The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-06-28
NO. a1.


EDITOR ST- LOTS IMEs: | have
read the editorials oi the Republican
press Of the country on General Sher
idan's removal Of Cover or Wells and
others with much astonishment. and
find that they display a vast amount
of lgnoance a. 10 the actual condition
Of things in the Crescent City, where
| have lived fur many months. They
take il TOR granted that ANYTHING little
Phil. Sheridan does is FHo BONO pug.
Llc0.
Now, sir, permit me to make a-few
remarks as 70 tie facts well known IN
New Orleans. While General Sheri-
dan j. brave little soldier ia the
saddle. be IS very deficient as an exc
cutive officer He has an ungoyerna-
BE temper. which he can not or will
not control- and when his most init
mate friends express opposition 10 his
policy he will a. once fy into a tower
in- passion. and with fearful oaths
order Them from his presence. Ever
since the July riots his temper has
been unusually sonr. On one occasion.
when deputation was sent him bv
the ex-oflicers of the Federal army
residing in Mex Orleans. tie cursed
the deputation. spoke OF Mayor Mon
roe. Judge Able. Attorney General
Heron and other ex-confcderates as
Cd d-m SIS Of BIS. (as learned
from the written report made by the
deputation,) and declared If these Ia
|6icals came about his Office he wonld
order bis orderly 10 kick them out
In this way he has given mortal Of
tense 70 both parties. who in conse
quence Of these insults avoid him
This was the beginning Of the quar-
rel between Governor Wells and Sher-
iGan. which has eliminated in Sheri-
dams avenging himself upon the Gov
|erncr. Let me give another instance
|cf his oyerbearing. bullying mode OF
carrying a point.
Some time in September last the
special reporters Or correspondents Of
the New York press sent north some
dispatches showing the disorderly and
riotous proclivities Of the coIored sol
dies. who had organized 20 attack the
ST. Thomas police station. Sheridan
summoned the correspondents to his
office, asked them why they had sent
dispatches North that would give the
public impression that a part Of his
Command were not under discipline,
and received the answer that they had
sent il because il was true. and was
news From one of them learn he
admitted the correctness Of their re-
ports, bnt springing mp exclaimed, 81
don't care Cd d-n ii it is true.
II xoa send such dispatches yon cant
stay IN my department" lie advanc-
"a upon them with a horsewlip. cx-
claiming .'5et out of here Cd
ld--m YOU The whip came down
lnpua the representative Of the Tri-
buuc. vino beat hasty retreat before
the wrath of Tile General command
ing sherIdan then advanced upon
the Hcrald's special, who happened 10
be armed. he had seen Sheridan in
these fits u PASSION in the army. and
had heard him curse his subordinate
Generals. consequently lie knew how
lto act. Drawing UP loaded cane.
he looked ut Sheridan until he had
approached within whipping distance,
when lie brought the .'Ilero II tie
EShensnicah - bay by look and We
~ hostile gesture. Phil. saw murder
lurking in tile eve Of tic G respond;
leDs. wh) maintained his hostile "pre-
sent until Sheridan, asionished and
cowei, ..iell hack" 10 his scat, and the
correspondent withdrew.
could. Mr. Editor, multiply these
cases and fill columns with particn-
lars of similar ouiragcs practiced bv
Sheridan upon citizens, ex-Federal
officers, and persons OF confederate
antecedents, but these will suffice TO
show that much as lie is loved by the
soldiers aud people Of the North, he
is totally unfit to administer the affairs
u department. and his removal to
the Far West, where he could indulge
bis love for profanity and fighting the
poor Iniians, would give universal
satisfaction to all political parties IN
Louisiana.
An T.x.FEDERAL OFFICER.
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