The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-02-15

General Sherman arrived ct 81. Louis yesterday.
The particulars Of tho Of the steamship Nightn.
gale At Vera Cruz are given in our marine colamna
Another White House Nomination for tho
| Presidsncy-Make Way for sherman.
| Andrew johnson is great man. He is not,
| perhaps, quite up to the calibre Of Andrew
Jackson, but he Is still heavy gun Of q long
range. The radicals will have it that since the
| day Of his entree into the White House he has
been, like Tyler and Fillmore, working his
| wires for another term outside the lines Of the
| party 10 which he owes his elevation. Ad-
hitting this we still maintain that, in discover
| ing that nothing on his own account could be
made out of the stupid democracy, only great
man in his position, prepared to sacrifice him
self ON the altar of his country, would still
devote himself to the thankless task of hunting
up and bringing out democratic candidate,
whereby the blessed constitution may be saved
from the destruction threatened it by radical
fanaticism.
This Is what Andrew Johnson has been
doing ever since he discovered last fall that in
the democratic camp he is overshadowed by
every inside democratic possibility from
| General Mcclellan down to Mayor Hoffman.
"Very well" says Andrew Johnson; "you do
not understand the situation; you lack the
clear perception Of John Van Buren,, and
must therefore stand aside; but still the
| country must be saved. You must not
repeat the copperhcad plumbers of the
Chicago vallsndigham Convention. have
turned the popular tide in favor
Of the democratic party; my policy
is your policy; but mark me, you must have
a candidate thoroughly identified with the war
for the Union, or you will again be shipwrecked
as in 1854 What then, do you say to General
Hancock He is man Of the old Washing
tonian type. He has shown more Of the
sterling qualities of George Washington in his
administration Of the affairs Of The Fifth Mill
tary District than any soldier OF the present
| generation, and he has something Of the figure
of Washington. Look at him. Is he not the
manw As when Jupiter, In answer to she
prayer Of the frogs for king, threw q log
down into their pond, the sudden splash startled
them and set them all to jumping, SO were the
democracy startled with this White House
nomination of General Hancock. But like the
frogs, they soon rallied, and then, after brief
inspection Of their sovereign, they turned their
backs upon him and croaked for something
better "Pendleton, Pendleton," was the cop
perhead chorus from the West; while from
the East came medley of voices calling for
Mcclellan, Seymour, Parker, Of New Jersey,
Jerry Black and others but never voice for
| Johnson.
Never weary of well doing, however, Mr.
johnson next proceeded to smoke out General
Grant; but when smoked out he stood forth In
such terrible, bristling and forbidding regi.
mentas that he was at once exalted az
the king Of the radicals. This would
have been . finishing blow TO man Of
feeble will and limited resources like Tyler
or Fillmore or poor Pierce or Buchanan
Il was sumner even to johnson, but only o.
| a nine days wonder. He has fully recovered
from the unexpected shock; be has been study.
ing the proportions Of this giant Of the Philis
tines, and has found the champion TO meet him
We have, therefore, another Presidential nomi
nation in behalf Of the fastidious democracy
from the White House In Mr. Johnson's nomi
nation Of Lieutenant General William Tecum
sch Sherman a. general by brevet in conse
quence OF his distinguished services In the
glorious work Of squelching JEFF Davis and his
Southern Confederacy. "How will Sherman
suit you ~ proudly asks Mr. johnson.
From the implacable copperheads Of the
West-yea, from the backwoods Of Wisconsin
comes in the response against Tecumseh sher
man -
4 Rumpssy, dumpsey,
| Colonel johnson killed Tscumseh.
"Don't talk to us of Sherman, this leader Of
his army Of Cloths, vandals and bummers, this
ruthless incendiary and destroyer through
Georgia and the Carolinas" And doubtless
oil the copperheads Of the West will respond
1--WE will not have this Lincoln hireling to rule
over u.s." What, then, is to be done? There
seems to be an impossible gulf between the
democratic party East and the party West
From Maine to Ohio General Sherman stands
well with the democracy They certainly
would have no better candidate against
Grant for New York, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania; but from Ohio westward the
name of Sherman at the head of their banner
would split the party or drive off the copper
heads to some Independent nomination, after
the fashion OF Douglas against Breckenridge in