The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-05-26
General Sherman.

General SHERMAN has provoked numoe'
or ncrsous-p particularly the political gene
ctals-hy his book, and is likely TO nave
merry time of it with the sharp a''achs
which vii, bc directed at him. MONTGOMERY
E,nr. Of Maryland, has given the 'enc'"'
. fo-e.aste in 4 short letter in the Nc" Aofh
ycr,l3 and. it is understood, proposes 10
follow up the subject.
AR R1 Ass letter is in defence Of his bro
Their. General +. =. BLAIR, who is now an
;nral;d. General SHERMAN passed some
shar,, =, hec;ious upon his military career and
;n,nncned his motives in seeking place in
thc army. MONTGOMERY BLAIR, in defend
ing bis brother. makes some broad accuse
lions against SHERMAN, charging him with
r,ing Influenced by jealousy and personal Ill
will. and Issuing orders several times 10 de-
fea, Federal commanders whom he did not
like, aud to obs,ruct their way to distinc-
ton. He gives bis general opinion Of suER'
MAN in the following words:
"All who know Sherman know that he Is
OF al cnyious nature. and his BOOK would
be unlike ANYTHING else he had done il it did
not reveal this. | rccoicct no generous
cuicgy by him Of any cDmiade, and the fX'
tracts published in the Herald from his BOOK
are thoroughly Shcrmanic. The purpose
with which he gives Halleck the credit OF
the Tennessee campaign does not make IL
necessary to qualify this criticism, Tor that
was a thrust At Grant, TO whom Sherman
owes everything, and whom i1allcck super.
seeded in Tie act OF following up his blow al
pouclson by the capture OF Nashville, and
so rendered lis victory Ruthless
faGAs, the sas-bag, has intmated that he
will take shot at the General OF the Army.
I..E,ErzeLMAS is reported 10 have spoken IN
doc;s;vely As 10 whether he should have any
thing TO say or not. He admits that he Cld
some hard swearing at Bull Run, and he was
nc. irritaieti a. SHERMAS'S statement about IT..
H thought it we'll for the sake Of history
Ina, the SHERMAN book had been published.
l: would lead to Investigation and help to
cortcC: history.
General SHERMAN, like dog in a row, has
bitten indiscrimnatcly about him, and VIII
haye several aGrersaries upon him. GRANT
will likely keep silent. but some OF the
BApEArs may put in print something "for
the SAKE Of the accuracy Of history"
We here have very little interest in tie
strife. save that 1t may bring out some points
illustrating the wrongs inflicted upon us.
SHERuAN's great march from the Mississippi
to The sea, and thence to the North Carolina
line, WI, marked by crue!tes that gave Gen
crai SHERMAN no great claims upon the south
,ro people. They will hardly be led TO sym
pathizc with him in any phase Of the Wran'
gle
SuERAAS's average progress was between
two and three miles per day. lie almost stad
long enough in a disr!c, To acquire the right
10 vo,c. This made it hard for the ncighbor-
hooG-, aud certainly deprived him of some
advantages. 1t vas wont 10 be said that i
good reaper could cut wheat from Georgia
10 Maine; and had SHERMAN marched at
moderate speed be could have travelled
With he strawberry season, or ne might
have eaten turkeys in season from the
Gull 10 the james River valley. But he eX.
nauSted the neighborhoods and ate things
OF. Of season, sweeping the ducks, and the
TURKEYS, ard all the little chickens" in
different to the circumstances and walls Of
destitute ard defenceless people. The
voices OF lamentation and mourning were
beard along his path. There was not power
in Them 20 elicit pity or to speed the march,
that they might be left behind.
We shall hardly care much about the war
between General SHERMAN and the otjec's Of
his resentments. Let 'cm quarrel. It'll do
'em good.