The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-05-29
SHERMAN'S MEMOIRS.
The autobiography of William Te-
isfemts OF the War.
From the New York Herald.

The autobiography of William TIE
cumseh-incidents OF the War.
From the New York Herald.
Sherman shows that he can WELD TIL
pen as well as the sword. His style il
as much his own s that of Caesar o.
Napoleon. 1t is winning style W.
see gifted man telling his life in
plain, artless fashion, but with trench
ant rhetoric. Whenever an opinion
is demanded he gives it. His picture
of the early days in California is as
graphic as chapter from Sir Walter
Scott. Now and then there are eriti
cisms upon his contemporaries which
will provoke comment but plainly
enough, Sherman means what he SAYS
This is the value of the work. We are
glad the general has written it. In
many cases it throws new light upon
the rebellion.
BULL RUN.
Sherman's comment upon this battle
is characteristic. at is generally ad-
mitted that that was one of the best
planned battles oft the war, but one of the
worst fought. Our men had been told
so often at home that all they had to do
was to make bold appearance and the
rebels would run, and nearly all of us
for the first time then heard the sounds
of cannons and muskets iii anger, and
saw the bloody scenes common to bat
ties, with which we were soon to be
familiar. We had no organization, good
men but no cohesion, no real disci-
pline, no respect for authority, no real
knowledge of war. Both armies were
fairly defeated, and whichever had
stood fast the other would have run.
Though the north were overwhelmed
with modification and shame, the south
really had not much to boast of, for in
the three or four hours fighting their
organization was SO broken up that they
did not, and could not, follow our army
when it was known to be in state of
disgraceful and causeless fight. 1t is
easy to criticise battle after it is over,
but all now admit that none others,
equally Jaw in war, could have done
better than we did at Bull Run, and
the lesson of that battle should not be
lost on people like ours"
GRANT UNDER A CLOUD.
After Shiloh Gen. Hallcck came aud
took the field, and Gen. Grant, after
winning this battle. was substantially
left out and was named second in com
mand, according to some French notion,
with no clear, we'll defined command or
authority" For more thsn a month
Grant thus remained without any appar-
ent authority, frequently visiting me
and others, but rarely complaining but
l could see how deeply he felt the in
dignity if not the insult heaped upon
him." This overshadowing of Grant
continued for short time and evidently
moved Sherman's sympathies toward his
commander. One evening he learned
that Grant had asked for thirty days
leave and was going to depart the next
morning. "Of course, we all knew"
says Sherman, "that Grant was chatting
under the Sights OF his anomalous posi-
ton, and l determined to see him on my
way back. His camp was a short dis
lance off the Monterey road in the
woods, and consisted of four or five
tents with sapling railing around the
front. AS rode up, Majors Rawlings,
Logan and Hillyer were in front of the
camp, and piled up near them were the
usual effects and camp che SITS ready for
starting in the morning. l inquired for
the general, and was shown to his tent,
where [ found him seated upon camp
stool, with some papers on a rdGe camp
table. He seemed to be employed in
asserting. letters and tying them up with
red tape into convenient bundles. After
passing the usual compliments 1 in
quired if it were true that he was going
away. He said, Yes I then inquired
the reason. He said Sherman, you
know. You know that am in the way
here. 1 have stood it as loug as 1 can,
and can endure it no longer I in
quired where he was going to. He
said, st. bouis.' l then asked if he
had any business there, and he said,
Not bit. then begged him to stay,
illustrating his case by my OVID. Bsfore
the battle of Shiloh l had been cast
crazy But that single battle had
given me new life, and now I was in
high feather. [ argued with him that
if he went away events would go right
along and he would be left out, whereas
if he remained some happy accident
might restore him to favor and his true
place. The result wa thatGeu. Grant
and in a short time. by the
removal of Halleck to Washington, be-
came the commander of the army"
SHERMAN ON POLITICS.
There is long letter from Sherman
TENDER, 1858, in which he gives his
ideas about the rebellion and its posi-
BILE future. Lincoln vas anxious to
publish this letter, but Sherman would
not consent to il. He opposed the re-
vival of state governments in the south
Two more battles would have to be
fought before there could be civil order,
" one near Meridian, in November. and
one near Shreveport, III the spring"
As for the farming and artisan class in
the south, they were the real third es' n e
and would move with the politicians
As for the union men of the south, they
We're beneath cont Ampt, and the young
bloods, sons of planters, lawyers, they
were coed Billiard players and sports
men, but the y never did any work aud
never Will. WAR suits the and the
rascals are brave, fine iidels, utterly
reckle p, who must all be killed or em-
ployed before u ere can be peace"
Civil govt rnment would be ridiculous"
There should only be "military rule"
until the armies of the south were con
1nertd. The union should be para
mount. ana there could he no comprO-
mise and The war must be fought out to
the end. If this letter had been pub
lished ut the inc 1t would have made
profound impression, but Sherman was
IL his de termination not to take
any part in politics.
The QUEEN AGATN IN DANGEU. The
Briti-h Medical JourLal sDys that
d Conner, who, on the day of thanks
g,vIng for the recovery OF the prince of
Wales, attempted 20 shoot the queen,
was arrested again on the Jjh inst
The queen was holding a drawing room
at Buckingham Palace, and O'Conner
was found standing at the same plac
in front of the ratings, from which he,
On the former occasion. pointed n pistol
At the queen. the arrest WAS quietly
made, and OGonner was sent TO Hone
we'll Asylum, Oh the certificates of two
Dhysi ,ians that their prisoner was sub
ect to both honicidsi and suicidal fits.
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