, 1865-04-24


opinion in that partJ are responsible for tht
! murder.
>UERmAK,S ASTONISHING sGRRE
MRNT.
Our readers will peruse the agreement
| made between General Sherman aud the rebe
Joc E. Johnston, On the 18Th inst, with seu
cations Of amazement and modification bui
they Will feel relieved to learn, from thu
same dispatch, that President Jonnso4
promptly and unhesitatlns}y repudlated it
| ind instantly dispatched Gen. Grant to com.
mand Of the army in North Caro1ina, and
close out the war in that State. Our Wash
ington dispatch states that the action o.
Gen. Sherman was instantly disapproyed By
| the President, Secretary Of War, Lieut.. Gen
Grant and every member Of the Cabinet, and
that Gen. Sherman was ordered to resume
hcstinties Immediately. We should not bl
| surp,ieed to learn that he had been snperced.
| cd tor making this shocking blunder.
\ General Sherman has been completely over.
reached and outwitted By Joe Johnston and
| Br.ckinridge- The itnpulslEe soldier is no
match for these willy diplomats. They have
/! scduced him into putting his name to IN
agreement, and pltdging himself TO obtai,,
the necessary authority to carry it out
which, in effect, recognizes the independence
Of the so-called Southern Confederacy. At
the moment the rebellion is crushed to the
carth ard at Its last gasp: when it can re.
sist no longer and must die; when its trai
tozous leaders are flying for their lives, Gen,
Sherman signs contract in the name
Of the United States, allowing the rebel
armies TO return to the cap|tals nj
their respective States with military organ.
izations intact. taking with them all their
arms and munitions; and when having ar
rived they arc not required to turn over their
equipments to the Federal government. but
simply to deposit them in their rcspectir.
State arsena!s-these arms and munitions 10
be afterwards used by the rebels "for th..
maintenance Of peace and order" in their
S;atesi
But this is not the worst Of this yrctcAed
business. Gen. Sherman pledges himself
that the President Of the United States shall
recognize the severalrebcl State Governments.
aud allow them to exercise all the poyers
enjoyed By the Governors and ler;sla
turcs Of loyal States! He fusther1nors
pledges himself that rebels Of all grades
in all the rebel States, leaders as
we'll as followers, shall receive complet.
amnesty and te "guaranteed a1l the poli.i
"cal rights and franchises as well as tbei,
rights Of person and property" now en-
joyed By the people Of the 1,yal States. He
also pledges himself that no traitor--JcH
Davis Inclusive. shall ever be disturbed by
the Executive authority, "by reas,n Of the
late war;" and lastly he pledges himself ..to
<,btain the necessary authority to ca.rv out
The above programme!'
There has been no period Of the war since
the battle Of Bull Run when our Government
would latify such bargain with the rebels.
At this time every ono Of Gen. Sherman's
propositions is wholly inadmissible. His
agreement sets aside the conlscatsop acts
It Congress and the amnesty proclamation ol
President Lincoln. which refused to pardon
the leaders OF the rebellion. Sherman's agree
ment, if carried into effect, re.establishcs
slavery in all the seeded States
and rullIles the Emancipation Pro:
lamation. It also recognizes III,
legality Of the t1aitorous State officers aui
legislatures, Of the rebel States, and voult
authorize them to send back to Congress III.
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ttrms with the rebels, it would prov.
but brief hollow truce. It wouli
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