The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1866, March 30, 1866, Image 2
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General Sherman on the
Burning of Columbia,
S. C.
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Heado'es Mil. Div. op the Miss., >
St. Louis, Mo., March 8,1866. $
Bent. Bawls, Columbia, S. C.:
Dear Sir?I have your letter enclo-.
sing a petition to the Congress of the
United States, asking to be indemnified
for the loss by fire of' your house and
of fltn fitvko r\? nm? A/tnnrtofirtTt
wuvouuoj av wiv umo va viu vwu^/muvm i
in February, 1865. I assure you that
I feel deeply for you and all others who
lost theif property in the fire; but if the
United States were to assume the liability,
it would be an admission that
we bad done wrong. This is not true.
The rightful authority of the National
Government had been resisted in
the State of South Carolina for years,
and we were compelled, at a great cost
of life and money, to conduct thither a
vast army, and our progress was resisted
by all the force the State could
obtain. Your own citizens resisted our
approach, not only with arms, but by
burning the bridges over the Edisto,
Congaxee, Saluda, and Broad Rivers.
They burned the depot in Columbia
before we entered the city, because it
contained corn and Btores they supposed
we needed, and set fire to thousands
of bales of cotton rolled out into
the streets, and which were burning
before we entered Columbia. I myself
was in the city as early as noon, and
saw those fires, and know that efforts
were made to extinguish them, but a
higji and strong wind kept them alive.
I gave no orders for the burning of
your city,' but, on the contrary, the reverse,
and I believe the conflagration
resulted from the great imprudence of
cutting the cotton bales, whereby the
contents were spread by the winds, so
that-it became an impossibility to arrest
the fire.'
I saw in your Columbia newspapers
the printed order of General Wade
Hampton, that on the approach of the
Yankee army all the cotton should be
burhed, and, from what I saw myself
have no hesitation in saying that he
wasv the cause of the destruction of
your property. Tour true remedy is
against him, and such others of your
own citizens as conspired with him and
made the military occupation of your
city an absolute necessity. I hardly
think it is fair that Congress should
tax [the. people of Ohio, Illinois and
Missouri to pay such losses; but as it is
not my province to judge in such matters,
I send your petition according to
its address.
I again assure you of my personal
sympathy by reason of your age and
infirmity, but this must not lead me to
endorse a WTone principle.
I am, with great respect, your obedient
servant,
W. T. SHERMAN,
Major-General.
Destruction of Columbia,
S.C.,?Who is Responsible
? ?Letter From
Gen. Wade Hampton.
Columbia, S. C., June J 6, 1865
To the Editors of the New York Lay
Book :
Gents : In your paper of the 6th of
May I have just 6t?cn General Sherman's
official report of his march througli the
two Carolina?. As this report misrepresents
me in the grossest and falsest manner,
I trust .that you will not deny me
the right t.o vindicate myself. It is due
to hjBtory, if not to me, that the falsehoodspf
General Sherman in reference
to th^ destruction of this city should be
exposed.-* This ehali be done in the
briefest possible manner.The
-repprt says: "General Wade
Hamptojo,..who commanded the Confederate
jrear guard of cavaliy, had, in anticigat)oix,ofrour
capture of Columbia,
ordered ^ajt. all cotton, public and private,
abonld be moved into the street and
fired .to^prevent our malting use of it.
.*'? * Some of these piles
of ocitlon vrere turning, especially one in
the very heart of, the city, near the court
house, but the fire was partially subdued
by the labor' df bur soldiers. * * *
Before one single building had ncen fired
by order/the -smouldering fires set by
Hamplon'a order were rekindled by the
wind/and communicated to the buildings
around, ;About dark tbev began to
Epread and gqt; beyond the control of the
brigade on duty within the city.- The
whole of Wood'f division was brought in,
but it was found impossible to check the
flames, whieb, by midnight, had become
unmanageable, and raged until about
four o!clock,. A, when the wind subsiding,
they were got under control.
* * * I disclaim on the part
of my army, any agency in this fire, but,
on the contrary, claim that we saved
what of Columbia remains unconsumed.
