The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-04-18
miscellaneous.
Tribute to General Mcpherson.


Pending the passage Of the follow.
ing resolution in the Ohio State Sen
ate on the 9th instant, the following
eloquent reminisccuce Of the iet'
General MoPnERsoN, was made b.
General WARREN, Chairman of th'
Committee on Military nfa;rs
Resoleed, By he GeRera.t Ass'm14
Of he State Of Ohio, That the sum {
fivc thousand dollars is hereby direc
ted to be appropriated out of any
funds in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to aid in the erection
ton of Monument at Clyde, Ohio,
to the memory Of Major General
James B. McPherson-the money to
be paid to the Mcpherson Monu-
ment Association" on the written or
der of the Directors of said Associa-
ton, and to be expended under the
direction and with the appreciation Of
the Governor.
REMARKS OF GEN. WARREN.
Mr.. President / rise to speak
on this resolution with feeling Of un-
sual interest, growing out of the re-
markable character of the man whom
it is intended to honor, and of my
long association with him during the
late war. / first met him just after
We had fought, so successfully, the
battle of Fort Donelson, when he was
= I.ieutenant-Colouel ,and Engineer
on tie Staff Of General Grant, and
from tbo time until the hour Of his
death | was IN the same army aud in
same campaigns and battles with him.
During the ever mcic orablo and brill
liant Atlanta campaign IL was my hon
or to serve as an Inspector General
on the Staff of General Sherman,
and as such was broughtmuch incoG
tact with Gen. Mcpherson, and had
large opportunities Of learning his
character and services, and the re-
gard in which hewas held by the army
and by his military peers and superb
ors. That esteem was in some re.
spccts peculiar,
General Sherman had, Obove all
others, the supreme confidence of the
entire army in his military skill and
bold energy, and now stood higher
for personal patriotism, purity aud
integrity-an integrity of Roman
irmncss, rigidity and self denial
These qualities are well shown in his
refusal to accept, at the beginning of
the Atlanta campaign, a commission
in the regular army, on the ground
that the Government had already suf-
iciently rewarded and honored hum
for his services, and that it should be
held up as prize for the most meri-
torious service during the campaigns,
then about to be begun, of Atlanta
and the Wilderness.
General Thomas in his Washingto-
nian greatness, solidity and purity,
had universal respect and confidence
throughout the entire army. Gen.
Sherman well characterized tho diff
ference between himself aud General
Thomas as military leaders, in his
answer to the question / asked him
just at the outset of the Atlanta
campaign, whether any jealousy ex'
listed between him and Gen. Thomas2
saying, with his characteristic prompt
ness and point, emo not bit. l
would obey Thomas orders to-mor-
row with asmuch alacrity as he obeys
mine to-day but / think l can give
more impetus to an army than Thom-
as can"
General Sehofeld, less widely known
than either Sherman or Thomas; yet
hed the confidence aud perfect respect
of his own army, and was regarded by
all who knew him, and were compe-
tent to Judge Of him, as soldier OF
skill and courage and as pure pat
riot and just man.
But Mcpherson, added to the ut
most confidence in his military skill
and personal courage, had such noble
beauty of form aud face, such willing
gentleness Of expression aud manner
his face, which in repose had an ex.
preston Of an almost womanly sweet
ness, would 50 light up and blaze the
hercest courage and daring in the
moment of battle, that in danger he
was worshipped as a hero, in quiet
regarded in tendsrest love as a man