The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-03-13
ON. GRANTS ROAD TO PEACE.

There is no longer room to- doubt Gen.
Grants anmus toward the South or the road
which he intends travelling to reach the goal
If peace for which he sde demand before
hi, election. On the 9th Of this month, the
next day after his Inauguration, he made
baste-indecent haste--to answer the prayer
ofevory carpetbsgger and pestiferous agi.
tator in the South by making a new assign.
ment Of commanders to the various dis.
tricts into which the Southern States have
been divided.
General order number 10 as promulgated
from the Adjutant Generals Office assigns
Gen. Terry to the Department Of the South,
removes Gen. Meade from the command of
Georgia, Alabama, Florida and the two Caro-
linas assigns Gen. Sheridan to the Dpart'
ment OF Louisiana, restores Gen. heynolds
TO the command of Texas, removes Gen.
Stoneman from the command OF Virginia
and assigns Gen. Candy to that department;
orders Gen Giem to join his regiment aud
,prp over the command of Mississippi to the
nsxt senior officer. This whole programme
IL inst as the most inveterate carpet.bagger
would have it, and in some respects is
calling insult to the southern people, and |
was 80 intended The removal Of General
Sheridan by President Joenson vase course |
influenced by partizan feelings to some ex'
tent, for this reason, that it is part Of the
Radical policy south to stir up discomfort
and keep alive discord and chickering's, and
Gen. Sheridan was carrying out this policy,
which was distasteful to President Johnson.
There has been no complaint, founded in
Justice, lodged against the commanders OF
Louisiana who have succeeded Gen. Sheri'
dan in that department, and who have adj
ministered its affairs in the spirit of pacih-
cation.
Although Gen. Meade was at first an
irritant to the people Of his department, his
practical good sense finally led him to dis
cover that the real citizens of the states of
which he had been put in command were
more sinned against than SHINING, and he
for that reason refused to lend himself to the
selfish and fsctious schemes ofthe agitators.
Carpet.baggers asked that he be removed
aud it has been done. The changes made
in other departments evinces the same read
mess on the part of the President to reflect
in his official action the petty jealousies aud
animosities of an aggressive and factious
minority Of the people residing, most of them
temporarily, in the Southern States.
!. Gen. Grant had not in more ways than
in these military assignments shown that he
has taken counsel of the extremists Of his
party, we should indulge hope that time
would reveal to him his error in this respect,
but we fear the failure Of these new com
manders to pscify and give quiet to the
South will only make him the more deter.
mined to persue harsh and unwise policy
toward the oppressed and annoyed people Of
that section. All that is required to heal W
all the ghastly wounds Of the war in the
'Vu'Hi anu oEIuE return OF tue DehlBh ua.
Of perfect peace and friendly cooperation
in the great work Of restoring the prosperit
of the country, is a policy Of moderation an
hrmness, addressed to human nature itsel
No finely wrought theories Of skilled statet
msnsbiP are required, though the element
Of all craftsmanship are Indispensable
Gen Grant really desires restoration
peace, let him deal with the Southern poop
as men possessing the common impuis
and aspirations Of the race to which they
long, and his task will become easy and t
burden of that section light. win he APT
TO this question little of the common ser
and practical good judgment with which
is credited
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