The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-09

3 auspices-a signal given at the command {
g Williams & Co., in Washington be 70
: lowed quickly by action in Congress. TIL
e game is too nearly lost, however, and eve
l this desperate strategy will not win.
THE KIND OF A MAN SHERIDAN Il
A reporter Of the st. Louis Republican in
terviewed the General of the armies of tn
United States on the morning of the 9Th inst
and gives in his paper very full and enter
tertaining account Of what the General ha.
to say of matters and things in New Orleans
and what he thought of Generals Emory ant
Sheridan.
What Gen. Sherman, the commander O
the forces Of the United States, may think O.
the nature Of the conflict which has beer
increasingly waged by our people, for years
against corruption and oppression, 'can be
matter of small moment to any one, mas.
much as he is o soldier, and it has come to
pass in these latter days that soldiers know
nothing but their orders, and that whether
those orders look to the bombardment of a
city full of women and children, or the dis
persing Of the Legislature of State they
must be enforced. What Sherman thinks.
however, of two of his subordinate officers
| is OF more consequence, and hence we note
specially what he said of Emory and Sheri-
dan.
The former, he thought, was "a good man,
an excellent officer of the old school, but per-
hdps little timid in Interfering in the civl az
fairs Of the State" The italics are ours.
Sheridan, he said, sis kind-hearted, noble
minded man, accessible to any who may have
a suit to urge. But he is soldier also, and
does not hesitate to do his duty. If he
thought it necessary, and believed it a matter
of duty, the city of New Orleans would be no
more regarded than an Indian village. He
would not hesitate to level it. That is the
kind of a man Sheridan is. But he is also
prudent and discreet, and will do nothing to
complicate matters or precipitate events"
Poor old Gen. Emory, snubbed by the
President, insulted by Gen. Sherman, over
slaughed by Sheridan, and doomed to attend
the whistle-call Of the most abject human
being in Christendom, his fate is q sad one
indeed, and there have been times in the his
tory Of this country when an officer SO sat
upon, SO grossly and flagrantly maltreated,
would have torn his commission into tatters
md retired from service il which he could |
only reap dishonor.
The statement that Gen. Emory was, s'per-
haps, a little timid about interfering in the |
'ivil affairs Of the State" has been proven by
Emory's subsequent conduct and ready sub
erviency to Kellogg to be entirely unfound-
ID; in fact, base SANDER, for he supervised
he dispersion Of the Legislature, and in
very way proved his readiness to commit
ny act Of Outrage upon the rights of the peo.
les representatives.
Sherman will, no doubt, be delighted to
'arn that Emory was altogether underserving
the censure implied ia his remark. Il
However the commanding General may
ave erred in his estimate of Emory's charac- ,
Il, there can be no question of his correct ,
ess as regards Sheridan. The notorious ,
arn burner and butcher Of Piegan women is !
7idently man of his own heart, large a
sarted, undetermined fellow, who would not 4
estate moment to level New Orleans, or to c
eat it "as an Indian village" which, being
means that the leveling process
'uld be accompanied with the indiscrimi- o
to butchery Of women aud children. 2
A large-hearted and undetermined fellow, q
ally! Quite q soldier, and in every way d.
'rthy Of his military and civil chiefs. b
The time is coming when the soldier who q
res to utter such sentiments, the officer
10 dares defy the civil authority, will be
oted at by citizens everywhere. The time
not far distant, thank God when the SOL jo
=, be he the General commanding, or his to
anest subordinate, who dares intrude %
on the floor of the House of Repre- do
tatives OF State in the Union, for the j
rpose Of interupting its proceedings, will ex
visited with the summary and condign m,
1ishment he deserves. Unless the genius e Oe'
liberty has indeed departed from our once t.r
'py, prosperous and fair land, the doom of /,
d traitors as Sheridan, Williams, Grant Du
Morton is sealed har
enedict Arnold was . gentleman and a tina
e-minaed patriot compared with any OF :,
lot. E -
he St. Louis Tines says: There can be no !,
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