The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-19
HOWARD DEFENDS SHERMAN
ADDRESS BEFORE THE ARMY OF
 THE TENNESSEE.

The Hero of the "March to the Sea" Did
 Right in Accepting Johnston's Capitula-
 tion With Conditions Stipulated by the
 Defeated Confederate General-He Was
 Unfairly Treated in Washington.
 St. Louis, Nov. 1S.--A bugle call re- sounded through the rotunda of the Southern hotel this morning and sum moned over three score veterans to fall in" for the twenty eighth annual re- union of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, which is being held in St. Louis. Among those who respond ed to the bugle call were Gen. Green vile M. Dodge of Iowa, president of the society; General J. A. Williamson, Colonel Frederick D. Grant, General Horace Porter General D. S. Stanley, General O. o. Howard, General J. s. Fullerton, General John w. Noble, G. J. Black, General A. J. Hockenlooper, Congressman Hepburn of Iowa, John A. Logan, jr., of Ohio, ex-Governor Oglesby of Illinois, and United States Senator Villas of Wisconsin.
 General Dodge called the members to order in a brief address. The morning session was, almost informal in charac- ter and after calling the roll the mem- bers separated into groups and renewed old acquaintanceship This afternoon the delegates, accompanied by their wives and guests, were escorted to points of interest throughout the city.
 Many of the visitors called upon Mrs. .Tnffprc0n JOaUiC ne cy1t tp, Winnie, who are in the city to attend the annual ball of the Daughters of the Confederacy. During the morning session this message was received from Major Mckinley:
 T accept with much gratitude your personal congratula tions and those of the Army of the Tennessee extended through you"
 Letters of regret were read from Mrs. Logan, General Wesley Merritt, Gen. eral Miles and others. Milwaukee was the foremost candidate for the meet ing. All the present officers will un- doubtedly be reelected.
 In his annual address Gen. o. O. Howard treated in an exhaustive man. ner the operations of the Army of the Tennessee in and near the last two battles which Sherman fought in North Carolina.
 Speaking of the various movements that led up to it, Gen. Howard said
 'The morning of the 17th had come. As sherman was boarding the train for Durham station telegraph operator ran to him with a message in cipher. It contained the fearful news of Presi- dent Lilcoln'S assassination and of the attempts also to kill MT. Seward and other members of the cabinet Sher- man was greatly startled. As no one but the operator and himself knew of the purport, he concluded to postpone the announcement till his return from Johnston. Cautioning the operator not to divulge the news he stepped aboard the train and went on to fulfill his en- gagement. Sherman and Johnson met at the house of MT. Bennett. a farm CT. Separating themselves from their staff officers, the two generals passed into side room. As soon as they wer there face to face, Sherman show ed Johnston the telegraphic message from Washington. Sherman says: The perspiration came out in large drops on Johnston's forehead, and he did not attempt to conceal his distress
 After Sherman's return to Raleigh, he published the news. Speaking of the assassination, he declared that he knew that the great mass of the Confederate army would scorn to sanction such acts, but he believed it the legitimate conse- quence of the rebellion against ightful authority. The effect upon our soldiers was not what had been feared Their sorrow seemed to overwhelm them for a time, and there appeared but little thought of revenges. The instinctive feeling was quite universal that the work of assassination was the act of a few madmen.
 "On the 18th of April Sherman made another visit to Durham Station. Gen. eral Blair and myself accompanied him thither. Taking with him his personal staff, he went again to the same place of appointment some distance from the station to meet the Confederates. It was at that interview that the first terms of Johnston's equalization were drawn up. Speaking of the paper, Sherman says: I wrote it myself and announced it as the best I could do, and they (the Confederate officers) readily assented.' There were clauses in the agreement which recognized ex- isting state governments, whose legit- imacy was to be determined by the su- 2 preme court, and others that defined political rights and franchises. These , clauses caused a furor of opposition I from Washington as soon as Sherman ] had submitted them for approval \ President Johnson disapproved the 4 agreement, and Grant was ordered to resume hostilities and further increase the sting of disapproval Grant was instructed to proceed at once to Sher- mans army and direct operations against the enemy.
 "We all remember how Grant came and how wisely he allayed every asper- ity; but his strong friendship could not \ remove Shermans chagrin. It was not + because his terms were disapproved, but because he had been so publicly and cruelty denounced to the whole kcountry by the war department. Sher- man was encouraged by the friendship of Grant to go back to Jhonston, where new terms, without a political refer Hence, were arranged. As soon as Sher-