The evening Argus., 1865-07-21
Gen. sherman i'm st. Louis.

and valuable remarks.
Gen. sherman I'm st. Louis.
Gen. Sherman was serenaded ct the Lin
dell House. st. Louis, on Monday evsnin
last, and after being introduced to the crowd
by VIM. M. Mcpherson. Esq, spoke - fol.
lows:
GENrLExEN-Be quiet and viii speak to
you few words.
have no doubt from the sounds / hear
that a good many of my old soldiers are down |
in the crowd, cheers and as they are very |
quick to pitch in when tell them. 1 hope |
they will be as obedient in keeping quiet, for |
il is a great strain for a voice to attempt to |
reach the limits of this vast crowd.
i was In hopes that you wouldlet Mr.. Nc
Pherson tell you the whole story-he would
save me some trouble. claim to be an older
citizen of ST. Louis than he gave me credit
for I came here 10 lS43 and then made the
circuit by way of New Orleans to Charleston,
from where came here. and now again re-
turn from the same place under slightly diff
ferent circumstances. Cheers and laughter,
| then travelled in steam boat to New Or
leans. from there TO Mobile, and up the river
| to Montgomery, by stage to Macon, and
| thence to Charleston (; this time | took some
friends along and we had nice time
Cheers and laughter.
But L know perfectly we'll that in this
| crowd, and throughout the city, almost in
| every house, is one of the men who went
with me who likes TO tell, and can tell, the
story better than / can; therefore, don't
intend to talk any more to you about it, or
TO strain my voice to tell you of the march
recently made from Atlanta TO the sea coast
and so on to Washington city. l would far
prefer to call your attention to the things
which surround you here in ST. Louis to the
advantage which you enjoy here; to the du
ties that dsvolye upon you, now that the
war is over; to the great future, undevel-
oped, which you must meet. The past is
gone you cannot mend it; all We have to
do now is TO record its history. The future
is yet for US to meet. That you and /, and
all of us, must meet, and meet it msnfully
and we'll. i hope no war is in reserve for
US, but there may be other dangers, labOrs
quite as important TO our country as war
the daily duties of a citizen, the labors of the
day. the duties of the week, month and year,
are just as important to the American people
as the war has been. You have cities and
railroads 70 build. commerce 10 extend, agri.
culture to develop. everything to do to build
up this great nation. A voice, And JEFF
Davis to hang."l Hang him M uch as you
please. Cheers On this subject, tell
my soldiers this A soldiers duty is to fight;
let the sheriff and jailOr do their executions ;
that is none of our business For my part,
/ and all our soldiers hold ourselves too high
ly to be mere hangmen. Here in ST. Louis
you have more advantage than IN any point
on the whole American continent. You have
three rivers coming together. you are the
centre of the best agricultural region In the
world, and almost in sight of the finest min
eral region IN the world / doubt not that
here, on this fair spot where We now stand,
is destined, probably TO be the second city of
America. You of this crowd must give form
and shape to this community growing up
A voice, 81 ask you this question, did the
Irish do their duty ?" Much confusion.
don't command q noisy crowd. The
general was evidently annoyed by the noise
and confusion of the crowd, and concluded
his speech substantially as follows:
Now, my fellow citizens, will conclude
oy saying that l am amongst you simply as
one of you. l am here on duty, but my du.
ties will call my mind to the distant regions
of the plains and the south. With you here
l have nothing but social relatiOns-thsse
will cultivate to the extent of my power, and
hope to be permitted to live a long time
among yon In peace and quiet, aud enjoy nv
books my leisure. and my friends. will
be happy to welcome you all as friends and
companions. For the present | can only bid
| ~ 6SSe hAkus ouu tuhuk yOu. Il THANK
you. .t- =
Amid cheers and cries of ego on" the
general disappeared from the balcony.
! The crowd were not to be got rid of in so
summary manner, but hung around the
Lindell as closely and persistently as did
Sherman to the fanks of Johnston on the
way from Chattanooga to Atlanta. and were
successful in finally forcing him to another
engagement.
In another short speech, the general wish.
ed the people OF Missouri pleasant season
and an abundant harvest, the speedy compile
ION of railroads aud building Of steamboats,.
complimented Missouri for the soldiers she
had sent to the field /; referred to the people
who are 90 loud in their talk about fighting,
but when they come to the test are just the
ones who don't want to fight; and concluded
by saying that for himself he did not wish to
tight any more, but was for peace in the fu-
ture
At this time the bells struck an alarm Of
ire, and, almost before the 6rst notes of the |
bell had ceased to reverberate upon the eve |
ming air. the steam FIRE engines missouri"
"Underwrite-." Union No. 2" and &c eneral /
Lyon" were whistling and putting under the
generals nose. giving him, as was the inten-
tion, an opportunity of witnessing the ad-
nirable promptness of the St Louis Fire
Department..