The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-07-03
Gen. Sheridan Oil iii ton.

We publish elsewhere Letter FROM Gan- Sheridan
to Gen. Grant ID which IN protests against antxel
sion Of the time for rcgstgatitS hnt tiAa tes Wan
ingness to obey an Unconditional esaer eztanaagt
onr readers will form tlsif own ideas III to saeEe-
n,arkabe character Of gbis aeatiops between
the President aud military Subordinate ne ttik car
cotemporary Of the Bulletin s correct us 10 the prae
teal effect of the extension Viz TINT il would add
ten or fifteen thousand white voters perhaps 10 tile
registry list.
In consequence Of the delay a seeiing forward the
opinion Of the Attorney General, all questions of
doubt as to Acknowledgement were left open for legal
construction, and many of citizens, in view Of
these doubts, and waiting their solution, and in
deed expecting an extension of the period Of registry
have heretofore failed to register We think that
matter Of good aith consideration of the peculiar
circumstances Of the case that further time ought to
be granted; and we presume Gen. sherian acting in
the capacity Of subordinate officer, will either i'm
plicty obey an unconditional order for extension, or
else ask to bereleved from his position. The conclu-
sion Of his telegraphic dispatch would to ndi-
that he would certainly obey the order In the
event. however, Of his refusal, he would take upon
Our contemporaries discussing the dispatch of
Sen Sheridan, and very generally condemn the spirit
and its conditions. The annus of the dispatch raises
simply an issue between the Commander in Chief and
his military subordinates, and we presume will be set
tied by military rules, whenever the issue is made
directly. We feel impelled to say, as to its coneu-
sions, that think Gen. Sheridan is in error when
he states thai extension of time will open mac
adamised road to fraud and perjury" The character
Of the men, whose political rights are involved in this
extension repels this idea. They had waited for in
formation from the Attorney General, and as matter
of conscience
We very much regret asy complication under the
military bills. Cur people had generally accepted
them in good faith and all collision of parties in pow
er only tends to doubt and disorder.
PoLITICAL MISUNDERSTANDING McCalloch, in his
recent letter, gives encouragement to the hope of
speedy reduction of the public debt. On the con-
trary, he estimates that from various causes men
toned there will be slight increase oft for the next
FIVE or six months perhaps. He advises retrenchment
of expenditures individual and national greater aten-
ton to agricultural productions, the burial of sectional
anirnostes and the speedy restoration of the excu
ded States all necessary for the United States treas
ury. In time of profound peace, a peace of over
years DURATION with taxable burthens heavier than
those imposed on any people beneath the sum- we
learn the astounding fact that there be reduc-
tion but that there must be slight increase of the
public debit What commentary this is upon war
and its demoralisng effects! How significant of the
power and the license of faction iii Govern
ment! And yet, notwithstanding the taxation, the
burhen of the public debt aud the political dsntc-
grafton Of the country there still be found in
the country men mad enough TO incite costly cam
paign against the wild Indians, to spend millions in
registering negroes, to white-wash them radicals,
and who stand ready to slam the door in the face of
helpless and desoated South. No amount Of govern
ment bounty satisfy the appetites eff the cormo
rants now feeding on the vitas of the nation.