The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-02-14
Gen. George II. Thomas and the
3 3a next Presidennv

So '"NhhnaA Commercial OF
a recent date dilalel at lsngth upon
the fitness of Gen. THoMAs, for the
next Presidency. as fslioys
Tho people who ale distinctly au5
always FOR the National Goyernment
Of the United states, have coma 10
regard Gen. THgaAs with peculiar
pride, affection aud confidence. His
WtshiugtopiaA equi,oiso Of charss-
ter, hia steady brilliant good fortune
in war, his answerying, unquostioncd
ihithfulness after the war, arc famiI.
lar TO all men and tlc sarcne light
Of his great reputation is daily bright
eniug over the whole couhtry. Others
BY advcntllious aids may have aoquir-
Cd greater temporary conspicuity.
have hoard more Of the intoxicatine
applause Of tho multitude who honor
high rank mud celebrated Achicve.
ments, but none have accomplished
more in proportion to their trusts,
and none stand higher to-day in the
Serious estimation Of tho iudioious.
than Gen, THOMAS Bs was the win
nor Of the first and the last of tho
great victories Of the Western armies
of the Union--and fsom hiu Springs
TO Nashvillc--ffom M. annihilation
Of CRITrENpEN aad HoLtIcoFFER to
, that Of HooD-serviug under BurIr,.
ROsRcRANs, GRANT Rnd SuEkMAN.
he was not Beeopd 20 either in tho
enthusiasts lov0 OF the men who car.
risd the guns, or in tho oaimes con.
siders tion OF the thoughtful aud pa
trlotic people behind them. BUELL..
though one Of our failures, was a man
lof great ability aud soldierly quail.
tles, and he believed in. TnoaAs. i'm.
plioitly. RosLoaANs called THOMAS
"GEoReE MAshIsaTo.i. az familiar
y az tho soldiers named him "Pap;"
aud IL vas his knowledgs that where
THOMAS was, all was we'll that drov
so far 10 tho right at Chicamsura az
TO DO cut OF from the main army
when his line wax broken, and 50 /.
will be the misfortune Of RosHoRANsto
be both misunderstood and misteare-.
sentcd forever. After Chicamsu gait
was THOMAS who quietly aud seriously
proposed to hold Chattsnooaa until
istarvation. AT Mission Ridge, with
{ SHERMAN on tho lot and HooKER on
the right, THoaAs vas with GRANT
in tho center. anu his veteran leeions
made the immortal assault that swept
the heights aud won tho field. Ia
tho long and bloody struggle of the
Atlanta campaign, from Rockyface to
JonosborQ, tho grand fgure Of 5'HoM.
As aud the sombre masses Of theiA Ar
my Of tho Cumberland were the fixed
facts, and il there was sometimes ap-
lprchension that the dsring Of SHER-
MAN might not be justified by his
gcnius, there was au abouading popu-
lar fifth that With TuoMAs there was
safety, When at last "lNtiants is
ours, and fairly won" broke ths
strength Of the party OF tho Chicago
platform in the North, and warned
the armed rebels Of the South that
their doom was decreed, SHERMAN
marched away to the sea, leaving
THOMAS to make all safe in the rear
"a task, under tho circumstances.
no less delicate and dangerous than
the. change Of base which left tho
Ohio for the Atlantic. Here, for tho
frst time since Mill Spring, THOMAS
had supreme command, and When
HooD, instead of following SEERMAN,
invaded Tennessee, the first noeessi--
ty was to gather from a teritory lar.
ger than all Germany the scattered
garrisons, and make up an army to
meet him. 10 this critical place the ma
turo military judgment and adroit
ability Of THOMAS appeared in fnc
though painful contratwith tho tenn
per and capacity of the managers Of
the War Department at Washiugton.
4 Gen. THOMAS know, when Hoops
best saldiers wore slaughtered at
Franklin, and yet tho rebcls present.
ed themselves before Nashville, thai
Ieyory days delay consumed the enc
my and improved his own opportuni-
ty. Hence he resisted the importu-
mites by telegraph from the War De.
pArtment, and patiently prepared his
army 70 mako, at one swoop, an end
of tho WARM the West. But STANTON
could never learn that war was a busi-
ness. His strategy was summed up
in the notion that the great thing al
ways TO do when near tho enemy was
60 run at him and jump upon him :
Therefore b :, was opt Of humor with
THOMAS, and il is fact that viii do
to point Q moral, that Geo. Logan had
arrived at Louisville with commits
sion in his pocket 20 supercedc THoM-
As when tho battle of Nashville was
fought and there is reason to think
tha. il. Thomas had not been. gcadsd
by telegraph, and had acted simply
upon his own Judgment, there never
would have been an organized body Of
HooD's army seen south Of tho Ton.
nessee River, after its defeat befora
Nashville. Taking il al in ell, there
Ia no mans record through the war
nore luminous With great and invari-
able success, and more admirablo in
the solid sense displayed aud the ex-
eellent qualities illustrated, than that
Of Gen. THOMAS. Siacs.the war he has
neither been animated hy yindictiyo
animosity to ward the fallen foe, nor
overcome By the impulses en- excess
i've and unappreciated msgnanimity,
but his course has boon marked BY
lofty aud reaoluto PATRIOTISM, and
sober understanding, characteristics Of
the leader of the Army Of ihs Cum
berland. Tho egeuts Of ths last yoar
have taught thspeople sho importance
of soliciting good material for Presi-
! Dental purposss, sca We are quite sure
we speak the thought of millions when
we say chat 4AfoAfAsis JUST tho sore Of
a man who ought 70 bs tho ssxt Pres-s