The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-26

|, GEM. GRANT AND SEERMAN.-Ihere
were two quiet gentlemen at the Burnet
House, in his city, yesterday, whoSenames
will live forever in American history, and
upon whom, az this time, the most weighfy
responsibilities are pressing. We refer, OF
course, 70 Lieutenant General Grant, tie
Military COMMUNICATIVE Chief Of The ar
mics of the United States, and Major Gene
raj sherman, Commander u me District o.
Mississippi. They are on the eVe-the one
! OF assuming the immediate command otthe
Army of the Potomac. and the other of the
great armies OF the West. The decisive
blows that are TO be struck al the military
power Of the rebellion, in the coming CAM
paign, are 10 he directed by them. They
have been intimately associated, in the gil
gantic movements and cOInbats that have
resulted in the opening of the Mississippi
river, and each enjoys the unlimited conf
dence of the other. There has not been be-
tween them any sign Of the jealousy that
has been SO calamitously displayed AMONG
officers Of high rank in the Eastern army.
Both are thoroughly military business men,
and neither has been suddenly exalted to
positions cOnSpicuOusiv above the range Of
the services they have rendered. They
have had their seasons of appropriately,
and no men in the army have been subjec-
ted to sharper and more serious assaults. =
with the arts Of the smaller order Of men,
civil and military, and both have earned,
in the full sense of the term, the extraordi-
nary measure of general regard they enjoy.
Their fame is the reputation OF deeds per-
formed, not imagined; ard as il has not
been the growth OF night, and the marvel
of some fine morning, we may Confidently
or stormy.
n<,t1r - hn ~ %1,r.v
country to arms found them, Grant q store
keeper in Illinois, Sherman the head Of the
Military Academy of Louisiana. They en-
tered the service to put down the rebellion
as Culonels. and fought their way steadily
upward. Their personal activity has been
noticeable from the first. and is latterly
something surprising. Within fortnight
Gen. Grant left his headquarters at Nash
Vile. visited Washington and the Army o.
the Potomac, returned 10 Nashville. and
this morning he is far on his way 10 Wash
ington, ard tonight will be beyond the AL
leghanles. Gen. Sherman discharged the
duties OF half u dozen field officers Oh the
iil-omened fed OF Bull Run, and displayed
degree Of moral courage after the battle.
rarer than mere individual gallantry, by
relenilessly writing the truth in his official
report. few days ago Sherman was at
Meridian and the whole o: rebeldom was
ful! Of rumor and alarm rs to the advance
Of mis- army. Then he WAS at Canton and
Wick sburg. Then he was at New Orleans
in consultation with Banks. Then at Meme
phis: now here. Three tines within few
months he has swept through the State of
Mississippi; and besides made that mas
terly and wonderful march from Memphis
through to Knoxville, commanded the
left wing of our army when Gen. Bragg
was hurled from Mission Ride; and then
swept up TO Knoxville. driving Longstreet
and relieving the beleaguered garrison OF
the capital and citadel Of East Tennessee.
To General Sherman belongs the distinc-
any other officer of his rank, or perhaps Of
any rank. 1t is but little more Than a year
since he gobbled the rebel army at Arkan-
sas Post, and Champion Hill Big Black,
Vicksburg. Jackson, Meridian. Canton,
Colliersviile, Tuscumbia, Huntsville, Chat
tanooga and Knoxville are places marked
and made memorable by his footsteps
We NAV feel well assured that under the
command OF so restless a spirit, the armies
of the Union in the valley Of the Mississip-
pi viii not rnst in idleness. TIE interest
with which the public will follow the for
tunes Of Grant with the Army Of the Po-
tomac, will be intense and pervading. Not
only in this country, but in Europe, will
millions Of eyes be fixed upon him as he
enters the new field Of his labors. He is
not unconscious Of the responsibility and
hazard, but accepts it with that cool and
calculating confidence, with which he
smoked his cigar, when Pemberton sur
rendered Vicksbnrg, and when Bragg
turned his horses head and spurred south
ward from the nights that overlooked Chat
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