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VOLUME XXXVI.
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LONGSTREET’S BOOK.
HiSh I.iterary merit, Full of Recollec
tion., nu<l Rich in History.
Havana, Feb. 14.—1 hope the
people of the United States will do
justice to Gen. Longstreet’s book,
“From Manassas to Appomattox.”
In the days and nights of a run from
’■\ew York to Havana I read his im
mense volume with the keenest inter
and do not hesitate to pronounce
i’J the ablest and most important con
tribution made by one man to the
history of the war of the States, not
excepting the memoirs of Grant,
f&erman and Sheridan.
On the national side there was
more writing of history during the
war than in the South. The conse
quence is Longstreet covers experi
ences comparatively new to the gen
eral reader. The value of Longstreet’s
book is greatly enhanced by the dis
ti action of impartiality. His decision
c‘ momentous historical questions is
e ninently judicial. There is hardly
t. e flavor of partisanisin. Indeed,
v hen the dream of the Southern
Confederacy was over he became so
t horoughly a national man as to ex
♦, te sectional prejudice and lost the
regard of those who have been most
conspicuous in Southern politics since
the restoration—and the word resto
rrtiou is preferable to reconstruction
-r-of the Union.
It is a pity the American people
are not better acquainted with Long
street’s New Orleans letter of June
2, 1867. In that paper, which stamps
the old Confederate hero as a nation
al statesman, this sentence occurred:
“I will be happy to work in any har
ness that promises relief to our dis
comfited people and harmony to the
nation, whether bearing the mantle
of Mr. Davis or Mr. Sumner.”
Gen. Longstreet added : “Like oth
ers of the South not previously con
nected with politics, I naturally ac
quiesced in the ways of Democracy,
but so far as I can judge, there is
nothing tangible in them beyond the
issues that were put to the test in
the war and there lost.” He held
that there was “nothing left to take
bold of except prejudice, which can
ot be worked for good to any one.”
The old war horse was in favor of
‘ recognizing the acts of Congress.”
Which would seem rather a simple
tiling to do. He says he might have
added that the terms of the parole of
surrendered soldiers were: “To re
spect the laws of Congress.” For this
letter he was denounced as a traitor,
accused of joining the enemy and of
being a deserter of friends.
e j “Up to that time,” he says, “the
Lit corps (his own) had been in all
jjx parts, in all its history, above re
proach.” He was in successful bus
iness as a cotton factor, with $5,000
a year, and next day “old comrades
passed me in the street without
speaking,” and “business began to
grow dull.” Gen. Hood was the only
one of his old comrades who called
occasionally, and “in a few weeks I
found myself at leisure.”
His book is of remarkable power,
and it will be a very stupid thing if
it is not highly appreciated and large
ly circulated, South and North, in a
way profitable to the old general.
About the first thing said about
Gen. Longstreet’s history is that he
has criticised his old commander,
Lee. He did that years ago, with
moderation and dignity, and was as
sailed as if he had committed the un
pardonable sin.
In the work before us he has re
turned to what he regards as the
flaws in Lee’s military career, with
resentment toward those who struck
him for presuming to offer sugges
tions that Lee was not infallible, and
yet his affection and admiration for
Lee repeatedly come out, and be
publishes letters in which it is proved
that up to the date of his New Or
leans letter Lee had for him the
highest consideration.
It should be understood that he
does not sirgle out Lee for criticism,
but states his objection to many lead
ers in the field, and in the cabinet of
the Southern cause, with a degree of
candor and a force of specification
that make this work unique. Jeffer
son Davis is not spared. Bragg is
severely handled, Joseph E. Johnston
eulogized and Lee praised and
blamed with equal heartiness. The
merit of the book is in the courage
in it to tell the truth, and the fear
lessness with which great reputations
are touched, not with petty animos
ity, but with solemnity of competent
judgment. Stonewall Jackson is re
ferred to in terms justified by his
brilliant career, and yet we find that
even he is not to be regarded as
always the all-conquering hero.
