, 1865-12-29


service with eli bis enetgies aud abilities, rails,
ing himself from the rank Of ColensI to the
rank OF Lieutenant General, BY reason Of his
ability and by reason Of the aistin guished SER
vices which be rendered to the Government.
(Cheers.) Yet be speaks with respect Of these
men whose vaIorl and skin foiled even him Cor
four long years il battle, And he is generous
enough to desire 10 see these men back into the
Republic clothed with all Of their rights. Fbad
the pleasure of reediBg the other day a decla-
ration made in Nadlson, Wis, by Senator Doc
little, where he proclA aimed that he had a con-
YersatiOn with General Grant, and that General
Grant had given him hermission to delare at
at the meeting which was-nef3 iff Madison, tint
g he was opposed to negro suffrage in the South;
(Great applause.) that he believed it fraught
with danger to the country" So also Sherman
Three cheers were given for General Sherman ]
who stands next to Grant in rank, and certainly
next to Grant in everything else that constitutes
great and good man. He is also opposed to
negro suffrage. Senator Doolittle, in the same
meeting and at the SANG time, declared that
General Sherman had authorized him to make
the statement of this kind and to this effect. He
then held up these two great and glorious men
the men who, under God, have saved our coun,
try from its perils-whose wisdom and courage
have been the means of sustaining our country
in its desperate straits. These two men were
held up before the people Of Wisconsin, and
Senator Doolittle made the demand whether
these home guards were entitled to more respect
for their opinions than>thess great military chief
tains. (Three cheers for Grant and Sherman.)
| could name also Sheridan and Thomas, and
every man who has distinguished himself in the
army and in the navy, bySservice to the Govern
ment during this war /; and | venture to predict
and assert that they are upon the platform oc-
cupied be Grant and Sherman upon this subject.
(Great applause) If you will find me a Major
General or any other kind of General who has
done nothing for his country, but stayed at
safe post during the war, and who has made a
failure in every enterprise he has undertaken
if you meet with such man you can set it down
to dead certainty that he is Radical. Look
at the illustrious John Charles Fremont
daughter The equally illustrous Ben. But
lerl Qaughter) and that other distinguished Cen
eral who once commanded the Department of
the State of Missouri and who, like. Mahomet,
went to war on tue back of a camel, Curtis tHt
him again! and laughter.) Now, gentlemen,
there are reasons for these things. When these
gentlemen failed in a military line, all they had
to do was to make proclamation freeing some-
body else's negroes Qaughter) that they were not
able TO free; but they had to set somebody ese's
negro free, and that would make amends with the
Radicals for their failures in military line, and
everything else. Yes, and it would make amends
for cotton trading daughter and for the system
of bringing California plunderers over here TO
build fortifcatons at FIVE times their value and
every other species of corruption (Applause.)
But Gen. Grant, Gen. Sherman, Gen. Phil. Sher-
idan and Gen. Thomas marched down and set
those negroes free that these fellows made proc
lamation about, and but for them none of them
would have been free. After they had defeated
the enemy's armies and crushed his strength, it
was not at all necessary for them to make these
kind of prOclamatiOns.