Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-07-20
General sherman I'm st. Louis.

6ERENADE TO MAI. GEN. W. T. SHERMAN
By o'clock last evening large and con-
stantly increasing collection of people had
assembled in the halls, and In front Of the
Lindell Hotel. At about o'clock Wash
ingtof avenue between 9th and 9Th streets
was densely packed, hardly allowing the
torch light procession from the Court Heuses
led by the band Of music, TO reach the FohO
q Tine SHe ealis hS fCr aen sherman we're vocifer-
Gus, and, amid the cheering, and the
firing of rockets and booming ryof cam
non,y he appeared upon the east bali
cony. Twice he essayed to speak, but
was INTERRUPTED by the cannon and the
music, and gave up the attempt to make
hih 5eif heard until the confusion should
have been made less seonfohnded by the
voice of some, other speaker, When the
| noise had somewhat subsidized VIM. nj. Nc
Phersop, Esq, made a short address as fol-
loSsSiii0U n0hIiW Gnu 10 lEVQEL
SPEECH OF WIN. N. M'PHERsoN.
FELLOW CrTIzENs:LI have a pleasant
task assigned to me this evening, apd but
for fey minutes indulge me 10 . reminisA
In January, 1851, the Governor of the
State Of Louisiana, by a fraud upon the
| loyal people of that State, pronounced the
| State of Louisiana, as having seeded from
| the Union. At that time citizen OF the
United States was the Superintendent OF
military school at Alexandria, Louisiana!
| When, It was announced that the State had
seeded, that gentleman Immediately sent
| his resignation to the Governor, and in
formed him that his destiny was cast under
| the old flag. [Cries Of Bully for him.
IRaying that state he came to ST. Louis,
| and became a citizen with us here. aECfies
of "Bully for him."l Wanting employ
ment. he was not above becoming the Su-
periritendeilt of street railroad, because it,
would afford him an.honest livelihood. But
when Fort Sumter had been fired upon, and
an army was TO be called out and his SER
vices were required, he promptly repaired
to Washington and accepted commission
as Colonel In the regular army From tnat
time the,career, of that citizen has been
part of the history Of the country. At Pitts
burgh Eanding he struggled against a ter
rible foe.- He was seen everywhere, where
the ff9ht was hardest and the fire the hot
test, and the danger greatest. Though three
horses were slain under him, there seemed
to be- Providence that protected him for
still greater ccomplishmentsyet. [Cheersd
The part that citizen took in opening the
Mississippi and giving us free .navig CATION
to the Gulf you all know, for our W. estern
BOYS were with him. A voice,'1 saw him
on the skirmish line at Atlanta" But.
there was still much to accomplish. tOhr
army had been repulsed at Chickamauga,
aid he went with his Western boys to the
rescue. A portion of Georgia and the Carr
o mas had so far escaped the rayages of war;
twas the place Of their depots to collect
their supplies, and furnished men aud
means to carry On the cursed rebellion, and
he was called on to perform o part there.
| Getting to Chattanooga in timeto take part
| with the Commander-in-Ch Chief of the ar
mics of the Union in the contest there, and
that commander having been called to the
East, he was lett to fill his place, and to
| commence that grand campaign of Georgia.
| From ChattanoOga to Atlanta wasa c6ntin--
| ued DaGJlc-feia. The victory at Atlanta
gave us a power which our enemies nau
not felt before. But the campaigndid not
terminate with the victory there. A new
field was to be explored, Not in, retreat,
but in the face of a vigilant foe, the citizen
who is with us tonight led through the
campaign, down to Savannah, reaching
| then I'd the Carolinas, breaking the back
bone of the rebellion; and the campaign
terminated in a. glorious peaee.- 1t is this
citizen, this General, we honor Tonight.
TVociferous cheering.l He hasaceomplish-
ed SO much, and at the end of this war he
comes back to st. Louis, whence he started;
and this General have the honor to intro
duce to you tonight. u, n
Major Gen. Sherman again stepped for
ward and was greeted most Enthusiastically
by the crowd which manifested its delight
in seeing the hero Of so many "a well-fought
field, lin the most uproarious lnanner.1 On
SPEECH OF MAI. GEN. W. T. SHERMAN.
GENTLEMENiiTPe, quiet apd ! will speak
to you few words. ? 4 - ANAt
Ihave no doubt from the sounds / hear,
that good many Of my old soldiers are
down inthe crowd [cheeIs], and as they are
very quick to pitch in when / tell them,
hope they will be obedientin keeping quiet,
for it is q great strain fora voice TO attempt
to reach the limitsof this yasticrowd. x,
l was in hopes that you would let Mr..
Mcpherson tell you the. whole storyAhe
would save me, some trouble. I claim
to be an older citizen Of st. Louis, than he
gave me credit for. / came here In 1S43, and
then made the circuit by way of New Or
leans to Charleston, from where came here,
and now again return from the same place
under slightly different circumstances
Cheers and laughter.] j then travelled in
steamboat to New Orleans, from there to
Mobile, and up the river tor Montgomery,
by stage to Macon, and thence to Charles
ton; this timeiiI took some friends along
and we had a nice time. Cheers andlaugh-
i But j know perfectly well that in this
crowd, and throughout this city, almost in
every house, is one of the men who went
with me who likes to tell, and can tell, the
story better than can; therefore don't
intend TO talk any more to you about 1t, or
to strain my voice to tell you Of the march