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Headquarters (Washington, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
better reading, President Grant describes Americans as a people engaged in the pursuit of fame, fortune, and honours; not of honour, but of honours. It is nothing, probably, but a clumsy phrase; yet critics roused to anger cry out against it, as the very accent of a Caesar. Fame, fortune, and honours! Are these things the ideals to be held before American youth? Snakes hide in grass-Caesars may lurk in an unguarded phrase. A whisper of the President's doubts and fears arrives at Headquarters, in the St. Charles Hotel. The adjutants want a little more vigour; and Sheridan, who never stops to weigh his words telegraphs to his friend the Secretary of War: New Orleans: Jan. 5, 1875. Please say to the President that he need give himself no uneasiness about the condition of affairs here. I will preserve the peace, which it is not hard to do, with the naval and military forces in and about the city; and if Congress will declare the White Leagues and other similar organizat
Vicksburg (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
elknap runs: New Orleans: Jan. 5, 1875. I think that the terrorism now existing in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas could be entirely removed, and confidence and fair-dealing established, by the arrest and trial of the ringleaders of the armed White Leagues. If Congress would pass a bill declaring them banditti they could be tried by a military commission. The ringleaders of this banditti, who murdered men here on the 14th of September last, and also more recently at Vicksburg, in Mississippi, should, in justice to law and order, and the peace and prosperity of this Southern part of the country, be punished. It is possible that if the President would issue a proclamation declaring them banditti, no further action need be taken, except that which would devolve upon me. P. H. Sheridan. If the President will only declare them banditti! Yes; in that case you can stand aside and leave the rest to me! Is this, men ask, the language of an American soldier, living in
Oran (Algeria) (search for this): chapter 7
of the country, be punished. It is possible that if the President would issue a proclamation declaring them banditti, no further action need be taken, except that which would devolve upon me. P. H. Sheridan. If the President will only declare them banditti! Yes; in that case you can stand aside and leave the rest to me! Is this, men ask, the language of an American soldier, living in the nineteenth century, writing of his fellow-citizens? The tone is that of a Castilian general in Oran, of a Turkish pasha in Belgrade. The adjutants and secretaries near the President seem delighted by such vigour, and in forwarding the news to public departments they begin to use scant courtesy and suspicious terms. A copy of Townsend's first letter to Sheridan, now twelve days old, is sent to General McDowell, from which this eminent soldier learns that his command in the Gulf has been swept away! In telling General Sherman that Sheridan has taken the command in New Orleans, Townsend
France (France) (search for this): chapter 7
ts are printed with satirical and indignant leaders. Many of the writers treat the incident as a pastime. Is it not Carnival — a time for quips and cranks? This Negro orgy in the State House is a joke; that drinking-bar, those hot suppers, that midnight caucus, and those morning cocktails, are conceits of comic writers. But the press, in general, take the thing in serious mood, and to their credit the ablest Republican journals are the sternest critics of De Trobriand's acts. Are we in France? they ask. Is Grant a Bonaparte? Are Emory and De Trobriand the hireling soldiers of a bastard empire? Are we already governed by a Caesar, and is the White House an American Tuileries? Each word pronounced of late by President Grant is scanned, and in their present temper people are disposed to find Caesarism lurking under phrases which at any other time would seem no worse than awkward forms of speech. Grant is seldom happy in his words. Knowing his weakness, he is silent in strang
San Francisco (California, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
say? Caesar — as General Grant is now called, not only in the South, but in the North and West-is not so confident as Belknap and his adjutants that things are all going well in New Orleans. America has many voices, and her voices reach him in the secret places of his Cabinet. They strike him like the roar of coming storms. Accounts of what was done in Royal Street on Sunday night and Monday morning fill the daily prints of every town from Galveston to Portland, from Savannah to San Francisco. Most of these accounts are printed with satirical and indignant leaders. Many of the writers treat the incident as a pastime. Is it not Carnival — a time for quips and cranks? This Negro orgy in the State House is a joke; that drinking-bar, those hot suppers, that midnight caucus, and those morning cocktails, are conceits of comic writers. But the press, in general, take the thing in serious mood, and to their credit the ablest Republican journals are the sternest critics of De Tr
