The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-03-20
Harlan on Grant.
litoya of The En0,,ipav:

Harlan on Grant.
To the Editors Of The Enquirer:
A. this time, when General Grant, hand
10 glove with the Radicals, 70 attempting to
become foremost men in oil this WORLD Il
msy not b uninteres'iog 10 glance back,
and notice what bic friends Of today thought
Of bim in 1861.
In the United States Senate. Msy 9, 1852
10 reply 10 Mr. Sherman. OF Ohio, spssking
Of the battle OF Pittsburgh Landing; Rev.
Jsmss HsrIsn. Of lows, ssid:
From oil that I can learn on tho subject
do not think sha, General Grant 10 Il, Ia
command great army in the field. =
The Iowa troops have been in bsit:e repeat.
edIy under command Of General Grant
They have no confidence In his cspscity
cad fitness Of the bieh position he now
holds. They regard him ~ 'hs aushos Of the
sseIess slaughter Of many hundreds Of
their brave comrades 10 arms. II 10 not ne.
cesssFy. nor sit right, to compel them to
serve under him. The speech Of the Sens.
tor from Ohio might IL unnvticed, induce
those In suihoriiy to continue him In the
field.
| | understand he has been virtually sus.
pended; tbst he now really has no com.
mand; that each division and army crops Of
The Western Department % under the com
msnd Of another General, and the whole
under commend Of General Halleck; ths,
General Grant 10 second in commend Of the
whole. which 10, Of course, nominal. In
my opinion he ought not 10 have multiplied
thousands Of men plsced in his hands after
The record which he has made. And the
only prscticsl tendency Of that part OF the
speech Of the Senator from Ohio would be
10 induce the President to sssign him On
active commsad. This cen not con sen,
to have done In the presence Of my coun.
trymen, msimed emo Slaughtered, a. I be.
lieve, through his csrelessness or incompe.
tency. soy this not on sccount Of any
public or private grievance Of psrsensl no.
iure. II my convictions are cor.
rec, il would bs . crime for me to remsin si
lent. end suffer iohSsnces 10 orieinsts in
The Senate chamber which msy resul, IN re.
storing . General TO On scsivs md
whom and the people / in par, represen,
deem unworthy Of such . trust.
/
And he shsll not with my conssn, b.
leon,inued in command There ~ nothing
in hIs sn,ecedenu 10 justify . further ris
|of HE military skill. At Belmont he com.
mi',ed q" eggreRiOus and unpardondabls mil.
, itnry blunder, which resulted 10 almost On.
nihils'i"g On Iowa regiment:
, Al For, DoDelson the right wing Of ous
army, which was under his immediate com
msnd, was defeated and driven back eeversl
miles from the enemy's works. The battle
was restored BY General Smith, the enemy'l
works were sto'med, end thus . victory wss
finally won. Ard so on the battle. field ol
Shiloh. HE army was completely surprised
Ice believe. from sll the facts can pro.
cure, on Sunday. and nothing 3ut the stub.
born bravery Of the men fighting by segi.
msn,s end brigsdes ssved the srmy from Ut.
ter destruction The bsttls VS. sfterwsrd
restored end conducted by General Buell.
snd other Generals, who came on the feIt
during the evening and night, end our forces
4 ultimately succeeded 10 completely sou.ing
the enemy. Now. sir, with such . record.
, those who continue General Grant in On
active command will, 10 my opinion, carry
on their skirts the blood OF lbousands o
their slaughtered countrymsn. With my
convictions. I cen neither do il myself no.
lsilently permi, others to do i,.-Congressions
Globe, I'd Session, Thirty. y.ssven,h Congress
: psRes 2 O86 snd 2,037 MEMosiA.
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