The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-01
Labor Riot in Madrid.
FRANKNEss BETWEEN THE sHERMANs.
A Bit of Correspondence Between the Broth
ers During the War.

A Bit of Correspondence Between the Broth
ers During the War.
MANSFIELD, o., Sept %, 1862.
Dear Brother . As one of the
bad signsI regret to notice SO many quar-
rels between officers The feeling
among the people is general that the regu-
lar officers are indisposed to treat with de-
cent civility those who. like most of the
great military men of history, are educated
In the field rather than in the school. And
It Is feared that habits of education and
association make them feel indifferent 10
from q pride of duty than from an earnest
conviction that the rebellion must be put
down with energy. Since HalIeck went to
Washington every movement IS left TO him
vice is rendered. He has chosen his own
officers, and If he fails / zee nothing left but
for the people TO resort TO such desperate
means as the French and English did in
their revolutions.
Am rejoiced that You have been able to
keep out Of the adversIties that have be-
fallen us. our course in Memphis is ju-
dicious. Your speech i can heartily in
dorse. l hope you can maintain yourself
at Memphis until relieved. and / have no
doubt you will fil an honorable place in
the history of our times. BY the way. L
received within q day or two a letter from
a gentleman OF the highest political status:
few days I heard an officer say he heard
your brother, the General, abuse you
roundly at Corinth as one of the blank
Abolitionists who had brought on the war,
and that be was ashamed to own you as q
brother" have no doubt the officer
said this. but L knew you did not.
and so contrsdicted IL with decided
emphasis. only repeat 1t now TO
show you how persistently efforts are
being made to separate the class of high
regular officers TO which you belong from
civilians. Whenever that separation is
effected all important commands will
gradually be transferred to such officers as
Banks, Sigel, Morgan. Nelson. and to such
regular officers as show a sy mpath with
the radical faction. as Hunter. Fremont
and Doubleday. j earnestly deprecate all
regularly according to the teDets of civil
lied warfare. L prefer regular officers. and
scarcely ever critlcise them. and never in
public; but If the time shall come when
emancipation of blacks and colonization of
whites Is necessary IN order to preserve the
unity of this country. then ] would prefer
q fanatic like John Brov-p TO lead our
armies and an Abolitlonist like Chase. with
brains and energy. to guide our counsels.
Affectionstely yours. JOHN SHERMAN.
MEMPHIS, Oct. /, 1862.
Dear Brother When anybody tells
you that | ever doubted your honesty and
patriotism, tell him he says false. / may
have said you were a politician and that
we differed widely in the origin OF this war,
but that being In 1t We fully agreed that nc
must be fought out. But you have more
faith than l in the people. They are not
lnfallible. People may err as much as
men. as individuals and whole commune
ties may err. Can the people of the North
be right and the South tool One of the
peoples must be wrong.
Your brother. w. I. SHERMAN.