The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-04-27
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s1e New York press on the Sherman ne
gotiatioa 6asco. Some have expresse
surprise and disapprobation at the actio
OF the journals Of the country in condemn
ing General Sherman. 1t is assumed t
be an uuseemly exhibition of that to
common characteristic of the Americal
people-faulfnding. We are said TO b
illustrating the old apothegm, that " Re
publics are ungrsteful;" and We are coun
seiled to remember the brilliant achieve
ments of Gen. Sherman during this war
and not to cit in toe hasty or sever,
Judgment upon single error. We DON
admit the force of these assumptions =
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty
This is government of the people. Th,
peoples rulers and official representatives
are but the peoples servants; and the
safety of the people, the stability Of oul
institutions, the preservation of popular
Liberties, demand that any official wrong
any assumption of dangerous and unwar-
rantable powers-any action affecting
prejudcially the nations honor or we'll
being, on the part of Gen. Sherman or
anybody else, should receive an emphatic
aud severe popular condemnation. Gen.
Sherman's military record is secure. Ii
Is brilliant one, and the nation is proud
OF 1t. Blu! be won it by the faithful per.
fofmsuce of the duties of his position
Had he continued thus-had he pressed
Johnston TO an unconditional surrender, as
would have become him as a subordinate
commander OF a military department, he
would have done what was required of
him and added additional lustre to his
already brilliant military reputation. But
when he stops the progress of his army,
clogs the wheels OF the whole machinery
of war upon its active theatre, assumes
powers one jot or title of which be knows
he does not possess, concea!s from his ar
my the news of the Pfesidenl's assassina-
ton and sits down to enact the farce of
q negotiation for peace with Johnston,
with the rebel Breckenridge standing by
debating the terms, and JEFF. Davis hin,-
self in short ie!esraphing distance super.
intending the whole matter, then the peo
pie may well become indignant. They
may be pardoned for severely iuquiring,
"Now, in the name of all the gods at
once, upon Whit meat does this, our
Sherman feed, that he has grown SO
great )" that he shall set at naueht Gen.
Grant, President Johnston, the Govern
ment and the people, and close four years
of successful war BY surrendering the ma
tion to treason.
The country is proud of her heroes
whether they wear the garb of the private
or the insignia of highest rank. Not one
of her sons is SO low but she will honor
him if deserring-not one SO exalted but
she will crush aad humble him if he at
tempts her dishonor. The people are
sovereign In a contest of this kind ii
were TO be expected that some of despotic
aud monarehic ideas would each position
ard attempt to play the part of dictator.
II Gen. Sherman be one of these, not sll
the laurels he has won shall save him
from eff ,ial decapisation and popular ex-
ecration. Probably it must need be that
offenses come, but woe is upon him by
whom they come.
We give the following as showing the
opinions Of the leading Nav York papers
upoa the Sherman matter The Tribune
says:
1--WE can hardly guess whether John
stan was to surrender to Sherman, or
Sherman to Johnston.
The Times says:
"Johnston evidently believed himself
debating terms rather than receiving
them, and laying the basis OF new gov
ernment, based on the theory of State
righ:s, a. absolute and complete as any
Calhoun ever dreamed Of Floyd himself
never conceived plan or basis for rebel
lion SUI erior to this. Shermsn's set,
vi. wed in its p rely military bearings,
must be regard 4 as one of the most dan
perous insubordinatious."
The Herald says:
fisherman. distinguished as an admira-
bic soldi r. has fatally compromised him
sell, we fear, in entering The forbidden
field of diplomacy as peace maker
His splendid military career is ended. and
be will retire under cloud from having
undertaken 10 act outside his legitimate
sphere"
The World disapproves of Sherman's
course, and sharply rebukes Secretary
Stanton for sssailing him so violently. It
Gays:
.Governmens. with its intentions aud
conmi,tals, could not have accepted
Sherman's plan Of settlement, but il owed
- hi. sarvices and untYiotiN intenti0Na In