,ypls. In whole and In all its
SSa'pcs details the nfTirIaI doonmonts ~
SSe Es rr show that General Lee evolved
ID ele,rls.'on' Circumstances show II Just
H. ! Ms i ridiculous to assume that Jetrer-
'folu,e t0nI conceived or ordered It, aud alb
.ftite thai LOT any sensible authority to
else ri Lee was not permitted TO exer-
'sbols own Judgment in regard 70 the
IN ca, VI any part OF the operation. None
IaoasspSssat Lees friends assert any such
.sult.d in ., the fact from having been con
Itpop tba fredericksburg by General Lee
'pfloy t ~ project continuously for week
, AsTin. tae middle of Nav, 1863 when.
ttrfned natured his plan, he temuSrarily
'deEn ~ vi me command 10 me and went
/ iefe ptesiSSssesai ,9d to lay the matter he
lf,-..le nnal result az tbe var ,s mo- r,oro
Has All nor more clearly understood than
sfounds,is Inere is not the shadow OF a
.taosdlnsrn.. ior Colonel A. X McClure's ex-
Ss into assumption that Davis ordered
INdgmept orunsyiVania against the latter S
rss.n were the clear ana -t,,.,,,. 4,,,,,.
fplshed =, General Longstreet, the distin-
Nlsione, =, ontederate. who Is now com
Ntciure'. Iailroads, upon Colonel A. X.
8e' lsnnas- article In The Times Democrat
Lee WE'VE T. - IN winch u is assumed mat
critrsbnI, INTO PENNSYLVANIA and "folght at
\ hsd ~ against his own Judgwe1t. .
4 biFs - some vague answers of Jefferson
We years s .s put by Mcclure twenty
DO y Vdo ssTRATEGY-RAD TACTICS"
. fpx cam consider. general that the Gettvs-
, rs M paign was a military blunderF'
flrnfeS ~ hItpral query l thereupon 9fo.
4 Akd S uo means. The result was bad. hit
nson Il am not saving that the In
4 iibsei - user was ill-advlsed or unwar-
pod hut ~ grand strategy proposed was
ruate ni ue ultimate battle tactics untor-
q defensiteat followed. whereas a care.
ecuFsd w battle such MS we might have
\ sle sueca1uu st have resulted IN Confeder-
4 saoy 49, II was next To impossible
aasthc5n "a DAYS TO defeat the army ~
''aas,Se pos sI,f,glnia In fairly stronS, o.
I'aFfsiI 's y oeen asserted by your critics,
NA slooasl you went into that campaign
..ls4d ~ Tore hodlngs from the sAry
4 ,te,t q sPFSqs II "a fact. as they claim
ffnnsyjvsn,ss re e, opposed TO the march Into
n. IoNGsrREETS PLAN.
|ss,.s I one of the malicious fables In
| ~ y the Virginia crowd which ran
<eps.a,. g explain satisfactorily tbs
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