The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-30

oapta,p distyibuted the booty of a conquered camp
among the boldesl Of his egonaries NO american Eau
ofhcia since the foundation OF the government, mas
ever shown SO intense a love for the arbitrary exer-
oil authority; and not Aaron Burrs desiens were
tatiyc government ON this continent were Grants
Official habits 10 the permanence and intesrl.g o.
American institutions Ho loved power Win seiush
| despotio tyrannical love; he loved il as much as
wnisXey and cigars anu horses. He administered "
with dignity and the same sense OF RESPONSE
bIhty as he showed in drinking and smoking and last
| driving. To pretend that he would not have MADE
campaign Tor a tnird term could he have gotten the
| nomination Is to ask credence Tor the absurd
IL Was not his that oil 1.-The disreputaoe iot
OF politicians who have iattened out OF his sNtr.or
binary that he was not candldatc Doiorc
the Cincinnati Convention; aud had ne obtained tuo
| Cincinnati nomination tho politicians VINO counted
Hayes in, W III ne assistance oil money In Louislana
ana Florida aud democratic idiocy and 10 Bradley IN
Washington, would have counted Grant ID, Wild the
assistance II needed OF guns teore me doors OF the
White House aud armed sentres guarding the balls Of
| Congress. The frauds by which Hayes was maae
President sink into insignicance compared win Tie
force and usurpatiou to when Grant would probably
have resored had he been the candidate instead OIL
HAYES and we would now have in the White House a
nun OF iron ms stead OF man of mush. Whom Grant
| peremptorily declined TO be y candidate the reason
was that he knew he could not get Inc Cinclnnau
There arc politicians who propose to give him
third term as Hayes successor They are The same
I'M crested politicians who desired 10 roommate him
10 1876 Tor their own profit The hopes winch were
destroyed then arc doomed 10 another disappoinI
meut There are many thousands In the country
who, without waiting to examine facts. look upon him
the SAVIOR OF the naiion-a second washington nut
!.
a third Term President A majority OF The voters OF
the country feel shat he vas entitled to reward Tor MS
military services, and that ample reward has been
bestowed upon him. They ieei at The Same time,
his unntness civil administration has been 50
overwhelmingly demonstrated that It would be almost
national suicide to trust MIN again IN tho Executive
chair The who did more than all MS predeces-
10 corrupt the civil service and deliver me gov
ernmept patronage rings and joGbers and thieves
Is not the TO be with what no other
Presdentths purest aolcst and best-was accorded
third term.
THE CONFEDERATE GUNS OF CONTROVERSY
opEN--wAs THE BATTLE OF SHILOH SUR
PRISE TO THE FEDERALs!-TEsTIMoNY
FREELY CITED TO PROVE THAT 1T WAS.
From the Louisville CourierJournal, July I'll
The statement OF General Grant tnat the battle Of
Shiloh a surprise only to the newspaper CORE
spondeuts cannot be sustained by evidence, aud the
suggestion OF expectation Of an alta OK conveyed IN
his remark, 1--WE had toen skrmisbing for two days
before we we're attacked Is coutradiced by evidence
furnished by himself and General Sherman.
The attack on Grants army was made on Sunday
morning, April 8. 1852 AT that time General G. rant
was at Savannah.
On April 5 General Sherman tclegraphed to General
Grant:-.'Ali quiet along my lines now; the enemy
has oavairy IN our 'front.' and think there are two
regiments and one battery SIX miles 0ut" IN another
despatch o. same cute acR
tUp.n The same day General Grant teIegraphed TO
General Halleck as ioliows-"Ihe main iorce OF me
enemy IS Corinth with troops at different points
east. have scarcely the faIntcst idea Of an attack
general one) being made upon but III be prepared
The next morning when tho attack was made Grant
was at savannah leisurely awaiting the arrival OF
OF any extraordinary haste. The plan was that Gen
erai Haeck was TO load Grants ana Buelps armies on
Louis April Tor that purpose. Buell. was not ex-
pected AZ Savannah before Monday, ara on
cara q BSss ,hr.o losemo.. divisions
10 my present intention 70 send them to Hamburg,
-. nss :Sey: ;ss a sss
disposed as IL TO meet an attack. rhoy had no
dsieness and no Designated me ana there was no gem
cral oicer tho field authorized in Grants absence,
to take command of the whole force In tue evont OF
general attack.
