The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-27

the road ahead; they only heard the ringing voice OF
their gallant leader ordering tho charge. and with
yell the little troop swept on.
$50 sudden and uue xpected was the attack 30 des
pcratc and Irresistible the charge. that tbs hdndfu o
men e,a their ray through The heart wheie brigide Then
in prompt obedience to the calm command Of their
Captain. they wheeled, reformed. and charged again
At this opportune moment. while tho Gonfederates
In confusion. snsRtphSs whole line dashed for.
ward with mighty cheers. and the day was won.
That night Jorr NJ the kept hs eternal hro,ue
he Fi bae. their white faces kissed by the silent
stars. The O,ain Ten fer deal but thank on he
sti lives; lives to the button Of peoples love
For the whose sublime courage and daring leader.
ship gave victory and rst star to PHiL SHERIDAN was
RUSSELL A. Atoss Of Detroit! !"
This is beautiful. and tits boomful. THURS
TONS description OF ALaERs charge at
Bonneville. which gave victory and n first
star TO PHIL SHERIDAN" sends us ut once
to SHERIDAN's own account OF the same
illustrious exploit. Here 1t is. In SHER1.
DAMS matter-of-iact prose:
After ALcEa had reached and turned up the Black.
land road the nst thing he came across was the Con.
federate headquarters the Officers and orderes about
which he captured and sent back some distance to
farmhouse, Continuing on . gallon. he soon struck
the rear Of the enemys line La snau. s.t through.
nor did get enough for to hear his cheering;
but a. he had ade the distance he travel In the
time allotted. his attack and mine almost coinci
dent and the enemy ethmpeueu Dy the CnAfReb IN
front and hed toward Backland. with little or no
attempt to capture ALGKRs command which might resd
iiD hare ben done
ALoxRs troopers soon rejoned me at bonneville mins
many hats having returned by their original route They
had sustained little loss except few wounded and
a few temporarily missing. Among hse ALcER rim.
sel uho drocgd from hs sndd'e BY ths limb Of that
IN n, erren-tof The charge ne una1e g,nk The
missing had been dsmounted In way another.
and run BY the enemy In his flight: but they all
iur.i later. the eepi for Sep scruha and
brvi.,."
1t win be observed by the most casual
comparison of these two versions OF ALaER's
exploit ut Bonneville that there are several
important discrepancies that are not merely
rhetorical The boom biographer Of ALGBR
carries him right through the heart of Il
whole brigade in charge OF irresistible
fury: tho Personal Memoirs OF SHERIDAN
say that ALGER was unable to get through.
and might readily have been captured had
not the enemy been stampeded. In THURS
TONS account ALGER left behind him nearly
one-haf of his gallant band lying dead
upon the battlefield. their whito faces
kissed by the silent stars: in SHERIDAN'S
story the gallant band returned intact.
minus II few hats. and mono tho worse
except for n few bruises and scratches. Mr..
THURsTON leaves ALGER for dead upon the
scene OF the struggle, and the wound re-
ceived on that occasion survives In oil OF
the campaign biographies, and even in the
States official record OF his career. SHERI-
DAN gravely informs us that ALGER was
knocked out OF his saddle by the limb OF q
tree which he neglected to dodge. Con-
corning any other wound than that which
the trco might have inflicted. or of any
capture except by the outstretched limb
OF that same tree. G<fa ALGER's superior
officer does not testify.
We submit that it is-knpossible for THE
Sun or for anybody else to do full justice to
Gen. RUSSELL ABSENT ALGER's earlier
achievements in the service which he quilted
on Sept. 20. 1864. after Gen. SHERIDAN had
recommended his dishonorabe discharge
for absence without leave, while the facts
about his deeds Of vaor are so hopelcssly
confused by conflicting statements.
Canadian and West Indian Reciprocity.
We learn with satisfaction that the Sem
ate has called for all the correspondence be-
tween our State Department and the Otta-
wa Government preliminary to the recent
appearance OF bogus Commissioners in
Washington for the sole purpose OF in
fluencing by-elections in the Dominion
What tho people OF this country want to
know is whether it was announced before
hand by Premier ABBOTT or Sir JULIAN
PAUNCEFOTE that no arrangement for rec
iprocity would be acceptable IL it discrimi-
mated against British goods. II no such
notification was given. the Commissioners OBJ
viously came here on false pretences and
will deserve n severe rebuke at tho hands Of
either the Federal Executive or Congress.
II, on the other hand. they acknowledged
betimes that their hands were tied by re-
strictions imposed by the Tories OF Great
Britain. then our Government entered with
eyes open into negotiations doomed to be
abortive. and cannot complain that it was
made the catspaw OF Canadian politicians.
In the latter case our Government would
have to reckon with the American people.
Even IL our State Department was not
expressly informed that the pretended de-
sire OF the Canadian Ministry was hampered
by conditions laid down at Westminster.
there is ample intrinsic proof that the
despatch OF the Commission was q mere
electioneering trick. The Hon. Mr.. FOSTER.
one Of the members of the Commission.
encies just before his departure for Wash
ington. violently denounced all proposals
OF reciprocity with the United States. 1t
happened to BIO constituency largely de-
pendent on the protected manufacturers.
who are the sturdiest upholders OF the Con-
sentative Cabinet. and who would have
everything to lose by free trade with the
United States. On the other hand. some
Of Mr. FOSTERS colleagues, addressing at
almost the same moment constituencies
mainly comprised OF farmers. were assur-
ing them that their real friends were not
tho Liberals. but the Tories. because the
latter We're on tho eve Of sending Com
mission to Washington for the purpose OF
opening the American market to Canadian
food staples These facts We're the common
property OF the Canadian press. and 1t Is
unreasonable to assume that they were