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Texas (Texas, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
t that he was also the citizen of a State. To Texas he had sworn allegiance; his estate and his beow, though General Johnston was satisfied that Texas and the other Southern States had ample ground which had been his constant monitor. When Texas seceded, the alternative was presented him. Onurements that ambition can hold out. Until Texas seceded he went forward unswervingly in the se lift his hand against his people ; and, since Texas had left the Union, in the army he could not ras may take. I have been long identified with Texas, her interests and public men, and her action you were a Kentuckian. He replied, I adopted Texas, and its people have been my fast friends and y clear from what he said as he passed through Texas, that the war between the North and South distys afterward I learned that he had started for Texas, and I directed the postmaster to retain the pday the newspapers of this city announced that Texas had completed all arrangements contemplated as[6 more...]
Yerba Buena (California, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
he Government he then served, could have called to his side a single Southern officer. Sure am I that none of those who afterward, with great sorrow, felt themselves obliged to leave the service and go to the defense of their own people, for whom many of them gave up their lives, would have been found among the number. The only complaint I ever heard from General Sumner as to the condition of the command as he received it was, that he was not assured of the loyalty of the commander of Alcatraz Island, I do not remember whether or no he superseded him. This, however, is known, that the officer continued to serve the United States during the war; and so Sumner must have learned that, even in this instance, General Johnston had been true. General Johnston, however, had acted from no special knowledge of the officer's politics, but from his own honest instincts, which brought the conviction that a gentleman would not accept a trust which he might be induced to betray. The meeting
Charleston (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
d the feeling is so strong against those who have abandoned the country, that it would be utterly useless to say a word. General Johnston's resignation was accepted on the 6th of May, to take effect on the 3d instant. From his sister-in-law, Mrs. Eliza Gilpin, already mentioned as the widow of his brother, Josiah Stoddard Johnston, he received a letter, dated at Philadelphia, April 15th, breathing the excited feeling of devotion to the Union just then newly aroused by the fall of Fort Sumter. The following extract, however, contains all that is essential to this memoir: My very dear brother: The newspaper account of your having been superseded in your command, and without any reasons having been assigned for it, has given me much anxiety on your account, and excited much indignation, as no one alive has a right to feel for you a more natural and affectionate interest. Your elder brother, my beloved husband, having felt for you as a father, gives me a right to speak as
West Indies (search for this): chapter 18
trongest legal sanctions, and all arguments for their forcible emancipation applied equally well to the confiscation of every other species of wealth or property. The destructive consequences of the abolition of slavery had been proved in the West Indies, and were as certain as any future event could be. Hence he shared the resentment, though not the expression of it, universal in the South, against the domineering philanthropy that assailed its institutions. His views in regard to the naturescrutiny, he engaged a midshipman, who had lately resigned and was highly recommended, to bear advices to General Johnston. The messenger, with excellent intentions, was so indiscreet as to confide his letters to a United States consul in the West Indies, and to land in New York, where he was arrested. This is the intercepted letter alluded to by Mr. Blair. As General Johnston knew nothing of this attempt to warn him, it did not influence his movements. It is mentioned now only because it w
Providence, R. I. (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
duct in the opening of the war. He knew that no man's voice or influence could control the tempest of human passions which was driving the republic on the breakers; yet such was his faith in its destiny that he could still trust that a good Providence would rescue it, even if by a miracle. In such a state of affairs, there was nothing left for a man in his position but to drift, standing at his post. His temper was of a cast so cheerful, his philosophy so bracing, and his code of duty so ebuted to bring it about. I suppose the difficulties will now only be adjusted by the sword. In my humble judgment that was not the remedy. I hope, my dear sister, you are in good health, and that you may long live to enjoy the good things Providence has placed in your hands. Such is the prayer of your affectionate brother, A. S. Johnston. It is a pleasant thought, now that death has reunited these kindred and exalted spirits, to remember that, though differing so widely, the affectio
San Francisco (California, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
f secrecy. This was so well observed that San Francisco was taken by surprise when his resignation Johnston was told, by some Republicans of San Francisco, that a plot existed to seize Alcatraz, thrwarded by the Pony Express, which reached San Francisco a week in advance of the steamer. He had traz. It was arranged that the leaders in San Francisco, with a force of picked men sufficient forter the arrival of Sumner. He remained in San Francisco a long time, and his house was the centre ons, and turning the guns of Alcatraz upon San Francisco. As his correspondence will show, howevers and satisfaction at the Union feeling in San Francisco. The only effect upon him was to revolt hion. I had it forwarded to your father at San Francisco. But a few days afterward I learned that lking, very openly, secession doctrines in San Francisco. The thing is all up. His resignation is commission in the army was forwarded from San Francisco, for the acceptance of the President, on t[4 more...]
