Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-06-03
THE CONFEDERATE ASSAULT ON
THE ARMY.

NC CVuou Will uCfCI quitC Aoi SCo on"o
little historical event which occurred at
Appomatox Court House on the 10th of
May, 1865, and proved to be the closing
scene of secession nor will it ever be
able to forgive General Grant for the
part he took therein. All through his
administration Southern men could not
wholly conceal their rancor toward the
one who led the Northern armies to VIC
tory, as was evidenced by the virulent
and abusive attacks which were con-
stantly made upon him by the Northern
Democrat, who was but willing tool in
the hands of the astute Southern politi-
clan. Since the war, not Grant alone
but every officer who won distinction
under the stars and stripes has been
singled out and made the target for
Southern venom whenever an opportuni-
ty has been offered to strike back. Since
the Democrats have gained control of
the House the Southerners have been
more open in their attacks, and have
even struck at the army. against which
they cherish special hatred as the nu-
cleus around which the forces of the
North assembled at the call of President
Lincoln. Sunset Cox. Banning of Ohio,
and Hewitt have been the instruments
most frequently employed by the skilled
hand of the Southern leader, while the
moves have in every instance been
adroitly concealed under pretence of
economy, which, upon the face, shows
that 1t is the merest claptrap that has
ever been brought out and made to do
service as party slogan. 1t is not an
honest effort toward economy. The OBJ
ject is too evident. These men don't
care snap for economy, but they do
care to punish the army, and they are
cloaking their real designs under sham
effort for retrenchment in order to put
the knife under the fifth rib of the land
arm of the public service. Their en-
deavors in this direction have been high
ly interesting for the past year OF two.
One noticeable thing in this connection
is their increasing boldness. They have
now thrown off all disguise, and order
ing their underlings like Hewitt out of
the way, advance with the old planta-
ton swagger and insolence to the attack.
In the House on Saturday, May %,
Mr.. Reagan of Texas, moved to amend
the section about the pay of officers by
reducing the amounts. His proposition
embraced the reduction of the pay Of
General Sherman from $4,000 to $40,
600, and of Lieutenant General Sheri
dan from $1l, 1000 to $4,000. Their pay
is undoubtedly high. but their distin
guished services entitle them to the sal
aries which they draw, and the people
who are heartily sick of this feignet
3 economy, remembering their records. ar
only too glad to give it. The effort t
: reduce the salaries of such men as Sher
. man and Sheridan, who gave the bes
: years of their lives to the endeavor t
v preserve the Union, comes with littl
"a aV0 rIvuI H. 49,. I'D eI~I.vt
his flag and became one of the cabine
f of Jefferson DAVIS, which with DEVILS
i cunning and cruelty, compared wit
which the atrocities of the modern Bash
/ Bazouk are but the merest child's pla,
with an inhuman barbarlty which hs
not been equalled in the annals of an
/ war in ancient or modern times, delibe
VI ately planned the starvation of the bra,
s. comrades of the men who form the re,
f; ular army, and who with their comman,
h ers are now the special objects of Sout
re ern malice
re The ex-Confederates achieved anoth
he Bull Run, Monday. When the Arm
E. bill came up in the House, they not o
D. ly voted to reduce the force to 1000
er men. but tackled on provision that wi
We prevent the army's being used to que
es local disturbance or to enforce the la,
ne wherever the local authorities prove i
Sc adequate. This will allow the crooke
c. whiskey men in the South to defy t
t. law more fagrantly than they do no
to and it will be interpreted as new
A cense to the bulldozers during the col
at ing campaign. But the main point
he that it anticipates the possible cont
a, gency of the army's usefulness agar
- the Potter Tilden conspiracy, and p
IT. poses to render it useless to maintain
u der. Traveller.
r. LETTER FROM NEW YORK.