In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.

Sherman is condemning a recurring political and social pattern: those with power, influence, or ideological zeal can precipitate conflict while shifting the physical danger and suffering onto others—typically ordinary soldiers and civilians. The line reflects his hard-earned Civil War realism and his distrust of romantic or abstract talk about war. Read this way, the quote is less a tactical comment than a moral and civic warning: a healthy republic should be wary when decision-makers are insulated from the costs of the wars they advocate. It aligns with Sherman’s broader reputation for blunt anti-glorification of war and emphasis on its human consequences.