And, without hesitation chargo General
Wade Hampton with having burned his
Own oity of Columbia, not with malioious
intent, u the manifestation of a silly
[ "Roman'stoicism," but from folly and
want of sense in filling it with lint, cotton
and tinder, Our officers and men on
duty worked well to extinguish the
flames."
It would be difficult, if not impossible,
to express, in an equal number of paragraphs.
a greater number of falsehoods
than are contained in the above extracts.
There is not one word of truth in all that
has been quoted, except the statement
that "General Hampton commanded the
Confederate rear guard of cavalry." He
did not order any cotton to be "moved into
the streets and fired," On the concontrary,
my first act On taking command
of the cavalry?to which I wns
assigned only the night before the evacuation
of Columbia?was to represent to
General Beauregard the danger to the
town of firing the cotton in the streets.
Upon this representation, he authorized
me to give orders that no cotton in the
town should be fired, which order was
strictly carried out- . I left the city after
the beau ot Nherman s column entered it,
and I assert, wbot can be proved by
thousands that not one bale of cotton was
on fire when he took possession of the
city. His assertion to the contrary is
false, and lie knows it to be-so. A distinguished
citizen of the State?whose
name, were I at liberty to give it, would
be a sufficient voucher, even at the North,
for the truth of any statement made by
him?has given to the public a minute
history of the destruction of the city.
From thi6 document, which is too
long for insertion in your paper, I will
make a few extracts, which will show
how true is General Sherman's solemn
disclaimer of "any agency in this fire,"
and his claim to have "saved what of
Columbia remains unconsumed*" The
Mayor had been informed that he would
be notified when to surrender *the city,
knowing that ineffectual resistance on
our part would furnish the ready excuse
for all lawlessness on the part of the enemy.
I would not allow my troop3 to
become engaged in the city, and they
were withdrawn on the Ujorning of the
17th of February.
At nine o'elock A, M., on (hat day,
the Mayor, at the head of the deputation
of the City Council, went out to meet
Gen. Sherman for the purpose of surren-*
. 1 . 1 1 I ! 1 it ^
uermg the city, woicu nc cnci in inc ioilowing
letter:
"Columbia, S. C., February 17, 1805.
HTo Major-General Sherman:
"The Confederate forces having evac*
uated Columbia, I deem it my duty, as
Mayor and representative of the city, to
ask for its citizens the treatment sccjrded
by the usages of civilized warfare. I,
therefore, respectfully request that yon
will send a sufficient guard in advance of
the army, to inuintain ordef in the city,
and to protect persons and property of
citizens.
"Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
"[Signed]"
T. G. GOODWYN, Mayor.,'
The deputation met the advance guard
of the enemy, under Colonel Stone?Fifteenth
Corps?outside of the city, and
Colonel Stone returned with theni to the
town in meir eurnage.
* The Mayor reports that on snrrcndering
the city to Colonel Stone, the latter
assured him of the safety of the citizens'
and the protection of their property while
under his command. He could Dot answer
for General Sherman, who was in
the rear, but he expressed the conviction
tLat he would fully confirm the assurances
"which be (Colonel Stone) had
given. Subsequently General Sherman
did confirm them, and that night, seeing
that the Mayor was exhausted by tbc labors
of the day, "Not a finger's breadth,
Mr. Mayor, of your city shall be harmed.
Yon may He down to sleep, satisfied that
your town shall be as safe in my hands
as if wholly in your own." * * *
"At about eleven o,clock the head of the
column reached Market Hall. Hardlj
had the troops leached the head of Mainstreet
when the work of pillage was begun.
Stores were broken open in the
presence of thousands within the first
hour after their arrival. No attempt was
made to arrest the bnrglors, 'Ihe authorities,
officers, soldiers, all seemed to
consider it a matter of course. And woe
to him who carried a watch with gold
chain pendant, or who wore a choice hat,
or overcoat, or boots, or shoes. lie wa6
stiipped "by ready experts in the twinkling
of an eye." * * * "About
twelve o'lock the jail was discovered to
be on fire from witliin. This building
was immediately in tbe rear of the market
or City Hallj and in a. densely built
portion of the city. * * * The
tire in the jail had been proceeded by
that of Borne cotton piled in the streets.
