Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-25
CHAPTER XIV.

soon as Lincoln was elected TAI the attitude of the south (6SsGS showed clearly that "the ire @&&J pressible conflict of Mr. Sew ards naming had only just begun. The Herald gave columns every day to the news of "the coming revolution" as it was pleased to call 1t. There was loud talk of war at and after the great Pine street meeting of Dec. 15. South Carolina seeded five days later, and then we knew what was coming, albeit we saw only the dim shadow of that mighty struggle that was to shake the earth for nearly Ave years. The print CT grew highly irritable those days and spoke of Buchanan and Davis and Toombs in language so violent 1t could never have been confined in type. But, while a bitter foe, none was more gen erous than he and when the war was over his money went to bail the very man he had most roundly damned
 I remember that one day when he was sunk deep in composition negro came and began with grand airs to make a request as delegate from his campaign club. The printer sat still: his eyes close to the paper. his pen fly ing at high sped. The colored orator went on lifting his voice in set pe- tition. Mir. Greeley bent to his work as the man waxed eloquent. A nervous movement now and then betrayed the printers irritation. He looked up shortly, his face kindling with anger
 Help, For Gods sake.' he shrilled impatiently. his hands flying in the air. The printer seemed to be gasping for breath.
 Go and stick your head out of the window and get through.' he shouted hotly to the man.
 He turned to his writing. thing dear. CT to him than new bone to hungry dog.
 Then you may come and tell me what you want" he added in milder tone
 Those were days when men said what they meant, and their meaning had more fight in it than was really polite or necessary. Fight was in the mir. and before knew if there was wild. devastating spirit in my own bosom. insomuch that made haste to join local regiment It grew apace. but not until saw the first troops on their way to the war was fully deter mined to go and give battle with my regiment.
 The town was afire with patriotism. Sumter had fallen. Lincoln had issued his first call. The sound of the fife and drum rang in the streets. Men gave ID work to talk and listen or go into the sterner business of war Then one night in April regiment came out of New England on it's way to the front. IL lodged at the Astor House. to leave at 2 in the morning. Long be fore that hour the building was fianked and fronted with tens of thousands. crowding Broadway for three blocks. stuffing the wide mouth of Park row and braced into yesey and Barclay streets My editor assigned me to this interesting event
 I stood in tine crowd that morning and saw what was really the begin ming of the war in New York. There was no babble of voices. TO impatient call. no sound of idle iecri8g such as one is apt to hear in waiting crowd. It stood silent. earh man bg.sv wit, fiie rising current of his own emotions. solemniied by the faces siI around him The soldiers file.l out upon the pavement the police having kept way clear for them. S;iiI there uas silence in the crowd. save that near me I could hear a man sol,bing \ trIIln- peter lifted his bugle and sounded a bar of the reveiIie- The clear notes cleft the silent air. flooding every street about Us with their siIver soslrl.
 Suddenly the band began pI1yins