The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-01-11
Sheridana.

Sner1Qana.
The New York Journal Of Commerce, a
paper of unquestioned honesty and sincerity,
and which is slow to speak in the language
of scverity-a paper which never suffers
itself to be betrayed into warmth of speech
not justified by the occasion-speaks of
SuERlDAN's acts with decided severity. 1t
commences nm able article upon his career
in New Orleans as the commander Of the
Gulf as follows:
elf Congress has the se!freSpect which
belongs to common manhood it will at once
demand the recall of General Sheridan from
New Orleans"
The Journal proceeds to state why honor.
able congressman of all parties should join
in this proper measure. Prominent amongst
them is the statement that Congress had
sent to Louisiana committee to inquire
into the condition Of affairs there. 1t says:
"Up to this time no evidence has been
produced TO prove that the people OF Loulsl'
ana are not as peaceful and orderly as those
of any other State. 1t is at this Juncture,
while the people Of all parties are waiting
for revelations Of facts to be made through
a legitimate congressional investigation, that
General Sheridan attempts to forestall and
nullify the whole work Of the committee.
This he does in the boldest and most Often
sive manner possible"
We extract few pointed sentences from
the Journals article:
"He sends out dispatches to be published
to the country at large declaring the Safe to
be full of q spirit of defiance to all lawful
authority life TO be insecure, and the civil
government powerless to punish or arrest
murderers. One hardly knows whether
to wonder most at the falsehood or the
ferocity OF these utterances. There is
not word of truth In any Of the assertions
publicly made by General Sheridan.
And even if any part Of bis brutal TRADE were
true, there was no occasion whatever that be
should solicit the privilege of killing the
White Leaguers in cold blood. We
ask for this coarse, insolent man, and for
those who sustain him at Washington, the
calm, honest judgment of the American
people,"
Here is brief sentence from northern
print:
"Sheridan had not been twenty -four
hours in Louisiana when he comprehended
the entire situation, and telegraphed bis
conclusions to Washington. Sheridan
should have sat upon the bench, instead OF
upon q cavalry horse. He has excellent
qualities as a judge--that Is, of wbiskey I;
and he either should have been given the
weoEack, or else retained somewhere as a
bartender"
And here is another, from the Chicago
Ttmes-independent paper-a leader among
northwestern Journals:
$ And now, right on the heels Of our jubi.
lation [about our national greatness], little
bullet.headed Irishman ireland, the mother
Of innumerabe very great and useful men
but now and then she sends out very bad
one, and Sheridan Is one Of theD]; the
spawn Of lucky accident, aud the creature OF
circumstances; q cattle-liiter and house.
burner par excellence; man whose tepu.
tation mainly depends upon a battle In
which he was not, and In other conflicts
where he was. and where he displayed sim.
ply that blind obedience aud british courage
Characteristic of lower order OF animals
right on the heels of half a century of bio
Walton ever our own merits, and OF depre-
citation Of the merits Of European nations,
this little wretch does what, If done by