That Rnmitor was born Ju a state that had
not seceded—-the stalo of Kentucky and had
represented in the confederate congress the
alate of Mi souri a state which had not seced
ed. It would bo gratifying for a historian to
find out how ho had been admitted to reiue- |
sent a auto which had never s< < eded. Bui |
that was matter of ancient history. The ,
senatoi I om Kentucky (Blackburn) had also ;
referred ‘mcuringly to the super-loyalty of sol
diem of llm union. He did not challenge the ‘
honor or i on rage of these senators in their de- I
votion t<» the south, and to the southern con- i
fiMlcr ny. They could not be suspected of in- |
Nincority They had gone into the confederacy ,
because they wanted to go; because 1
they believed that shivery was better
than freedom, and secession better than union.
It was cm ions that confederate-, from union
Mates wen* n little more pronounced and a lit
tle more aggressive, and a little more violent
in their denunciations of the north than con- <
federates from states that had seceded He
did not know where the senator irom Mis
souri bad got the figures from which he stated |
that but x <IOO of Lee’s army had .surrendered
at Appomattox If that btuiftlor had plucked
n tew ol the plumes from the da /.ling tail of
his emigration and had stuck them into
I’m w ngs of bis judgment he would
have llow n a more accurate
flight. Instead of B,<MX' men with musket;,
V vho were m the final « ra>h and collision of
the war. there had been TA.PII men Iho ;
senator's mathematics were certainly giddy.
