The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-10-24

over, ana you were SICK CElpplcQ Wuil, ",
attuck yoti in his Memoirs with such de-,
liberation
SOB, Sherman IS q hard. cruel mana
tyrsnt In The small. He likes to be prod
ding people and prosecuting non-combat-
ants. He had so little sdiscernmenf that be
thought. that abuse OF me would pass with
the country, but the reception Of it By the
people mortified his crazy mind. Probably
he never did anything that gave himself so
much selfish repentance"
s.Do you ever see him, General Hooker?"
g / visited Washington some time ago. and
General Sherman called on me. Said j,
SHERMAN, this is indeed queer. You, the
General Of the army. come to see me. VINO
had no idea OF calling on yop? why,
Sherman, Pm sure we cau't mIsunderstand
each other. You have spared no pains TO
publish your want Of appreciation OF me.
and Think / have been almost as frank
about you.' Sherman was ashamed OF him.
self: that was why he called" =
.tDo4Fo rank Sherman in ability any
where near hts rank?"
.sHe had more disasters than anybody
know OF. His character and composition
are nervous and uncertain, and he is tor
mented By consciousness that the Amerl-
can nation has no confidence in his 1udg-
ment, and would not keep him where he Is
in case of general danger. Iregard MN as
responsible for the Indian atrocities taking
place this fall on the Plains. He possesses
none OF the magisteriaI, assuaslnS, wise
sense which controls sayages. His errors in
the rebellion went the full swing OF the
pendulum from gross military mistakes.
such as the first expedition on Vicksburg,
to gross civil plumbers like his treaty with
Joe Johnston. His resentments only mag
nifty the original blunder, such as attempt
ing to Insult a great man like Stanton, be-
cause Sherman had played the fool"
6" Yet, General, how do you account for
Grants preference for Sherman"
s'rhat made him. said General Hooker.
"Well, Sherman has genius much like
George Francis Trains. BE can talk and
write rapturously, and yet have no sense. l
am disposed to think that Grant, not pos.
sessing the power Of expression, was taken
with Shcrman's aptness at writing. and
thought he had better not antagonize his
pen, Yet Sherman has never been loyal to
Grants kindness. think Grant the ADLER
and better of the two. As President Of the
United States, however, Grant was vulgar
and incompetent"
"You formed a high opinion Of STAN
ton?"
ooh. yes; he was the supreme will and
spirit OF the war. The war required Il man
OF his uncompromising positiveuess. Mr..
Lincoln was TOO good and kind man to be
commander in chief at such time, and
Stanton was the rock OF the Union. He
stands up to and, think, above the rank OF
Sully and Carnot among war ministers.
Mr. Lincoln would often give me requisi-
tons, when commanded the Army OF the
Potomac, knowing that Stanton would dis
obey them. l am told" added General
Hooker, s. that Ben. Wade, Of Ohio, called
Mr. Lincon's attention to Stanton, and
urged him for Secretary OF War. That
ought to be traced up, and, if established,
it viii be to Wade's high fame. And to
think" said Hooker, musingly, "that such
man as Stanton should he attempted to be
publicly insulted by chatterboN like Gen
era Sherman. The whole Cabinet disap-
proved Of Sherman's treaty, not Stanton
alone"
"Shernan rather sticks to bis treaty yet,
doesn't hep"
ellis treaty." exclaimed General Hook
err. ~ know he claimed to have written 1t.
1t was written by Reagan, OF Texas, one OF
jeff Davis'S Cabinet, and was overlooked
by Davis himself. 1t provided for the sur
render Of the United States to Joe john
stop, not for Johnston's surrender. The
entire Government, Stanton and all, re-
scindcd it, and sent Grant to have it with
drawn"
"Why did Sherman take offence orgi-
nally at you?"
"After I was relieved from command in
the East was ordered to 90 West. 1t was
not my volition, but my duty. Sherman is
Actually mean. enyiouS, and ayariciouS, and
he regarded me when l arrived as kind OF
intruder, come out Of the East to take rank.
Grant treated me better. He did, however,
make some criticisms on me in some OF his
reports about Chattanooga which shall
recur to at fitting time"
HOOKER on GRANT.
"Grant is reported as having reiterated
those views in EIlrODe SS