The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-06
.pattling speech" of Ieo'lh'
ihe cob Sherman"

form. plainly lets the "ol The late
.o' '-,to Is not Gen. SHERMAN nas
'N", ah of that distinguished otncei ;. a aa
. .pesSn the Tribune smartly, anu :. NC
'fouo.' u,oadside to his pronunciamehee.
votes" o n.sn,,ne calls Gen. SHERMAN tue
-. ,s,sa,iye of our generals" ana pro-
n ,u his speech at New Orleans ,,., ,a.
,I;ng sneech." 1t accuses him OF inotuIua .e
."nn Of thinking that he knows more
''r , me country than anybody >; that ne
'. ,as more legislative capacity than the
,ho,a Of Congress-; mo great boast AZ
,sat :, and that il he only had "charge 0,
affairs. he would restore order ana mar.
monv in no time =.
''' Tr i,on SHERMAN thought all this it would
10 No great evidence Of vanity anybody CT
ordinary intellect can see the way TO mar
monv. peace, and prosperity in this land.
# is only the villainous policy OF yillaainous
politicians which keeps the country in dis
content. Why, GEORGE JONES or GEORGE
FRANCIS TRAM could deliver the land OF It's
troubles-the way is so plain. The cruei,
selfish, and tleprayed war party of ultra
Radicals, who have gotten controi OF
GRANT, are keeping up the troubles ana
miseries which are distressing this great
nation.
But the Tribune charges Gen. SHERMAN
with fayoring military government, and yet
the same Tribune supports the huKiuA b1il
which establishes military government over
the whole Union! Again 1t charges tnat
Gen. SHERMAN, in his bargain with Ten.
JOHNSTON at the close of the war, gave up
"ali the results OF the war;" Did that sho"
devotion to military rule!
What was this surrender Of the g results
IF the warp Nothing save the right 10
detain the Southern people as victims 1or
persccutionl That was all. Gen. aHEk-
MAN believed that they would fulfil "to the
letter. any obligation they assumed. GREE
LEY and the whole North knew the s'''lie
thing: but then they wanted to hold on 10
the defeated and ruined Southerners. lor
nartv purpoSes-to prosecute theh,-to
mt the negroes over them-and thus 10
tacn alive the spirit Of war after the can
mons had been put away and blood had
ceased to flow. ;.
Were the Tribune and the greedy Raul
Gals who denounced General SHERMAN 5
uolicv or General SHERMAN most lhci'leu
to civil government in tins case! Di'
STANTON and his followers who denounced
General SHERMAN's policy or did the Gene
raj show the most craftsmanship, the most
of that wise policy which would neal aNl-
sions. restore harmony, and put the nation
on its way to power and supremacy
General SHERMAN has shown more OF the
civilian, more of the statesman IN MS views
Of the wav to restore peace to the country
than GRANT, and GREELEY, ana al theu
tribe.
But it is amusing to see how General
SHERuAN's honest and truthful speech has
disturbed the Radicals. The Tribune says
that "the White House gad-tly crazcs when
/, stinps." This is true. The occupant OF
that house now is crazed, il he be not, ~
deed. himself q "gad-fly." Certainly ne
a,lruses more Of pain than satisfaction ny
his measures. They are more like stlngs
than wise suggestions for the public welfare
The Tribune pronounces General sHER-
MAN utterly ignorant of political matters.
file capuot be more poorly suppllcd WIN
noiitical knowledge than General GRANT,
And pronounces him utterly united Tor |
the Presidency by his despoiic and eScen- |
trio impulses" 1t adds that she would
make bad President for all OF us" III so |
he i or man Il head and shoulders above |
ho,,o n hD1 president
let him be bad for us all, and then under |
orr elective system the whole country |
would combine to prevent his reelection |
and take care of the public liberties. AS
it is we have man half and halt, bad for the |
South and partial to the Norih-a man hail
blacktand half white, who, slanderins One |
half the Union. induces the other half to put /
their own liberties into his hands that he |
may punish the innocent people he has ma
Eoned. A man who would be geographic 4
caly bad everywhere would be an angel /
of light to one who would thus partially l
atllct part of the nation and keep the Sec
tions in error and confusion, and in mutual /
hate and rage, that he may hold power and |
dispense the offices, emoluments, and jobs |
of the Government among his friends. Give |
us the government that is bad all over in /
preference to this partial policy, which be-
longs to the order of deepest, coolest, and
most notwithstanding Of all the devices
Of the devil. Nothing could more divide,
distract, and harass nation.
An imparlially bad ruler would unite the
nation. The pressure of mal-administra-
ton in that case comes down upon the
nation as upon an arch. 1t grows stronger
in proportion to the weight that is put
upon it. But the man who would rule by
setting one section against another weak
ems the nation and saps the foundations OF
its liberties. He takes away the founda-
ton from one side of the arch, ana OF
course 1t falls in. There is no harmony oil
opinion and of purpose left amongst the
people, and discord amongst them is the
only thing that remains to divert their
attention from their condition of abJect
slavery to the tyranny that is over them.
Now, we are not the especial'friend OF
General SHERMAN. But we are not sur
nrised ut his utterances. 1t Is strange that
such declarations have not been made be-
fore. There has been provocation enough
IN have drawn them from any honest man
and GREELEY says that General SHERMAN is
+" risidly honest" 1t is awonder that SYM
nathy for misgoverned and noble country
has not forced him and others long ago to
proclaim such facts from the housetops. 1t
is gratifying to every "honest " and think
ing American that this sshonest" General