Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-20
RUTLAND ii ERALD.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER IA, 1866.
General Sheridan's Report.


In his annual report TO the General of
the armies OF the United States, gallant
little Phil. Sheridan makes sad havoc on
the Presidents policy regarding Mexico,
and his charges on the executive are as
impetuous and crushing as those which
won him his name and fame upon the
rebel hordeS of Early in the Shenandoah
Valley, Gen, Sheridan is also charsc.
terSticaly outspoken in regard "a the
Presidents completely with rehel Gov
errors in the southern States, AMI makes
no effort to conceal that officials bastard
ly connivance at schemes to crush out
the Union sentiment in those States
To dealing with Mexican affairs he
does nor conceal ais sympathy with
She Liberal cause. The French occupa-
ton he considers part Of the rebellion;
and he expresses the opinion that, had
the withdrawal Of the Imperial forces
been demanded on that ground, it would
have been granted, and the miseries OF
avoided The history OF Imperialism in
Mexico he pronounces only the history
OF the buccaueer Morgan repeated on a
more extended scale. Nearly every
newspaper, and the sentiment OF large
portion OF the population of the rebel
States, he found in sympathy with
Naximllian, and the usurper's army was
recruited by rebel soldiers until he put q
stop TO emigration to Mexico from the
ports in his command. The Cardova
emigration scheme be declares TO have
been gotten mp for the purpose Of form
ing q "MaXimillian- American party"
composed Of "Confederates" entertain
ing hostility to the Government. Our
war being FOR the vindication Of repub-
licanism on American soil, he declares
that that vindicatiOn could not be COM
plete until Macmillan was compelled 10
leave. The temporiziDg policy of the
Administration, however, permitted him
to remain for eighteen months after the
rebellion was subdued, furnishing an
asylum to rebels, and keeping alive the
rebel spirit.
His discussion of affairs in Texas and
Louisiana is equally pointed. On as
suming command of the Department of
the Gulf, be found, in Texas, Governor
Hamilton, whose standard of loyalty
was adherence of the rebellion and
glory in its defeat" while that OF his
successor, Gov. Throckmorton, was,
pride in the rebellion-that it was
a righteous but lost cause, being over
powered by the Federal forces" One
was clamorous for troops for the pro-
lection OF loyal men and freedmen; the
other was equally clamorous for the re-
moval OF all troops out of the State.
Both OF these representatives of the
civil law, entertaining opposite stand
ards Of loyalty" says General Sheridan,
a was required to support" This is a
fair illustration Of the policy of PreSi-
dent johnson, and forcibly illustrates
the kind Of service required Of military
commanders in the rebel States. Of the
affair at Brennan, Texas, In July last
he makes this brief mention, accom-
panied by significant expression of
opinion
ITO give you an instance Of this two
soldiers were shot at Brenham, Texas
about two months ago; they were IN
armed and offered 20 provoCatjou, The
grand jury could fnd no bill against
their wOuld-be ,assassps, but found
aiil against Brevet Major Smith, Seven
teenth Infantry, for burglary, because
he broke into the housr of some ctsizen
n his attempt to arrest these men
My owa opinion is that the trial OF
white man for the murder Of freed
man IN Texas, would me- q farce aud in
making this state ment I make { because
truth compeIs me, ana tOy 40 other
reason"
In Louisiana, Gov. Wells began oy
tOurting aud p&tronizing rebels but
soon found himself poweress in the
hands of a rebel Legislature and the
very men whom he had appointed TO
Office. This state of affairs "culminated
in the massacre of the S0th of July" AS
to the powerlessness'of the civil auth0ri-
ties 10 Louisiana General Sheridan bears
the following testimony, which is fully
sustained by the events Of July last, and
the fact that not q single actor in the
anti convention riot has been brought to
Justice
81 had believed for some time past
that safety Of life and property did not
rest with the civil authorities when
there was any great disturbing cause"
And yet to-day no man is more re-
sponsible for the state of affairs in Texas
and Louisiana, so graphically described,
than Andrew Johnson.
EUROPEAN NEws.--Atlantic cable dis
patches from Europe to the 18th inst.
inform us that the Fenian troubles in
Ireland are increasing, and that more
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