Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-12-06
The Lieutenant Generals Speech.

The speech of General Sherman TO The
Society OF the Army of the Tennessee Is
very interesting aud very frank Dogmat.
10 aud erra,ic US he IL, bis mind IL ineisiye
aud alert, aud be ID too ardent aud sincere
TO trim or preyaricute. II anybody, there
fore. has regarded General Sherman as n
possible successor OF General MCCLELLAN NJ
a candidate Tor tho Presidency, -ihis speech
will undeceive him. The orator condemns
the rebellion too decidedly for availability.
Those who nominated MCCLELLAN In 1864
must now nominate either M open friend
Of the rebellion, like Pendleion, or a covert
friend like Seymour. 1t will hardly like
to ask those who ehuekled over Bull Run
30 vote Cor the leader OF the march to the
sea.
In his speech at ST. Louis General
Sherman begins by recalling tho circum.
stances al the opening Of the war, and then
enters upon series Of graphic aud inter
esiing "reminiscences Of the great hnal cam :
paign. he then proceeds TO some views
upon the philosophy Of the struggle.
"Surely no men, be says, fever had 4
more glorious cause than we.' In his
general view Of the origin Of the war he
follows Dr. Draper, whom be highly prais
es aud whose history he has evidently
faithfully studied. The General shows
bow the supremacy OF cotton was due both
to Southern fertility and Northern inge.
nuity; how il became arrogant and rebelled.
"Nothiuy on earth could justify such a
rebellion" but we at the North must not
forget our part 10 the original cause.
The war has stricken US all; but IL has
materially desolated the Southern States;
and the General, after describing the sor
row aud rayage Of the contest, exclaims:
chow any Southern gentleman, with
these facts, plain and palpabIe every where,
staring him in the face, and recorded for
ever in the book Of history. can still boast
of bis Lost Cause, or speak Of il in lab-
guage other than Of shame and sorrow.
passes my understanding; and instead Of
being revived, know that their lost cause
will sink deeper and deeper into infamy as
time more keenly probes its hidden nys-
teries aud reveals them to the light Of
day"
In the future, be continues, we must
understand that remedies for suffered
grievances must be sought in courts, not
upon battle fields. We must unreserved-
~ trust The great resources Of the land aud
the laws of civilization; and the orator
says: If our friends at the South will
heartily aud cheerfuly join with US in
this future course, /, for one, would vel
come them back, our equals, but not our
superiors, and lend them 4 helping hand.
General Sherman ends his speech by speak
ing of the peaceful dispersion Of its great
army, its absorption ilto the mass Of in
dustrious citizens, and mentions by name
several Of his Generals, aud the occuPa.
tons ia which they are now engaged.
1t is speech which will very greatly
confirm the regard which the country has
for the Lieutenant General. Ii shows that
he is not as has been alleged, Jemoralized
oy political ambition, but preserves the
same intellectual aud moral Independence
which attracted the country three years
ago. Ii is not the speech ola Presidential
candidate; and it seems to us &c show, as
General Grant aud General Sheridan had
already shown, that the three most famous
soldiers Of the war are still in sympathy
with those who sustained them in the
struggle.-[ Harper's Weekly.