Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-04-28
The Raid on sherman.

The brilliant soldiersbip OF General Sherman
has been mainly Instrumental in achieving those
military results that have given supremacy to
the federal arms His bold and original strategy,
bic breadth Of conception and rspidity OF move
ment. and the never falling success that attended
bis intricate msneUveTs. forced upon him tia
public attention as the bright particular star IL
toe military frmameut. Out of wha; seemed an
incomprehensible tsngle Of plans and eIpedienis,
Of advances and retreats. of marches sud ooGn-
termarcbes. he drew the golden thread of com
plege and shining triumph While the north was
SondeFiug. fearing. doubling hoping Is il pom
dered over the enigma OF bis campaign. sudden
ly the problem vas solved aud the vast cOnpli.
cations assumed symmetry and order De did
GOT sormoGnt obstacles, he compelled them to
vanish from bis path. Savannah, Charleston.
Wilmington quietly yielded, not 20 tedious siege
or impetuOus assault, but 70 the incorporating
Iecessities OF the situations tha, be created.
When the results OF this generalship be
came apparent. the applause OF the nOrih became
loud and general. No terms OF praise were con
sidered exaggerated when4pplied 70 the comet
IKE career o! the great stratesist. who swept
over the bills and valieys and increases of GeOr-
gia and the CarOiinas, reducing suODghOlds
without approaching them. discOm6ting armies
without fighting them. dispensing with bases oil
supplies and ordinary rules OF generalshp, and
gaining the military power OF the enemy moIC
than hundred desperate battles bad done be
fore him.
Such was General Sherman ! week ago, ID,
cynosure towards whose blazing el0res tie PEG
pie turned with proud delight. The soldier who
compelled the adm Patton and applause Of III,
world. What is he TO dayl
''Fallen, fallen. fallen, fallen.
Fallen from his high estate"
The journals that lsvshed upon him their al
ulstion have turned against him. The admins
tration that hailed him as its tower OF strength
| cen ores and disgraces him. The people wht
shouted bis eulOgies condemn him. The blHcl
republicans call bin ''copperhead. ""msdman.
Traitor" What has he donei
| He has done no worse than 10 open the door I,
peace, over whose threshold all might pass will
honor. and beyond which lay stretched a bound
less future Of prosperity. concord and fraternity
he man is as honest and as patriotic as he i
bold and skillful; and coueeiving it to be his dut
TO remove, not 10 create. difficulties in the wa
Of peace, be offered to the toe the only terms tha
were certain TO dissrm resentment, to cultivat
| good feeling and 10 restore the union 70 th
foundation upon which il was built In dom
that, he has obstructed the course Of fanaticism
ne has impeded the progress Of centrsliz alton
| aud has revealed means OF peace 100 simple
| certain and expeditions to suit the purposes O
! those whose power depends on the control Of Vas
| armies, and the machinery of war. From TIN
hour be Is TO be prosecuted man until the pee
pie realize how much in the act that has brongh
| him into disfavor. he has been their friend Ne,
| York News