The National tribune., 1907-07-11

L have no iselfish wish in the present
state ofeaffaits. I only wish to save my
countryo and find the incapables around
me will not permit it. They sit on the
verge of a precipice and cannot realize
what they 'Aee. Their reply TO every
thing is, Impossible. Impossible.' They
think nfthiRg possible which is against
their wishesS'
Sept. 27.-I inclose a card just re-
ceived from a. Lincoln 1t shows too
much Difference to be seen outside"
Al Picftrc of Gen. Bienker.
In "McCieqan's own Story" the Gen
eral says: ~,
During the Autumn of 1861, as al
ready slated spent my days chiefly in
the saddle. rarely returning from my
rides until late at night. Most of the
night and morning hours were given up
to office work.
"Of course. 1 rode everywhere ami
saw everything Not an intrenchment
was commenced unless l had at least
approved of it's site. Many / located
myself. Not camp that | did not ex-
anime. not a picket line that l did not
visit and cross so that almost every man
in the army saw me at one time or
another, and most of them became fa-
miliar with my face. And there was no
part of the ground near Washington
that I did not examine thoroly.
THE most entertaining of my duties
We're those which sometimes led me to
Blenker'S camp, whittier Franklin was
always glad to accompany me to see
the circus or opera as he usually
called the performance. AS soon as We
were sighted Blenker would have the
officers call blown, to assemble his
polyglot collection, with their uniforms
as brilliant and varied as the colors OF
the rainbow. Wrapped in his scarlet
oil nf nfFcarc ranged
around him, he would receive us with
the most formal and polished courtesy.
Being a very handsome and sOldierly-
looking man himself, and there being
many equally so among his surround
ings, the tableau was always very ef-
fective, and presented a striking con-
trast to the matter-of-fact way in which
things were managed in the other divi-
sions.
I'm q few minutes he would shout.
'OrdinanZ numero Ems, whereupon
champagne would be brought in great
profusion,. the bands would play, some
times songs would be sung. 1t was said,
/ know not how truly. that Blenker had
been on-cOmmiSsioned officer in the
German contingent serving under KING
Otho of Greece.
His division was very peculiar. So
far as the pride, pomp and circum-
stance of glorious war We're concerned
it certainly outshone all the others.
Their drill and bearing were also excel
lent, for all the officers, and probably
all the men had served in Europe. l
have always regretted that the division
was finally taken from me and sent to
Fremont. The officers and men were all
strongly attached to me. i could con-
troll them as no one else could, and they
would have done good service If they
had remained in Summers Corps The
regiments were all foreign and mostly
of Germans. but the most remarkable
of all was the GaribaIdi regiment Its
Colonel, D'Utassy. was a Hungarian,
and was said to have been a rider in
Franconi's Circus, and terminated his
public American career in the ALBANY
Penitentiary.4 His men were from all
the known and unknown lands and
from all possible and impossible arm
ies-Zouaves from Algiers. men of the
Foreign Legion, Zephyrs. Cossacks, Gar
ibaldiansj of the deepest dye, English
deserters, Sepoys, Turcos Croats. Swiss.
beer drinkers from Bavaria. stout men
from North Germany, and no doubt
Chinese, Eskjmos and detachments
from the ARMY of the Grand Duchess
of Gerolstein.
Il welr remember that in returning
one night, from beyond the picket lines
encountered an outpost of the Carl
baldis. IN reply to their challenge !
tried English, French. Spanish, Italian.
German, Indian. a little Russian and
Turkish an III vain, for nothing at my
disposal maAe the slightest impression
upon them. and I inferred that they
were perhaps Gipsies or Eskimos or
Chinese.
Iron Hand the Maryland Legislature.
While President Lincoln wanted the
largest freedom OF speech allowed to
public men, in Congress the Legisla-
lures. upon the stump and to the press.
he did not propose TO permit this where
it would lead to dangerous action. Men
might say what they pleased about him
and his policy, but they should not con-
cert action which would emDarrass the
great work of saving the Union. to
which the soldiers were conSecrating
their lives While Lincoln was the gem
tlcst and most long-suffering of men.
and he brought down upon him much
denunciation by the Horace Greeley
Charles Sumner school for the lack of
iron in his blood, yet no man showed
more boldness and quickness when he
thought that necessary.
at was highly desirable all the time
to handle the Border States with the
softest of velvet gloves. They were
crazy, or made to appear so by their
politicians, on slavery and States Rights.
and their adherence to the Union was
likely to receive q fatal blight by any
awkward hand laid upon these two sa
cred things.
The Legislature of Maryland was a
body which received much anxious
thought Altho the sentiment of the
State was overwhelmingly loyal, the
IN embers of the Legislature had been
carefully selected by the Secession con-
spirators with reference to carrying the
State out of the Union, when the crisis
came No matter on what tickets they
had been elected, fully two-thirds of
the members of both Houses We're COM
mtted to Secession, and only failed to
make good their secret, prediction
pledges because it was made exceeding
" dangerous for them to do so.
President Lincoln saw at once they
must be prevented from following Vir-
ginia's example. when the latter's Leg
islature carried the State out of the
Union after the firing on Fort Sumter.
To allow any overt act on the part of
the Maryland Legislature would be to
lose Washington at once. He at once
issued orders to Gen. Scott. who trans
mtted them to the very capable hands
of Gen. b. Il. Butler. to watch and wal:
the action of the Maryland Legislature.
which if it be to arm their people
against the United States, you are to
adopt the most prompt and efficient
means to counteract. even. if necessary.
to the bombardment of their cities, and
in the EXTREMIST necessity. suspension
of writ of fflabsaS corpus" .'
This tiddd over the stormy period fol
lowing the)iirfrg upon Fort Sumter and
the DaSSaab of the troopS thru Ralti-