Both fires were soon Bubdued by our firemen.
At about 1 1-2 o'clock P. M., that
of the jail was rekindled and again extinguished."
* * *
"The experience of the fireman in
putting out the fire in the jail was
of a sort to discourage their further efforts.
They were thwarted and embarrassed
by the continued interference
of the soldierj'. Finally, their hose
was chopped with swords and axes.
and pierced with, bayonets so as to be
rendered useless. The engines were
in some cases demolished also. And so
the miserable day wore on in pillage,
insult and constant confusion and alarm.
"We havo shown that the robbery
of the persons of citizens and the
plunder of their houses commenced
within one hour after they had reached
the Market Hall. It continued without
intermission throughout the day. Sherman
traversed the streets everywhere,
so did his officers, yet they saw nothing
to rebuke or restrain." *
"Bobbery was going on at every corner,
in every house, yet there was no
censure, no punishment." *
"Among the first fires that evening was.
one about dark, which broke out in a
filthy portion of low houses, occupied
mostly as brothels. There wore then
some twenty fires in full blast, in as
many different quarters, at nearly the
same moment, and while the alarm
sounded from these quarters, a similaralarm
was sent up almost simultaneusly
from Cotton Town, the northermost
limit of the city, and from Mainstreet,
in its very centre." .# # #
"The wretches engaged in this appointed
incendiarism were well prepared
with all the appliances essential to
their work. They carried with them
from house to house pots and vessels
containing combustible liquids, and
with balls of fire saturated in this liquid,
they conveyed the flames with
wonderful rapidity from dwelling to
dwelling." "What remained
h ~ the morning, of engines
and hose wer ? brought out by the "fifeman
Vmt. thane ware onnn driven from
their labors by the pertinacious hostility
of the incendiaries. Engines iters
tumbled over and disabled, the^ofce
were hewn to pieces, and the fireman,
dreading worse usage to themselves,
left the field in despair."
"Old men and woipen
and children were to be seen, often
while the flames were rolling and raging
around them?while walls were
cracking and rafters tottering and tumbling,
in the endeavor to save their
clothing and some of their more valuable
effects. They were driven out headlong,
pistols clapped to their heads, violent
fronds laid on throat and collar,
and the ruffians seemed to make but
little distinction in their treatment of
man and woman. Ladies were hustled
from their chambers under the 6trong
arm or with their menacing pistols at
their hearts* Their ornaments plucked
from their breasts?their bundles taken
from their hands." # *
"A lady undergoing pains of labor Jiad
to be borne out on a mattrass into the
open air to escape the fire. It was in
vain that her situation was described
to the incendiaries, as they applied the
torch within and without the house.
They beheld the situation of the sufferor
and laughed to scorn the prayer for
her safety. Another lady was but reI
- Jl - - /* TT_ lf/?. 1
cenuy connnea. jaer me iiung upon u
hair. The demons were apprised of
the fact in the case. They
burst into her chamber?took rings
from the lady's finger, plucked . the
watch from beneath'her pillow,' shrieked
offensive language in her eatrs, and
so overwhelmed her with -terror -that
she sunk under the treatment, surviving
but a day or two."
"The churches were at first saught by
many streams of population. Thither
the hellish perseverence -of the 'fiends
tallowed them, and the Churches of
God were set on flame. Again driven
forth, numbers made their way into the
recesses of Sydney Park, and here fancied
to find security. 13ut the ingenuity
of hate and malice was not to be
baffled, and firebrands thrown from?the
height into the deepest hollows offhe
Park taught the wretched fugitives to
despair of any escape from onemics of
such unwearied and unremitting rage."
But enough of this atrocity, the bare
recital of which makes humanity shud
der, the heart grow sick, burely
enough has been quoted from the narrativo
of these horrors to prove that
Gen. Sherman alone is responsible for
the destruction of Columbia, and for
the many other atrocities committed by
his army. He declares that the fires
set by my order consumed the city. : I
have shown how false is this statement;
but even if it were true, how does-he
clear himself of the guilt of burning
private dwellings outside of the city
limits ? Early in the afternoon of the
day he entered Columbia, my house,
which was two miles from the city, was
fired, soon after the houses of Mr. Trenhohn,
Gon. Lovell, Mrs. Stark, Mr.
