New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-03
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Grant aud Abrrvna

Sherman may be a great general. The Yam
tes certainly mink that be- Is the rt 81 their com
a anders E,en the fires Of the L,cutena enera
have paled beside the spendor Of Shermans achieve
ment- While they talk now OF shermans exalted
genius bis brilliant movements his profound strategy
they find aptsr comparison for Grant tLan that
| Of obstinate mastK siubbornly tenacious of his
bone They are beginning indeed 10 discover thar
Grant is something Of humbug. The idea has been
forcing IT, way into their minds since those dis
asrruus battles Of last Spring ana summer from the
Wilderness 10 Petersburg which the Lieutenant
General, backed by Stanton, had the Impotence 10
claim series of magnificent victories. by the let
June by the 9Th Of July by the st Of September by
the Ides OF November by Christmas Day Grant was 10
bc In possession Of the Confederate Capital But the
stipulated and passed away, and still the
Yankee army after gaining unparalleled victories and
executing extraordinary maneuNers. lay wesred and
exhausted beyond the dcicnses Of Petersburg But not
the same army which had crossed the Rapid with
Haunting banners and flashing bsyonets in tho merry
month OF May.
That army then boosted to be double the strength Of
the Confederate force confronting H. had long since
melted away before the wiihrring fires Of the lder
and Spotsy lnia Court House and Cold liarbor
Hundredday men. and garrs0ns Of distant forts and
dearly purchased recruits and stolen negroes had twice
replaced the veteran troops who commenced the
paign with halcyon anticpatons Of marching straight
INTO Capto square When the Yankees found that all
Grants splendid victories bore the fruits Of defeat
when they counted up the losses Of the campaign
| and found them 10 reach In virginia alone, the
enormous aggregate OF $4,000 men, the truth began
10 dawn upon their souls. They slowly but surely mp
preached the conclusion that Grant had been playing
The charlatan and stanton the liar.
And at last when one Of their cherished favor.
tes-a general who had participated In The campaign
aud knew its PLAN boldly declared that Grant had been
oufeeneraled from first to last and congratulated him.
self on being the hero of the Zig Bethel defeat and the
Fort Fisher GGsco rather than of those brilliant victories
of the Wilderness and Spots, |, ana and Peters burg
doubt grew into dstrus and distrust was succeeded
by conviction very different from that which had re
emily peryadcd tie Yankee mind in regard to the
Lieutenant. ienersl. There very open denuncin
lions Of Grant. There Is still remaining good deal Of
boastfu ntterance concerning his skill ana ability. But
there IL none Of that passionate aduation which
exhibited in the earlier stages Of the campaign
Of that determined prophesyiDg Of speedy capture
II Richmond by means at his Immediate command. II
IL sad but IL Is true that the yes VI the Yankee nation
ore turned elsewhere
They have been convinced that II Richmond IL 10 fall
at all some other hand than Grants IL 20 strike tho
blow that II tho Rebellion TO be crushed. the result
Ia 10 be obtained by other plan than that OF yio
lent and spasmOdc assaults succeeded by long inter.
walls OF inert lassitude. Sherman IL their new hero lie
has risen N popular favor AS Grant has fallen; lie Is
him The populsce bubble Of him. Orators eipeDd on
him profusest stores Of rhetoric All Yankee land Is
brcaihlcss with expectation and waiting to hear that
he has emerged nom the depths Of the Carohas with
Beauregafd and all his army capiyes aud Lee sup
plant his feet. or "A fugitive 10 the mountains And
what foundation u there for this remarkable faith
Has Sherman ever done anything 10 justify ~ Or II
not ne great nm inpostor Grant. viii e not prove 10
be as great "a iauref 49,
IL is certain that sherman Is an educated soldier
yersed in the technlcaltics OF MS prOcsIoD anu IN
such Of ts theories as may be CLEANED from books But
u he tho military genius that he Is supposed to be. uni
yersaly at the North and very generally at the South
II So where Is the proof Gun any one name battle
that sherman has besides the partial engage
ment AZ Jonesboroughi Can any name another
battle thnt he has ever fought excepting the battle Of
Cbickasaw Bayou in which ho was disssrously de.
fented by Gen. stephen d. Lee with vastly Inferior
forest The engagements with Gen Johnston, from
Dalton 10 Atlanta do not rank battles aud even in
these he was always defeated the immediate field.
The popunr opinion Of sherman s, that he is marked
bv great energy aud activity OF conduct and decision ol
purpose We believe that his military history proves
usthe reverse. lie Is especially remarkable for eau.
lion and for canton extremely circumspect. that
IL invariably produces yacllaiion aud tmidity just
where ~ General OF genius would exhibit decision and
celebrity
Witess his march across Mississippi at the head of
n mag nilcent army, destined for the occupation OF
Monigom and selma disaster 10 his cavalry
canscd him 10 hesitate and tnrn back inst upon the
borders OF The promised land VI Alabama Witness,
too. his hesitancy ana doubt Ia Georgia. even when
thoro was no army TO oppose him. We could say Ike
wise witness his present movement did we mol reiin
from fear of giving information which the enemy are
an,ious 10 OBTAIN One thing, however We will say
when the history Of this campaign comes Ia BIO wrtn,
IL will be seen that sherman bas displayed Done Of he