W. W. MacKALLall (search for this): chapter 18
Chapter 17: California. General Johnston's ideas of Government. the right of resistance. the alternative presented. resigns and is relieved. imaginary plot. slander refuted. General Buell's letter. Governor Downey's statement. General MacKALLall's letter. incidents of resignation. attempted reparation by the Administration. Hon. Montgomery Blair's letter. Los Angeles. advice to citizens. writer's recollections. General Johnston's correspondence. General Johnston had never been a politician or party-man. He had cast but one vote in his life, and that had been for General Taylor, who, he thought, would rise above party. He never forgot, however, that he was the citizen of a republic. Deeply interested in its welfare, conversant with its history, well acquainted with its practical working, long associated with its leading men, and himself a thinker and a leader in his own particular sphere, he could not fail to have decided opinions on the greater question
Rawle (search for this): chapter 18
estions that divided the country. Though little bound by prejudice, his opinions were, of course, much influenced by his associations and circumstances. A recapitulation of these will exhibit the conditions under which his ideas took form. His family affiliations, his early associations, and some of his warmest friendships, inclined him, while young, to the principles of the Whig party, then in its best days. The constitutional text-book at West Point in his cadetship was, I believe, Rawle's Commentaries, a book of wholesome doctrine. The military education there had a natural and necessary tendency to inspire affection for the union of the States, and exalt the Federal authority in the youthful mind; and continued service in the army increased the feeling. On the other hand, the temporary severance of his allegiance, and his service under the independent government of Texas, and its formal voluntary annexation to the United States, must have compelled him to define the natu
A. S. Johnston (search for this): chapter 18
s. General Johnston's correspondence. General Johnston had never been a politician or party-man.ain their independence by revolution. General Johnston's views in regard to slavery were those g by patriotic fervor. But, devoted as General Johnston was to the Union, he could not forget thae more it was endangered. Now, though General Johnston was satisfied that Texas and the other Sod a fortnight later. About this time, General Johnston was told, by some Republicans of San Fran, in order to set up a Pacific republic. General Johnston replied that he hoped they were mistaken,ing his long intimacy, asked him to sound General Johnston as to the feasibility of a Pacific republme in dispatching General Sumner to supersede Johnston, and save the State to the Union. General Suar that time. He left Washington April 1st. Johnston asked that a successor might be sent to relield be utterly useless to say a word. General Johnston's resignation was accepted on the 6th of [8 more...]
Ord (search for this): chapter 18
high position, which were communicated to him through various channels more or less direct. The Hon. Montgomery Blair, Mr. Lincoln's Postmaster-General, in a letter to the writer, shows that, at a later date, when opportunity for investigation and a correct knowledge of the facts had been afforded, the Administration entertained no such view of conspiracy as the loyal press had disseminated. Mr. Blair says: There is a fact in regard to your father that I ought to mention. When General Ord came here from San Francisco, he called on me, and stated that great injury had been done your father by the manner in which he had been superseded, that he was opposed to the secession movement altogether, and that he had often heard him check persons using secession talk in his presence, telling them that it was not respectful to him, as a United States officer. This statement was substantiated by a letter of yours which had been intercepted and given to me. I immediately told Mr. Linc
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