The literary merit of much of
Longstreet’s book is unexpectedly
strong. There are many fine touches
and memorable passages, epigramatic
characterizations, word-painting, sim
ple, but striking, phrases that cling
in the memory—above all, a rare ca
pacity to present intelligibly military
situations, and the language of a
competent soldier and one whose en
lightenment was extraordinary.
The battle pictures are superior to
any thing else that has been done of
this. “Manassas,” “Seven Pines,”
the repulse of McClellan from Rich
mond, the second Bull Run, An
tietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg,
Chickamauga, the Wilderness, Ap
pomattox are enrolled before us in
a grand and fascinating panorama,
and one cannot fail to understand
that a formidable actor in those
tragedies has painted the scenery
with the hand of a masteiful artist
and an honesty that is indomitable.
It is, of course, impracticable within
the limits of this article to do more
in the section of bits than to find the
true flavor of the volume. Note
this flash of humor and sarcasm, a
scene in the sketch of the battle of
Bull Run:
“As we were under the bluff the
fire (of a Federal battery at long
range) was not annoying except oc
casionally, when some of the
branches of the trees were torn off
and dropped among us. One shot’
passed far over and dopped in the
house in which Gen. Beauregard was
about to sit down to his dinner.
This interrujnion so annoyed him
that he sent us four six-pound and
three rifle guus'of the Washington
artillery, under Capt. Eshelman, to
return the fire and avenge the loss of
his dinner.” And there was a lively
artillery combat for about an hour.
Os the commaders at Bull Run,
McDowell and Beauregard, Long
street says:
“As the experience of both com
manders was limited to staff service,
it is not surprising they failed to ap
preciate the importance of prompt
and vigorous maneuver in the hour
of battle.” While the Bull Run
panic was going on the Confederates
were themselves panicky, and Long
street’s comment is: “Glorious vic
tory spread her generous wings alike
over heroes and delinquents.”
It is the opinion of Longstreet
that Washington could have been
taken, but “the favorite aspect for
fruitful results was all sacrificed
through the assumed authority of
staff officers who, upon false report,
gave countermand to the orders of
their chiefs.”
Os Gen. G. W. Smith, Longstreet
says : “He has written a great deal
about the battle of Seven Pines dur
ing the last twenty or thirty years,”
and he adds that Smith at that battle
lay in wait three hours after the en
emy’s positions were broken and car
ried, and if the battle had opened at
sunrise Smith would have made the
same wait and Sumner’s march would
have been in time to beat him, “and
he lives to persuade himself that he
intended to join in battle on the
Williamsburg road, but there was no
fight in his heart.” “And he re
ported sick on the 2d and left the
army,”
Here is a touch to mterest the
worshipers of “Stonewall Jackson” as
to his delay during the seven days’
fighting before Richmond : “Jackson
was long delayed repairing Grape-
Vine bridge. He probably knew the
river was fordable at that point, but
preferred to pass his men over dry
shod.” Concerning the statement
that Gen. Lee said he would have
won at Gettysburg if he had had
Gen. Jackson with him, Longstreet
says, “He had Jackson in the Sharps
burg campaign, which was more
blundering than that of Gettysburg,”
and adds in a footnote, “At Sharps
burg (Antietam) Gen. Jackson left
the field at 7 o’clock in the morning
and did not return until 4 o’clock in
the afternoon”—when he started to
execute the order (he had just re
ceived), and gave it up without even
asking permission. “D. 11. Hill was
there from the first to the last gun,
but Hill was not a Virginian, and it
would not do to leave the field for
refreshments.” The idea that “Stone
wall Jackson” spent some hours in
getting refreshments and disobeyed
orders at Antietam is highly interest
ing.
On the way to Gettysburg the Con
federate cavalry, Gen. Stuart, got
Lee’s consent to make a raid, and
“so our plans r adopted after deep
study, were suddenly given over to
gratify the youthful cavalryman’s
wish for a nomadic ride,” and as Lee
“advanced toward his adversary the
eyes and ears of his army were
turned afar off looking toward the
homes of the non-combatants.” This
greatly disturbed Lee’s mind, but on
the Ist he was in his usual spirits
“and called me to ride with him.”
