The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-10-15
What the Soldiers Say of Grant.

were read from the most prominent Uni
on Generals:
General Sherman writes as follows:
Headquarters Military Division of
the Missouri,
St. Louis, Mo -Sept..la, 1858.
General H. A. Barnum, Washington D. G.
Dear General:-I have just received
your letter of September 9Th, inviting
me to attend mass convention of the
war vetrans at Philadelphia. on the LIST
and I'd Of October next, in the interests
OF the Republican party in the present
canvass.
1t will be impossible for ME to do so for
many reasons, and know no one to whom
| can impart them better than to you.
First, l have too much to do in my
proper legitimate business, which keeps
me west of the Mississippi.
Second, | am required by summons
to attend a called meeting of the Peace
Commissioners at Chicago, on the 7th Of
October.
No one trust, doubts my respect for
and absolute confidence in General Grant:
at least, he himself does not; and ex
tract for your information, from letter
Of the Generals, dated Washington,
June 2lst, 1868.
Dear Sherman: Your kind letter,
written from New Mexico, is received.
You understand my position exactly :.
l feel very grateful to the Off
GERS of our army, whose military achieve
inents made my reputation as we'll as
their own, to know that they support me
in this new field. do not expect to want
active support, but merely the satisfac
ton OF knowing what your letter assured
me of on your part. Officers who expect
to make the army their home for life have
to serve under successive administrations
and should not make themselves obnox-
Gus to any party likely ever to come into
power" .
This covers the whole ground, and will
| feel assured, prove satisfactory to you.
With great respect, your friend
I. w. SHERMAN, Lieut. Gen.
The next letter is from the hero of
Shenandoah and Five Forks, glorious
Phil. Sheridan. 1t is as sharp and d.
rect as his own cavalry charges. lie
moves at once on the enemy works il,
fine style: ,r..r
IeduuudTt6TS III the GlGlu.
10 Charles Ii. Coils, Chairman Com
nittee Arrangements, Philadelphia:
Sir: Say to the Boys in Blue that it is
as essential to have victory this fall as
1t was TO have one on the Appomattox in
1868. Every man who loves his country
should vote for Grant.
+. Ill. SHERIDAN. Major Gen.
Gen. Howard in his letter says:
Let him who led us TO the com, lete-
ness Of victory during the war, lead us
on safely to complete triumph in peace.
Such l believe to be the earnest hope of
every true hearted Union man, black and
white, throughout this lan6.
Commodore Selfridge:
you may be assured, however that
my Sympathies are with the loyal mt who
IN the hour OF our country peril. march
ed to the 'front.' and there battled to save
the Union; bearing the dear old flag
the aegis of our liberty-so high that no
arm of treason could touch Its folds
Gen. Pope:
Gen. Grants great services to his
country, his firmness Of character, his
kind and magnanimous disposition, his
evenneSs OF temper, and his tried capaci
ty for affairs, eminently fit him to dis
charge the duties of the Presidential Of
flee, and the country would have every
reason to feel confidence in the wisdom
and purity of his administration.
Gen. Siegel
Il shall, however, not fail to be pre-
sent at the grand Mass Meeting of the Sd
of November to throw my vote into the
scale for the triumph of national supre-
macy, justice and humanity
General Barnum
I'VE call upon every citizen who wore
the blue, whether on land or sea, to cast
his vote in the coming election for Union
state ticket and for Grant and Colfax."
General Fitzpatrick
Can |, can you, fellow soldiers, stand
timdly and cowardly by and see the
Union and liberty destroyed forever?"
The Mobile Tribune, in recent ar
ticIe, informs its readers of what Ku-
kluxers will do when they elect Seymour
and Blair. Essays: One of the very first
things we will ask will be the assumption
of the confederate debt. This is pre-
Guided by the amendment known as the
l4th article. But the Democrocy DEM
that this amendment. has been legally
adopted. This, it may be said, is the re-
suit of the promise to Hampton, and is
made as aguarantee of theul good faith"