Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-12

wehave been permitted 10 copy the follow
Ing extract relating 10 Gen. Sherman from an
unpublished sketch Of Thomas Ewing, ar,
aud the late Thomas Corwin, Of Ohio, writ
ten by Hon. Richard O. Parsons, Of that
State, which We regard as one Of the most
graphic and complete delineatlons Of the
old hero which has attracted our attention :
II Il not purprislng that Mr.. Ewing should
ouioy 90 Intensely the rnsgnihcant fame
acquired ~ his acn-in-lnw, General ahsr-
man, that wonderful and elfted soldler,
whose prophetic eye saw from the begin
ming the meaning and scope Of the slave
holdera' rebellioni and whose heroic achieve
ment. and dls,lpgui.hed qualities have
placed him high In rank with the greatest
soldiers Of ancient or modern tines M
How little could Mr.. Ewing anticipate,
when about twenty year, ago. that tall, aim,
awkward military graduate, poor and IN
known, who came 70 ask Nm, then In the
hpenesa OF years, and with . we'll earned and
richly deserved national fame, for the hand
Of hll daughter-that he was 10 give her 10
a man whose fame In . few year, would
eclipse bis own, and whose story hs . hero,
eonquerorand psaee-maksrshould bogrAyen
iot Al time upon the pages Of hla,ory, TO be
read BY the coming ages. i. sf...- IN.
TO ut the iams o. General sherman-botn
and bred 10 ohlo--ih especially dear. Brave
a, Ney hlmsolf-eooi, collected, malicious
and dlspassionatA In eouneil-hut dominat-
Ing all within hla Influences BY his powerful
aud vigorous lnlolleot, quick a. The Light
Ming In action sharp, deciAlvoa and merclleaa
AZ lta stroke ID aAaAnlt, nnmovsd by the
thundera OF battle, or the moans Of anguish
vruDg from the crushed or the dying, march
Ing where duty called, like an sve1Esr, over
ruined citie., broken tovnsI viIlagss de-
stroyed, smoking homes, families hopalessly
wrecked, and var In ia mosl hIdsons and
repulslve form meeting him At ever turn
and upon every lide-turnlng neither 70 The
right or the len, TO ply OF TO save, be
wrought out, "aA BY Are" the salvation Of =
/ hudasr when I thInk OF that avfuI
march TO the aea, with la attendant horrocs,
how wave after wave OF bitterness AeamSd
TO roll over and crush In pltlless wrath and
mock In their Wild fury tho broken hearts
and helpless hands 70 whom marcy could
come no more Bat glory IN the anAi 70.
suit Of all the sorrow and the slaughter, and
turn with new Joy 70 that new day, now
dawning 90 rapidly upon us, when our
swords shall Be turned Into plough shares,
and our spearp Into pruplng hooks, aud We
shall learn war no more. " r..t-r. ttn..
Room, then, In history for the man whom
the world dellghteth 10 honor and let II DO
known aud road Of all men, that thIa cold.
hearted warrior; this lron-clad votaran 10
the art OF war; this Wholesale crusher OF
human hearts, who could, whom duty called,
look upon an ocean OF human blood as
calmly as upon summer landscape, has q
heart as gentle, manly, generous and for
giving a. ever beat In human boaomI emo
tons lying so near the surface Of q tender
nature that he has been seen 70 weep even
at the delicious sorrovs OF petty actress,
and wipe away the tears OF sympathy that
flowed at the recital OF her petty sorrows.