Longstreet thought it was agreed
that “an aggressive battle should not
be fought in the enemy’s country,”
and proprosed to file around the po
sition of the army of the Potomac on
its left, “and secure a good position
between him and his capital,” but
Lee, “striking the air with his closed
hand,” said : “If he is there to-mor
row I will attack him.” Longstreet
was surprised and “at a loss to under
stand his nervous condition,” and re
plied : “If he is there to morrow it
will be because he wants you to at
tack,” and asked why not take the
fight at once—this was on the first
day—“if it was the objective?”
As to the slowness on the second
day, Longstreet says : “The stars
were shining brightly on the morn
ing of the 2d when I 1 eported at
Gen. Lee’s quarters and asked for or
ders.” It is only plain justice to say
that Longstreet disposes of the story
of being slow on the 2d. He was
with Lee, and the wait “was to see
where the fight should be made,”
and shows from dated orders that it
was 1 o’clock when the 3d corps, on
which the Ist was to form, was in po
sition.
Weird spirits keep midnight watch
about the great bowlders, while un
known comrades stalk in ghostly
ranks through the black fastnesses
of Devil’s Den, wailing the lament:
“Seme one blundered at Gettysburg;
woe is me whose duty was to die!”
Upon the claim that Lee lost the bat
tle at Gettysburg, because be was
generous, Longstreet retorts : “But
a heart in the right place looks more
to the cause entrusted to his care
than for hidden ways by which to
shift its responsibilities to those
whose lives hang on his word.”
It has been asserted Longstreet
was slow. He says the key of the
Chickahominy campaign “was en
trusted to General Jackson, who
named the hour for the opening and
failed to meet his own appointment.”
The commands of Hill and Long
street were waiting for him in posi
tion and eight hours after his time
was up he deliberately marched past
the engagement and went into camp
a mile or more behind the hot battle.
He remained in his camp the next
morning and permitted the enemy
dislodged the day before to march by
him to a strong position.” Several
instances of Longstreet’s promptness
are given and show that he was de
tained by the tardiness of the 2d
corps and the story is concluded :
“So it looks as if the commander of
the Ist corps (Longstreet) was easier
to move than any one in the army,
rather than harder, and his chief left
SI.OO Per Annum. in Advance.
him to fight the battles alone.”
Longstreet repeatedly asserts and
proves that he had Lee’s affectionate
confidence until after the political
troubles of 1867, and he fights back
now along the whole line to vindi
cate himself from the “latter-day
knights,” as he calls those who have
assailed him for bis criticisms of Lee,
which it was a part of of his military
character to give when not on his de
fense. He quotes a letter from Lee,
written on the Rappahannock, Oct.
26, 1863, concluding with this para
graph :
“But I missed you dreadfully and
your brave corps. Your cheerful
face and strong arms would have
been invaluable. I hope you will
soon return to me. 1 trust we may
soon be together again. May God
preserve you and all with yon.”
There can be no reasonable deny
ing the power of the book. It is full
of recollection, rich in history. We
• do not assume that Gen. Longstreet
i was and is always right, but he is a
■ powerful advocate and defends his
record with his pen in a fashion that
shows he is a master of that weapon
, as well as of sword.
The western campaign, including
the battle of Chickamauga, with caus
tic criticisms of Jefferson Davis and
Gen. Bragg, and the East Tennessee
campaign and the final field of Five
Oaks and the Appomattox surren
der require a second article.
Murat Halsted.
NOT A CANDIDATE.
The Cherokee Advance is in re
ceipt of a letter from Hon. A. D.
Candler, Secretary of State, in
which he says he will not be a can
didate for the United States Senate.
Col. Candler’s letter to the Ad
vance is as follows:
Gainesville, Ga., 1
Mar. 7th, 1896. )
Col. Ben F. Perry:
My Dear Sir:—l have just read
in the issue of your valuable paper
of the 6th the statement that I, along
with other gentleman named, am a
“probable candidate” for United
States Senator.
