Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-20

A Radical Essaoase ~ the PoIaa.
teal Views oG ome General On.
GERS.
The Washington correspondent Of the
woschesser. Massachusetts. Spy Grad, in
abiding 70 the military reconstruction bill,
says
In view Of the power which. By the bill, is
10 be instrusted to the officers Of the army,
/. may be worth while inquiri0g what their
opinions will be likely 70 be. VI course the
General and Lieutenant General are TO he
considered. The one can be sent from here,
and the other has other important duties
assigned him. Grant was formerly Dem
ocrat, is not man Of warm Political feel>
ngs, and may now be set down as COT
sentative Republican.
Sherman % cfssmcally wrong. He i
race hster, and oligarchic By instinct
Though biz brain may accept the Issues Ct
TIE wss. bic temperament viii light against
. thsts logtcal conclusions. He Was thor
oush unionist, but intensely pso>slavssy.-
He 70 Of the same stripe stiIl. lspeak from
some personal knowledge OF his former
i opinions.
or the Major>G euerals, Hsileck, We oil
know can not better describe him than
b. narrating comment made yesserdsy y
some gentlemen who we're looking % hi.cn'
les painting OF NJ. Lincoln's dsatn-oed;-
One Of them remarked Of Gen. iia'iscks
figure and expression, he is one Of the
group about the bed, that "it Was the first
time that he had ever seen Halleck, either
i n ssx La .1.~~~A
YES" said another, he 10 doubtless
/ to become President
III not that" responded third, che is
certainly thinking that hS would be Presi.
dent, II the people only could realize what
an able man he was
lie is on the Pacific, and out Of the ring.
Tor which We oil have reason to be thank>
full.
Meade has been johnson man. lie 10,
| believe war Democrat in politics, and IN
aristocrat by instinct.
Sheridan never had any politics be-
fore the war. lie used occasionally to de.
clare in the early part Of the war, when
serving as Chief Quarterinsstsr with the
late General Samuel II. Curtis, that
the aboli,ionists aud seesssi,nists ought
TO be hung together. Since then he has
travelled far Sheridan may be considered
, radical.
ThomAs--''Old Steady"-ia to my mind
the finest soldier and citizen the regulal
army hes given Us. He is an eminently na
tional man IL Just, able. unloading, ant
endowed with great administrative abilities
. In many respects he liorc resembles III,
historic George Washington than any pub
!. lie man now on tie stage. But he will no
q be selected. as his present command give
. him control oves several Of the States.
!. Hancock 10 johnson man, or, l shout
rather cay, IVES. lie is considered . fai
and just man.
he or the brigadlsr generate, there il Pope
moderate republican aud IN excellent al
=. ministratCr.
Schofeld, now commanding in virgiais
- Was . conservative republican when the "a
Il broke ont. lie did not grow any more rad
70 ical until his recent experiences command
:. ing in Virginia. lie 10 safe man.
- Terry Uses W al know, . radical 10 vi
hardly be selected. having been bani.hsd
10 Daeotah for that oiTenss.
10 Philip 50. George Cooke 10 out on Oh
:, plaina. lie IL . conservative. psshap
worse. His present place il just suited I
y him, rs his life has been principally apcn
10 Oh the frontier.
70 Rosecranz 10 out of the country. and i
most emphatical'y played out He
; p'iest>ridden, as well NJ being soured an
u disappointed egotist He NAV be considerc
Il . republican.
. Hooker is a coed republican. - 10 nj.
:, Mcdowell. The latter le on the Pacific, Oil
the former 10 available. Ord 10 Mary lant
er, n conservative, but Union men from Az
"a kansas say he is Just man and true to N
,e country. lie Is in in command there Car
nv is the las, brigadier, and commands
this point. lie il conservative, but und,
'" Sianton's influence How AID IS At the hes
of the lreelmens bureau
to The choice must IN all probability
10 Hooker, Pope. Ord. Schoficld md Candy
!. tho tive brigadiers available. should the mi
' jOf generals retain their departmental con
N nands, as is most probable.