The journey south in those days was not a delight. Its components8 were discomfort9, dust and doubt. As we rattled10 through at gray of dawn, Richmond was fast asleep, blissfully ignorant of that May morning when she would wake to find herself famous, with the eyes of all the civilized11 world painfully strained toward her. But from Petersburg to Wilmington the country side was wide awake and eager for news. Anxious knots were at every station and water tank, and not overclean hands were thrust into the windows, with the cry: "Airy paper?" Sometimes yellow faces, framed with long, lank12 hair, peered in at the doors; while occasional voices indescribably twanged: "You'uns got any news from thar 'nauggeration?"
Staple13's ready, while not very accurate, replies were hungrily swallowed; proffered14 papers of any date were clutched and borne as prizes to the learned man of each group, to be spelled out to the delectation of open-mouthed listeners. For the whole country had turned out, with its hands in its breeches pockets, and so far it seemed content to gape15 and lounge about the stations. The men, to all appearance, were ready and eager; but at that time no idea of such a thing as preparation had entered their minds.
It is difficult, at best, to overcome the vis inerti? of the lower-class dweller16 along the South Atlantic seaboard; but when he is first knocked in the head with so knotty17 a club as secession, and then is told to be up and doing, he probably does—nothing. Their leaders had not been among them yet, and the "Goobers" were entirely18 at sea. They knew that something had gone wrong, that something was expected of them; but how, where or what, their conception was of the vaguest. The average intelligence of the masses thereabout is not high; the change noticeable before crossing the Virginia line becoming more and more marked as one travels straight south. Whether the monotonous19 stretches of pine barren depress mentally, or frequent recurring20 "ager" prostrates21 physically22, who shall say? But to the casual glance along that railroad line, was not presented an unvarying picture of bright, or intellectual, faces.
In Wilmington—not then the busy mart and "port of the Confederacy," she later grew to be—almost equal apathy23 prevailed. There was more general sense of a crisis upon them; but the escape valve for extra steam, generated therefrom, seemed to be in talk only. There were loud-mouthed groups about the hotel, sundry24 irate25 and some drunken politicians at the ferry. But signs of real action were nowhere seen; and modes of organization seemed to have interested no man one met. The "Old North State" had stood ready to dissolve her connection with the union for some five weeks; but to the looker-on, she seemed no more ready for the struggle to follow her "ordinance26 of secession," than if that step had not been considered.
But it must be remembered that this was the very beginning, when a whole people were staggered by reaction of their own blow; and all seemed to stand irresolute27 on the threshold of a vast change. And when the tug28 really came, the state responded so bravely and so readily that none of her sisters might doubt the mettle29 she was made of. Her record is written from Bethel to Appomattox, in letters so bright that time can not dim, or conquest tarnish30, them.
Through South Carolina and Georgia, men seemed more awake to the greatness of the change and to the imminence31 of its results. Inland Georgia, especially, showed keener and shrewder. Questions were more to the point; and many a quick retort was popped through the car windows at Staple's wonderful inventions. A strongly asseverated32 wish to do something, and that at the earliest moment, was generally clinched33 by a bouncing oath; but where, or how, that something was to be done was never even hinted. Briefly34, Georgia seemed more anxious for preparation than her neighbors; withal she was equally far from preparation. It were manifestly unfair to judge the status of a whole people by glimpses from a railway carriage. But from that point of view, the earliest hours of revolution—those hours which, properly utilized35, are most fruitful of result—were woefully and weakly wasted by "the leaders."
The people had risen en masse. The flame had spread among them like lava36 to their lowest depths. Told that their section needed them, they had responded like the Douglas, "Ready, aye, ready!" Beyond this they were told nothing; and during those most precious weeks they waited, while demagoguery flourished and action slept. The entire cotton growing region was in active fermentation; but, until the surface bubbles ceased, no practical deposit could be looked for.
"Devilish strong hands and pretty broad backs these, but I've yet to see the first head among them! I suppose we'll find them at Montgomery!"
After emitting which Orphic utterance37 at West Point, Styles Staple emptied the partnership's pocket-flask, and then slept peacefully until we reached the "Cradle of the Confederacy."
Montgomery, like Rome, sits on seven hills. The city is picturesque38 in perch39 upon bold, high bluffs40, which, on the city side, cut sheer down to the Alabama river; here, seemingly scarce more than a biscuit-toss across. From the opposite bank spread great flat stretches of marsh41 and meadow land, while on the other side, behind the town, the formation swells42 and undulates with gentle rise. As in most southern inland towns, its one great artery43, Main street, runs from the river bluffs to the Capitol, perched on a high hill a full mile away. This street, wide and sandy, was in the cradle days badly paved, but rather closely built up. Nor was the Capitol a peculiarly stately pile, either in size or architectural effect. Still it dominated the lesser44 structures, as it stared down the street with quite a Roman rigor45. The staff upon its dome46 bore the flag of the new nation, run up there shortly after the Congress met by the hands of a noted47 daughter of Virginia. Miss Letitia Tyler was not only a representative of proud Old Dominion48 blood, but was also granddaughter of the ex-President of the United States, whose eldest49 son, Robert, lived in the new Capital. All Montgomery had flocked to Capitol Hill in holiday attire50; bells rang and cannon51 boomed, and the throng—including all members of the government—stood bareheaded as the fair Virginian threw that flag to the breeze. Then a poet-priest—who later added the sword to the quill—spoke a solemn benediction52 on the people, their flag and their cause; and a shout went up from every throat that told they meant to honor and strive for it; if need be, to die for it. What was the meaning of the pact53, then and there made, had been told by a hundred battle-fields, from Texas to Gettysburg, from Santa Rosa to Belmont, ere the star of the South set forever, and her remnant of warriors54 sadly draped that "conquered banner."
