The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-05-19
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ridge and Davis--and the long-cherished, deep.
seated animosity entertained by certain parties
toward Gen. Sherman has at length found vent.
Anathemas, mnltitudinous and multifariohs,
have been and will continue to,be hurled at
his devoted head. His adversaries (for So ch
they are haye not nor, will they fail to seize,
with morbid avidity, any occasion to impair
If possible, the brilliant reputation he has SO
honorably, go bravery won. The radical press
throughout, the country, already teeming with
abuse, has sought, by base insiuuations, to
ldefame and degrade him, in the eyes not only
Of our own people but throughout the civilized
world. Stanton, q the immaculate save
the maIk-has issued his denunciatory and sin
lister bulletins in his heart and the
hearts Of ultraists generally, there is an innate
ardent desire that is now doing all in its. power
to "crush Sherman" And if experience has
taught them, anything truly, we may imagine
that they are not inadequate to the perform
ance of the delightful task. 4an . aal 2j
!; You, and doubtless many Of your readers,
will remember letter written last spring or
summer by Gen. Sherman to certain eMassa-
chusetts recruiting agent. That letter was
anything but q sweet morsel to the ultraists at
the North, and particularly in .Yankesdom.
Nevertheless as things then were they had to
submit to it-they were necessarily forced to
swallow it, for Atlanta was not yet in our pos
session Georgia had not yet been desolated-
Savannah had not capitnlated Charleston was
not yet evacuated Johnston with D large army
was between Dalton and Atlanta, and Sherman
was needed then, to perform the great work
he has since accomplished. Bravely, honor.
ably, Systematically and thoroughly has he per-
formed it; and say, without hesitation, that
we have no military leader, save Grant, who
could have accomplished the same great and
lasting results in the same space of time, with
less loss to his army, or with as little ex-
pense to the government. Yes! it required the
brain Of Sherman to crush the rebellion and
his march from Atlanta to Raleigh did it. Was
It NOT his presence at Raleigh, with that grand
and noble army of his, that knows but to 60
and do, as he directs, that compelled Lee to
eyacuate Richmond, when he did? 20
Penetrating into the very heart of the South,
he destroyed everything before him, that could
be of any assistance to the rebel army he sub
sisted his army ION the country," thus con-
suming the supplies as he marched along and
so proceeded not in Georgia, alone, but in
South Carolina the mother Of secession also.
would that the fanatics and croakers, who
have raised their voices in condemnation of
the greatest military chieftain and genius of
the age, could have been with him at Atlanta
on the 22d and 2Sth of July last year, or at
Jonesboro in the latter part of August and first
of September. / would that they had been
with him even at Dalton or Resaca at the be-
ginning of the campaign, or that they had
climbed with him the rugged sleeps of Kene-
saw! We should then know what kind of
stuff their souls are made, Of! But no they
had not the patriotism, the manhood, to do as
he has done, or as those composing his army
have done-give up everything for the benefit,
the preservation, the salvation Of his and their
country. They are fit only for the positions
they have assumed, and it is doubtless second
nature to them by this time to decry those
whom they are not capable of appreciating, or
who may differ with them in political opinion,
for herein lies the secret of the whole matter.
Gen. Sherman is not a .titusatic! He is not a
radical But he is a true and fervent lover of
his country. He is q brave, true, maguani.
nous and devoted soldier, and to him the ma
ton owes its lasting gratitude. All! they
feared his great and increasing popularity.
which might proye.a source of exceeding an
noyance to them In coming days, because of A
difference in political views For this reason
they have sought diligently and watched long
for an opportunity to strike at his lasting and
worldwide fame, but never, with even shad-
ow of success, until upon the present, unhappy
occasion.
defence, without any explanation, and without
knowledge OF the circumstances prompting
his action in the premises, they have presumed
to sit in Judgment upon his acts, and to nro.
nounce the sentence of condemnation. Thev
know not the man whose character and rem,
tation they have 30 ruthlessly assailed.
Bot, thank God! all are not so ionor.n.
He is known, at least, by that gallant. gallant
band who have been with him thronoh en-
many bard fought battles, on so many lone
in him is unlimited and unwaverinp.
Let these ungrateful panderies to partv t;as
and party feelings continue their abuse. II will
not shake the soldiers confidence IN Ger"-ai
Sherman. They have seen him too off, On ,h e.
bloody field where death shots rolling thicE
and fast moved him not. They have seen
him when enduring the hardships of a vearv
march they have seen him on the len1shyy
campaign, with little transportation. and be.css
devoid Of even,l the limited comforts of csn,,s
Mother earth has often been his couch *.
canopy his covering. We have soma =, -
immediate midst who have seen him amid the
trials and vicissitudes incident to life IN th,
tented 1eld, and they know how nobly he has
frmness of purpose, with fidelity to the in
terests of the nation--that has never been snr-
passed and, hardly, If ever equaled throuehont
these years of war and bloodshed. When sskeS
on certain occasion if Sherman would serve
under McClernand. "Yes !" said General Grant
SHERMAN will serve under NcC lernand. y obi
yea Sherman would serve -uuder-apV man.
whom the government might see fit to place