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Show WAR HISTOKT. It docs not suit tho fashion and thought of to-day or tho ruling men of tho hour to acknowledge Sherman's Sher-man's boob 11s the best contribution to tho history of oar great sectional war that has yet been given to the public. Sherman writes as he fought, on original methods!, without regard to red tape routine, or the opinions of others. His frankness may Bome-tinies Bome-tinies appear egotistical and otVcnaive, but this characteristic is rather the natural tribute of a master mind to the truth, and its contempt for the atlcctations and littlenesses of the , purely political strategist, when he assays the role of the warier. But aside from personal questions, the antagonism which these volumes hayo encountered trom many of the aclor ic the lato war, is likely to result re-sult in pouring into the ear of the public ft flood of vital reminiscences remi-niscences and incidents of the utmost interest to the future historian. histori-an. After many obstacles to the completion of this work will probably be removed, and we begin to lwpe, thanks to Ueuer.il Sherman, Judge Btack, Gideon Welles and others of t ho political engineers of the war, that many of the men who participated partici-pated in the great struggle, we may have something like a coherent history his-tory of the inside workings of the machinery of the governments of both sections of the country. It rtppcars that Sherman's work is no better appreciated by the southern than by tho northern politicians. A letter from Jelll-rson Davis to Colonel V. F. Mellon of St. Louis, is published, pub-lished, in which the writer refers in tho severest terms to the revival of the insinuation by Goneral Sherman in his Memoirs of an old slander connecting con-necting his (Davis) name with the assassination of President Lincoln. Mr. Davis disclaims any personal acquaintance with General Sherman, and asks if the letter does not judge him (Davis) by "the murderous and malicious traits of his own nature?" and adds: "For public considerations it it to bo hoped that the ineradicable malignity of Sherman may bo an excel ex-cel lion to the prevailing sentiments of the United Sutes army." |