Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-02-27
THE RUTLAND HERALD
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY q. lso,.
Gsnerut sherman

Among the many iutauifU' aetsvi frrs
ilens Johusnn that IT thn appointment 81
Gen, sherman ~ ts General hy hreNct
is the most ,outrmptihlo aud mean, L
evince, a disposition Of revyNscfune'' f'l
which he has eNcr hesn noted ul which
though il took the country ~ -urVri-.
somewhat .s-.A t.atAiu-l ual4ea- i4--Il- -4nl-
be expected nom IT, executive after To-
viewing his past history, lha president
has ATTEMPTED 70 involve CON Gran, IN
struggle With Congress and preiudic,
the popular mind again,, him, in orlc
10 prevent his nomination 10 The frr,i
deney but that officer, with the tact an,
diplomacy which has ever ehracteriIc.
his official acts, has completely outscnc
raled Mr.. johnson, aud LEFT him in ,
ridiculous and uncnyiablc position bcior'
the country. and one from which he can
not easily extricate himself
To panish the General ior his course
the President, sent the name Of Lieut.
Gen, sherman TO the Senate Tor eonfrma
tion as brevet General with view :,
creating new department 81 tn II
lantic," with headquarters at Washington
lie at the capital, the President intended
TO transact all II the business hithtrt,
under the supervision of Gen. Grant
through the office of the brevct General
and leave the otfice of Cen. Grant merely
a nominal one, without Jurisdiction con
corning the army,
What a petty, contemplate scheme ,
II thePresident had seen superior merit
in Gen. sherman than that already recog.
nized by Congress and the people Of IL
nation, why was not this nomination
made before The war has been ended
nearly three years, since which the Lieu
tenant-Gcnerah has had no occasion 10
illustrate his distinguished qualities as a
soldier. Why then This nCw.fanglCd
friendship for him; Simply and solely
to displac" and punish Gen. Grant for
daring to do what he considered his duty
and uphold the laws of Congress in oppo-
sition 10 "A corrupt executive,
But Gen Sherman is not To be thu,
duped by the President, and positively
declines, in letter to his brother, Scna-
tor Sherman of Ohio, to accept the posi-
ton, even if confirmed by the Senn,c
The objects of the President are PLATA To
be TO endeavor 10 create fcud between
himself and Gen. Grant and lower his
superior officer in the eyes of the nation,
and hence the hero of Atlanta and the
march TO the sea" prcicrriug honor to
promotion, refuses 10 be made tool il.
the scheme, and consequently the Presi-
dent is once more bailicG
The Albany Journal speaking OF this
attempt on the part Of the President To
supercede the Genera. cf the Army, says:
As the purposes of Mr. johnson become
more manifest, the infamy they involved
will be recognized by every honorable mind
He intended virtually TO invaiidatc a law
Of the land, TO supersede Grant to vacate
the War Department by assertion Of mill
tary authority, and possibly even to en-
ploy force in carrying out the bold meas
ures he ventured to contemplate There
was time, after Sherman's treaty with.
Johnston had been set aside. when reyolu-'
ton was threatened at Washington.
When the troops that had won Atlanta
and Savannah, and crushed the last vos-
tige of rebellion, swept down PennSyl-
10 ;. toll l,,,t
their scowling leader to have turned them
upon the Departments, and established a
temporary desposism of the sword We
all remember how narrow was the coun-
try's escape at that time
Mr.. johnson, with malignant cunning,
hoped to revive the old hatred Of Sherman
for Stanton, and - failing to remove
the Secretary by ordcr--to expel him
from the Office by "ultcrior measures = in
other words, by the employment of force.
just as he sought to induce on the part OF
Grant violation of law which he was too
cowardly to make himself, SO he intended
to cover with the mantle of Sherman's
glory the baseness Of his own designs.
The simple integrity Of Grant defeated one
plan; the naughty manlness Of Sherman
has baffled him III the other. Spurned by
the heroes whose alliance he sought-dc-
spised by the party in whose interest he
has sacrificed every principle of lofty in
tegrity- loatned by every loyal and pat
riotic mind for his treason and pertidy-
what a commentary does Mr. Johnson
present, in his wrecked character and
blasted prospects, upon the folly of seek
ing success by the employment Of diarc-
putabc means.