General Sheridan.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6314, 11 August 1888, Page 3

General Sheridan.

The death of Phil Sheridan recalls the memory of the great American war, in ! which most of tta of the English Empire took the wrong side with, sue- extreme stupidity. The great men who fought the battles of the Union knew that they were fighting for everything that man holds to be worth . fighting for : — Freedom, the right o£ the majority to rule, the basis of the great 1 Kepublic. It was a struggle which astonished the world by giving it an insight into the American character and the capacities of the American people. In a country of almost unbroken peace, great armies arose and men came forward to command them in every way equal to the great captains of history. No soldier then living in Europe was greater than Lee, or Jackaon, or Grant, or Sheridan, or Sherman, and very few were their equals; in fact none of those with reputations in any way approached the great Americans. Of these remarkable men Sheridan was by no means theleastremarkable. He has died, comparatively speaking, young, and he was young, not more than thirty-two, when he performed some of his most brilliant feats. His career tells us that often a great crisis produces great men. The State gratefully provides for his widow.