The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-22

at Cooper's Institute, in New York, brought
him nearer to the civilization Of the age than
anything that occurred during the whole of
his visit Although there were plenty found
to sneer at the whole exhibition, it was both
a novel and an impressive incident for this
savage chief to make a speech to such an
assemblage as that which met him in Cooper
Institute, and it is probable that the occasion
impressed him quite as much, if not more,
than it did his auditors. Many hoped that
this meeting would be productive of good re-
suits, not only in inspiring the white people
of the country with desire to do justice to
the Indians, but that it would also have its
effect on the savages by impressing them with
the advantages of civilization and inspiring
them with the idea that the whites are not
all their enemies. In spite of the predictions
that were freely made that Red Cloud, not
withstanding his peaceful protestations would
start on the war-path SO soon as he arrived
upon the plains again, events have proved
that those who took the most liberal view of
his character were not deceived in him.
Although he said little while here to indicate
what his thoughts on the subject were, he
Was uuuOuDtculy lLDI)EooSoI III Il very POWtT-
full manner by the wealth and splendor
of our Eastern cities, and by the
thousand indications of the power
and superiority that civilization has
conferred upon the whites. Since his return
he has been laboring to preserve peace, in
opposition to the ideas of many of his tribe,
and we are now informed that he has declared
he would leave his people if they did not
make treaty and join the whites. 1t is also
said that he intends to send his son to the
East to be educated. This will show that the
visit of Red Cloud and his delegation to the
Atlantic States was not altogether fruitless,
and that it is not impossible to impress the
Indians with the superiority of civilization to
their own savage mode of life if the right
method is adopted.
LLBUIENANT-G GENERAL SHERIDAN
SOME of our Democratic contemporaries, hard
up for something to find fault with in the
conduct of the President, have seized upon
the appointment of Lieutenant General
Sheridan as a special commissioner to visit
Europe for the purpose of observing the con-
duct of the war as a pretext for sneering
both at Grant, who forced the Rebel armies
to surrender and at Sheridan. who was one
of his most efficient coadjutors in accom-
plishing this result. The New York World
finds grain of comfort for itself and its
Democratic readers in supposing that in send
ing Sheridan on this mission the President
designed to remove him from the field of
glory on our Western plains, and to consign
him to sort of banishment be-
cause of his non-success in
settling our Indian difficulties out of hand
The probabilities, however, are that both
Grant and Sheridan view the subject from a
somewhat different point of view. and that
the former intends to extend compliment as
the latter imagines he is accepting one. The
organ of the "unterrifed" in this city has its
say on the subject of obiecting to Sheridan
on the ground that he is only a cavalry officer,
and that he has not the kind of military edu-
cation OF experience requisite for forming
proper Judgment on operations that will de-
pend mainly on other branches of the service,
and that consequently he is an entirely unfit
person to be sent on such an errand. 1t is
obvious that the representatives of the party
that inaugurated and carried on the Rebel
lion still bear a bitter grudge against the men
who chiefly distinguished themselves in crush
ing it, but as Grant and Sheridan survived
the assaults of the armed rebels in the field,
it is probable that they will manage to escape
utter annihilation at the present time at the
hands of the Democratic editors
Because General Sheridan achieved his
greatest reputation as a cavalry leader, it
does not follow as a necessary consequence
that he is fool in every other respect and
any report that he may make with regard to
the conduct of the war in Europe will be cer-
tain to present important and valuable facts
and suggestions that will be of use to all
branches of our military service. 1t is to be
hoped however, that the President will de-
signate an artillery officer and an engineer to
accompany General Sheridan on this mission,
for in a case of this kind three pairs of eyes
will do better than one pair; and as the con-
test between Prussia and France promises to
develop some new ideas on the subject of
conducting warfare, it is important that we
should obtain all the information possible.
The European combatants are too discreet
to divulge the plans of their campaigns to
neWspaner correspondents and any theories