Wallace, Mr. Arthur, Mr. Latta and
Mrs. English, all in the same viciniiy,
shared tho same fate. Gen. Slierman
cannot deny that these houses were
burned by his men, nor can he deny
that he destroyed, in part, or in whole
the villages of Barnwell,v Blackville,
Graham, Bamburg, Bulord's Bridge,
Orangeburg,' Lexington, Alston, Poraaria,
Winnsboro', Blackstocks, Society
Hill, Camden and Cheraw. Does not
the fate cf these unoffending towns give,
the lie to his disclaimer of any agency
in burning this city.
H. -T 1. ivn ,1 *
Along uie nnu 01 uiarcn luuuweuvv
him there is scarce^ one house left
standing, from the Savannah River to
the Pee Dee, and yet he dared to declare
solemly that he did not burn Columbia!
I do not wonder that he should strive
to escape from tho infamy which, like
the leprosy of Gehazi, shall cleave unto
his seed forever, for the commission of
this dark deed. Nor am I surprised
that ho should naturally seek to escape
by taking refuge behind a falsehood.
But he shall not with impunity make
me the scapegoat for lus sins. Wherever
he has taken his army in this
State, women have been insulted or
outraged, old men liavo been hung to
extort from them hidden treasure. The
fruits of the earth have been destroyed
leaving starvation where plenty once
reigned, and tho dwellings of rich and
poor alike have been laid in ashes. For
these deeds history will brand him as a
robber and incendiary, and will deservedly
"damn him to everlasting fame."
I am, your obedient servant,
WADE HAMPTON,
Lieutenant-General
_ *
What length ought a lady's crinoline
to be ? A little above two feet.
CAMDIHVV FRIDAY, MAR 30.
W. T. Walter, of the firm of Derbec
& Walter, (factorage and commission merchants,)
is the only authorized agent for the
Camden weekly Journal tor Colombia, 8. C.
Igy Col. Tnos. P. Slider, is the only authorized
agent of the Camden Journal for the
city of Charleston. He maybe found at the
Mills house in that city.
Cotton and GoW in lew York.
On the 23d irist., the best average cotton
sold at 41 cents. Gold, 27 1-2. .
IT! fllinnry and Dress Goods.
See advertisement in another column of Mirs
Wilson's stock of milinnry and dress goods.
Her Stock embraces a rich and handsome assortment
of all kinds and styles of goods usually
kept in a dress establishment, and invite9 the
attention of the ladies
Heavy Taxation.
The New York Tribune say a that the taxes
in this country are heavier than ore, or ever
were, borne by apy other thirty millions o^
people on earth. Adding onr Stale and Municipal
to our national taxes, they amount to not
a pennny less than $20 each, per annum, for
the whole American people.
, New York Dally News.
The Postmasterat this place, Mr. J. M.Gayle,
is the authorized agent for this valuable daily
northern journal, and will receive and forward
subscriptions for the same.
He is also agent for " Godey's Lndy,s Book;"
"Peterson's Ladies National Magazine;"" DeBow's
Reviow;"and "The'Ladies1 Friend."
Pavllllon Hotel.
Merchants and others visiting Charleston will
find the Paviilion Hotel handsomely furnished,
the table supplied wit li an abundance of substantial,
luxuries in great variety, the price
moderate, and last, though not by nnv means the
least item to be considered, the prince of hosts
(Butterfied) to preside over it. See card in
another column.
Baum, Bro *& Co.
This sterling firm are daily in receipt of dry
good*, clothing, and gentlemen's furnishing
ffoods of all stvles and duality. Kvervtliiue
that is to be found in a first class establishment
can be seen at this storp. The ladies are especially
invited to examine his stock of spring
dress goods?all of \rh:ch have been se'ected
with care and a view to plen.se the trade of
this B*c ion. See advertisement.
Burglary.
On Tu'S'lay : iglit last the storehouse of Mr.
