Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-29
Some Recent Vaporings Of F'rc-Brand Te'
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Some Recent vaporings OF Fire-Brand Te-
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To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
The same day on which you published
a late interview with General sherman,
August 9th last, beaded "Sherman's
War Talk" in which he boasts OF his
strategy in going through certain part
of Georgia, and of having sent General
Thomas to whip General Hood. which he
livery handsomely and conclusively did,
etc.-and no doubt with thrice the forces
Of Door Hood, who had been three times
wounded and WAS much MANNED from
amputations. and had lost many OF his
most skilled officers and men, and who
under the circumstances should not have
been in the field-for, though Maurice of
SAKE won Fonienoy in litter, Gin war
it is hazardous to convert exceptions into
rules - read in the Southern Hlstorl-
cal Papers this piece of history. 1t IS
from the diary OF Captain 4. Z. Park, OF
Alabama, who seemed to be o truthful
and classical gentleman, and Is detailed
in Volume H., page 3l1:
Ut. - utbtiitu biAo AJVNbAA "a
General Sherman did his adopted state.
Louisiana. Sherman at a parting ban
ouet given In his honor, on resigning
charge of the Louisiana Military lnstl-
tute. by good citizens who had done HIM
many favors and conferred upon him
lucrative and honorable position, volun-
tarily pledged his word of honor never
to draw his sword against people who
had treated him with such marked,
whole souled kindness and hospitality.
Sherman continues in the interview :
eff the PEOPLE CT Augusta think |
sliohted them in the winter Of go
by reason Of personal friendship form
cd in lSlt they are mistaken. If they
think | made a mistake in strategy let
them say 50. and with the President g
consent will send detachment OF 100,
900 or so of 'Sherman's bummers and
their descendants, who will finish mp the
Job without charging Uncle sam a cent.
"The truth is these incidents come
back to me in q humorous vein. OF
course the civil war should have ended
with Yicksburg and Gettysburg. The
leaders Of the South took good care not
to die in the last ditch, and left brave
men like Walker, Adams, Pat. Cleburne.
&C.. TO do that"
We think that some of Sherman IS
doings in Georgia should come back to
him in a humorous vein, and history re-
peats itself, for Nero fiddled while Rome
was burning. We viii give below some
e L. b,.roCr
In writing to the Mayor and council
men Of Atlanta, he said:
al have your letter Of the 18th in the
nature Of petition to revoke my orders
removing all the inhabitants from At
Janta. have read 1t carefully and give
full credit TO your statements OF the dis
tress that will be occasioned, and yet
shall not revoke my orders, because hcy
i0crc nat intcnacG 10 met the IUDi0ni-
ties Of the case. You might as well APP
peal against the thundors storm as against
these terrible hardships of war. They
are inevitable and the only way the
people Of Atl'nta can hope once more
TO live in peace and quiet at home Is t.
stop the var, which can only be done by
admitting that it began III error and /.
perpetuated in pride.
And more OF such humor in telegram
to General Grant
Until we can repopulate Georgia il
is useless for US to occupy IT, but the
utter destruction Of its roads, houses,
and people viii cripple their military re.
sources. | can make this march and
make Georgia howl. D."
The war is over and we dislike to re-
open these painful subjects, but We
could not resist the temptation to ami
madvert upon the boastings Of an old
man VINO has been so much oyerrated,
and according to the diary Of Captain
Parke, if true, 50 false and ungrateful.
But for the sake Of history, a most i'm
portant study, these things should be
known, and unfortunately for the Gene
eral he cannot "read his history in q
aation's eyes. Il. u.