New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-24

In 1865 n negro was shown to inc on u rc'nIo we,
who was making stump speeches for seymour ai III,
Rlair lilo drew ma aside and explained bins-n.
Mir. Warner he said am making speecnss leslie rI
pay but moan TO vote for Grant, me Diarh p" NV
ali know privately that am getting m"yoS ioi NY
tall. Int that my vote don't go with H.
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR lSoo'
GLOW does it seem as to the next Dein"crahc
nomination from your COMMUNICATIONS "
Georgia Trey are all against Tilden. was taking
IN Caldwell of Alabama, who was candidate LOT
clerk against Adams two years ago. ana says ne was
elected but cosnted out in their caucus no saiH ~
me- recently, that IIlden had no TSn rs,orJed
dricks who was once popular, was also ttgaIuea
M mast rev val He seemed 20 thnk that the llcA'
Democratic struggle would lie between Ihurnlui
Randall and Hancock. have 1nst peeu sntGer
Donaldson a rich and active Philadelphian ton me
that the understanding was that idGn was 10 cor,
troll thc Ney-YOrk, and Randall tue IcnhSy, Nanld
dnjeg,tion and If Tlden can't get II, he VIII glVo
his ss1renctb 70 Randall Donaldson said, however
that il was doubtful if Randall could take fehilsSl
wanna away from Wallace. his enemy; ., a,
What do YOU think about 1t, Mr. warner -
think that their shrewdesi choice would DO Han;
cock. He near negative on an hISPn io,I
questions as anybody could he: Even on the hntn-
cal question he il not committed. consequently,
ne is without strong opponents, anu ~ pIanV
should be the Republican nominee as SIN ,hie",
ems Hancock would most naturally ne tnougnt VI
az a military candidate His wlie ~ a Southern
woman from Missouri he - hatlYe fenhslt-
vanan with large soldier fo!l9Wing III 'ne Hoitn.
dIdate and suggested Bill Morrison, OF Illinois, as
suitable name for Yce-PresIdent."
DO the Southern people not complain that 100
Tttla bas heen done for them by the General Coy
eminent since the war r." hey don't seem aOie
to bring their forces TO bear on anything haIlno
nlously except politics was tah's 10 ,,d piI INN
ueut Georgia Judge some time ago, ana asker mn,
why the south had not insisted on us own IaliOau
line to tAe Pacific, independent or the Northern
connection. He told me that Oh MS owl h lo,th
edge one of the leading newspapers IN the SOuth
pof a sum OF money 5000 every month merely 10
dIsperse paragraphs through its columns dashing at
railroad subsidies. Thor press, j pave hotceu'
sticks mp for lliden, Dut All theiI poi'tlc''n' "io
Nav not that be because il is safer 10 drop Int
lie money IN the press. winch Is generally III need
IN fine South than to fool with Members OF Con-
prcss VINO might expose the dalllance - Dhe
trouble they have suppose" sad Mr. W warner, ls
the want of "A press like that of the North, which -
financially independent and not open 10 assistance
GENERAL snERNAN's MARCH 10 THE SEA.
"Do YOU regard General sherman as a man OF
original ability PA very able man. said sir
Warner. land an original thinker. You may have
seen some discussion as to who conceived the March
TO the Sea. Now, you know ! was with sherman.
and close TO his person all the time; As early as
May, 1861, when We were about CHaita-
noOga, | said to him one day General wat
do Won want to ret to Atlanta Tor ! lou
will be 900 miles from your general base OF supplies
at Louisville for Nashville ana Chattanooga are
only secondary bases, and Louisville II your re-"
=
of Georgia, with a long line ana nothing 10 ear !
What are Won going t. do when You ger 20
Atlanta Sherman, in ms RAPID way brushed me
ashes from the end of his cigar ana SAID: Sait
water salt waterl | thought about that u little
while. and finally said: DO you mean the SEA !