James Jones wasVnie ed and a considerable
amount of goods stolen. Karlv the following
morning Capt. ScunocK wasintornied ofcirrumstam
es attending the robbery which led to the
detection aud arrest of tho burglar, who confc
nea ins gum &ud macntf evuTonce nga nst.nn
accoinplice, who has fled Pom justice, and is
supposed to have carried with him a portion of
tho articles extracted. Strange to say tho money
drawer, containing some dollars in change,
was left untouched, The punishment for this
outrage is death?according to our Slat-a laws
?so the offender may have a hard but short
road to travel.
We also learn that on Friday night last the
store of Mr. K. W Rox.nijy was entered, and
the contents of iho money drawer lifted. Fortunately
there was but a few dollars in
change.
Since penning the above, we learn that the
fellow who ronbod Mr. Jonks' store has mado
his escape from the cell in which was confined,
and is now at large.
An ancient Eastern adige hath it "that woe
tumbles in pailftils, while good luck is distill, d
by drops." Surely we of the Southern States
have had our pails full of woe during some
rears past, and they are yet not only full, but
ruuning'.'ver. A cause which we believed just,
hopelessly lost, our noblest and be.-l sleeping in
strange graves, all in vain, from the Potomac
to the Rio Grande; our land filled with widows
and orphans, noble.men despoiled of tbeir Ciir
proportions, greeting us on all sitleB, while sor-.
row for the (had and p easing care for the living
divide the thoughts of all earnest people.
It would indeed seem that if this people have
siuned, th<?y. have been sufficiently punished.
Tet, the hand that smites us is not yet stayed.
We "must yet be further punished," is the cry
of a powerful party in the North. "Of the
little that we have, that must bo taken." Poverty,
affliction toil, dependence, are not sufficient.
That poverty must bo cheerless, that
affliction hopeless, that toil sad and dreary,
'that dependence humiliating, ere our repentance
can fit us to be received among the faithful.
There are a few of our woes which would tequire
a book ot Job to record, of Jeremiah fitly
to lament. Yet, thank God, the little dr psof
"good luck," (we continue the words of the
addago, but we tneun thereby the pure distilled
drops of God's mercy,) infuse their bright influences
over our whole lives. We mourn our
noble dead with pious, pleasing memories; we
meet our cares with earnest effort, supported by
calm, eheerful reliance on Providence; we embrace
our poverty with a bright smile, which
bids defiance to his powers; we bow to our
afflictions with humble thankfulness that our
lost ones are "moved from the evil to come;"
we bcud ourselves to toil wuh a heartiness that
not only disarms it of its terrors, but brings its
present reward ; and we acknowledge our civil
dependence with truth and loyalty. Wo pledge
a faith to the United States, proved in the crucible
m which perished our peculiar views of
our Government For all these drops of Heaven's
dew we are thankful, and trust that President
Johnson has been raised up to protect us
from abject humiliation and degradation as a
people, and tlut we shall yet be a unitod poople,
with truth on our lips, faith and loyalty in
our hearts, and not with an enforced penitence,
humility and objeclness, which not only gives
the lie to all the past of our people, but guarantees
falsehood and hypocracy for the future.
Municipal Eketfoir.
The approaching municipal election for In*
tendunt and Wardens for the town of Camden
will take place on Monday next. Tltertr la but
a single ticket before the pec$o'?aJll'goodfond ,
true men. Sfiofclctfthe names of other of our (
citizens be presented, it is to be hoped that i
each voter will have'at heart the best interest ,
for the ftiture of our town?casting aside pred- i
judicea and vote with judgement and intelli- !
geuce. The voter should see that the candidates
are gentlemen of intelligence, of energy, of
judgement, of moral worth, of pleasiDg address,
of legislative capacity, and of financial ability.
These are all qualifications our municipal author
ities should posaess Po this and we shall have
reason to be proud of our City Fathers.
From Washington.
Washington, D. (J., March 22.?Although
there is no certain data on the
subject, a report generally prevailed
among members of Congress to-ilav, that
the President W'll veto the Civil Eights
Bill.
Great Fire in Cincinnati.
.'Cincinnati, March 23.?There was a
gri?nt conflagration in this city this morning,
by which Pike's Opera House, the
Enquirer office, and several prominent
business establishments, were destroyed.
