The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-08
Cicueral sheridan and the South.

the peace ueNera' sher'aah ~ u Ne'eFa"
soldier ah" '0SSe'' 'n"ch ol '"'eou'"''"
spirit Dol" III war anu peace iiI was
two years In command Ut New orleans
after the war lie ought 10 know gooa
deal about that city ana people, ~ well
Us about the whole STATE ol Louisiana:
There Is ae least presumption 'ha' hc
did not write hlSdlSpalchcS to The secre'
tary Of War without very strong data to
support him. llisexprcssions were very
decided There Is no misunderstanding
his view Of the situation. And what Is
more, the administration seem to lind In
his views full confirmation Of previous
advices, masmhch rs the Secretary OF
War telegraphs the hearty endorsement
Of the Cabinet to Sheridan. Ills views
and the previous Government advlceS
make lwo'fOld cord not easily broken
when we couple them with the record Of
actual occurrences that took place IN the
Louisiana Legislature on the llrSt day "l
its meeting. The riOtouS and revolutions
AIRY proceedings that there occurred under
the lead oil Mayor WiltS are not matters
Of doubt. They are aDLlnuahlIy nn1heh-
ticated by the accounts oil Doll Sldes'
There was desperate attempt To organ
ile the House in defiance 0i law Tho
attempt InIIed' through mlll'ary ihter'
ference, alter that interference had IrSt
been invoked by the Mayor while III tue
chair
We do mol present this view oi INC case
US the only one lhat ls 10 Oe TAKEN OF 'he
Louisiana troubles but just now there
isa agreat howl over Sherldans dispatches
and he Is bitterly denounced In aIl The
Democratic newspapers These nenun-
Citations are largely predlcated on the
protests that come from new orleans,
protests from very influential sources 1oo'
we admit Many people naturally 'h'er
TINT high IIgn''arle' In ll'e chlIr'N, anu
members oil the Underwriters Boar'' anu
other ike prominent characters, ought
to understand Tue southern situation Del.
ter lhah sheridan, VINO has just arrived
on the ground Such an lnIerencs
seems natural, no doubt, Dlt nj tie same
time IL Is TO be drawn with care as we
remarked yesterday, any one who has been
In the South since tile war KNOWS how
common II Is TO hear influential people
deny Ihe existence oil hostility TO the gov
ernmeh1' Everything Is lovely no lar aA
public sentiment Is conc"rncd' very
many persons honestly OelleVe whaI 'hey
say on shis point, anu otIers are Doln ~
nOrlnl ana reckless whereof they alllrll'
1t does not follow That because man
Is Bishop ol state that he knows
what Is going on III certain ulStrlel''
where, rs eIeridah snyS, lhe very
alr II lmPregnaled WIN A.'a''
Slnatlon' we presume '"e lP'ScO'
pal D'Shop OF i0uislahaSolourhS WIN 'he
best people OF 'pat SIa'e whe' lie 'r"Ve'S'
lie uoes not penetrate Inc Jnngle' where
the military hnnt up HI Nil'S' lake
nearly "ll the Ieaulng people, lie l"s MS
ho'loRS o' wh"' constitutes '"'r G'ee'.o''S'
ueheFa"y SF"NlNg' Tue Pe"p'e nov"
'hSre 'Iea" Oy " 'a't elec''o,' o"t .aa, re,
su.'S !" victory lot 'neI'' anu JaS' "ere
Is ln'Por'a"' 10 Denr ~ .'''u '''"s ut one ,me
'"S' tets"' SHOWS '"u' '"V.e |'' oV,oVO
more o'"cNS 'nan WINES III ho''SI""n'
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'ownru '"e negroes goes o" wiz. i"'er'
MISSIONS Ons o' '"'e no "c" V' Vlo'e"re '
nave come TO my "otlVe' 9"c" "els are
now cohh"eu 10 p'"hueF'ug, VIII" or
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