Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-09-18

The Chicago Herald brings out Gen.
Phil. Sheridan = . candidate for the
Presidency at the next election.
Apropos Of this. We happen TO have at
hand two opinions Of Phil. Oae Of them
il from the Denver Tribune (Repablican)
and the other from the Stockton Her.
AID (Democraticl. Instead Of ourselves
discussing the man of the famous ride
We give way 70 q two contemporaries
Who sketch him from very different
points Of view. We shall allow q Re-
publican contemporary TO be heard irst:
The cheap authority which Gen. Sheri-
dan displayed on his trip with the Prssi-
dent has injured him more than any
thing which has happened in his career.
without cause he displayed the small
tyranny Of military life. and treated the
public much ~ il he were the officer of
the day Of the Repuhlic and had . right
to say when it should 60 to bed. Dur
ing the war Gen. Sheridan was : gallant
officer. During the trip which has just
closed he was an insu6erable martinez.
To say the least, his extremely bad taste
in selecting such . triumph Of ignorance
n his brother to chronicle the events oil
the trip was reprehensible. II he had
NO respect for the Republic he should q
least have had some for the English
language. We can conceive Of no more
bitter trial for grammar than to be in the
hands Of Mike Sheridan. He means we'll,
but his introduction to il has been 20 re.
cent that he has utterly failed to placs
himself ON terms Of intimacy with it,
He is one Of the deluded individuals who
would present = cabbage ~ . ready-mad.
bouquet of rhetoric.
After all the retiracy Of Gen. Sherman
10 to be regretted. Better self-deprecat
ing small plea than self-assertive nonpa
reil.
And now we will listen to the word,
of the Democratic Herald:
The Chicago Herald brings Gen. Phil
Sheridan to the fore n = candidate TO
President ct the next election. Well
there IL nothing more ridiculous in tina
than in the naming of some other mel
who have been put forward, and elected
too.
There is no reason in the world VIII
Sheridan should not mako ~ good . can
didate and a. bad . President a. Grant
or Hayes, or Garfield and Arthur actually
made, or than Greeley, o. Hancock. o.
Coukling. or Blaine, or any of then
would have made. Sheridan proves
himself as good . soldier and : far bettel
rider than Grant. He was the besl
cavalryman in the army. and when h,
got after . rebel force 40 miles ahead b.
made the best time on record, and after
ward excelled even that score, when til,
rebels were after him and only . mile o
two behind. In zach emergency he dis
played equal military genius and equss
trian skill.
These are qualities that will prove ex
tremely advantageous to the candidate OF
either side in the coming Presidentis
race, and the politicians might 60 farthe
and fare worse in the search for . candi
date than to take up Phil. Sheridan. Tn
only question is, Which party shall ente
him Nobody knows. and he doesn'
know himself. whether he is Republi
can or . Democrat. But that SHOULD
make no difference. Presidential candi
dates are not chosen these days for tn
political principles they represent, bu
rather for their running capacity and tn
probable disposition they will make Q
the spoils and ~emoluments.
On this basis Sheridan will make .
hopeful . candidate ~ anyone else.