Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-03-22
The Politics Of our Generals.


II the political views oi the leaaing genei
ais OF the army were ever Of any cons,
quence, they surely are so now. when tn
South is to be for time under military cou
troll. The following from the Waslingto
correspondence cf the Worcester sy,. !
therefore interesting, aud in the main, v,
judge, correct, though we think the wrltei
hardly does justice to Sherman
In view OF the power which, by the bill, is t,
be intrusted 10 the officers .f the army, it ma
We s0rtn n nlie in4 uirng suat their 0piuOui
will be likely TO be. or course the General and
Lieutenant General are not 10 be considered
The one cannot be sent from here, and the
other has important duties assigned him. Grant
vas ior.Heriy leH.o1-at. &c 20. . ian Of FarI-
political feelingu, and may nos b. set down as
a Conservative Republican
Sherman is organically wrong. lie lie a race
hater and oligarchic by instinct Though his
brain may accept the issues Of the war, his
temperament will fight against their logical
conclusions. He was a thorough Unionist brt
intensely o-siaye,y lie is o. tbs same stripe
stll. l speak from some fers0nal knowledge
of his former opinions.
OF the Naior-Geuerlls, II lleck SIC all knog
| cannot better describe him than by narratiur
2 c5uUeGt haas yesterday vs. sll.e gentlemen
Sho were looking at Rilchie's painting Of Mr.
Lincoln's death bed. One Of them remarked II
Gen Hslleck's figure and expression, be is one
Of the group about the bal,) that ' It was the
irst time that he hal ever seen Halleck either
personally or in 4 portrait look pleased" 4"
- SAID uurfhar .fartf#tfa-e
...s thai .lete s zoL.e chance iog him 70 become
President
If not that, responded third, "he is Ger
isinly thinking that he would be Pre,iient. If
the people only could realize what an able man
he was -
He is on the Pacific, AMI out u the ring, Tor
which We all have reason 90 be thankful.
Aeale has Teen d johnson uaa. He IS
believe, War Icmlcrl, IN politics auI an aris-
tocrat by instincts
Sheridan never had anv r.'.ti,s tst., tie
ga.. lac .seI oeeasiouai.y TO declare in the
carly part Il the war. when serving rs Chief
QuarteTmaster with the late Gen. Samuel r.
Curtis, that the Ab5liti0uis;s and Secessiouists
ought TO be hung together Since then he has
travelled far. sheridan may he considered
Radical.
1homas-"OI Sie4Iy''-is to my mind tine
finest soldier and citizen the regular army has
given lie is emineutiy national man, Is
Just, able, unbenliug, and endowed with fleat
administrative abilities. In many respects he
more resembles the historic George Washington
than any public man now on the Stage. But
he will not be selected. ~ h. present c0muaal
gives him control over several Of the States
Hancock Is q johnson man, or, should
rather say, was He is considered a fair AMI
just man
or the Brgljier Generals there is Pope, a
moderate Republican and en- excellent aiminis-
traitor.
Slhoheil, nov commanding Ia Virginia, was
= Conservative Republican when the var broke
out lie did not grow any more radical until
his recent experiences commanding in Virginia
lie is safe man.
Terry ic, a. W. all know. h4ii-,l. lie will
l4,ily be selected, having been houorally ban
i-hed to Dskotah for that offence
Phillip ST. George Cooke i out on the plains.
lie is Conservative, perhaps worse His pre-
sent place is just suited to him, as bis life has
been chiefly spent on the frontier
Rosecrans Is out @! tbs country, sni is laost
emphaticaly played out " IL IS priest rid
den, az well as being a soured and disappointed
egotist. lie may be considered a Republican.
Hooker Is a good Republican, ami is also Nc
DoEell. The latter is on the Pacific, and the
former it available. Ord is Maryander.
Conservative, but Union men from Arkansas
say he is a just man, AMI true to the country.
lie is in command there Canby is the lset
Brigadier, aud commsnig at this point. lie Is
Conservative, but under Stauton's influence.
i iJward Is al the head Of the Freeimen's Bu-
rcNu.