Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-20

A Medical Essiaaee ~ the Polae.
Acal Views oG sWe General On.
GERS.
The Washington correspondent Of the
wosehes,er, Massachusetts. Spy Trad. in
abiding to the mlitary reconstruction bill,
says.
In view OF the power which. By the bill, 10
TO be instructed to the officers Of the army,
/. may DO worth while inquiri0g what their
opinions will be likely 10 be. Of course the
General and Lieutenant General are 10 he
considered. The one can be sent from here.
and the other has other important duties
assigned him. Grant was formerly Dem
ocrat, is not man Of warn political feel>
ings, and may now be set down o. oo,l
servativs Republican.
Sherman 10 osgaMcaly wrong. he 10 Q
acehster, and oligarchic By INSTINCT
Though bic brain may accept the issues Ct
The var, his temperament wiu neht against
thsir logtcol conclusions. He was . thor
ough unionist. but intensely psc>slavssy.
He y Of the same stripe stiIl. speak from
some personal knowledge Of his former
opinions.
or the Msjor>G eoerals, Hsileck. We al
know can not better describe him than
b. narrating comment made yesterday ~
some gentlemen who we're looking % hitch'
les painting Of ". Lincoln's dsath-oed:
One of them remarked Of Gen. haIiack'
figure aud expression, he 10 one OF the
group about the bed, that "it Was the frat
lime that he bad ever seen Hallsck, either
personally Or in . portrait. lock pleased
YES" said another, ''hs 10 doubtless
thinking that there 10 some chance for him
to become President."
III not that responded third, che ID
certainly thinking that hs would be Presi.
dent, II the people only could realize what
an able man he Was"
| lie is on the Pacific, and out Of the ring
for which We oil have reason 10 be thank,
: ful.
Meade has been . johnson man. lie 10
| believe war Democrat in politics, and 81
aristocrat by instinct.
Sheridan never had any politics be-
fore the war. lie used occasionally to de-
clare in the early part Of tbs war. whes
serving Is Chief Quartcrmsstsr with III,
late General Samuel Il. Curtis, thu
the Abolitionists and seesssi3nists ough
Travelled far Sheridan may be considere,
radical.
Thomas--"Old Stsady"-is 10 my min,
the finest soldier and citizen the regula
army hes given Us. Ne 10 81 smiaently ne
tionsl nan h Just, able. unbending, an
endowed with great administrative abllitie,
10 many respects he ilore resembles th
historic George washington thaa any put
lie man now on tie stage. But he will M
be selet ted. ~ his present command give
. him control evss several OF the Statss.
Hancock ID johnson man, Or. shoul
rather cay, ives. lie 10 considered . 70
and just man.
. " the brigadiss- genesals, there 10 Pop
smoderate republican and IN excellent AZ
i. mipistsatcr.
Schofeld. now commanding in virgisi
u vas conservative republican when the vi
: broke ont. He did not grow any more ~
. ical until his recent experiences e0minan,
:. ing in Virginia. lie 10 safe nan.
" Terry is,ss " eli kn0w. . radical. lie ~
hardly be selected, having been banishsd
70 Daeotsh for that oiTsnss.
o Philip Sc. George Cooke ia out on Il
y plains. He IL . conservative. psshal
worse, His present place 10 just suited
him, Is his life has been principally spe'
. Oh the frontier.
. Rosecranz 10 out Of the country. and
> most emphasically "played out" He
p'iest>ridden, rs we'll - being I soured %
disappointed egotist He may be consider,
i . republican.
. Hooker is good republican. - 10 nj
), Mcdowell. The latter 10 on the Pacific. 81
the former 10 available. Ord 10 . Msvylan
es, n conservative, but Union men from A
d kansas say he is Just man and true TO d
,e country. lie is in in command there Ca
bv Is the las, brigadier, md commands
this point. He is a conservative, but und
}" Stanion's influence 10. AID 's At the be-
y Of the ireslmens bureau.
o The choice must IN ali probability
= Hooker, Pope. Ord, Scho6cld md Candy
: tho i've brigadiers available. ehovld the III
jof generals retain their departmental 60,
q mends as ia most nrobAble