The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-07-14
Gen. Sherman's Speech at Home-He
Advises the Abolitionists of Wiscon-
SIN to Mind their own Business.
Lancaster. Ohio. June 26

Lancaster, Ohio, June 26.
Major General w. fisherman arrived
at his home on Saturday last, June "a.
lie was received at he depot by several
thousand of his friends and neighbors, and
escorted to bis residence by large nun
Der OF returned veterans, under command
of Colonel J. Stafford, Of the l7Slh Ohio
regiment. Hon. II. II. Hunter delivered
the address of welcome Gu the part Of the
citizens, and Col John NJ. Cornell. on the
part Of the soldiers.
Gen. Sherman (being received With three
cheers) replied as follows:
Friends o: my boyhood II thank you
for this most hearty welcome. l am es-
pecially thankful for The kind words of
the tried and valued friend of my family,
MIR. Hunter, and for the warmth with
which Col. ConnelI and the soldiers have
received me. With the latter can deal
with very few words, for they know that
with US words are few, and mean much,
and that when the times come again, we
will 60 where the stars and stripes lead,
without asking many questions. Cheers
My old friends and neighbors, l know your
fathers before you better than yourselves
for it is near thirty years since left here
boy, and now, in full manhood, | frd
myself again among you, with name
connected with the history OF our country.
During the past four years my mind has
been 80 intent upon bu. one thing-the
success of our arms-ibat have thought
of nothing else. claim no special hon
or, only to have done full mans share
for when ones country is in danger, the
man who Ell not defend it, and sustain
it, with bis natural strength, is no man at
all. CHEERS For this claim no special
merit, for | have done simply what all the
boys in blue have done. have only lab
ored with the strength OF single man,
and have used the brain. l inherited and
the education given by my country. The
war through which We have just passed
has covered wide area of country, and
imposed upon US task which, like vast
piece of machinery, required many parts,
all OF which were equally important to the
working of the whole. Providence assign
ed me my part, and, if have done it,
am well satisfied. The past is now with
the historian, but We must still grapple
with future. In this We need a guide,
and, fortunately for US all, We can trust
the constitution which has safely brought
us through the gloom and danger of the
past. Let each state take care of it's own
local interests and affairs, Ohio of hers,
Louisiana of hers, Wisconsin Of hers, and
| believe the best results will follow. Yon
all know we'll that ] have lived much at
the South, and say that though We have
been bitter and fierce enemies in war. we
mus. trust this people again in peace.
The bad men among them will separate
from those who ask for order and PEACE,
and when the people do thus separate, We
can encourage the good, and it need be,
we can cut the head Of the bad off at one
blow. Let the present take care of the
present, and with the faith inspired by the
past, we can trust the future to the future
The Government of the United States and
the Constitutions of our fathers have pro-
ven their strength and power in time of
war, and we can safely trust them now in
peace; and l believe our whole country
Will be even more brilliant in the vast
and unknown future than in the past"