The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-04

was almost as short as General Grant is in the |
habit Of delivering. But how full of meaa-
ipg How significant What reproof to
the radical party and administration for their |
pretended Ku-klux legislation and oOercive
polcyl The passage we have placed at tha
head of this article is only an extract from
the remarks General Sherman made, brief as
they were. Referring to the growth and des-
tiny of the country, be said: -'But in order
to gain this much desired send, aud to main
tain ourselves as a free and independent
republic, we have got to show more
charity to each other" He believed, he
added ''that If the question, and all matters
to the settlement of the differences between
the North aud South, were left to the armies
1t would be settled at once, aud everything
would become quiet and orderly. l SO be-
lieved, he went on TO say, ''and before sign
ing the agre ement with General Joe Johnston
l called together all the other generals
un6er my command, and without dissenting
voice they agreed with me. l believed they
(the Confederstes) surrendered iv good faith
and would have lived up to the very letter of
the agreements aud, in my opinion, if there
had been no reconstruction acts of Congress
and the armies been left to settle all ques-
tIons Of difference between the different sec
tions of the country, the people would at once
have become quiet aud peaceable." Then
follows the passage quoted above; and who
good means of information as most persons
III regard to what is called Ku-kluX? What
III rpreiudiced citizen will not agree with him
when he says he is perfectly satisfied this
thing is greatly over estimated, and if the
Ku-klux bills were kept out of Congress and
the army kept at their legitimate duties there
are enough good and true men in all the
Southern States to put down all the Ku-klux
or other bands of marauders?
O,,t iot;
we nominate General Sherman for next Presi-
| dent. 1t is better than all the platforms of
| pulty conventions. 1t shows "a large heart
| and brosd and liberal views. Peace and har-
| mony are what the country want, and General
| Sbern ans mind is imbued with that fact
| Kindness, or charity combined with frmness,
| ON the part of the Government, would heal all
our sectional difficulties. General Sherman
possesses these qualities in eminent
degree and if he were President there is no
doubt that the troubles peypetuated from the
| war by radical misrule would soon be ended
| No enc need be reminded of the ipexorable
| firmness he exhibited during the struggle
to preserve the Union, and, in fact, on all
occasions when the rights of the Govern
ment and the law were in question. A more
conservative and patriotic man could not
be found, or that would more faith
fully execute the laws. He would be
terror to evil. doers at all times. Yet he was
| the first to hold out the olive branch of
peace TO the erriug. He wanted, in the large
charity Of his nature, to bury the past in
oblivion, and he still wants that. He believes
this is not only generous, but the best policy.
The American people think so too, when
their minds are dlvestod of party politics,
Influences, and Misrepresentation. He says
enphaticaliy that III his opinion there was no
need of reconstruction acts of Congress or
coercive Ku-klux Legislation. On this plat
form the people every where should make a
spontaneous movement to nominate Gene
ral Sherman for the Presidency without
waiting for the action Of any party conven-
ton. The people Cf the Southern States
particularly ought 10 take the initiatives for,
terrible as he was in war, they have no
better friend in peace. the Democrats, if
they be wise, will take him mp at once as
the strongest and most available man they
cen find.
No military chief has such brilliant war
record except General Grant, if indeed, it
be second to any. On the score of military
glory Sherman could make close race with
Grant. Then it is generally conceded that a
cultivated and intellectual man he is superior
to General Grant. Without being a partisan
politician, General Sherman has ways and
consistently favored those broad and liberal
views of national policy which the Democrats
favor. Not even his friendship for General
NIbDJ, OF tLo cAdltou positlOu uo uOlus III
the Government under radical adminiStra-
: ton, has changed his political creed or sfitia-
} tions. He is man of great mental and per-
sonal vigor, Is OF ripe age aud not too old,
and would make most efficient head of
the Government. Possibly General
Sherman might not like to run against General
: Grant, and be might consider that his high
position as General of the Army for life, with
: a salary almost equal to that of the President.
is enough TO satisfy the ambition of any one.
} He may think this preferable to short term
OF Office in the Presidential chair, with all the
. trouble, labor, and anxiety attached to it. Iu
truth, the change could add nothing to his
IL cans, for he is not man to accept gifts in
, such an Office, and it would be loss to him
pecuniarily. Nor weuld it exalt him much
above his present position. Still, to be Pre-
} sioent of this mighty republic is great honor
and to patriot like General Sherman it il
3 one neither TO be sought nor re ejected. Let the
T people, then, move in the matter, and this
} distinguished man may be the successor oi
} Gen eral Grant in 1873.
The history of the country for long time
T past shows that Presidential dynasty-a'
3 We may call the perpstuation of power in the
y hands of one man for two terms of otfice-ii
= hardly possible, except in such an exceptions
case as that of Mr.. LincolA. One term o.
t Office has become the rule. The vast an(
I varied interests of the republic, the labor anC
difficulties of the Presidential Office the rivalr,
D of public prominent men for the position anS
the difficulty of maintaining party cohesion
4 and discipline-all make it highly improbAb
n that President can be reelected in thss
Q times In the early days of the republic
. when the country and population were muc
amaller nartiaa DerDetuated their nOWA