Speech Of General Sherman At St. Louis

Gk.vti.kmen : lüo qvuet aiid I will ppeak to you a few worils. I have no doubt, from the soumis I hear, thut a good nisny of my old soldiers aru down in 'this erovrd. (Lnughter ) As they are vory ready to "pitch in" when I teil them, I hope they will :ilso be aa cbedient in keeping quiet, for it is a. great strain to the voico to attempt to rcach the iar limits of this crowd, up and down tho strecta. I was in hopes you nould let Mr. McPherson teil tho wliole stoiy, for it would have eavod me koiuü troublü Í will, howevcr, go further than ho did, I claim to be au older oitizuu ef St. Louis tiran lie has stated, for I cr.me boro in 184'i, and thcu made a circuit by way of New Oi'lefuis and Charleston. I now again return irom ' the sarao place, uuder slightly different eircumstuüces. (Lnughtor and cheera.] T thun travt'led by steamboat to New j Orloans and Mobile, op 'the river to ■ Moufgomery. staged across the ccuutry to Maeon, and so on to Charleston. This time [ bad some friends along, and wo hiui a nice timo. (Shouts of laugb tur.) I knovv perfectly well that iu tiiis crowd, throughout this city, alinost in overv house nay bo found souio ouo who went with me, aud who will tel! you the talo better than I c:in ; thcreforo, I do uot intond to take nny time or btrain iny voico to teil you of the mnrch recent ly made from Atlanta to tho seaeoast, and so on to Washington. I would prefer to cal] attention to thinga which suiround you here in St. Louis; to the advantagea you enjoy here ; to the duties that dovoíve on you, now the war is over; to the great future and what you must be a9 that future ia developeJ. The past is gouo, and you cannot amend it. All we have uow to do is to record its history ; but the future ia beforo us ; and you aud I and all of na must meet it, and must moet it manfully and meet it well I hope that, no war is iu reserve for us; but there rnay be other dangers aud other labors quite as important to our country as war. The daily duty of the cifizen to labor ; the duties of the week and of the year, are just as itnporiant to tho American people as tho war turough which we have passed. You have cities to build, railroads to build, eommerco to develop, agrieulture to encourage - everthing to do to build up a great nation. (A voice - And Jeff. Davis to hang) Hang him as much as you please. (Luughter and cheers ) On that Bubject I teil my oldiers this : The soltiier's duty is to fight an armed foe; allow the sheriff and tho jailqr to do their exeoutions. It ia none of our business. ( 0 heers ) For my part, I and all my eoldiers hold oursolves io too much respect to be mere h&ngmen. Here, in Sr. Louis, you have moie natural advantages than any other point on the wliole American continent. You huve three rivers thfit oome together in your vicinity ; you aro iu the center of a vast ngricultural región; almost in sight of the fiuest mineral región in the world, and, I doubt nnt, tbia vary spot where we now stand is des'inod to be probably the second c'ty in America, and this very erowd must eive fdrm aud shapo to this groat coirimunity now growing up ander your very eyes. (A voice - Did the Irisb do their duty ?) I do not command any noisv crowd. (Voices - Put him out.) Now, my fellow-citizous, I will conelude by sayiug that I ara among you siniply as one of you. I am here on duty, but my duties will cali me lo poiuts far dUtant, but whiln I am with you I shall cultívate social relations uith you to the extent oí my power, and I hope to bo permitted to have n long sojourn in St. Louis, aud to live in peace and quii-t, and to enjoy iny books and the society of my frienda. I hope to welcome you and to live with you as friends and companions, but for the present I can only thank you and bid you night. (Lond uhe-ors.)