Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-06-12
General sherman in Chicago-his In
Anqeenl.


day and attended the Sanitary Fair. The
citizens of that populous city turned out 70
give the General an enthusiastic greeting.
After the Mayor of the city had betittingly
welcomed the l1eneral to the city, saluta-
Z tory poem was read, when General SHER-
MAN made the following patriotic response !:
~ Thank YOU, sir, for the kind welcome
you have given me to-day, and to the gem
tleman who read the poem also tender my
thanks. l can hardly hope that my voice
will reach yon recess, and, II those VINO are
near me can only hear the few words pro-
pose TO address to you, that Is all that ask.
am not man of words, and deeds can
only be recorded by others not by the ac-
tors themselves, for we see not the scenes
/ remote, we see not what occurs behind us,
but simply the limited space in front OF our
eyes. / have been far away from you, but
my feelings have been here quite as much
as though my body had been within the
limits of Chicago. My sphere of action lay
away off in the South. l had with me your
brothers aud your sons. aud never want
better hackers in anything. lApplausse,
long continued, and voices, 'Hurrah lot
Sherman Didn't they do it &c.l can re-
call, among those hackers, men OF Chicago,
armed with stronger arguments than mere
words or letters-armed with the twenty-
FOUNDER and the twelve pounder,, whlcn
I speak, in language which cannot DC mis-
taken, the only voice with which men
arrayed in arms against us are to, be
addressed, and the only means man can
use when reason loses its sway to convince.
Now all is passed! Now all is peace from
here to the gull, and you, gentlemen, know
better than can tell what your duties have
become. Instead Of destroying, you must 6ustd
up. Instead Of insulting, you must encourage.
Prolonged applanse.] Instedd Of destr(yihg,
you must aid those loilling TO assist US IN 0ultdg
up a land so diversified as ours, You cannot
expect the people of Louisiana to feel as
you do, nor those who live in the Carolinas.
(Cheers.] All parties have their prejudlces,
aud you must. and should, respect them as
they respect yours. With that simple cati-
ton there is no danger of the peace we now
enjoy being disturbed during our life time,
aud we can leave the future to our children.
[Long continued applause.l . a. h.f
Ladies' and gentlemen, / thank you for
this manifestation of kindness, and assure
you l reciprocate the feeling. | have TO
stay in Chicago a few days, and during that
time will be pleased to see one and all OF
you in such manner as you choose"
[Cheers. r. .y. ..N ..aFl"
The General feels that he has done his
duty as General; he has done so; and there
fore, he can say with proprlety, as he did in
his Chicago speech, to his countrymen:
"You know better than can tell you what
your duties have become. Instead of Destroy
ing, you must build up. Instead ofinsulting,
you must encourage" and this sentiment
was received not with simple applause
merely, but with "prolonged applause" u
President JOHNSON CheclSmntes
the Radicals in their own Meet
ing. .s-. ..,u uu .sf
The Neu York Herald says that President
JOHNSON checkmated the Radicals who last
Wednesday night got up meeting at the
Cooper Institute, ostensibly to pledge him
support; but in reality to further their own
interests and to dictate a policy to him.
Gen. GRANT they invited to draw crowd.
The General was reluctant to attend. They
secured his attendance through the inter-
vention OF the President. In reference to
what occurred at the meeting The Herald
gives this account:
If there was any doubt as to the temper
and object of the audience, that doubt must
have been removed by the reception of those
politicians who attempted to address them.
The moment that Mr.. Dickinson COM
menced his speech there was universal
demand for Grant. Scriptural Dick ranted,
scolded, quoted poetry, tried to be comical
and then m0urnful, but 1t was OF no use.-
Il ,aIl la1 IN fri.c tfNG
Grant who was received with indescribable
enthusiasm. One of the orators of the oc-
casion declared that 1t was no use to attempt
to speak as long as the soldiers were on the
platform, and General Grant was immedi-
ately taken out of the back door. Dickin
son then endeavOred to conclude his speech,
but the people refused to listen and called
for Logan. Mr.. Dickinson finally gave up
in despair, made way for the heroes of the
war, and saved the balance of his speech
for some other occasion. General Logan
adopted every possible device to avoid
making speech, but speech they
would have. When he commenced,
instead of the confusion which greeted
the politicians, he Il. was listened to
with marked attention, and every word
that he uttered carefully weighed. Instead
of following the theory marked out In the
resolutions, aohich ,oere expressly acorded to
dictate policy on reconstruction and negro
suffrage to President johnson, he boldly an
nOuneed tte Presidents real policy on those
points He refuted the theories Of the radi-
Gals, aud sodS dppiduded to the encore at every
step. There were, it is true, one or two
feeble attempts on the part of the pOliti-
clans to hiss, but they were Immediately
frOwned down. The reception which he
received proved concluSiyelv that he smoke
the sentiments of the people. The resolu-
tiOns they refused to.listen to, while they
paid the closest attention to every word
that General Logan uttered. His speech,
therefore, and not the resolutions rep
resents the sentiments of the meeting. In
short, the politicians attempted to giorify
themselves and dictate policy to Presi-
dent Johnson underthe shadow of our mil
itary heroes. But it resulted in their being
completely foiled in the latter--totally
eclipsed and lost sight of in the enthusiasm
for the Generals. President JohDson'spol-
icy was fully indorsed in spite of the poll
ticians, and their radical resolves ignored.
Neverwere schemes of polticianslso dis
astrously spoiled, or the pollcy Of Chief
Magistrate so emphatically approved. The
managers of the demonstration saw their
mOrtifying defeat and the dilemma in which
they had placed themselves, and were glad
to adjourn as soon as possible. The Presi-
dent, in sending Generals Grant and Logan
here, checkmated the Chase radicals in their
schemes at their own meeting, and extin-
guished them In this locality. ~ Q III, 40
The Weldon House, Mansfield.
We are glad to know that this fine Hote
Is doing An excellent business, 1t is In the