The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-01-30
Sheridan.

A correspondent of the Ohio State
Journal has had a conversation with
Phil. Sheridan. We take the following
from his report:
The law was the voice Of Congress, and
with him the voice of Congess was the
voice of the people, and the voice of God !;
rather than stiiie which, he would lay
down his head upon the bloody guiIlotine
of his chief, and give room to one Jess
mindful Of the duty which he owes 10
humanity, to law and to liberty.
The papers report you, General, as
having said that Grant was more radical
than yourself; how do you make ts.at
out?' g | said so, returns the Gen2--
al and prove it thus When | firsttook
command Of the Fifth District, General
Grant sent me an order to allow no man
to sit on a jury who could not take the
'iron-clad oath. I mildly demonstrated
against this, and wrote to the General re-
that all who might rote, might also sit up
on jury.
This he did accordingly, and it was for
this very radical order and its moderation
to suit me that [ said he was more radi-
Cal t1au nlSScll. Inc Odtii IcIGIICo "
requires man to swear that he bore
arms for, or acknowledged allegiance to
the Southern Confedcracy, or gave to the
enemies of the United States aid, COM
fort or encoura cement.
1t is, therefore. called the "ironclad y
But Sheridan found many who could not
take this oath, who had been forced into
rebellion, and who had been clothed with
the right of suffrage, and to this class he
very properly accorded right to sit upon
the jury,
Grant did all he could to sustain you %
''Undoubtedly, was the reply.
Everything did was under direct orders
from him, or under his Endorsement and
approval. To fall out with me. therefore,
was to fall out with Grant himself. In a
few days you will read letterfrom General
Grant protesting against my removal, mot
then published) which will demonstrate
to the public what | say to you.
"Will Grant certainly be a candidate for
Presidcnt?'' mot by his own choice, y
promptly returned Sheridan but if he
accepts the nomination [ believe he will
do 80 from motives of duty to his friends
and country, in the spirit of sacrifice and
patriotism for which he is SO remarkably
distinguished
"Will the Congressional policy of re-
construction succeed? Another whiff at
his pipe, and his answerwas as ready as an
oldtime statesman. ''Of course it must
succeed. 1t is too late to go backward.
The negro has been submitted to the
ballot box. All the power on earth can
not keep it from him now. He has not
only been taught to read but cote also.
He can unlearn neither the one Or the
other When he was mustered into the
military service as soldier, his right to
vote was decreed. in assuming the
highest and most solemn duty as a citizen
the defense of his country-as soldier,
all minor privileges and duties at once
attached to him. He is therefore Uote1
by vertue Of having become a fighter, :
tax payer, a citizen y
I felt that Sheridan was equal to the
political, as he has been equal to the mil
itary, emergency of his career, never fall
ing below, and often far surprising pub
Iic expectation. Glorious Phil. Sheri
den You are not only soldier but ;
statesman III whom there is no guile