The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-13
A VOICE FROM ST. LOUIS.
Sheridan's Mistake.
Grants Motto of '65 Now the PeOple's
WatchWOrd.

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d- ST. LOUIS, Jan. z, 1875
.es To the Editor of the N. o. Bulletin:
J." 1 inclose you here an article from the
he Louis Republican of this date (evening e.
tion), which is such stinging commenta
upon the Bombastes Furioso kilograms
he the would-be grandiloquent and heroic She
ali dan, that trust it may be produced in all yo
Democratic papers, thus showing to the be
o. pie of New Orleans in particular and of Lo
he isiana in general, how thoroughly despicab
g. in the eyes of our citizens is Sheridan
Coming as it does from a paper professed
'. index Of the opinions of fair-minded men ,
both parties here, and, believe, also in a
d other parts of the country.
The great (?) Sheridan has undertaken til
task SO lately resigned by Radical State con
e mittees throughout the country, that of firin
d the Northern heart. Unfortunately he ha
n presumed too much upon the credulity of til
s masses in the section north of Mason an
q Dixon's line, and the Northern heart, SO fire
1 quently in1amed by stories of Southern Out
RACES. has lost in great degree its infiam
: inability, and refuses to furnish any sparks @
sympathy for the administration. Conse
, quently the celebrated rider is placed in
somewhat peculiarly ridiculous position. Blu
worse than that, the kilograms Of men of sucl
) prominence, responsibility and influence
men so worthy OF credence as the Archbisho,
OF New Orleans, pastors of churches of va
| rlous diverse denominations, prominent bust
ness men like those composing the Cotto1
Exchange and others have nailed our re-
doubtable hero, the Lieutenant General, in q
: lie OF the grossest proportions, and men OF
every stamp throughout the length and
breadth OF the country have ceased to pity
nd Al
ton and vileness of Sheridan.
Poor devil He fancies we ere living in the
days Of '65, when the North, too prone to
suspicion of fair promises made by the
Southern men Of their desire Cor a full and
complete restoration of the Union, was eager
in its credulity of Southern outrages. But
the past\two years have been a Great eve
opener in that respect We have witnessed
quietly and in silence the efforts SO persist
| emily made by the South in its desire for
peace and good government, and the contra
efforts just as persistentiy made by the car
pet-baggers to perpetuate misrule, bloodshed
and ruin that Federal interference might be
invoked and United States bayonets called
into requisition to sustain them in their
schemes OF robbery, oppression and subversion
OF the liberties OF the people. The time came
to act, and the voice of the people of the
North and West was Enthusiastically heard in
the late November election.
10 the Southern outrage business mainly
was the overthrow of Radical1sm due in 80 |
many States, as the Democratic party took is !
sue with the Administration principally on |
that point. But the warning there taught |
has been unheeded, and again does it become |
necessary to tell the party in power that the |
country is tired of all this strife and is deter.
mined for the restoration of peace. Grants
own watchword in '65 is now the motto of the
entire country, and "Let us have peace" is
heard all along the line. Already in MANY
Legislature resolutions denouncing the late
1lsgraceful acts of the military, egged on by
he Administration, in Louisiana, have been
irawn up, and ere this reaches you the voice
II the people, by their representatives in the
'arlous Legislatures assembled, and by pub
ic meetings in nearly all the large cities will
'e heard just as now it is being given vent to
lear every freside in every hamlet, village,
own and city from Maine to Texas. from The
Atlanic to the Pacific ,
So thoroughly understood is the opinion of
ne people that papers of such ultra Radical q
trpe as the Globe of this city, and Tribune
I Chicago, have begun to mildly remonstrate I,
nd warn the Government that the conse-
uences OF all this high-handed tyranny will !
e the death blow to Radicalism in the GEN r
raj elections of the coming year.
Poor Sheridan, consequently, has mistaken 7
is opportunity, if he thought to become ia .
sors and has only succeeded in making him -
III conspicuously infamous The former adj =
lrecs OF his undoubted dash bravery and dar- G
g, have become to think him quite another :,
laracter and the general opinion is that he is +
ny whistling to keep his courage up" and "
at his bravado is all for the purpose of hiking
s fears in the unpleasant position he now =;
ads himself in. My own private opinion is
at he feels his degradation and that his tel \,
rams only indicate his intention to finish e.
nsistently the dirty part he was fattered II
to commencing. He will have the pleasure
W of going down to posterity as the asso- q
tie and fellow-workman of Durell, Butler, 70
well Clayton, Kellogg, Ames, set id omne
aus"
The reign of men Of that class, and their
der Grant, is rapidly drawing to close. ne
IL the people Of the South to be patient and m m
ar all things little longer, and thew can 10,
an join the people of the entire country in <
celebration of the centennial anniversary or
our independence It will be fitting that M
, which in the past century witnessed the d.
vent OF Liberty, should in the present one dn
'side over its restoration to one portion of H.
people who have been so long debarred tn n,
privilege of its enjoyment. Then will -
truly have peace, and the Inflammation of Va
ved prosperity and shower manifold bless Ian o,
s on the true Union Of the States. IT
,ruly yours, WIN. A. GAREscHE.
he following is the editorial alluded to Br7
We: Fal
OUR LATER QUIxOTE. Ian
he following document is one of those I
lgs, if we may be allowed the term, which Cal
uld find conspicuous place in the history Lar
ur beloved country: for
''NEw ORLEANS, Jan. 6, 1875. 5P
l. W. W. Belknap, Secretary of War, Wash F
ington, D. C. stea
he city is very quiet to-day. Some of the lea,
ditti made idle threats last night that they the
Id assassinate me, because 1 dared to tell ton
truth. I am not afraid, and will not be tive
ped from informing the government that T
e are localities in this department where Me,
very air has been impregnated with assas- T
ton for some years. Riv
[Signed] P. H. SHERIDAN, F.
Northumberland Commanding" pacl
nr Lieut. Gen. Don Quixote is unwilling Sch