New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02

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enough for any civil position, was no so, one
and possibly, did not possess the eemen.s t ~ ao
He was further untitled for command, 1oI !l 9 Ia
SON that his conscience must have troubled dr MN I'm
and made him afraid As Secretary OF war the he
Constitution Con of the United States and up
hold the same against all its enemies.
He had - BETRAYED that t 5TuSI the North
erp press to have scattered the little army IIg g
country had SO that the most OF IL l.o, GUut'
be picked up in detail when secession ocC GU
About year before leaving the Cabinet ne niu IT,
moved arms from Northern to Southern arSenals. nc
continued in the Cabinet of President DuCndnan
until about the 1st OF January. 1861, while he was
working vgilantly for the establishment oI d oon
federacy made out of United States territory,
hands of National troops He would no doubt
have been tried for msapPropriatlng puDIc PropcaI
y if not for treason, had he been and
! prded himself much his services III inc
Mexican War. He teegraphed to General John,
| ston. at Nashville, after our men were Wlenin
| fine rebel rifle pits and almost on the eve OF ms
| making his escape that the Southern troops ma
| had great success all day. Johnston forwarded
the dispatch to Richmond. While the auth9f il
| at the capital were reading IL fIOyu ANU iii0"
| were fugitives.
The modification of making the surrender was
thus thrust upon General Buckncr, and 1t was to
him that Grant addressed his famous urcondi-
tional surrender" dispatch. Buckner denounced
the terms as "unchivalrous and ungenerous"; but
that perhaps was meant rhetorical contrlbu-
ton TO history, for he was amiablo enough when
Grant met him.
In the courso of our conversation, which was
very friendly he said TO me that II he had Deen III
| command would not have got mp to Donelsoh as
easily as did. | told HIM that II he had DeGn IN
! command / should not have tried III the way dId
had invested Their lines win sal te soIoe
than they had to defend them and at me same
| time had sent a brigade full 0,OOU strong arouhu
| by water. had relied very much upon their COM
! mdudcr 10 allow me 20 come safely up 10 the out
| side of their works.
During tho siege Sherman had been sent to the
mouth OF the Cumberland t. forward achievements
and supplies. He was Grants senior in rank and
there was no authority of law to assign Il junior to
command a senior Of the same grade. But with
that nobility of nature for which the country has SO
long honored him, lac offered to waive rank and
servo under Grant # he could be of any at the
front ana every boat that went up the river took
generous aud encouraging note from him. Very
different was the behavior OF lIallcck. Whilo the
whoie North was cheering the victory and applaud
ing Grants promotion TO n Major-GencralsLip,
IMlleck WAS intriguing against the successful
commander who had 50 sgnally yindcatcd the
wisdom OF his plan Of operations:
NV chief who was in 81. LOUIS tclcgraphcd his
] CONGRATULATIONS 10 General Hunter IN Kansas tor
trc services he had rendered IN securing the tall
OF Fort Dou"ls1u by sending achievements so
RAPIDLY. 10 washington hc telcgraphed that the
victory duo to General C.. i. smith; promote
mm.' Doe said, "grd the whole country VIII APP
/ Maud" ON the 10th there was published at ~.
Louis % formal oracr thanking Flag-Oh,cr Ioote
and myself. aud the iorGr~ under our command
Tor I"c victories on 'lI l'.,' .', w. IT,, '
9,',,, G,...r.I iaIirrr I'M General Cnllum. his
cbirt of .trtf who was at Cairo. wrote me a warm
co'sr, tni4 Org letter @4 his own biihhl,if apr
XII ',li t'o prnruo-i,-ls iaqt were made.
My OPINION was and -ttil ~ that imneIsio'y after
lic l'il "l '.. - ' .l , Nv 49, ,' . 't''t
,r., r'.i.tancr T. one general Who would have
t,,rn the responsibility had been iu command of
al tlc troop, west col tAo A.erh3ns' At touId
nave marched TOD ' ~ PM '',"