The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-11-20

Wc clip the following article from the New
York A,r~nry. ~ j. prsfxel by a cut II n
very frorlous looking lcr.on. with face or
namented With a wilderness u hair. The
frame q the picture j. decorated VITA chains.
manacles. rope and noosss. We DO not con-
cur entirely with the Mercury. We dislike the
rudcnes- and cosr-cnes- q IT. language in
talking about kicking an officer who has many
friends out II the army.
IEwis WALLACE.
Major General IeWis ~ allace. or Lew Wal
lace. he T. commonly called has a -ort n
Popularity which j. by no means the genuine
article. lie l. popular among those who adj
mire Ira-.. b0mha.t. ani pretensiOn. and who
think that -ers ility o. the War Department in
any Kind ~ hu-inD-. j. the beet mark of good
General. We cannot indorse this kind II pop
ularity We do not consider ~ lasting. We hold
that 10 H. e--f nfiHiiN bogus. but still. our
readers might like o. -. The face and hear
something ~ tn l.f, % Ia man who presides
over military commissions. we make room in
our gallery for ailace'. photograph.
WallAc was born in Fountain county, Indi-
ana. Ia the year i--,S. and T.. consequently.
about hirty--rtcu YEAR uf age. lli- father
was the late Governor Wallace, II Indiana.
Lew studied law with his father. and learned
n much Of 10 a. wa- practicable under the cir
cilmstances. lie always knew more 81 politics
than 81 law. however alt Ough he practicod
for awhile al oraw for,i~siile. Mhen the Mex
lean War broke out, ne went with the frst
Indiana Volunteers. holding the rather orna-
mental position of second lieutenant. There 4
no record Of any 81 hi- exploits during the
campaign. Wallace came home a. wise a sol-
dier n before hc left Charlottesville. and re-
summed 70 practice 81 his profession.
Amer having served for a single term as
state senator. Lew Wallace held the Office Of
Adjutant General Of Indiana. when the recent
rebellion commenced. In Iesjl he accepted the
, C0l0nelcy Of the Indiana /0uayes, and started
for Western Virginia. Before proceeding 10
the seat Of war. hc made his men knecl down
and take an oath Ia remember JEFF. Davis. be-
cause Davis had commented severely upon
I " allace'- conduct al Buena Vista. This
theatrical performance exhibits the character
Of the man. If JEFF. Davis were 10 be tried
before him he would certainly condemn the
rebel chief. no matter what the law or evidence
might be-, ON account Of the old Buena Vista
trouble. However, when the /ouayes once
got into the army. and under the command Of
. "A competent General, they behaved splendidly.
At ROmney the fought exceedingly WELL At
the close Of their three months service. they
were recognized and went 10 Missouri.
Wallace was promoted 10 Brigadicr General
Of volunteers, on the 81 Of september. 1861.
and had "A command at smithland. Kentucky.
lie served i'm Grants army at DOnelsOn. He
was made "A Major General in March, lsl,2. lie
I took part in the battle of shiloh. and General
Grant threatened 10 cOurt-martial him for his
conduct there; hut the matter was hushed up
/ in some way. Probably the political influence
/ that had gained for him such a rapid promo
4 ton was eXcrted 10 save him from exposure.
i At any rate, he was subsequently relieved BY
/ General Sherman from the command al Mem
/ phis. and ordered back 10 Ohio, where there
was no fighting. He il was who surrounded
4 Cincinnati with intrenchments when the rebel
/ forces advanced into Kentucky and Tennessee.
We believe that he was in command of the
/ Ohio Department when John Morgan. the reb-
el raider, made his famous escape.
Lew Wallace had now sunk into mere pO-
litcal General. He was made the President
Of the Court of Inquiry upon General Buell.,
and, OF course, reported against this General,
whom Grant considers TO be one Of the finest
and most scientific soldiers i'm the world. Gen.
Grants opinion Of Wallace NAV be- Judged
1 from the tact that, when Halleck ordered Wal
lace 10 report 10 Grant for duty, Grant ordered
him out Of the department, according 10 the
/ Cincinnati papers of that date. Wallace was
not in his element in the fighting department
but when he took command at Baltimore, i'm
/ March, 1864 he eltquite at home. The amount
Of bullying he did there. the newspapers he
suppressed, and the impudent and insOlent
letters he wrote, would have ruined a better
reputation than he had ever been able to
| achieve, and marked him AT once the tool of
stanton and the radicals.
| We pass over Wallace's brief mission To
( Texas, at the close of the war. lie did nothing
| there worthy Of record; but hurried home TO
the cOngenial work Of presiding over such
| military commissions a. that which tried the
assassins of President Lincoln and that which
has just tried WirZ. The guilt or innocence
Of the parties accused had nothing to do with
| these trials. The commissions We're instructed
| 10 convict, and they would have done so, even
had the evidence been weaker. The country
will not soon forget Walace's insulting and
| Oyerbearing manner toward the counsel in
both these eases. He committed more outrageS
upon the law and the liberty Of counsel and
I witnesses, than Jefiries ever did. Clad in a
little brief authority. he vamped, and funnel
| and bullied, in style that would have been
| resented, out of court, 10y knock-down blow
from the gentleman addressed. His whole con-
duct was shameful and undigniiied, unbecom-
Ing either an officer or a gentleman. We
trust that ne will be- kicked out Of the army
when he has finished the tasks set before him
and we leave his chastisement 10 public opin-
ion. which always carries right in the end
however il may be temporarily warped and
| preiudiced