New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-23
'NoCause Found
For Rebel Yell
Against Lincoln
yorthern Historians Amazed
At Confederate Veterans
Charge Emancipation De-
Iberately Brought On War
nemand Facts in Proof
Commissioner Hirsh field
Saws Government Should
Have Paid for Slaves

-. "urreeonstrueted" resolutions
- BIZ the United Confederate Vet
,,t Richmond on Wednesday, de-
s.-,s ,hs, the civil war was DELHI
..,lv and personally conceived and
.,,ururation made by Abraham Lin
s.-vss regarded as distinctly with
'" ,.,,dation and out or joint with
eo' 80. by students Of American his
" -, New York yesterday. That no
w.y.;.s, from the archives referred 90
,iv,r and 'hc fact that all the best
Lireolniana tend 20 the reverse
-, charges lead to the conclusion
y. .hs Confederate veterans nave
- Endorsement 10 the most extreme
r,rs posSD.e-
-, pannhlet. The Truth Of tho War
s...sirscy o. 1861" was prOcurable
80, Yesterday and this handicapped
4. Commentators. Al the New York
res-ical Society il was said that no
-, had reached is library. nor was
=, ptmph.et known TO the editors Of
:, joufrsl OF American History.
Yis Mildred Rutherford. publisher
= A., pamphlet. is q member Of the
y,,ors Historical Society. and. al
..gsh known IS a student Of Ameri-
-. ti,tory. Is also said 10 hold extreme
r,vs about the justice Of the old con-
tei.
Seek Base for Charge
Nj. Mabel Wsshburn. associate edi-
~ Of The Journal Of American HIS
sr.r expressed the opinion that the
,-.r;ean Legion posts throughout the
s,uthland should demand the proof
say which Colonel Jackson's pamphlet
"a, based Miss Washburn could re-
III hut one instance upon which the
a,,ys against Lincoln might be based.
ga, was tho visit Of Confederate COM
.i,,ioners 20 Secretary Seward in 1881.
,,,rred 70 in James Ford Rhodes's
sgIrorv OF the Civil War Seward is
shsved 70 have assured the Southern
a. that the Federal troops would evac-
uts Fort Sumter without fight. This,
4 course, would have avoided hostili-
Ia then, but Lincoln refused 20 per-
III u.
MISS Rutherford. whom I know, is
,-r extreme IN her views" Miss Wash
an said yesterday. IF this charge
| 4 tue u is very important thing IN
i-sricsn history. II Is not question
| what We want 20 believe about Lin
sls and the North. but Of what the
| rserie fact is.
n the facts in Colonel Jackson's
| u-phlet we're obtained from the ar
/ Ayes OF the United States, as stated,
=, only should the titles Of the vol
.sa and the page numbers be cited IN
rst.sntiation, but the actual para
r,,h, should be republished IN full IN
ne, that the American people, both
yrh and South, might judge for
as-slves as TO the truth and justice
Gte statements.
uneoln's Stand on Slavery
7 know OF no records. in the gov
r-,nt archives or elsewhere, that
pgd bear out the charges. and my
! iry.l,e Is one of indignation. Lin
e., vas perfectly willing 70 let slavery
Il Il, southern States die a natural
saiA as a result Of changing public
s,rion. but he would not permit II 10
!. extended 70 the Territories. Had II
ia been for his assassination, Lincoln
vugld have prevented all Of the difficult
/ les Of the reconstruction period.
II do not believe there are any such
ts,uments. Considered as r human
problem, Lincoln would have gained
irhing politically. but would have lost
ihs support OF many of his own party
| BY deliberately forcing a war on the
South"
David Hirshheld. Commissioner OF
Accounts and chief historian for the
Hylan administrstion, has news on the
subject. too. So far as HIS studies have
zone in American history, and during
his more recent researches as censor
! 81 the histories used in the public
schools, he said he had found nothing
TIA, would warrant the assertion, even
By Southern gentlemen. that Lincoln
aused the war.
Commissioner Dave Is willing 20 con-
ese, however. that these same South
~ gentlemen may have had some
urss 10 complain az the time in being
uprivsd Of what they considered their
property without due process Of law.
Dave Would Pay for Slaves
Nov, Il President Lincoln. or the
rvsrnneni had said" remarked Dave,
'los must free the slaves, but you may
u your claims for the property value
sHts; you may have in them it seems
ars Tia. would have been the proper
uIn 90 70. OF course, ] recognize
whvould have cost q whole lot Of
r'tv 70 compensate the slave owners
!" isa, property rights, and the gov
''rsG: n ght not have been able to
ary Tie load.
II Bot right here in this state we go
:srttsr than that in this property right
t'then We compensate the farmer
iu he loss Of a COW because IL IS
rsisslsr 4 slave was as muen a
'siel to the Southerner az that time
thsrIs or a COW, and when nc was