A(Now seeing what was unjustly done to Paul Morphy… recall what was done to Robert Fischer!) Documentation is preserved, how Paul Morphy, was the darling of the Chess World until … the Civil War between North and South erupted. Followed by overzealous Northern fanatics lashing out with baseless rumors accusing Morphy of being a “rebel” and “bitter secessionist” in spite of claims and actions to the contrary, in spite that Morphy didn't care to stick around and returned to Europe during the first year of the war! For a “bitter secessionist” that's the kind of behavior, we'd LEAST expect. The vindictive Yankee North could never muster the guts to admit it made very serious errors. So Morphy is forced to live with the burden of Northern mistakes on his shoulders for the rest of his days. It was not that Morphy chose to “end his career in 1860” no … no. It was former associates in Washington, DC who threatened “cutting him so dead” and former New York associates who would go on to “write Morphy out of chess history” (like this guy, Charles Alexander Gilberg) for their overreaching abuse and mistakes! Morphy was back in New York and Washington in 1865, according to papers in great spirits and ready to travel abroad! Reports were published how he was back playing games at his old haunts and winning every game! Even set on publishing a book with annotation of his games. Morphy was on a roll until those Yankee bullies from Washington showed up! making their intent quite clear: To drive Paul Morphy out of the chess world… ostracized… blackballed… and due to their political fanaticism and based entirely on false rumors they concocted in their newspapers and spread far and wide! Here, once again, one of those Northern fanatics attempts to rewrite Morphy's history, then pin the blame on Morphy with that oft REFUTED “mystery malady of the mind” more of Northern Civil War, false rumors that had been refuted again, and again, and again by Morphy's friends, family and associates and on some occasions, Morphy himself from 1865-1884.