On the whole, the effect of Montgomery upon the newly arrived was rather pleasing, with a something rather provincial55, quite in keeping with its location inland. Streets, various in length, uncertain in direction and impractical56 as to pavement, ran into Main street at many points; and most of them were closely built with pretty houses, all of them surrounded by gardens and many by handsome grounds. Equidistant from the end of Main street and from each other, stood, in these cradle days, the two hotels of which the Capital could boast. Montgomery Hall, of bitter memory—like the much-sung "Raven57 of Zurich," for uncleanliness of nest and length of bill—had been the resort of country merchants, horse and cattle-men; but now the Solon of the hour dwelt therein, with the possible hero of many a field. The Exchange—of rather more pretensions58 and vastly more comfort—was at that time in the hands of a northern firm, who "could keep a hotel." The latter was political headquarters—the President, the Cabinet and a swarm59 of the possible great residing there.
Montgomery was Washington over again; only on a smaller scale, and with the avidity and agility60 in pursuit of the spoils somewhat enhanced by the freshness of scent61.
"The President is at this house?" I queried62 of the ex-member of Congress next me at dinner. "But he does not appear, I suppose?"
"Oh, yes; he's waiting here till his house is made ready. But he doesn't have a private table; takes his meals like an everyday mortal, at the ladies' ordinary."
He had scarcely spoken when Mr. Davis entered by a side door and took his seat, with only an occasional stare of earnest, but not disrespectful, curiosity from the more recent arrivals.
Even in the few weeks since I had seen him, there was a great change. He looked worn and thinner; and the set expression of the somewhat stern features gave a grim hardness not natural to their lines. With scarcely a glance around, he returned the general salutations, sat down absently and was soon absorbed in conversation with General Cooper, who had recently resigned the adjutant-generalship of the United States army and accepted a similar post and a brigadier's commission from Mr. Davis.
An after-dinner interview with the President of the Confederacy, to present the "very important" documents from one of the martyrs63 pining for hanging at Washington, proved them only a prolix64 report of the inauguration65. Mr. Davis soon threw them aside to hear the verbal account from us.
At this time the southern chief was fifty-two years old—tall, erect66 and spare by natural habit, but worn thin to almost emaciation67 by mental and physical toil68. Almost constant sickness and unremitting excitement of the last few months had left their imprint69 on face as well as figure. The features had sharpened and the lines had deepened and hardened; the thin lips had a firmer compression and the lower jaw—always firm and prominent—was closer pressed to its fellow. Mr. Davis had lost the sight of one eye many months previous, though that member scarcely showed its imperfection; but in the other burned a deep, steady glow, showing the presence with him of thought that never slept. And in conversation he had the habit of listening with eyes shaded by the lids, then suddenly shooting forth70 at the speaker a gleam from the stone-gray pupil which seemed to penetrate71 his innermost mind.
Little ceremony, or form, hedged the incubating government; and perfect simplicity72 marked every detail about Mr. Davis. His office, for the moment, was one of the parlors73 of the hotel. Members of the Cabinet and high officials came in and out without ceremony, to ask questions and receive very brief replies; or for whispered consultation74 with the President's private secretary, whose desk was in the same room. Casual visitors were simply announced by an usher75, and were received whenever business did not prevent. Mr. Davis' manner was unvarying in its quiet and courtesy, drawing out all that one had to tell, and indicating by brief answer, or criticism, that he had extracted the pith from it. At that moment he was the very idol76 of the people; the grand embodiment to them of their grand cause; and they gave him their hands unquestioning, to applaud any move soever he might make. And equally unthinking as this popular manifestation77 of early hero-worship, was the clamor that later floated into Richmond on every wind, blaming the government—and especially its head—for every untoward78 detail of the facile descent to destruction.
A better acquaintance with the Confederate Capital impressed one still more with its likeness79 to Washington toward the end of the session; but many features of that likeness were salient ones, which had marred80 and debased the older city. The government just organizing, endless places of profit, of trust, or of honor, were to be filled; and for each and every one of them was a rush of jostling and almost rabid claimants. The skeleton of the regular army had just been articulated by Congress, but the bare bones would soon have swelled81 to more than Falstaffian proportions, had one in every twenty of the ardent82 aspirants83 been applied84 as matter and muscle. The first "gazette" was watched for with straining eyes, and naturally would follow aching hearts; for disappointment here first sowed the dragon's teeth that were to spring into armed opponents of the unappreciative power.