Loss estimated at #200,OOO.
Later from South Ameriica?Arrival
of the
AspinwaJL
New York, March' 23.?The steamship
Aspinxcall lias arrived from Panama,
with Suuth American dates to the 15th
iiist
Two Spanish frigates have been re?
pulsed in an attack on Chilian fortifications.
Bolivia has entered into an alliance,
offensive and defensive, with Chili and
Pern, f
Pern is preparing to take a full share
in the war.
The Colombian Congress has rejected
a proposition to declare war against
Spain.
France, the United
' -K
States and Mexico.
In his last letter from Paris In tin
New York Nexcs, John Mich*-1 gives it as
his belief that there is no danger of tron?
bie between the United stales and
France, lie siiys:
The name of Mexico is seldom heard
here now. Every one seems perfectly
satisfied that this is, if not actually
settled, in a \erv fair way of settlement
' " ' ? ?' .1 - -? ?m
r runcumcn ijhvu iiiu iiuhubu uuuuut;iii:?'
in the good will of Anicri-una towardthemselves,
which, indeed, they cordially
reciprocate j and the utter absurdity of
these two nations engaging in a horrible
war ubont Mexico fvems to remove that
event out of the bounds of ]H>*sit>ility.
There was, undoubtedly, for a time, n
good deal of nneadness in France lest
American adventurers should gather in
such force upon the frontier, aud become
ho venturous that heavy skirmishing"
might take place ; and if that hud befallen,
undoubtedly there would have been
a war; and all Frunze, though with sore
reluctance, would have accepted the trial
by battle. Ilappilv all chance of that
appears now to be removed.
Cotton in New York.
W e understand mat me INcw uricans
shippers hesitate about sending cotton to
this market, owing to the high charges
^current here for cartage, storage and iu?
surance, and owing to the loss resulting
from theft. In several instances within
our knowledge, captain" of vessels which
have been 6ent out to New Orleans to
load for New York, have telegraphed for
permission to load for Liverpool direct,
'shippers refused to send their cotton here
for the reasons enumerated above. It is
to be hoped that this important trade
will not be driven from our city by any
such causes, and render the expenses of
handling, <tc., less onerous. As to the
matter of pilfering, it is done with impunity.
It is no uncommon thing to soe
alialfdozeD women congregated in the
vicinity of a lot of cotton which is being
handled by laborers, who permit them to
fill their aprons and stuff their clothes
full without remonstrance. In this way
a good deal of cotton may be extracted
from u bale, especially if it is loosely put ]
up, or the bagging becomes worn out.
Every house dealing in cotton ought to j
appoint some one who can be trusted to
oversee the handling of it, for the labor- ,
ers, as a rule, wink at the operations of the
female thieves.?New York Price ,
Current, and Commercial List.
Firs at Darlington and Marion.? <
"We were pained, last evening, to leain <
from passengers by tlie Northeastern ?
Railroad, that a most destructive fire occurred
in Darlington village on Sunday
morning, destroying a large part cf the
business portion of the town. Our co?
temporaries Darlington Southerner and
New Era, were destroyed. At Marion (
on the same day, early in the morning,
some half dozen buildings were consrmcJ. '
These fires are supposed to be the acts of
incendiaries, and the loss at the present J
time will fall very hard upon the coinmu- ]
nities of these villages.? Charleston News '
of the 26th. 1
'?* ?
He who says what he likes, hears
what he does not like.
A foolish friend does more harm than
a wise enemy.
He who expects a friend without .
faults will never find one.
/
Ex-Governor Allen on
El A. Pollard.
Tha following*article, from thtfpen
of Px-Governor Allen, of Louisiana,
and now editor of the Mexican Times, ia
clipped from that paper of the 6th of
January. It is a composition worthy
of the immortal Junius. In its power,
in its force of bitterness arid sentiment,
it is an unequalled" piece of writing. Of"
the personality of the article we havenothing
to say, but submit it to our*
readers as a specimen of most extraordr
inory composition.?Charleston Mines.
