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LEADERS OF THE SOUTHERN
ARMIES.
After oui beloved Stonewall Jack
son received his fatal wound, a note
came from General Lee to him as fol
lows: “I have just received your
note informing me you were wound
ed. I cannot express my regret at
the occurrence. Could I have direct
ed events I should have chosen, for
the good of the country, to have been
disabled in your stead. I congratu
late you on the victory, which is due
to your skill and energy.” After
reading it, General Jackson replied:
“General Lee should have given the
glory to Gcd.” After the memorable
battle of Chancellorsville, it was sup
posed by many that the brilliant move
ments originated in the great mind of
Lee, and were only executed by Jack
son. In his own handwriting Lee at
tributed the victory to Jackson’s suc
cessful maneuver.
General Albert Sidnev Johnston
commanded the famous retreat from
Nashville after the fall of Fort Don
elson. At the terrible battle of Shi
loh he was killed. A minie ball cut
the artery of his leg; still he rode
until from the loss of blood he fell
exhausted into the arms of Governor
Isham G. Harris. Stimulants were*
administered by loving comrades, hut
all in vain. His last words were:
“Governor, I believe I am seriously
wounded.” He became totally un
conscious. He quietly breathed his
last April 6, 1862. His remains were
conveyed to New Orleans, where they
lay in state in the Mayor’s office. La
dies brought magnolias and other
beautiful flowers, which encircled
the casket. His son was on the staff
of President Davis.
Major General Joseph E. John
ston, after the secession of Virgin
ia, received a commission from Pres
ident Davis as Major General, and
proceeded to take command at Har
per’s Ferry. Early in February.
1862, he made a stirring speech to the
soldiers on the re-enlistment question.
General Johnston was truly a scien
tific general. In regard to the sur
render he said to his countrymen:
“We of the South referred the ques
tion at issue between ns and the
United States to the arbitration nf
the sword. It is against us; we must
acquisce in that decision; accept it
as final, ard recognize the fact that
Virginia is again one of these United
States. Our duties and interests co
incide.” «
General Ambrose Powell Hill was
a Virginian by birth. He was pro
moted. after great gallantry, to Ma
jor General, on the 25th of June.
1862. He was one of the Council of
War held in Richmond. In every
engagement in which he participated
during the whole war, nothing but
praise was awarded him. During an
attack around Petersburg, in trying
to rally his troops, he fell pierced by
three bulk-ts. His body was buned
by his hived comrades next day. He
was brave, true and honorable.
Major General J. E. B. Stuart was
first stationed at Harper’s Ferry. He
was greatly beloved by all, and was
gallantly leading his cavalry in a
charge when he fell, on the 11th of
May, 1864, terribly wounded, from
which he died. In his last moments
he displayed most beai tifol fortitude.
He was told he must die, and replied:
“I am resigned to my Father’s
will.” To General Lee he gave his
gold spurs; to his boy his sword. He
turned to his loving minister, who
was standing at his bedside, and re
quested him to sing, “Rock of Ages,
cleft for me,” and joined in the sing
ing with all his strength; followed
the pastor in prayer; and with the
words. “I am going fast now—l am
resigned—God’s will be done,” yield
ed his sweet spirit to the God who
gave it. His pall-bearers were Gen
eral Bragg, General McCown, Chit
ton, Lee cf the Navy, Commodore
Lawton, Forrest, and General George
W. Reid. President Davis sat at the
head of his casket, with a look of
grief inexpressible.
General Braxton Bragg served with
also accompanied Colonel Albert Sid
ney Johnston on his Utah expedition
on January 3, 1856. He received a
commission of Major General from
President Davis, and was put in com
mand at Pensacola. General Bragg
was a strict disciplinarian, which
caused him to have enemies among
the soldiers. He was blamed for
the fall of Wilmington, though his
friends attribute the loss of that
place to the fact that he came into
unpleasant collision with interests
and persons whose feelings could not,
in the nature of things, be other than
inimical to him. When all was over,
he quietly retired to his home in
Alabama. No braver man ever lived
than Braxton Bragg.
Major General John B. Hood
served on the frontiers of Texas in
1855, also in California with Albert
Sidney Johnston and Hubert E. Lee.
He was wounded in a light with the
Indians; March 3, 1862, was made
General. He was noted for daring
and skill in all his movements. Aft
er his retreat from Nashville, he took
leave of his army as follows: “bol
diers, at my request 1 have been re
lieved from the command of the
Army of Tennessee. In taking leave,
accept my thanks for the patience
with which you have endured your
hardships during the recent cam
paign. I am alone responsible for
its conception, and strove hard to do
my duty. 1 urge you to give your en
tire support vo the distinguished sol
dier who assumes command, and
shall look with deep interest to your
future operations, and rejoice at your
success.” After the war he mar
ried Miss Hennon, a great grand
daughter of the pioneer General
James Robertson. With his lovely
wife and four children, he died of
yellow fever in New Orleans.
