The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-04
SHERIDAN TO GRANT.


Don as it saw the light Brigadier Gen.
raj Rousseau shgmatised the para
,ragh which referred to himself as
alse, and any one acquainted with the
condition Of affairs in Louisiana can
ruthfully apply the same terms to the
portions oft. The ex-Com-
nander of the Fifth District says, ~
nave had no opposition from the masses
IF the people, on the contrary much as
sistance and encouragement; but from
the public press-especially that OF
New Orleans-and from Office holders
and Office seekers disfranchised, | have
met with bitterness and opposition
Now, the palpable falsehood of this as
sertion is obvious to the most unre-
fecting. The people Of Louisiana, as a
matter of course, were opposed to the
unjust, inhuman and tyrannical legisla-
ton enacted by the party to which
General Sheridan belongs; but they
submitted gracefully to their hard lot,
and determined to throw no impede
ments in the way of a faithful execu-
ton of the laws Of Congress. The
press, too, never ceased to urge upon
the people the necessity Of registration,
and to depict the disastrous conse-
quences of supineness in that respect.
They did not relinquish their exertions
until they saw clearly that all their Ia
Dor was in vain; that General Sheri-
dams "no party" registrars were deter
mined to radicalise the State, by fair
means or by foul.
But the most remarkable statement
in General Sheridan's epistle is the fol-
lowing: ~ have, as have heretofore
stated to you, permitted no political in
fluence nor political machinery to help
or influence me in this work" On the
contrary not one single act has been
performed by General Sheridan since
he commenced the work of registration
which did not originate in his predilec-
ton for the Radical party and his ha-
tired for it's opponents. He has been
nothing but a partizan from the first
and is recognised universally by the
Radicals as one of their most powerful
allies, and by the Conservatives as the
main instrument in securing Radical
ascendancy in the Southern States
Whence did he derive his extravagant
ideas of the meaning Of the Military
bill but from the prompting of the lead
ers of the Black Republican party ?
Whence did his registrars derive their
"private Instructions which were fol-
lowed to the letter-but from the va
rious jacobin clubs throughout his dis
trietq And in the appointment of Off
GERS, from the highest to the lowest, no
qualification was sought but obsequi-
BUSINESS and fidelity in working for the
Radical party. Every registrar and
every commissioner Of election-the
men who have in their hands the issue
of the election-was made tool for the
dissemination Of Radical principles and
the ascendancy of the Radical party
These facts are universally conceded
North and South, and are known to be
the cause OF the removal Of General
Sheridan and of the detestation in
which his name is held by all who hap.
pen to be beyond the pale of the Radi.
cal organization. Even the short let.
ter before us is long enough to betray
his partizan feelings. He could moi
write short official letter to his supe-
rioroficer, detailing few facts, without
betraying his exultation at the result O
his partizan labors. "The State" says
he, twill in all probability come in as 3
Union State" We all know what ht
means by a "Union State" According
to the Radical creed great disunio1
war is still going on; the only Uniol
men are the Summers, the Stevens, thu
Sheridans and the like; while all TIN
rest are rebels, copperheads and seces
sionists.
/ 1t has been reported that Genera
Sheridan once said that he hated thu
people of Louisiana so much that h
could not do them justice. His hatret
and his injustice have been NANTES
from the day he entered the State ant
have at last eliminated in his removal
If the people Of Louisiana do not recip
rocate his hatred it is because thei
feelings towards him are SO contempt
uous as to exclude a passion whicl
rises to the dignity Of hate.
II General Candy has been ordere'
to supersede General Sickles in tn
command Of the Second Military Dis
trict. We congratulate our Carolin
friends in their radiance of a senseles
and unprincipled poppingjay, and o
their good luck in passing under tn
sway Of an officer who is generally &C
knowledged to be gentleman.
, r. It seems that General Winfield
, Scott Hancock is to succeed Genera
Sheridan in the command of this Dis
trict instead of General Thomas as tirs
f fordered. General Hancock is an abb
4 and gallant officer, and his reputatio
: for honor and fairness afford deligh,