Please do me the kindness in your
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While 1 am profoundly grateful to
those partial friends who have sug
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and to those members of the State
press who have by the suggestion
been prompted to speak kindly of
me, I am not unmindful of the fact
that there are other gentlemen, who
aspire to the position, whose services
to the party and to the State entitle
them to precedence. This of itself,
if no other reason existed, is a suffi
cient reason why I will, under no
circumstances, be a candidate.
Very truly yours,
A. D. Candler.
Where the Preiidt niM Mlrrp.
1. George Washington died from
a cold which brought on laryngitis ;
buried on his estate at Mount Ver
non, Va.
2. John Adams died from senile
debility ; buried at Quincy, Mass.
3. Thomas Jefferson died of
chronic diarrhea ; buried on his estate
at Monticello, Va.
4. James Madison died of old age ;
buried on his estate at Montpelier,
Vt.
5. James Monroe died of general
debility ; buried in Marble Cemetery,
New York City.
6. John Quincy Adams died of
paralysis, the fatal attack overtaking
him in the House of Representatives ;
buried at Quincy, Mass.
7 Andrew Jackson died of con
sumption and dropsy; buried on his
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Tenn.
8. Martin Van Buren died of ca
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at Kinderhook, N. Y.
9. William Henry Harrison died
of pleurisy, induced by a cold taken
the day of his inauguration ; buried
at North Bend, O.
10. John Tyler died from a mys
terious disorder like bilious attack ;
buried at Richmond, Va.
11. James K. Polk died from weak
ness, caused by cholera; buried on
his estate in Nashville, Tenn.
12. Zachary Taylor died from chol
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diet; buried on his estate near Louis
ville, Ky.
13. Millard Fillmore died from
paralysis; buried in Forest Hill
Cemetery, Buffalo, N. Y.
14. Franklin Pierce died from in
flammation of the stomach ; buried at
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15. James Buchanan died of rheu
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caster, Pa.
16. Abraham Lincoln, assassinated
by J. Wilkes Booth; buried at
Springfield, 111.
17. Andrew Johnson died from
paralysis; buried at Greenville,
Tenn.
18. Ulysses S. Grant died from
cancer of the throat; buried in Riv
erside Park, New York City.
19. Rutherford B. Hays died from
paralysis of heart; buried at Fre
mont, O.
20. James A. Garfield, assassinated
by Chas J. Guitean ; buried at Cleve
land, Ohio.
21. Chester A. Arthur died from
Bright’s disease; buried in Rural
Cemetery, Albany, N. Y.
The Sultan of Morocco keeps a
large number of live lions about his
premises, and in the evening these an
imals are set loose in the court yards
of the Palace to act as guards of the
royal harems. The Sultan is said to
have rather more than 6,000 wives,
2,000 of whom reside in Fez.
NUMBER 13.
Mystery of Mysteries.
Curse not the web of circumstance.
Is God no God to thee?
A brooklet ripples not by chance
To j< in the brimming sea;
By law its babbling waters dance
And skip in minstrelsy.
And are the laws of sea and brook
But fables in thine eyes?
And are the leaves of nature’s 'nook
Writ with eternal lies?
Is there no God of law to look
On man and sympathize?
Are great worlds moving without plant
Were they by chance begot?
The smallest insect doubt may scan
Shows wisdom without blot.
Then, be ye patient, foolish man—
God is, or law were not.
—Blackwood’s Magazine.
The Veterans.
We met at Chickamauga. I hadn’t seen him
since
We looked across the trenches and his bullet
made me wince;
But we both shook hands in friendship, as
hearty as could lie.
Though he had marched with Sherman and I
had marched with Lee.
We walked across the battlefield where once
the bullets flew.
And the green and bending grasses felt the
fall of crimson dew,
And we talked the whole thing over where the
flag was waving free —
How he had marched with Sherman and I hud
served with Lee.
The drums had eeased their beating. We saw
no sabers shine.
The hair about his forehead fell as snowy
white as mine.
And voices seemed to call us o'er the far,
eternal sea.
