The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-08-20
Military Affairs.

The military rnlers of the South are
not disposed 10 sink out of sight. They
are ambitious of puhlic notOriety. They
desire Ia he read about, and thought
about and talked about, and as one
precedes the others in enjoying public
attention, the others become enviOus
aud restive SmEEIDAN's deliverance
on reconstruction matters, excited the
jealousy of SICKLEs. Forthwith the
ruler OF the Carolinas asSailed the pub
lie with abOnt the same barbarity
with which he made another
attack few years age. His per
formance having had its day, General
PORE next puts in au appearance. He
complains that Il man named HILL, OF
Georgia. is what SHERIDAN Nould call
IAN obstacle" He can't reconstruct"
he country While such people are at
large. He wants to be rid of them.
lie has hit npon a novel mode of rid
ding himself and the country of their
presence. .~.
Other men have tried other means
and failed. PORE has his OWN "policy''
and means to succeed. BUTLER tried
hanging and thieving, but to no
purpose. THOMAS and BRowNLow
tried shooting and stealing, yet
Tennessee rebels are still trouble
some SHERIDAN's plan of Of
fetal deposition has worked no Won
dcrs. POPE proposes to surpass them
all with a process worthy to enanate
from the headquarters in the saddle"
He intends to Danish the irrepressible
! Ohstructionists. Why not? What's
thc use of being tyrant unless you
can use all the appliances of tyranny :
We have not learned under what
authority the General introduces this
additional guarantee" 1t is pleasant
to know, however, that barishment is
heneeforth to he an American privilege.
The monarchists and the despots, and
all those ugly people who know so little
and care so much less about popular
liberty, are to have monopoly no
longer. Mr.. PETROLEUM said that his
girl, whom he desired to educate, should
have .'capaeiry" if it cost half his for
tune. So our military rulers are deter
mined that tho SOnthshall have "re-
publican form Of government" if it costs
all the freedom in the country. For
which determination their humble ser
wants, the American people, are, OF
ought to be, immensely grateful.
Another incident Of current military
history is that the President has as
signed Major General GEORGE H.
THOMAS to command the Fifth Military
District, formerly Louisiana and Texas,
in place of Major General SHERIDAN,
Such of our readers as are familiar with
demonolsgy, will be reminded of the
traditional trade of "a devil for a
witch.n For our part we think
the witch of Tennessee no very de-
sirable substitute for the retiring
devil. The one was bad enough
y but we were accustomed to him, apd
/ knew about how much mischief he
conld do. The other is of equally bad
habit and antecedent, with the addi.
tiOnal drawback that we know nothing
of his power for deeds of darkness and
"cantrip sleight." We don't see the ad
vantage Of the exchange. The transac
tion suggests that the Presidents nerve
let down before he had finished, ant
that he tried 10y the conclusion to atone
for the commencement. THOMAS ap
pointment is to excuse SHERIDAN's re
moyal. JOHNSON is winning fine rep
u'atioD on the ''woHld if he could but
dare not" basis.