s, compelled him
to seek safety under the cover of his gunboats, where he now lies
cowering before the army so lately despised and threatened with
utter subjugation.

"The fortitude with which you have borne trial and privation, the
gallantry with which you have entered into each successive battle,
must have been witnessed to be fully appreciated. A grateful people
will not fail to recognize you and to bear you in loved remembrance.
Well may it be said of you that you have 'done enough for glory,'
but duty to a suffering country and to the cause of Constitutional
liberty claims for you yet further effort. Let it be your pride to
relax in nothing which can promote your future efficiency; your one
great object being to drive the invader from your soil, and, carrying
your standards beyond the outer borders of the Confederacy, to wring
from an unscrupulous foe the recognition of your birthright and
independence."

Within the year from the fatal victory at Bull Run the South had through
bitterness, tears and defeat at last found herself. Under the firm and
wise leadership of Davis, her disasters had been repaired and her army
brought to the highest standard of efficiency.

At the head of her armies now stood Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
Their fame filled the world. In the west, Braxton Bragg, a brilliant and
efficient commander, was marshaling his army to drive the Union lines
into Kentucky.

From the depths of despair the South rose to the heights of daring
assurance. For the moment the junta of politicians led by Senator Barton
were compelled to halt in their assaults on the President. The people of
the South had forgotten the issue of the date on Joseph E. Johnston's
commission as general.

With characteristic foolhardiness, however, Barton determined that they
should not forget it. He opened a series of bitter attacks on Davis for
the appalling lack of management which had permitted McClellan to save
what was left of his army. He boldly proclaimed the amazing doctrine
that the wounding of Johnston at Seven Pines was an irreparable disaster
to the South.

"Had Johnston remained in command," he loudly contended, "there can be
no doubt that he would have annihilated or captured McClellan's whole
army and ended the war."

On this platform he gave a banquet to General Johnston on the occasion
of his departure from Richmond for his new command in th