Poland (Poland) (search for this): chapter 7
kansas, with all the forts and stations in the Gulf of Mexico, except the forts in Mobile Bay — are swept by one stroke of the pen from McDowell's Division of the South. Next morning brings Sheridan an assurance from the Adjutant-General, Townsend, that his conduct is approved: to which assurance he replies by sending up his scheme for dealing with the Southern States; a document likely to be famous in the story of American Liberty. No Spanish viceroy in Sicily, no Muscovite governor of Poland, ever asked imperial masters for such license as Sheridan asks of President Grant. His scheme for governing the South rests on a proposal to have the chief citizens of these rich and prosperous States denounced by Government as outlaws and banditti, and delivered over to his subalterns for punishment! This startling telegram to Belknap runs: New Orleans: Jan. 5, 1875. I think that the terrorism now existing in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas could be entirely removed, and co
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 7
oops in this city that he had been requested by Governor Kellogg to remove certain members of the House from the State House, and that, under his orders, he was obliged to comply with the request. I protested against any interference of the United States with the organization or proceedings of the House; but notwithstanding this protest, the officer in command marched a company of soldiers upon the floor of the House, and by force removed thirteen members, who had been legally and constitutioen as General Ogden and Captain Angel, Governor McEnery and Lieutenant-governor Penn. Banditti! How the word appears to leap on every lip and blister every tongue! Banditti? We banditti? We, the proudest gentlemen and noblest gentlewomen in America, branded as outlaws by a subaltern of General Grant! You see a female bandit, sneers a young and lively girl, on whose father we make an afternoon call. A dozen bandits, laughs a famous soldier, introducing me to an evening circle at the B
Arkansas (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
of the Gulf. P. H. Sheridan. This Department of the Gulf, comprising three great States-Louisiana, Missisippi, and Arkansas, with all the forts and stations in the Gulf of Mexico, except the forts in Mobile Bay — are swept by one stroke of the Belknap runs: New Orleans: Jan. 5, 1875. I think that the terrorism now existing in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas could be entirely removed, and confidence and fair-dealing established, by the arrest and trial of the ringleaders of thf any special legislation for the preservation of peace and equality of rights in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas; and the Executive from much of the trouble heretofore had in this section of the country. P. H. Sheridan. Ave Caeity are of English origin. What Sheridan asks is nothing less than that the English race in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas shall be put beyond the pale of law, and handed over to the military power. Give him free range, and the Executive shal
Belgrade (Yugoslavia) (search for this): chapter 7
It is possible that if the President would issue a proclamation declaring them banditti, no further action need be taken, except that which would devolve upon me. P. H. Sheridan. If the President will only declare them banditti! Yes; in that case you can stand aside and leave the rest to me! Is this, men ask, the language of an American soldier, living in the nineteenth century, writing of his fellow-citizens? The tone is that of a Castilian general in Oran, of a Turkish pasha in Belgrade. The adjutants and secretaries near the President seem delighted by such vigour, and in forwarding the news to public departments they begin to use scant courtesy and suspicious terms. A copy of Townsend's first letter to Sheridan, now twelve days old, is sent to General McDowell, from which this eminent soldier learns that his command in the Gulf has been swept away! In telling General Sherman that Sheridan has taken the command in New Orleans, Townsend describes this officer as havi
Gulf of Mexico (search for this): chapter 7
law will be over-ridden. Defiance to the laws and the murder of individuals seem to be looked upon by the community here from a standpoint which gives impunity to all who choose to indulge in either, and the civil government appears powerless to punish or even arrest. I have to-night assumed control over the Department of the Gulf. P. H. Sheridan. This Department of the Gulf, comprising three great States-Louisiana, Missisippi, and Arkansas, with all the forts and stations in the Gulf of Mexico, except the forts in Mobile Bay — are swept by one stroke of the pen from McDowell's Division of the South. Next morning brings Sheridan an assurance from the Adjutant-General, Townsend, that his conduct is approved: to which assurance he replies by sending up his scheme for dealing with the Southern States; a document likely to be famous in the story of American Liberty. No Spanish viceroy in Sicily, no Muscovite governor of Poland, ever asked imperial masters for such license as S
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