Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-26
The Quarrel Between General Sherman
and yeN. Davis.

New YORK, November 25th.-This even
ing's C1mmcrcial says OF the General Sher-
man and Jeif. Davis quarrel Sherman, in
speech, said the secession Of the Southern
States was not what ii pretended to be, but
| conspiracy of which Davis was the
leader, designed to enable that gentleman
to control the United States. Davis was
! not believer in the doctrine of secession,
but was prepared during the war TO coerce
, any Southern State that might be disposed
to secede from the Conlederacy and finally
that he (Sherman) had seen 4 letter
from Davis, declaring his purpose to
turn Lees army against any Southern
State that should make such an attempt,
In response, Davis has published a letter,
declaring that the statements of Genera!
Sherman are base ISLANDERS and unquali-
liedly false. He declares, further. that he
never wrote the letter which General Sher-
man says he has seen. Now Sherman has
suggested tothe reporters that he is entirely
capable of managing this discussion for
himself, and on the whole we are inclined
to think he is. The Commercial quotes
from Davis own history, and other C0nfed-
crate books, to show either the untrust-
Worthiness of Davis memory or his reck-
less pegYersion of facts. One thing is
certain: Davis conducted the affairs of the
Confederate Government upon lines pre-
cisely contrary to those which n sincere and
consistent believer in State sovereignty
would have chosen. An eX-Confederate
writer has declared and has cited facts to
prove that there was never q more absolute
military despotism than that established at
Richmond. Alfred Rowan, in his Mill
tary Services of Beauregard,' prints official
Documents as reminders to Davis that his
memory, or some other faculty, is peculiarly
untrustworthy
Government Employees Breathing Easier
An Apt Comparison.
WASHINGTON, November 25th-The Gov
ernment employees here are breathing
much easier than they did two weeks ago,
and the panicky feeling which prevailed
immediately after the election has in great
part ended. The clerks are beginning to
believe that they Will not all be dismissed
after the 4th of March The few and care
fully chosen words of the President elect
on the subject of civil service have inspired
them with hope, and the moderate opin-
ions expressed by several prominent mem
bers of Congress as to the impropriety of
wholesale removals and sudden changes in
office, have sill further increased their
confidence.
a gentleman who is warmly interested
in the success OF the new Administration
said to your correspondent to-day: The
Democratic party is somewhat in the con-
dition of men who ike the Greedy sur
vivors. were rescued on the verge of DEATH
perishing from starvation, exposure and
want. These men were taken from their
rude shelter amidst ice, snow and rocks
to comfortable berths on the relief ships.
and surrounded by an abundance of food
and warmth. Medical science teaches us
that if these men had been given all the
food they could have consumed, it would
have been certain death to every partaker.
They were fed i'll homeopathic doses, and
now all of them are well and strong If
Cleveland should at once give the Demo-
cratic partisans all the patronage for which
they hunger, it would be the death of the
party. Their stomachs could not endure
such strain, and they would perish" !"
What Cleveland will do in the White
House can only be guessed from his policy
as Governor Of New York. 1t is q note
worthy fact that the few men who know
him intimately DO not believe that he will
make the sharp official changes for which
such horde of Bourbon asprants are
waiting. The civil service laws of New
York State, and those of the Federal Gov
eminent, closely resemble each other, and
Cleveland has the reputation of having
carefully enforced the former in both letter
and spirit.
A gentleman not in official life, but
whose name is known to the country, and
who has both entertained and been the
guest of Governor Cleveland, said to your