That is it, said sherman
Mr.. Warner continued m ~ momcut y hen nc
got into Atlanta the General went INTO room ana
spread ont a map before his chlot OF stau' ana
getting down on his hands and knees pointed
out the line Of his advance. 'GcLcraI' asked
tho other how YOU gong 10 lNc
on that march, There are ono million
people IN Georgia, said the General; here they
can 1--we we can't starye We shall have from
twenty to forty days TalOns and coffee and hard,
tack, and find the rest when we reach the coast. |
never had any douot That sherman saw , 'ha' i"icn
10 the sea IN his eye away back IN lS6j.
GRnF AT GENERAL MPnERsON's DrATH.
81 Will tclFyOu another curious thing MIR. War
ner added Sherman was very fond of Mcpher-
son. They were IN closo intellectual and social
friendship. went out to McPhcrson's headquar-
tiers about o'clock on the morning before he was
killed woke him up. and we took drink and
had breakfast together. and then started to get in
formation as 10 the enemy IN front that Sherman
wanted. 1 went back to SheTnans house /;
IL was what called the Howard
House, now the Hurt House. McPhers3n
attack was opened on his command by Hood, and
he gall0prd of from that house. News came after
some time kat Hood was rep1l~cd, but Mcpherson
was killed. Sherman said To me: warner, You
have been all over that ground today. / want Nou
10 20 back and find how things from personal
inspection, and como 10 me- On my way, met
Mcphcrson', dead BODY; hc was shot in the side.
the ball gong upward. When got back the body
was lying on the porch, aud Sherman was going up
and down with slippers on bis feet and barehraded
crying. Every time he passed the body he would
look down. and his eyes Ill up again. All that time
officers and OrleTlies were riding for orders and he
would answer them. and then continue his RAPID
walk and look down at the body. 1T was very al
fectinC scene. hat night | was I1ding IRON the
front with Sherman, and We Lad several miles 10 20
81. hack tsllt QTtt AZ
NcPhersOn aud he told me tins: Warner, he
said thought Mcpherson would be the man 10
close out this war Grant and are pretty sure 10
be knocked over before 10 Is done, either by iEo
enemy or public opinion We Will both make some
mi4tdk or he accused of some mistake. which VIII
set us aside, and had looked on McPhers0n As the
man to conduct our armies To tho cnd OF inc wal.
Was Sherman always cool in tight places -
Yes. he instant and snaPpy but perfectly cool
Tor all that"
II have heard criticisms on Sherman for DIS
paraglng Hooker 80 many years after the war, when
Hooker WAS paralyEed "-"Well even II one ~ par
alyzcd" said Mr.. Warner mot even thc dead es-
cape historic blame. General Hooker had an I'M
pOTtlnt command under Sherman, and Sherman had
TO rely HIM for the truth. If he told Hooker to
feel the enemy before h!m. ANA 20 report whether
he could hold his ground was Overmatched, SheT-
man expected tho very best Judgment Hooker
almost always exaggerated the force opposed to
him, and tins might compel sherman TO weaken his
line at some other point, 10 give Hooker more
strength. think that WAS ilooker's fault in the
war-tO much imagination, weak Judgment
BRIGHT REPUBLICAN PROSPECTS.
"Do you consider tho Republicans as likely 10
loso the election III So0.-"N0, think we have a
pretty clear road. As you have said, the next cleo
ton is not to DO IA moral contest, but a
fiscal and physical contest for order. property,
sobrety and development. There is no prospect
that the Democrats, with both houses of Congress
in their favor Will win the confidence of the
try. Their own men of property and Tcspcctabihty
arc afraid OF them. We have as much at stake as
ever III keeping the country Republican, aud every
man vino is AT work trying 10 establish himself and
mako ms family independent feels 1t. We have
goue through tho slough, and have come out on airy
ground, ana If we arc 10 go up hill 1t depends on
undlnR thlngS inst rs thrY are ptriectIy Lowell. A