Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-15

Gen. David B. Henderson,
Orator for the Society of the Army Of the Ten
ne3see.
Sherman and Sheridan were builders; but
so were John Brown and the drummer boy
of Shiloh.
Where can you place monuments to
laughter to signs, to the flames of burn
ing thought and to all the joys and sor
rows that follow in the wake of war? Let
me see you build monuments to the per
fumes of our fields and gardens. Where will
you place the foundations of the fine Sculp-
ture to keep in memory and in marble or
bronze the shouts and prayers the loves,
the tears and the immortal Slories of the
emancipation proclamation?
We cannot omit Booth, Guiteau, CZogosz
and the other horrid, damnable manifesto
tons of national growth. But We can build
monuments to our dear immortal dead, and
this we are doing, and the nation grows.
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman.
General William Tecumseh Sherman, in
equestrian statue, is lefore US. With I'M
covered head he stands where he stood at
the grand review. lie was followed by
the men who had on many a bloody field
followed him in the face of death. Hear
him, as he looks at the surging line COM
ing from the Capitol:
when l reached the Treasury building
and looked back, the sight was simply
magnificent. The column was compact and
the glittering muskets looked like Il solid
mass of steel. moving with the regularity
of a pendulum.
Rhol-Smith, caught the inspiration of the
moment and fashioned him in bronze for
all time.
1t does not represent Sherman in battle.
1t is Sherman amid the well-won glores of
peace. 1t is Sherman the pelcemaker, re-
ceivirg the thrilling. rapturous applause
of the bronzed peacemakers OF a saved
republic.
events. or great aft c ions The statues of
the word are Silent historians.
Sherman first drew his sword a the battle
of Bull Run. and never sneathed it until
the sword of the rebellion was il pieces at
his feet.
The language OF his statue tells what he
fought for-peace.
of the civil war On this occasion that
will be impossible.
He never drew his sword without drawing
blood and making permanent history.
His March to the Sea is generally re-
sarded as his greatest Campliga but this
is an error. 1t was a brilliant campaign
the world has so rated it-but it did not
come up to the genius and grandeur of
the campaign Immediately following it,
when he carried practically the same army
from Savannah to North Carolina, an
average distance of 400 miles. That was
the greatest work of Sherman life.
But let US consider for a moment what
President Lincoln said of the Atlanta
campaign:
Executive Mansion
WASHINGTON. d. C, September 3, 1884.
THE national thanks are rendered by
the President to Major General William
Tucumseh Sherman and the gallant officers
and soldiers of his command before At
lanta, for the Distinguishing ability and per
severance displayed in the campaign in
Georgia which under Divine favor, las
resulted in the capture of Atlanta. The
marches, battles, sieges and other military
operations that have signailzed the cam
paign must render famous i'll the annals
of war and have entitled those who have
participated therein to the applause and
thanks of the nation.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
President of the United States"
And later note what Mr. Lincoln said of
the March to the Sea- and capture of
Savannah:
WASHINGTON, DC, December 81, 1861.
My Dear General Sherman Many. many,
thanks for your Christmas gift-the capture
of Savannah. When you were about leav-
ing Atlanta for the Atlantic coast, l was
anxious, II not fearful, but feeling that
you were the better judge, and remember
ing nothing risked nothing gained 1
did not interfere. Now, the undertaking be-
ing a success, the honor is all yours; for
l believe none of us went further than to
acquiesce, and taking the work of General
Thomas into account, as 1t should be taken,
1t is indeed great success. Not only does
it afford the obvious and important mill
tary advantages. but, in showing to the
world that your army could be divided. put
ting the stronger part to an important new
service, and yet leaving enough to van
quish the old opposing force of the whole,
Hoods army. 1t brings those who sat in
darkness to great light. But what
next? 1 suppose it will be safer that
leave General Grant and yourself to de-
eide. "A LINCOLN
From Savannah to Goldsboro.
This letter of Mr.. Lincoln's demonstrates
that the march to the sea was the sole con-
ception of General Sherman.
The President asked What next?" Sher-
man lost no time In answering. AS soon as