The sun., 1896-10-18

sherman considered this publication n
possible form He the more or felt the sting as
his friend and supporter. lie held that his
convention was confidential official question:
apd like other important military despntches,
Rhould have been kept secret. Moreover, Shor-
man alleges In his memoirs that IN an inter inter
view at savannah in the previous winter. Stnh-
ton had authorized him TO control nil matters.
both civil and military. He held It as cause
talnod at all points. lie makes q vtnomous at,
tack on the Secretary In his oflcial report of
tSrs t at Glty Point 'sS and IN IN ' other ooia docu.
ments, which he declined TO modify In seine
rnn too II oTcsd s5fasd RsS fRsSSsS SS
greatly excited when no first saw the P,,blice.
stanton appear to be much disturbed by sher:
tue nmedats rsSns paSIication lon OF" o sheTmSns de-
fence or explanation of the Johnston treaty treaty
dou. Il s bore towurd Sherman the least
malice, although the latter had endeayored , 10
publicly insult and humate MN sr by reIushs nt ,h
grand review In Washington. In letter 70 scho-
fleld, sherman oyinces great self-satisfa;etion
the sub ject Of Stanton's alleged 'insuit."". In.
deed. for some weeks after his arrival IN wash,
eome of his ofiicini orders, even. are colored
ny his fury against the seoretary, ,rge lie seemed
TO his old qiend stewart @ Van vet in New
York. sherman wrote about how base stanton
md lalleck have acted toward me-; they 6sy
oppoFiunty oF Sy to o%u ruin G me: will insult stn
ton in liko public manner" Ths str@ strange @
Hnileck alone tho victims Of his wrath. al;
at ' the arst m W Cabinet meeting by other. prom.
nent members of the Governmept Tor his
I nj part hp absent In Richmond
! President Johnson. perhaps, was more respon,
sbe than nnybSdy for the & exSHggHrated bd 3sa
Ills arrival in WaShington To schSasl1 Sns h,he he
more than Kind to me. and the howl against
N. has been narrowed down to , Hslisck hoth ana
ohnson Was Has already breasng ground for his
J attack on Stanton.
SHERMAN AND STANTON AND HALLEcK.
! To me the Stanton bulletin. OF which think
been the result Of a nasty, ili.consdered i'm
pulse, growing out OF an extraordinary conui-
eSnep Gn OF than saen that
gloom, he gave but little heed TO its probable
t the issuance &c Of this this bullotn, il am correct.
his action may be likened Z sherman's care
( coins death on the fate OF this treaty with
Johnston. In fact. as read these events, all
the subsequont troubles are directly traceable
There has elwas been much speculation con-
corning Haliecks connection & WIN ms ms a. al.
thorities, after their adverse decision had been
rendered: to nullify any possible effects 'i, o.; OF
facilitated. with large amounts OF specie he
was. said to be carrying Off to the somthward;
command after Grant returned TO Washing
ton. had INSTRUCTED his subordinates down 10.
sher1nsn's 'ruce with Johnston. and to dis.
e6sJ s1 % 9raer scs II eSs to S9n e
: that other commanders, further South. be also
Instructed TO ignore sherman a orders. Hallcck
West Point close friends afterward in Califor.
MIA. aud Iialeck had been sherman,s patron
under sherman's notice, with other actions of
his old friend. lashed the irasclble General
int perfect f.s af ,o
from subsequent incident. After the final
surrender, OF Johnston. sherman's army was
passed through Richmond. Halleck telegraphed
Sherman who has not yst arrived In sie mp9s
to his Halleck's, headquarters. where a room
was already provided ! for him But sherman
cred just; he replied in this sour strain:
"FoRT, MONROE. Va, May s, 1865.
"G.n HaNcct Rishmond; ;.,s w.,
of April 90. cannot have any friendly inter-
course with you. ! will come to City Point
wv. I. SHERMAN. Major General"
This vas ,,y very straight sti from tho shoulder
ever. Halleck reried: iustifying his ohicial
action on the ground that he WAS carrying out
the wishes Of the War Department. and ex.
pressing regret for NJ unintentinnal offence
ho had committed. coupled with wish ITO
sontnns TO- regard ard receye shsrman as
netting with candor In this. II is almost Ger.
tain That he was trying to cary water on both
shoulders, douole teal!ng. In short, for on the
same day in the morning he had sent OF another
despatch show!ng s4:h strong prejudice
mate Shs n ,has to tho
author. This tell-ta despatch is printed on
the same page OF the official records as Hnlleck's
foregoing amende honorable. and in full is as
follows:
H.n tso ya ssssn MHg 10 1872
II beg leave 10 Withdraw for tbs prescn. my
recommendation OF schoheld as military Gov
SrnGb t% Of NoTdh Carqiinn IL is reprS,ented to
visers OF Sherman in his armstico with tho
rebel Gen; Johnston II So he is not proper
therefore SUSPEND my accommodation for fur
III. w. HALLEcK. Major General"
Sherman evidently had Halcck sized mp cor
iteks frisndiy 'os ossrtnrss to he REPLIED on the
James. and within close cannon range OF Hal
leck's headquarters. in part as follows;
sye ShF m IN p
in connection with that telcCraphio message OF
April ~ to Secretary stanton, and by him
rushed with such indecent haste before an ex-
cited public. I cannot possibly reconcile tho
friendly expressions OF the former with tho
d adly malienty OF the latter, and cannot con.
priced SO highly til i can see deeper into the
diahOlical plot than | now do"
.Thenceforward the relations OF these two
old cronies were confined strictly TO official
matters. and these were very strained. re-
view by Halack OF some of SheIman's troops
MS they proceeded through Richmond had been
arranged, hut whea sherman, just returned
from a trip down the coast. learned Of the pro-
ject he put his veto uLon It at once, with the
, xplessed intention OF affronting Hallack.
Aside from the foregoing correspondence, be.
yond stihy reporting to Hnlleck his arrival
and reasSnmption of personal oommand Sher-
man passed through the city in sullen silence.
/ think HRlleck deserved this lesson.
Many pages Of Sherman's memoirs are de-
voted to tho Sherman-I Ohm Ston convention,
and the ensuing ouarrcls with Stanton and
lialleck. The Official records OF the event as
n whole considerably modify some OF his state
ments and many of his conclusions. but they
are racy and interesting nevertheless, like
pretty much everything no wrote. lie wrote
carelessly and oftentimcs recklessly, and al
ways proihcallv, out he was great soldier.
For those times Sherman's was a wholesome