The first intimaton of an attack General Grant had
was the sound at Savannah OF the cannonadlng at
Pittsburg Landing. It's continuance induced Nun 10
20 to the held and break tho snKag he had Tor
conference with Buell. bis arrival. The message
he left Tor Buell. that the attack was IN affair OF
BuolI moving undor thc orders oil Halleck, TO
whom rant was also subordinate. VI GRANTS army
and position and his own movement Buell. says:-"l
marched from Nashville, not 70 rescue those forces,
but TO form junction with them TO operate against
the eneny's position at Cornth and IL was desirable
to effect the Junction as promptly as possible. was
informed that should find General Grants army at
Savannah the east side Of tne rver, aud was sur
prised, ana even concerned, when heard during the
march that the west bank, but was re-
eved IRON anxiety W The in lornaton that u was SO
protected ny high waller IN The streams which inter
posed between 1t, and nearly surrounded H. az 10 DO
perfectly secure"
In his memoir sherman says :-"We mad no In
trenchmsnis OF any Sort tho theory that as soon
Buell. would march to Corinth TO attack
the enemy" General Grant says that 1t Is not true
that the surprise found the men In camp and That
some were 'ked over their coffee" That the ab-
sence OF all deiences ana tue unexpected attack
caught the mon IN camp and over their coffee Is
proved by Grants own Officers Sherman says IN his
report:-"rhe battle opened oy the enemy's battery
in the woods TO front throwing shells into
camp" Colonel auckland reported tn It between
six and seven O'Clock he learned that the pickcts
were being driven in ana ne formed brigade the
co lOr llu0
advanced his brigade III line OF battle. He says he
marched but thirty or forty RODS when ne discovered
at the onemy had attacked the iorcmos opment,
eighty to one hundred rods In advance, and compelled
Il tail back. Colonel Cockcrell reported that wnen
the alarm sounded he called his men from break
fast and formed the color line. Advanclng Two
hundred PAGES no met the enemy and opened fire.
upon camp heavy fire OF iuaniry, which was
INN ediatey followed by SMELL Captain Barrett
ports that the alarm gwen about hali-past seven
on SUNDAY morning; mat his battery was promptly
placed IN position ''and IN ten minutes thereafter
commenced nring on the right Of me log church,
one hundred yards in front OF General Sher.
mans headquarters, where the attack was made by
the enemy IN great force"
II some oil Grants men were not "killed over their
coffee" they made very narrow escape, aud there
are Conedcra,es now living VINO pnrtook oil the
breakfasts prepared Tor Granus msu
General Grant asserts that on sunday night he was
pleased with the situation that he went 10 person
10 each division and ordered an advance the whole
line for tour O'Clock the next morning sherman says
his report that at daylight on Monday he received
General Grants order to advance, and mat he then
sent stan 10 bring up all the men they could
hnd. Not one oi Grants division commanders men
tions the reception OF such orders ON sunday nrgni,
but they all mention such orders on Monday morning
General McClcrnand speaks OF 'your order OF the
morIiug Of the TN Tor forward movement" Gen
erai Hurburt ssys--"About nine A. 81. l Was ordered
by General Grant 10 move up 10 The support Of Gem
eral McCierDsnd."
The time OF these orders Is a quito i'm portant his
torical TACT General Grant rs enucgvorins to show
that he not surprised and not beaten. ana that
his advance ordered without reference to Bueli's
forces. The evidence shows that his order tor
vance OF fragments Of mis- army made until
alter Buelfs forces had reached the field ana gone
INTO position
The less General has TO say about the battle
OF shiloh tho better VIII be Tor hls military ropu,a-
toD. His character coinman der barely survived
that battle, and his reputation must always rest on
other opeiations.
WHAT GRANT SAID IN 1866 AND WHAT HE
SAYS NOW CENsUpE OF Mr.. DAvIs-HIs
JUDGMENT OF MEN NOT INFALLIBLe.