The civil war in America is ended,
and the "banner of the bars" that
waved over Jackson and gleamed upon
the track of Stuart's reckless riders ha?
been put away as men hide the trinkets
of a dear, dead love.
Although the blood of Virginia's best
and bravest is not yet dry in the valleysr
nor has the grass grown over the premature
graves of the manly Confederates,
who fell before Petersburg, yet Mr. E.
A. Pollard, a pretty writer and talented
flditnr. in A Inner nfiw(m?n?r nrS'nla. /flu.
vmvv.7 ?- Q " HiUiVj U17nouncea
ex-President Davis, Generals*
Lee, Johnston and -Beauregard, ancS
says " the Southern people -disgraced- *
themselves forever wrhen they refused
to fight to extennin&tioh~;"fhat they lackcourage
and endurance?statesmanship*
and intelligence." He criticises campaigns,
ridicules strategical movements,
Bneers at retreats, andlanghs at every
heroic effort of the brave men who leftto
history an immortal name.
Who is Mr. E. A Pollard ? He is *
Virginian, the editor of the Bichmond
Examiner, and the author of the "South- ern
History of the War." We have grief
for the first, blushes for the second,,
and contempt for the lost.
During all those years of carnage and.
of blood, this Bichmond Examiner was*
an insatiate fiend of opposition and hatred.
Step by step it broke down the
brave, fond heart of Sidney Johnston;
again and again it lacerated and gored
the sensitive soul of Beauregard; week
after weok it denounced the horoic efforts
of Joseph E. Johnston; and now,
when Jefferson Davis is chained amid
the waves of his rock-ribbed prison, it.
tries to stab his reputatipn and his honor.
It is not often that men like Pollard
and Jordan can gloat over the agony of
such a spirit and the , degradation of
6uch a name. It is not often that such
a bosom as Lee s is laid bore lor tne
thrust of every ruffian's spear, or the
dagger, of every coward's hand. It is.
not often that a desolated nation writhe?
under the blows of its chtldren and the'
cruelties of its own -offspring. It is not
often that the world furnishes human
hyenas to exhume the. bodies of hen
sainted dead, and howl in horrid delight
over the revolting feast .
Pollard wanted extermination, buthtr
was in New York city, hob-nobbing
with Gxeely, and telling the pleasant
story in his ploasant way of the four
year's war. He wanted fifty thousand
men to fight a million to the death, but
he never fell in beside them and proffered
to share a common fate. Like
Job's war-borse, snuffed the battle from
afar! Shoddy is cheap, and humbug
is cheap, and Henry Ward Beeoher'?
patent sermons are cheap; and siheeri^
ty, faith, honor, chivalry, manhood? ^
how pure and unpopular.
Jt'oilara s mother otate lies prostrate
in the dust, her hearth-stones desolate
and her idol shattered. All over the
land ho can see her bereaved daughters
weeping for the young, fresh faces tUat
looked back to them from the heat aiKit,
yellow dust of the conflict just beforo
the horses' feet trod them down. He
caii almost hear tlio breezes from the
"Wilderness singing their melancholy
dirges over Stuart and Ashby, and Pelham,
and Hill, and Jackson, dear to
God. He has no love, nor veneration,
nor tenderness, nor pity for any ofthese
; but tearing open the graves of
the immortalized dead, he Bleiids them1
with the living in one sacriligioua
anathema of contemptuous hatred.
Drape the pictupe of a nation in its
agony,and cover its laurels with mourning
cypress. Purl the conquered banner.
with a farewell look, and shrine its- . .
memory in our heart of KeartsJ but tothe
brutal hardihood-of those who curse
and villify a ruined race, give vengeance,
scorn, and a nover-dying conntempt.
' :
History tells how Cofiolanus halted
L 5. a 1 1 J il . TT.1
ms victorious legions peyona ine zoilow
Tiber, but that' Nero.. fiddled a
goodly tune while Home was burning.
Amid the graves of his kindred,' the
anguish and despair of brave men in.
their crushing overthrow, amid the blueBkies
and green fields of his nativity,.
E. A. Pollard dips his pen in gall of the
New England hate ana writes the record
of has own everlasting infamy and
disgrace."
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