The whole country was new. Everything was to be done—to be made; and who was so capable for both, in their own conceit85, as that swarm of worn-out lobbymen and contractors86 who, having thoroughly87 exploited "the old concern," now gathered to gorge88 upon the new. And by the hundred flocked hither those unclean birds, blinking bleared eyes at any chance bit, whetting89 foul90 bills to peck at carrion91 from the departmental sewer92. Busy and active at all hours, the lobby of the Exchange, when the crowd and the noise rose to the flood at night, smacked93 no little of pandemonium94. Every knot of men had its grievance95; every flag in the pavement was a rostrum. Slowness of organization, the weakness of Congress, secession of the border states, personnel of the Cabinet and especially the latest army appointments—these and kindred subjects were canvassed96 with heat equaled only by ignorance. Men from every section of the South defended their own people in highest of keys and no little temper; startling measures for public safety were offered and state secrets openly discussed in this curbstone congress; while a rank growth of newspaper correspondents, with "the very latest," swelled the hum into a veritable Babel. And the most incomprehensible of all was the diametric opposition97 of men from the same neighborhood, in their views of the same subject. Often it would be a vital one, of doctrine98, or of policy; and yet these neighbors would antagonize more bitterly than would men from opposite parts of the confederation.
Two ideas, however, seemed to pervade99 the entire South at this time which, though arrived at by most differing courses of reasoning, were discussed with complacent100 unanimity101. One was that keystone dogma of secession, "Cotton is king;" the second, the belief that the war, should there be any, could not last over three months. The causes that led to the first belief were too numerous, if not too generally understood also, to be discussed here afresh; and upon them, men of all sections and of all creeds102 based firmest faith that, so soon as Europe understood that the separation was permanent and a regular government had been organized, the power of cotton alone would dictate103 immediate104 recognition. The man who ventured dissent105 from this idea, back it by what reason he might, was voted no better than an idiot; if, indeed, his rank disloyalty was not broadly hinted at.
But the second proposition was harder still to comprehend. There had already been a tacit declaration of war, and overt106 acts were of frequent commission. As the states seceded107, they seized the arsenals108, with arms and munitions109; the shipping110, mints and all United States property, only permitting the officers to go on their parole.
The North was already straining preparation to resent these insults offered to the power and to the flag of the union. The people were of one race, embittered111 by long-existent rivalries112 and jealousies113 as strangers can never be embittered; and the balance of numbers, of capital and of machinery114 were on the other side. These causes, as they were without fresh incentives115 that needs must follow war, seemed sufficient to convince reasoning men that if the storm burst, it would be as enduring as it was terrific. I could realize that to men saturated116 with pride of section, who knew little of facts and feelings beyond their boundaries, the idea of peaceful separation, or of a short war, could be possible. But that the citizens of the world now congregated117 at Montgomery, who had sucked in her wisdom as mother's milk, should talk thus, puzzled those who paused to query118 if they really meant what they said.
Up to this time Montgomery had been scarcely more than a great inland village; dividing her local importance between being the capital of Alabama, the terminus of her principal railroad, and the practical head of navigation for her greatest river. The society had been composed of some planters, cotton men, a few capitalists, some noted professionals and a large class connected with railroad and steamboat interests. There had always been considerable culture, more hospitality and still more ambition, social and civic119; but there was still much lacking of what the world expects of a city. Now, however, a future loomed120 up before the town, which had never before crossed the dreams of its oldest inhabitant. Her choice as the "cradle of the Confederacy," the sudden access of population therefrom, the probable erection of furnaces, factories and storehouses, with consequent disbursement121 of millions—all these gave the humdrum122 town a new value and importance, even to its humblest citizen. Already small merchants saw their ledgers123 grow in size, to the tune124 of added cash to fall jingling125 into enlarged tills. In fact, the choice of the Capital had turned a society, provincially126 content to run in accustomed grooves127, quite topsy-turvy; and, perhaps for want of some other escape-valve under the new pressure, the townspeople grumbled128 consumedly.
Tiring of experimental camping-out in a hotel, a few gentlemen hired a house and established a "mess." They were all notables—General Cooper, General Meyers, Dr. DeLeon, Colonel Deas and others, the three first being adjutant-general, quartermaster-general and surgeon-general of the new army. A chief of department, or two and this writer, completed the occupants of "the Ranche," as it was early christened by "the colonel;" and its piazza129 soon became the favorite lounging-place in the evening of the better and brighter elements of the floating population. There was sure to be found the newest arrival, if he were worth knowing; the latest papers and news "from across;" and, as the blue smoke of the Havanas floated lazily out on the soft summer night, many a jovial130 laugh followed it and a not infrequent prediction of scenes to come almost prophetic. And of the lips that made these most are now silent forever—stilled in the reddest glow of battle, with the war-cry hot upon them.
So far the news that came in from all quarters continued cheering. A vague sense of doubt and suspense131 would creep in when one stopped to think, but nothing terrible, or shocking, had yet happened anywhere. Though the nation was going down to battle, its banners were flaunting132 gaily133 and its bands were playing anything but dirges134.
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