Evening star., 1865-04-24
THE EVENING STAR.
WAnHINQTON CITYs
ioNDAY ............. APRIL 81, 1856

SHERMAN 8 PIAsCO- IN sTATEsMANsHIP.
We were on Saturday morning in possession
or all the details concerning the agreement
made by Sherman on the 10th instant with Joe
Johnston. The authorities, however, for gooo
and SUN hcient reasons, desired that no pub
Ncity should bs msde OF the matter q tnat
time That Is, in advance of the contemplated
ofdcial FORMULATION of the facts SO grouped as
that the pu ublic could at once correctly compre
hend ali the points involved. OF course we
respected this very proper suggestion.
A perusal OF the Secretary's bulletin upon
the subject will instantly satisfy all loyal men
OF the wisdom Of the Governments action In
the premises. To have acceded to the terms so
adroiuy wheedled out of Gen. Sherman by
Joe Johnston and the arch conspirators ut his
elbow, would have been to have remitted the
leaders Of the rebellion back to all their oppor.
turities TO control and mislead the southern
popular mind including that OF preserving
the institution OF elavery in the southern States
through action of pro-rebel Legislatures and
State conventions guaranteed In unlimited au.
thority over the subject by the terms extracted
from Sherman as explained above.
AL this would have in the end completely
nullifed the legitimate results ofGrant's, ,Sher-
mans, Sherioan's and Thomas's late victories
IN the he!d And it would have accomplished
ina. calamitous mischief only for the benefit
Of the individuals at the South who are Justly
responsible to God and the nation for all the
horrors, losses and cost OF this needless and
unjustidable war.
While the whole policy OF the late Pres-
dents administration, and the entire record Of
President Johnson, guarantee due considera-
tlon and unstiDted mercy towards the masses
OF the South, both sternly reprooate the idea Of
remitting the Southern people to the leadership
and control OF Jefferson Davis, Howell Cobb,
Extra Billy Smith, Lawrence NJ. Keitt and the
rest OF the astute original conspirators.
The sentiment OF the nation, as we'll as the
public safety, demands that these traitorous
and upgrateful Southern leaders shall fnd no
spot within the limits Of the United States
whereon TO rest the soles Of their feet The
cause OF the restoration of the Union demands
that they be. one and all, surely exiIed. Else,
generations may pass away ere the minds of
the southern masses can be brought back to
that state Of hearty loyalty necessary to insure
peace, and the homogeneity OF sentiment
throughout the South requisite to make us one
people again. in fact, as we'll as In name.
With these leaders exiled, this may be swift.
ly accomplished. With them again controlling
State legislatures and State governments, and
IN Congress, no man now living would see the
Union thoroughly restored. Hence the wisdom
and patriotism OF the Presidents prompt dis.
approval of the brave Sherman's thoughtless
though well.meant assumption Of the func.
tions OF the statesman, of which he is evident.
iy as ignorant, and to the proper discharge OF
which he is as manifestly incompetent, as he Is
accomplished and successful in discharging
the duties Of the general in the field.