The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-18
THOMAS AND FARRAGUT
WERE NOT SURE OF COURSE
Both Federal General and Admiral Hesttatcd Long ge
fore They Fought Against Their STATISTICAL W. Cor
don McCabe Of Virginia, in Singing Reply to North
ern Writer, ReOievs the Case of Thomas
COL W. Gordon Mccabe in the London Saturday Review

OiiNO4 Oatutddy NeVicW.
himself. lie surely could no, nave.
been at his best when ne ascribed an
worthy motlyes 70 those two from
/ his own state. when they Guhesitatiug-
- and unsweTyingly selected til.
course their Coincidence dictated TO.
them"
Pausing The brietes, rnomen, to not
that The major (who is "a perfect en-
/ cyclopedia OK R!alnformation) ha,
made sarrSgut vlrsinian. wherea.,
he Yves Iennesseeen. may 1 be al.
lowed 70 point out In the former o!
tnsso two sentences yet another illus,
/ tTation u what has been IN irnme!no,-
rial puzzle TO gentlofolk-the fond
ness. nay. passion. or the uneducate I
cine major is not. OF course. " Wci i
/ POINTER but tose from being an CT p
listed man In the regulars TO q liei
tenancy (no doubt desorvelly) as lai 8,
as lScf--the fondness. rag, Of uil
educa ted people for using big woris !"
of whose meaning they have no; tie
tsintest idea The major evider.iiy
Thinks that trsducuon" has soma
thlns 10 Go with t.eduo.ng peo,r1.
where. as all educated men and worn IN
know, there ~ not even a sombIa.fi re
/ OF such meaning IN the word AS ~.
+ Chgwles Jeems Iellowplush woI I'd
auy "IleaHe sir. may nd you. IN.
( Dixnunary?'
/ The major then gives US lt,ns
iist OF people who have sttes ted
I Thomas's "unswerv.ng loyalty a. list
too long an dtoo lnconseQuent To he
set down again The major is right
I (for once in his conjecture 81 s-.p
aside whet they say on this spc rial
I point as "hyster.cal denials after zinc
event for thoy are oil rabidly Norh-
ern in their sympathies and som<f OF
! them disreputable witnesses in. amy
case In which they might Eivo it,ss;i-
mony.
shermnn's Mcndecity.
/ But may pause at the name or his
nrst and most distinguished COR. re. Nor.
notorious witness. General william
/ Tecumseh Sherman Iwhose name the
/ major. with his usual inaccuracy gets
wrong. o: course. calling him tie huru-
sch W'p. and ask any English gan
tleman and soldier whether they vNould
believe on oath this man (fnally com
imanding general OF the Army Of. the
United states. who. IN his oficieL re-
+ PORE 6. April. 1888. OF his ruthless
march o. Tillage. arson and rape
: through Georgia and tho Cart1inas.
without hesitation" charged an hon
CRADLE foeman. Lieutenant G,tneral
Wade Hampton. OF the ConfrGe rate
4
of laying in ashes Columbia, tbs CAPT
tai az South Carolina, where Ganeral
Hampton had a stately home-,inoueh
lie knew from his own eyes the charge
was utterly false. and then. teri years
after the war was over. unco niscious
that he was under his own hand.
writing down hls own eternal I'm fnrllS
admits IN his memoirs" (vol. 81 p
2S7i In my official report or tia ron
/ nagration. / distinctly charged 1t 10
General Wade Hampton and ctnfess
( did SO. pointly. TO shake the :.atfh OF
/ his people IN him. for he was. in my
opinion. boastfnl and pTofesse + 10 be
tho special champion OF soutt= Caro-
lima"
{ II all the history OF honorafse war
fare there be found SO shsnyeless a
story as this I know it not. Under
/ his own hand. J rcpest Wit Aout the
faintest perception OF his own base
ness. no practically confcsses. YES. I
Ihed-liod knowingly about e, chival-
rous sen'iom9n ana soldier, vFno came
OF srea, Face to shake 'tne faith
of Ills own people in him"
( As John Pope Is soldier, so. doubt
I less. Is William T. Sherman . witness
after Major John c. Whites ,ywn heart
/ (Though Sherman according to Piatt
WAS one OF Thomas's trio isiest de-
tractors).
| '. lFH major tcllS Ms II BIT 'Sner-
man visited Colonel Thomas whom ne
joined The Army Of the sh enandoah.'
ana records his testimony as 10 the
I conversation that took plsyce which
hreathed absolute loyalty to the
/ Union" Hero Is the samk muddlc-
/ headed misrepresentation OF the point
at issue--Thomas attitude before Viz
einia seeded, not his pr ression of
absolute LOYALTY" after he had
/ crossed his Rubicon and burnt his
bridges iGhe use ~ that Tobls word
/ loyalty as employed by the major
reminds me- Of what Doll Tearsheet"
I says Of tho word "capta Sn'-"God's
/ light. these Williams will make the
word as odious as the wosd occupy.
which was an excellent good word
before 1t was distorted"
Next in order. Major White cites
Major II ". Johnson's hnemoii" Sbf
Thomas. careful even to = hrupulosity.'
las DIR South was wont to say. in
nothing the page "et seq" Csic) of
that volume, seeking thereby 10 i'm
press his readers with his wide in
vestigation. and by precise references
to books they had never seen. and
never would sec. to cover. up his own
! plentiful lack OF wit" t"wit." ma
| jor, means here "knowlediEe." sense
Confusion Worse COMPOUNDED.
why no should have cited Major
johnson opp 81 ct seq.'b will prob
| ably never be known to historical
students until tho secrets. OF all
hearts are revealed. for beyond tho
highly exciting stateme Mt that the
writer was stationed at Fort Mason.
when Colonel Lee receitod the order
to report 10 General Scott" (Thomas
being on leave still). there IS abso
lutely nothing in his narrative that
substantiatcs the majors absurdly in
accurate statements touching the pro
motions and personnel of tho Second
/ Cavalry Indeed, after seading what
| Nu9t Tor White writes following the
: cltation). very acknowledgement whotia-