Where the men who marched with Sherman
are in camp with those of L#e.
We parted; eyes grew misty, for we knew
that nevermore
Would we meet until the roll call on the other
peaceful shore,
But both shook hands in friendship as hearty
as could be,
Though he had marched with Sherman and I
had fought with Lee.
—Frank L. Stanton in Chicago Times-Herald.
A Fearful Criminal Urrord.
The devil got into nun and women
very largely last year. The record
shows a fearful increase in the num
ber of murders and suicides. There
was a decrease in the number of
lynchings but the number is still dis
gracefully large. The Chicago Trib
une, a specialits in criminal matters
of all sorts, gives, the following com
parative statement for six years past:
1895—Murders, 10,500; suicides,
5,758; lynchings, 171.
1894—Murders, 9,800; suicides,
4,912; lynchings, 180.
1893—Murders, 6,615 ; suicides,
4,436; lynchings, 200.
1892—Murders, 6,798; suicides,
3,860; lynchings, 235.
1891—Murders, 5,906; suicides,
3,331; lynchings, 192.
1890—Murders, 4,290; suicides,
2,040; lynchings, 127.
It is a very bad showing for the
South that there were twelve more
lynchings in the Southern States last
year than there were legal executions.
Nearly every governor in the South
has taken a determined stand against
lynching and we may hope to see a
decrease in this crime. The grand
juries and prosecuting officers
throughout the South have an imper
ative duty in this matter and it will
be unfortunate for this section if they
do not perform that duty.
The increase both of murders and
suicides last year is alarming. The
idea that in a country which boasts
of being one of the leaders in the
world’s civilization 10,500 people
should have been murdered and
5,759 should have killed themselves
in one year is truly shocking.
We observe that physicians lead
the list of professional men in the
record of suicides. They have done
so for many years past, not only Tn
the United States, but in nearly
every other country.
Why is this?
Last year fifty-nine physicians in
the United States took their own
lives, against forty-five in 1894.
The increase of suicides by poison
continues and the revolver is grow
ing in popularity among those who
seek self-destruction. Statistics of
this sort are gruesome things, but we
must know what goes on in this sin
ful world.
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The JI nrvrlm of hu Ostrich’* Rlomach.
The post mortem examination of
one of the flock of ostriches owned
by Barnum & Bailey, which has been
on exhibition at the Central Park
menagerie, New York City, gave the
spectators a wonderful object lesson
of the digestive capabilities of an os
trich. The ostrich was disected by
a taxidermist. He found the follow
ing articles in the bird’s stomach:
One wooden clothes pin; the bot
toms of two beer bottles ; a mouth
harmonica, five inches long and two
inches wide; a ferrule of an um
brella with a piece of the stick in it
about four inches >ong; a inetal skate
key; a brass door key, five inches
long; a woman’s black horn comb;
two pieces of coal; a woman’s silk
handkerchief; three stones about an
inch thick, together with some cab
bage, grass, lettuce, celery and con
siderable dirt. Strange to say, the
ostrich did not die of indigestion, but
from tuberculosis. The bird will be
mounted in the museum and it would
be interesting to preserve alongside
the collection of objects which was
* found in its stomach.
A Kind Voice.
There is no power of love so hard
to get and to keep as a kind voice.
A kind hand is deaf and dumb. It
may be rough in flesh and blood, yet
do the work of a soft heart, and do it
with a soft touch. But there is no
i one thing that love so much needs
as a sweet voice to tell what it means
J and feels, and it is hard to get and
keep it in the right tone. One must
start in youth and be on the watch
night and day, at work and at play,
to get and keep a voice that shall
speak at all times the thoughts of a
kind heart. It is often in youth that
1 one gets a voice or tone that is sharp,
and it sticks to him through life, and
stirs up ill-will and grief, and falls
like a drop of gall on the sweets of
home. Watch it day by day as a
pearl of great price, for it will be
worth more to you in days to come
than the best pearl hid in the seas.
A kind voice is to the heart what
light is to the eye. It is a light that
sings as well as shines.