New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-27
TIKI TINES CORRESPONDENCE AND
GEN. SHERMAN.

GEN. SHERMAN.
A Washington Dispatch yesterday referred to
recent letter from the Richmond Cores
pendent of The London Times, in relation to
Gen. Sherman, which had been a subject Of dis
cussion in Cabinet Meeting at Washington.
I The course of Gen. Sherman in his negotiations
/ with Gen. Johnston had, it is assumed, giycnu-
portancc to this letter as supplying possible if
not probable, solution of the motives by which he
was governed. In other words. to put it plainly,
the assumption is that Gen. Sherman may pos
sbly be traitor and intended, in the terms
granted 10 Johnston, TO betray the Republic If
lot to establish himself as Dictator. Ii there
| is the slightest ground for suppositon 80
startling it should, Of course, be made public.
For iorewarnod is forearmed The American
people viii never submit 70 Military
Dictator if they have time to prepare
for defense: and there be the slightest reason for
appreheudng any such attempt on the pan OF
any man, or any body OF men, it is the duty Of
| whoever has any knowledge 0. il to proclaim 1t
] TO the world in the plainest terms without pre-
| varcaton or innuendo.
! The letter in question was written, 1t should
be remembered, by man, whoever he may be-,
whose business il was and always has been to
put the best face possible upon the Affairs OF the
Southern Rebellion, to serve, first, his masters
in London, and second, his ConfederateS in
Richmond. To support its falling fortunes
necessarily taxed his ingenuity TO the utmost,
and il is, at least, not strange that he should
! look about him for some evidence some
vh,ro to prove that though the Rebel
i should be suppressed, As he must
ION announce that it actually was,
that peace, ne verthelcss. would not follow
hut that anarchy would. II the cause OF the
Rebels were ruined he hoped to show that that
| of tie Union and tie Republic could not be
saved. Ills first assumption, therefore, Is, az a.
foregonc conclusion, that the Government would
be usurpcd by Military Dictator. His sym
patty with the Rebels would naturally enough
dictate the wish and the cxpectation. He says:
The long arrest Of Grant before Richmond will
barely be COMPENSATED 10y bis capture al that city. ~
Teo shoud eventually be- forced 10 cvacuatc H. r IL,
Will b. attributed more 10 The strategy OF sherman than
the coercion of Grant. SlrrnaH, uiiil tp veeks
Of mis- time nay By possiby b. datoera' AZ ms con
HeA taf 10 oOacesrbs c0HcaisHloa AZ eireAmssnoes
ran. ~ ny Jld9meH place ms o'oTa bPon ne h.id 81
Grant II will. tb rrfre as have snld be- profitable 10
study The character OF Sherman oa best guide 10 The
possible shape OF tie future"
Either Grant or Sherman were TO snatch the
reins Of Government, and Sherman was to be
the man, because the military situation would
leave him the most power. A sketch of Gen.
Sherman's life then naturally follows, with this
declaration Of his sympathy with the South al
the outbreak of the Rebellion Of the truth of
which there must he some better evidence than
the assertion OF Rebel correspondent Of The
London Times, before il will be accepted
"In January. ls6l when the war between the two
sections was mnnestly coming, Sherman resigned his
Office in Louisiana president Of the Louisiana Military
State Academy end approached Gen. Bragg WIN a
view 10 taking leave ~ Lin. He said to Gen. Bragg
i see psiny that Is at hand. Educatedl
as soldier, / cannot remain In thel
South without taking up arms and do not
see my way to fighting against NY own kinsncn from
Ohio: but, como what my no human consider uIOn-
no human CONTAMINATION. Bragg told me that
Sherman repeated these words twice)-Wi ever induce
me to take up sganst tie south Tie South has
know many grievances 10 complain of. and shall
80 to Ohio with view to instructng my countrynen
about them.
The writer of the letter then follows Sherman
through his campaigns, making, OF course, al
constructive argument in favor OF his own
curious hypothesis, dwelling especially upon
tho fact that Sherman encountered little opposi-
! ton in his march through Georgia, but care
Iully conccaling the other fact that there
was little opposition because there were
| few opponcnls. We need not remind our read
ers of tho CONSERVATION that triumphal march,
occasioned throughout the South, nor of the
momentous consequences which have flowed
from it. That portion of the letter is not worth
the room it would occupy. itproceeds:
l "Hut reyertng once more TO sherman, may re.
mark thnt his long residence in the South has taught
him 10 dsclaim any intention Of carrying on be-
hall of the poor llshed, degraded slave. out OIL
whom Mrs Stove has manufactured melodramatic|
fame of which the incidents OF tins war have already
made her conntrymcn ashamed. Possibly In common
with every other intelligent man, sherman may think
that the abolition OF Slavery would be boon To the
south but does not seem to think that IL would be
boon 10 the slave AT any rate, sherman has always
boun great dsnclnatinn 20 admitting negro soldiers
his ranks whatever allegations to to contrary may
be made by Journals. to which he gives little hosd
am informed that he forbade recently any junction
between his own troops and those which Gen Foster
commands the South Carolina coast aud which con
sists principally OF negroes
an in the Armageddon which seems approach
ing Gen Sherman gets the South down, 1t may
confidently be predicted that DIS politics viii be more
in harmony with those Of Gen Lee than those Of Prcs
dent Lincoln. Mr.. Lincoln has found him hitherto al
very valuable frisndt Is possible that before the
end comes he will find him still more danger.
GUS enemy. During this war, j have seen mol
man who seemed to me to possess much Of The tent