The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-04-06
VOL 9. NO. 5l-WHOLE NO. 407.

aspire 10 b. Mayor OF Ga'enG. lat / nav have
something so say in improving The sidewalks
OF that citv.
Such i Gen. Grant Few m,n m the world
would be more out Of place in l,adug a mere
partisan struggle. Il he could become false
enough.to be identified With some scheme, the
product OF hardened caucus gamblers he could
not possibly do his part in the programme aud
B. Viat seems q Dee the ianea ncce.suv
-ineleuess q his action. would hDd the custom
sry dssimu'ation tolerably irksoue and uurai-
urai- " hefeVer placed. be must bc for his
country. and rise above every other cousiicrs-
ton Even his looks are exactly ~hat one
would Imagine OF such a charaeter-square reg
uar, h'm, detniie. Every part ht tor every
other part, his whole head appears not So much
lac great thing as Ike very solid place to
set great things. IL short, he j. glorious. not as
man, bu; A. an acent; uot for That might be in
him, but fog what has come out Oi him. " here
there l. 10 object the eve has no sight where
there ~a- TO occasion Grant had no greatness
Where there MAS oue, he has proven himself
equal 20 it. Napoleon Ike. Grant seems to have
been unconscious of his Own abiltes: and also
Ike him. uukno~u until All opportunity Vas Of
tered fnr fh4 .''sfies oi his remarkable tu~vi-.
10 ~as upon the snas. s'is - ri,g o. fgulviGuNi
HAT he ~as invited 90 PARIS
The press has conceded that Gen Grant l. the
best executive aid ann iuistrauye officer ia the
army His department has c,rtA ny been cou-
Quoted with remarkable ability AID skill Gen.
Lander once sai he the beet fighting cener.
al iu the world. Gen. Hallcck says be i- tho
best held officer in the ser.icc Gen. Farms
~orth saws be is no carpet ku ght Generals
Logan ana B.air ssy- he has strategy ard more
military Judgment. genius. aud caution than anv
other officer. All these euloges coming from
such high authorities do 30 more than justice
10 the man, aid prove the appreciatIve capaci-
Ties of their authors. The amolnt and varied
duties and labor devolvng a General wiih
such a command a. be ha-. Is incaculahe. aud
vet 10 Is said 10y his staff. several oi whom arc
hrst class LAWYERS. that be has never made
mistake or b.under or made dec sion that need
ed revoking. His military correspondence has
cost the government far less than that OF any
other commanding General Who has done one
halt the amount Of service. Besides. no other
one has been in halt 80 MANY engagements lie
las partirinaf4d -. sh.-s- Sastirs, fUurtcen
oi them iu Mexico, while De held no higher
rank than lieutenant, and seventeen during
the present civil VAR. in hich he COM
handing General, aud has never been defeated.
II he ever Is defeated, it will only be when no
possible human agency can avoid il, aud then IL
will be a terrible aud bloody defeat 10 our arms
He has been sWorn ia and commissioned thir-
teen uults as hiiiiary oHcer- probably hold
iug more commissions for brave and meritorious
COZ duct than any othes man ever did
Daiing hs recent battles Gen. q ant has cap
tuned many thousand prisoners, four hundred
and seveuty-tWO cannon, aud ncalcuable
amount of small arms and military stores; and
Il is wonderful how few men aud little properly
he has lost 10 comparison TO what be : ~ dos.
trOyed and taken Such has been the fidelity
ability and ipatrousm with which he has dis.
charged his every duty that he has never been
removed, superseded, complained of, but con-
stantiy promoted IN rank, aud his command In
creased Aiter these great and crowuing tf-
umphs, sparkling ike diamonds along hls military
way, Is there one to bee found ~ ho attributes the
result of his success 20 accident Rather say
that protecting Providence has watched over
aud guided him throughout his brilliant and
. l-iprinms cAroo- onS fnsi.st-.- 49, A. --
serve "a a means 10 accomplish other great pur-
poses