The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-01-08
sRANI ANp SHERMAN.
A Democratic Estimate Of the Men end
the Friendship Existing Between
Them.


10 the effect that the Judgement held
by Mr.. Vanderbilt against General
Grant will not be pushed for satIsfac
ton, as 10 was designed not only 10
secure the principal creditor, but TO
defend the debtor against other eredi-
tors less disposed to be lenient This
version Of the affair seems reasonable,
and may be accepted. a. IL is not like
~ that Mr.. Vanderbilt, who lent
General Grant out Of personal friend
ship q sum which he would not lend
90 the firm of which the General WA
member, would play the role Of an
eXacting creditor Moreover, Mr. Juner
Of the New York Times, has declared
that the fund OF $3.50. 900 raised for
General Grant some time ago is still
intact. and brings IN an income uf
$4,000 a year. II j. invested in Wa
bash securities, but under such con-
uitiOns that the Morgan estate guar
antees the income and the repayment
OF the principal, should the securities
cease TO be reuunerative Neverthe-
less an effort j. 90 be made TO raise q
new fund for General Grant, which
will doubtless he devoted mainly 10
the payment OF his debts.
GENERAL SHERMAN
is behind the movement. Ever since
the financial ruin of the Grant family
sherman bias been conspicuous for
his eagerngss 10 serve bis old com
rade. AT one Of the army reunions
held during the SUMMER he viudicat-
ed General Grants good name against
rumors that coupled IL with dishunOr,
AMI recently AT the New England
dinner he spike Of him In terms Of
afiectiouute sOlicitude and respect.
/ since then he has been busy in be-
hglf Of the President, and II any
/ thing can arouse the hard pushed
generosity of American milliOnairrs
for one uf the heroes of the war it
/ VIII be this uuselfish eagerne~s Of
| another Of the heroes Of the war to
| help him. There is something cred
| itublr 10 human nature ia ShermuH's =
/ cnurse. and the friendship between
/ him aud Grant will become one If the
| finest episodes in the history Of ia,
/ civil war When In the same army
they worked together ia harmony
| though there Were many prints iu
which the subordinate officer was tht
superior man They were true Ca
/
GRANT HAD FAITH ~ SHERMAN
when he was pronounced crazy 10y
some OF the politicians al Washing
ton aud Sherman stnnd by Giant
when hr was denounced for drunken
mes aud prevented him from leaving
the army alter the battle oi Shiluh
| When Grant WAS made Gruertl iu-
/ chief one of his first acts was Ia
| write ietttr To Sherman say ing that
! he aud NcPhpr,uu deserved much %,
! the glory given 10 himself a. will
out them lac would have failed nut
sherman wrote back iu his irauK im
pvtuOu~ way telling Grant that al
| though he was a little deficient /.
grand strategy. he was a great sol
dipr - hu had fairly earned the hunur-
granted TO him, which hOuOrs hi-
cuurtIes did not envy HIM, know
iug lis worth and gloryiug in hi-
fame. When sherman wanted to sell
out on his march To The sea GuuI,
though having little fail in the
iiuN ruicut, s,cquieSced iu IL out al
ihe fuilut~s Of his confidence iu hi,
SuburdIuute's genius; aud when aft-l
the capture uf Savannah there wa,
talk of granting sherman honor
equal 90 Graut'- the former wrnte {,
his hrelher. the senator. dennunciul
the scheme Finally when Stanton
attempted 10 ruin sherman for hi
course in regard to the surrender %
Johnston's army Grant proved him
self
a sTANcH FRIEND.
In the course Of years IL is probable
that something cf Il cuulness ~praup
up between the two comrades, and
after the publication of sherman
Memoirs" there were stories u
Grants JEALOUS dissatisfaction with
the work but be studied the subject
carefully and refused to take issue
with ANY thing that Sherman id
said If busy bodies tried 10 kiudle
contention they failed. II was ru-
muryd that sherman was disgusted
| because in the course of "A European
| trip every body persisted in regarding
! Fred Grant. vino went with him as %
sort of young " nc aud t!3r general of
| the army as "A suri Of bear leader and
il WAS reported that Grant was dis
! satisfied because Sherman refused tu
| give this hopeful youth place on his
| staff Yet the old friendship was not
dead, but slumberiug. aud when mis-
fortune overlook Grant, Sherman
was the first Co step forward ia hi
defense, and he h. nUw the most act
i've la eudrayoTing 90 rebuild Grants
| fortunes. Such warm feeling tie
tween two old heroes in their retire
| ment Is good tn SEE Whatever else
may be- said Of Grant, u j. clear that
there is something in him that binds
men of undoubted genius as with
hooks Of steel for there is no doubt
| that in Sheridan "a well us sherman
ne has 4 friend ready TO stand 10y him
! through evil report and good report
and pay him tribute Of love and adj
| miTatiOn.