The whole thing made little impression on him.

No violence toward him personally was ventured upon.
The night before I started on my return to Washington, General Sheridan called to take leave.

I was much amused by the simplicity and _naivete_ with which he discussed the situation.

He said, among other things: "What you want to do, Mr.Hoar, when you get back to Washington, is to suspend the what- do-you-call-it." He meant, of course, the _habeas corpus._ He knew there was some very uncomfortable thing which stood in his way of promptly suppressing the crimes in Louisiana, where he said more men had been murdered for their political opinions than were slain in the Mexican War.

When I got back to Washington, the President sent for me and Mr.Frye of Maine, a member of the committee, to come to the President's room in the Capitol to report to him the result of our observations.
During the conversation, Grant expressed what he had often expressed on other occasions, his great admiration for Sheridan.
He said: "I believe General Sheridan has no superior as a general, either living or dead, and perhaps not an equal.
People think he is only capable of leading an army in battle, or to do a particular thing he is told to do.