East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-05-03

branded as q madmanp q usurperl a
traitor because he breaches from the
New Testament instead Of the OldY
Because he profers the doctrine Of the
Saviour, which is Love, TO that of
Moses, which is Force2 Because he
points out that the Sermon on the
Mount does not speak of Samuel cut
ting up Agag? Q.aughter.)
Is this distinguished American TO be
sent down to iniamy because, beliey-
ing that the children of Ham havo
received for the last quarter OF cea-
fury, SO much attention, he thinks il
no more than fair to look out for the
children of Japhet2 daughter and
applsuse.) is his brilliant campaign
under Grant at Vicksburg, at Port
Hudson, and all along tho southwest,
so soon forgotten? Were his brilliant
victories at Chattanooga, at Atlanta,
and his sterling march to Savannah,
tho acts of mailman? (No) Was
out-hanking Hood, out-mano1uvring
Hardee, out-generahng Beauregard
tho act Of a usurper2
Was the taking of Charleston, the
capture Of Columbus, of Charlotte, OF
Raleigh, the act of traitor2 (Cries
of "No.") Shame on our miserable
forgetfulness of great deeds, great
success, great talents, simply because
he dared to stand by the President in
the coffin as well as at the White
House! Mr.. Lincoln was merciful
SO was Sherman. Mr.. Lincoln did not
wish to mako Venice, a Hungary, a
Poland, an Ireland in the South
neither did Sherman.
Mr.. Lincoln wished to stop the
river of blood, SO does Sherman, and
he has stopped it, in spite of the howl
ing of tho Christian Marats and
Robespierres who are crying still ior
the gullotine. Sherman has done
more by his dash, his pluck, his tact,
his magnificent audacity, III breaking
Lee's back and increasing Davis
speed, Qaughter), than any forty gen.
erals in the army. (Applause.)
Grant is too noble, too generous
too grand in his modest demeanor un,
der victory to slaughter his lieutenant
Grant is not the Othello" or the
"Iago" of this matter, nor is Sher,
man the "Cassius," otherwise l should
suppose that this unmilitary, ungen
erous act was the old Athenian game
of Marathon-of Thomistocles play
ing out his second in command, Aris
tades! 1t is pitiful to see Genera
who has warmed himself i'll the White
House, and never fired a pistol at thu
foe, insulting one Of the bravest mel
of the North. (Applause.) Shame OF
Gen. Halleck! Unlike Gen. Sher
man, his pen is no more mighty thar
his sword. daughter.
What has Sherman done? Wher'
is the boosted independence of thu
American press, that they have no
pointed out that Sherman has rlante,
one foot on the American flag, an
other on the Constitution, and pro
claims that peace shall reign from
Potomac to Rio Grande only by tn
death Of rebellion, and that rebel
can only become citizens again b.
obeying the laws. He leaves all +
the Constitution and the Suprom
Court.
He believes that tho people of tn
South are American citizens whe
they throw down their arms. So doe
. M Seward. So did Mr.. Lincoln
Are we afraid Shame Oh the cry, I
martyrize those leaders. AS Chris
, tians hate Judas, Romans despis
r Cataline, Americans loathe Arnold, g
will the Southern people spit upon tn
miserable wretches whose ambitio
ended in treason. (Applause.) All
{ ask is for suspension of publ
opinion for the facts. Perhaps Sher
man has a photographic letter fror
Abraham Lincoln!