Major General John H. Morgan
served as a private in a Kentucky
regiment during the Mexican War,
and was appointed to a lieutenanev for
great gallantry. He offered himself
to President Davis to act as a ranger,
believing he could serve his coun
try better in that capacity, but those
in command would not accept of his
proposition. He was, however, pro-
WATSON’S WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN
moted from captain to colonel, he al
ready having a regiment us the brav
est volunteers. His dashing exploits
will never be forgotten; the name of
Juhn Morgan has become a household
woid. On the fourth us bepicmber,
1864, he advanced upon the luvtn us
Greenville. There he halted fur the
night in the house of Mrs. Williams,
his staff being with him. He was be
trayed by a woman, tried vainly to
escape, but a private from the Thir
teenth Tennessee Cavalry rushed
the house and shot him dead. Thus
ended the career of this justly cele
brated and truly extraordinary man.
The news of his death spread gluum
over the whole South.
THE U. S. MONETARY LEAGUE.
In 1905, the above named put forth
a circular whose truths should be en
graved upon the minds and hearts of
every citizen whose soul is above
mere sordid selfishness, or blind par
tisanship.
We quo 1- ' only a portion of the cir
cular. If ou would read it all, write
to Jcs. Stephens, Denver, Colo
rado, Se .ary of the League.
Many of us refused to go with the
Republican party when it abandoned
its principles declared in many cam
paigns and went to the gold stand
ard. Then we joined the Democracy
because it stood firmly for the money
of the Constitution, for the coinage
and use of both silver and gold as
standard money at the established ra
tio, for bimetallism, and promised no
hop 3 of relief to the suffering peo
ple.
Now that the Democratic party has
also abandoned its principles and has
gone to the gold standard, we here
by declare that no party can nor shall
take us to the gold standard. We
firmly believe that the masses of the
people will in time awake, the scales
fall from their eyes, and that they
will see as with the light cf the noon
day sun, that the omnipresent, coher
ent power of* organized robbery is
under and by and through the na
tional banking system, which, togeth
er with the gold standard, is the
source and power of this long-time
looting and graft, which have been
growing and taking deeper and deep
er root among us for many years.
When the people awake they will
shake off these parasites, who, as of
ficials, party managers and grafters,
national bankers, trust magnates and
“captains of industry,” all over the
country, are pauperizing the people.
Both parties are now financed from
the same source, Wall Street, why
should not each vie with the other in
serving its master! If there is any
difference between the two parties it
is simply in the spelling of the name,
to fool the people a little longer.
Tariff is no line of demarkutinn,
for Republicans and Democrats alike
are for tariff or free trade when it
suits the advantages of their local
ity .
There are many yet living who
were in active life before the war of
1861 to 1865, who can readily recall
that the leading political question for
years was tariff and free trade; that
there were also corporations and com
binations of capital for business pur
poses, but who ever then heard of a
trust! There were none; no gigantic
combinations of capital which could
create or destroy trade and commerce
at will. Why? Because there was no
law then by which money, the life
blood of the nation, could be issued,
manipulated and controlled by a fa
vored few. The vast interest sums
received in this way by the national
bank oligarchs have piled op great
fortunes, and is the lever which has
started and made possible other spe
cial privileges and other vast trusts,
until nearly every legislature, gov
ernor, congress, President and court,
is under the malign influence of these
conspirators against liberty and jus
tice, who have their paid attorneys
and lobbyists everywhere.
There is no one thing hut the
“Money Question” which could be
clear-cut and distinct, a dividing line
foi parties. Opposed, which now
both parties espouse and uphold, is
the national bank money system, the
most dangerous trust of all, and the
head and source of all trusts of the
country. They feed, thrive and fat
ten on the vast sums of interest filch
ed from the people on bonds issued
and debts kept as a basis for this
bastard money, which, instead, should
be issued direct by the government,
be full, legal tender, real money, no
interest paid to anybody. Stop this
national bank system and the head
would be cut off the whole crop of
“special privilege” infamies wh’ch
have grown into trusts, which would
soon decay and die. Making and is
suing money is a government func
tion, and Congress has no right to
farm out to the banks, nor the admin
istration to deposit with favored
banks large sums for long time, for
which they pay not one cent.
Restore the money of the Constitu
tion: then the Dollar of our Daddies
would soon become the world dollar;
American ships would then carry
American money. American g;iodsand
American trade and commerce into
every port of the world: and this
would be the conquest of peace.
All except the hide-bound parti
sans can see there is no difference now
between the two leading parties.
The organized effort of plutocracy
to control the press of the country
was first discovered and made public
in 1876 when the Buell Circular was
issued. It was as follows:
The Buell Circular.
(Issued by the American Bankers’
Association and sent out in I*<76 bj
the secretary. James Rupll. room 4,
247, Broadway, New York City.)
“Dear Sir—l< is advisable to do
all in your power to sustain such
daily and weekly newspapers, •spe
cially the agricultural and religious
press, as will oppose .he issuing of
greenback paper money, and that you
also withhold patronage or favors
from all whn will not oppose the gov
ernment issue of money. Let the gov
ernment issue the coir, and the banks
issue the paper money of the coun
try, for then we can better protect
(Continued on Page Fifteen.)
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