The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-10-21
GEN ERAL ShERNAN


man was published 10 the Richmond Viii,
during the war. It will bejead with IN
terest ut this time. wl.euis The Generali
Nuame is spoken of in connection with tb,
Presidency aud there is prospect Of hi
relieving the coausry Of the danger Of |
third term of Grant:
UEAD'Rs Mil. Div. or THE Miss. ]
In THE FIELD. NEAR MARIETTA Ga,
June S0;ii, 1864. J
Mrs. Annu Gilman Bowen, Balttmore Nc
I DEAR MADAM: Your welcome leieI
of june lStl. came to me here amid thu
sound Of battle. aud. as you say, little did
] dream. when ! knew YOU playing AS i
school girl ou Suiliyan's Island beach,
that should coutrol vast army, point,
ing. like the swalms Of Alaric, towards lhs
plains of the South. Why, uh viii is this
Ii know uiy own heart, il beats Us warm.
ly as ever towards those kind aud generous
families that greeted Us with such hospital
ity il days long passed. but still presen:
in memory. aud to-day. were Frank snd
Mrs. pnaeber. and Eiiza Gilman. aud Ma
~ Lsmb and Margaret Blake. aud the
Bark ksdales, the Quaslis, the pryors; in-
deed, any and vii OF our cherished circle.
their children, or eysu their cLildren's
children, to come 20 me as OF old, the
stern feeling ofsduty and conviction would
melt as snow before the genial srn. end |
believe would strip my own children tilat
they might be sheltered aud yet thcy call
me barbarian, ysndal and monster. sad all
the epiihets that language cansinyeu: tia.
are significant of nalignity aud hate. All
| pretend TO say i. on earth us in heaven.
man must submit to some aTbi.er. lie
must not throw OF bis allegiance 10 his
government or his God without jast rea-
son and cause.
The South had 10 cause--not even q
pretext. Indeed. by her unjustiiable
course she has thrown away her proad his.
tory Of the past and laid open her ;rir
country TO tue tread Of devastating war.
She bantOred and ballied US to the Conflict.
Had We declined battle. America would
have sunk back cowardly aad craven. iler.
iting the eoutemptof ell mankind. As .
nation We werc forced 10 accept hattie,
and that onoe begun. il has gone on till he
war Las assumed proportions at which even
We. III the Lurly- burly. sometimes stand ..
ghast. would not sakjugate the Scutt
in the sense SO oGeusiveiy assumed. out
would make every citizen Of the land .obey
the common law. submit to the same as We
do--no worse. no bctter--Our equals and
not our snyerior.. know. ssd you tnos
that there were young men in our day,
now no longer young, but who contro! their
fellows. who assumed to the een,le,aen Of
the South superiority Of courage and
manhood. and bnastingly deied Us Of
Northern birth 10 arms. God knows how
reluctantly we accepted ths issue joined.
lik. in other ages. the Northern race.
though SLOW 10 anger. Oace aroused are
more terrible than the more nrhairahla
people Of the South. Even yet nv besrt
bIeeds when | sce the carnage OF battle.
the desolatinn 1T homes. the hitter anguish
of families, but the very moment the men
Of tue South say that. instead " appealing
70 war they should have appealed 10 reas.
on, to our Congress, to our courts. to relig.
ion. and 10 the experience OF history. then
will I NV peace-peacs: go back to your
point Of error. and resume your places as
American,sitizpns. With all their proud
heritsges.
Whether | shall live to see this period
Is probIematical. but YOU may. aud may
tell yoIr mother aud sisters that never
forgot me kind loos or greeting. Or ever
wished to stIace its remembrance: but IL
putting % the armorof war. did il that
our compon country shoulJ not perish in
infsmy and dishonor. am married
have wife aud six children living in Lan-
caster. Obic. My course has been an o
ventfnl one. but hope when the clouds Of
anger and passion are dispersed. aud truth
emerges bright and clear, you and all
Who knew me IN early years vii. not blush
that We we're pnce near friends. Tell Eli
"a Cor me that hope she may live b real
iIs that the doctrine of secession Is A.
mnnsirous IN our civil code a. disobedi.
ence was iu the ,lisiue Law. Aud shonli
the fortunes Of war hiring sou OF your SIS.
tiers. cr aby Of our old clique under the
.helier ofmy authority, do not believe
they will have canse 70 regret it. Give
my love % Jour children. AMI the assn.
rance of my respects to your honored hus-
band. Truly.
w. r. SnRRMAN.