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- w.sn'setos. D. C.. Aprilal 1854 ,
r.esiv.d and a just eomSised reading the ds.patehe:
action ,s.a'a 3, them snd i, .hori% 3. done
ing take place tonight Very respectfully. your obe.
d.ss as o. GRANT auma roo
Gen. sherman as follows:
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tween and Cen Johnston for the dSand S n.
ausSefty of the ssnsrs doy.Pnmset over ali the ter
sent Tor tho approval OF the Pres
nan s%d (. o f . M
4sns : ,oueh.. upon question. Of such vital
ss;ls1 y n: fIs; S
:: %ss
hs resus was the disspprovs By fresdent Of ths
sss asss se !ns
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in snswsr to me Oh sending a Ie,,ef received from
3; o % us s
ofnSsrs '"' s''''''" Va ''~'' W
of lis Of PSus aSs of she tnes and
oSsasns s servant ar e'fi s. %R.sr Iisusnsns
9 this vas Sy sSSpy Of anssa 1ae
ihs % to declare n ahe
mlsslo'e, thaI ne was p.o.upt IN souE are1 '0 in
pghng ar the work 01 sesns ss ~ ssde .b f4e
fSH RfSaHlelsS. g. n e. to sxesute % lie order q t6e
prssdent, and arrived 5i e. hH mean
Of the resumption OF hostilitles was speedily
upon the terms accorded acc oy STant hob 10 Lee r
Stanton psrpetratsd against sherman By IN.
tSe asiess P' action % N was not approved Ills
Da OF a%k @e aes and 1 ths
By the 10 and vas ,Ss
% reasons Tor its disapproval. These reasons
were as follows: . . .u,,..,,o 4.
Cen sherman ana on i.s aee co shows th.e both he ana
johnston sns. sss. CON: sherman had no authority to
L wa: s' Of tn. rebel
10 ,,s,.,,, N, ,,s., Stat. Govern
msn!: ss.s sss s;sn .::s;s.esa =: ::esas: si
psesa sSs ana q war n ,ss hand. o
= II. armies q The United state: we're
sae' ssss: anu u''a 10 'oaqa'. anu 'a0ua' 'a' '''
:sysry States h'S would Do 'na0ea 10
s. i might furnish ground & cf r%.spSn.iSty % for The
:qs,ss Sya s1sn: Of rebel States to debts
Il WealT put In DISPUTE the Existence Of loyal Stat.
sas
United States doyernment
rs.v. sSs sbe, Of essry dsses Who had sausher
Cd our people from all pains anu pehA'es tor tnsn
'hst na sp
ga 5eSs had asked in
sSsi[
ns
The publication Of these reasons vas abso-
ne The
made terms. with Johnston which only wanted
ne the Pesomae to the and
send the soldiers of our armies l reloleing to
their nOmeB. I6us SueEuHu says NMoul, phRo
1851: "Whils copies OF this paper were being
made for signature the officers OF our staff
ommIngled In the yard at BENEFITS house and
were all presented to Cons Johnston and
Breckenridge. All. without exception, were
ro,oiced that the war was over and that In
very few days we could turn our faces toward
home" ., A..
The expectations which sherman had thus
raised In the minds OF the army and ofthe people
could not be realized under his terms consist
emily with either the dignity or tho safety Of
the country This had 10 be made evident to
: ha ocn OF that public opinion
without which Governments are powerIess.
and It had to be made evident to the army be-
cause the Governments refusal TO- accept
Johnston's surrender might have bred serious
discomfort there unless ACCOMPANIED with an
announcement. of! Its conditions and a plain
ELIMINATION OF their inevitable effect. As
bearing upon this point the following letter
from an honored statesman possesses unusual
interest:
Woopsrock w. June ~ 1873
DEAs sR: Cen Sherman promnlsasd 5,,hi to his army
and the world his nrs Ss ~ n ohsp Tsv neeouptsd
r n shs az mrmy wego erstsd with the
of fl an lin iInmsdi.is me- return home. ....,- ..,..
and 70 do without stating any Isason for Il you'd
have been very aanfSa ha 1nsny hsd sspion, NJ snprn
Rs6e aaS Of is s .st on the army even with the
III sivS reasons which were given. should this
n. nrsssnthd I'm and true Anfeso OF tho |