St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-29

nent men from all sections of the state.
There were was the usual array Of speech
making and other ceremonies which invest
| such an occasion with interest.
Among those who journeyed to SPRING
field was Gen. W. T. Sherman, late General
of the Army. The presence of this distin-
guished soldier was made the occasion Of
much personal adulation, and according to a
narrative of the occasion it was common
remark: "There goes a man who could be
President like daisy if he would only say
the word.' This sort of reception seemed to
rattle old Tecumseh, and when his turn
came to make speech he ''rallied around
the flag" in eccentric lines, indulging in
remarks inappropriate to the dignity of the
occasion, and showing that he has anything
but leve[headed statesman, and the
| suggestion of his name for the Presidency,
or rather, if his elevation to the office were
possible, would be national calamity. In
the course Of threadbare platitudes over the
war and the army he said he chopped the
colors would be protected, ever holy, ever
sacred for all time to come" This he fol
lowed with wild denunciation of the south
ern side of the contest, bitter enough to
crafty the bourbons who hope the war will
never cease so long as they can keep the
offices of the government. In this part OF
his speech he said: eff the Providence
which rules the world had taken jeff Davis
before he was captured and shot him it
would have been great thing. The speaker
remembered when he was fighting Indians
in the west he made thousand resolutions
if he ever got one of them he would skin him
alive. When he got the Indian by the camp
fire he had not the heart to kill him, and so
it was with jeff Davis. He believed it was
good policy to try Davis and turn him loose.
Davis had been good friend to the north,
inasmuch as the southern people would
neither permit him to write nor talk. That
was better than hanging Davis, who was at
this time simply plain jeff Davis execrated
and despised by every uni on man and hated
by his own people,"
This eminently judicial and statesman-like
line of remark called out the ''uproar-
ions applause of the congreg alton, and it is
quite a wonder they did not all rise and sing,
Lets hang jeff Davis on a sour apple tree"
After this burst of the demogague Gen. Sher-
man gave little further license to ''the bee
in his bonnet" and spoke Of President Lin
coin who he said was Americas greatest
type of manhood greater man than Seward
or Chase, the ablest most learned man in
the principles of human liberty the world
had ever known. He was head and should
ers above every man. Gen. Sherman said
he would sooner be the dead Lincoln than
any living man, not excepting King William
In conclusion tn speaker said he wanted to
retain place in the hearts of the people,
and particularly with the soldiers.
After this exhibition there remains no
doubt of the eminent fitness of Gen. Sher-
man for the Republican candidate for Pre-
sident. He would be "a daisy" and ap-
pears to be the sort of man they are looking
for. The Republicans may as well dump
their nomination on this Sherman as any
where. He is amply endowed with such ele
ments of coarseness and insensibility as
seems to be in popular demand with the
grand old party. His bid for the favor of
the June Chicago convention was bold and
undisguised. However much such an exhib-
it may disgust national people in other parts
of the country it seemed to charm the admir-
ing congregation gathered at the capital of
the Sucker state