The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-01-16


ago last Monday, the crime is excused W 'oi
the plea that the army Is not composed =
lawyers capable OF judging at a moments
notice of just how tar they can 60 ID the
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The Herald says: . -
"The message OF the President In reply to
the inquiry Of the Senate Is an ingenious and
able document, bearing marks Of extreme
care In its preparation. It Isl very different
message from the one which the public ex.
pected In view Of the strong endorsement
sent to General Sheridan by the Secretary Of
War, ~ which it was stated that the Presi-
dent and GALL Of u.s. meaning the whole
done on the 4th of January by the Federal
troops stationed OF New Orleans. Instead of
defending and justifying those proceedings,
the President makes an elaborate apology,
wherein he shifts the blame, so far as blame
1t Is quite different document from the one
TO the immediate resignation of Che few
try comedies the title Of statesmen"
The New York Times says the message is
very moderate, strong, and sensible docu-
make favorable impression upon the coun-
try.
The Express says the message, ain Its
tone, temper. and argument" is calculated
to make things worse instead Of better.",
The Boston Advertiser says the message
has added little or nothing to our knowl-
edge, and it has not justified what has been
done.
The Boston Journal considers the mes.
sage in favorable light, and commends its
candor and sincerity of purpose. .-....
The Boston Post considers It, without ex-
ception, the weakest and yet the most alarm
ing document ever issued from the Execu.
tive office.
A Coon Po1sT.-At the New York meet
ing Mr.. Bryant made strong point in com.
pairing General Grants methods to those in
vogue in Spain, and wondered how it was,
as many others have wondered, that West
Point turned out soldiers and nothing else ;
that the graduates were so ignorant Of the
rights of the citizen and the limitations Of
the military power. He says that if Sheri-
dan had been properly trained, or had not
forgotten his training, be would not have
obeyed the mandate which sent him to New
Orleans on that guilty errand. He would
have said:
~ owe my education to this Republic; |
was brought up to be its soldier and SER
want, and not the vassal of the President. l
have taken my life in my hand and gone into
the civil war to defend and preserve the
Constitution Of my country, and will not
raise my hand to violate it. would almost
as soon cut the throat of my mother. /
would tear off my epaulets, and break my
own sword and fling the fragments into the
Potomac, sooner than 60 upon so impious an
Grand"
MAKING Fun OF PHIL.-On Canal street in
the show-window Of jewelry store is
miniature bulldog, sore, savage, saucy, and
ugly, looking at a miniature bandit, and on
his neck is hung the placard, 81 am not
afraid" The papers have many derisive
illusions to Sheridan, and the wits and wags
of the city are evolving infinite amusement
from the enormous blunder and gigantic
iabrications of the Lieutenant-General.
Louisiana's hatred for the diaboism of Ben.
Butler is unsurpassed by her contempt for
the vanity, folly, and mendacity of Phil.
Sheridan.-Ne,1 Orleans letter.
Sheridan does not ask now for the I'M
limited power he regarded as necessary
week ago. Perhaps he has discovered that
neither Congress nor the President pos
sesses the power to grant him what he seeks.
1t would be nice guarantee of republican
form of government for Congress to place
these States at the mercy Of Phil. Sheridan's
sword. Yet that is what this Cesar, who has
suddenly grown so great. had the modesty