The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-05-21
United States Grant.
What has caused this great conuotion
All the country through"
TIP. aad IT, CInpd ign Spng-ISY

W Wat has caused this great cOnmotion
All the country through"
TIP. aad Ty. Campaign Sons-ls9.
Who 10 this new Napo!eon-
This rising star ., fame.
What deeds of glory eutwiuet
Around his mighty nsmes
WLv /. 1t tha: throughout the North.
Prom all our grand array
VI Union heroes, East and West.
ne hrst III honors stands cobt-sst~
And bears the palm away
His is simple story.
We need no farther 20
FOR the christening OF our ter.s sword
Than the fields OF Nex1co.
Brothers in arras were rouud hin there,
no since. ~ some dsr. hUgr.
STOPPING 10 tressons work have found
Its fruit. on many battle grouud
10 his resistiess power.
i was first q. Fort Donslson
lie moved upon their works"
Where. though ragamutin crew
They fought ike 'turbsn'd Turks"
But, bound 10 win, be hemu,'d tGeiu IL,
And proved their tactics wroig
And bagS them, works, guns, Turk. and d
lre'y batch for single haul
Some fifteen Thousand etrouE
Sem secesh Kentucky
Was th-n AZ once se: free,
And the good OLD Dag VAS thus advanced
To the heart OF Tennessee
The fierce bluff, Of Columbus. TOO
Were gained without blow.
Thu. wa> the first grand opening made.
In the Mississippi blockade,
10 all the States below.
Thus, in single triumph.
An empire Was regaIuei
Eut tins tor uraut would Ls, suGcs
While rOugE-r work renain.d:
SILL pushing on the reosi lines.
" hen other inca would quail
lie proved on shiloh. bloody held
That he knows no such Thing yis.d.
Aud no such word ss fan
But Douelson and Shiloh
Were pasilmes OF a Gav
Compared With NicksburK's bristlinS cliss
In ali their grim array
For leagues sio9g the winding stream,
FOR leagues about the town
Upon the Yankees gathering round
Tier upon Tier OF g-sa! guss trown'd
in nerce defiance DOWN.
For weeks and months still bsi1ed.
And toiled ct every turn
West Pointers study tins canpain,
II you yUur trade orld learn.
ter weeks and months, on front aad saaat
Still batted and DELAYED
Law ,srribis did Grant appear.
When. crushing on the reb,i rear,
HIS grand assaults were made
The glorious ccIsImTatios-
iis~ Viokshurgh fought AID fell.
"Our bows" o' sse> Vet TO come,
WI! skill aeligh: 90 tell.
Lipk'i with the HatSL- na..! dsv,
To freemen'. heart, eudesred,
Upon the land and on the .ea,
The name and fsRs OF Grant will b
ReMenber'd and revered,
Crowned with the crown OF VIcksour:.
It's hero well might claim
The highest honors of the land.
And win and wear the same.
PuI still. am nbitious but TO serve
As soldier for the right.
Ne asks no rest. he makes 10 pause.
While. rneIacIng the nations cause.
There sill = foe TO fight.
There comes from Chattanooga
And eur shattered army therc,
Enclosed bv hostile batteries,
warning of despair:
When to the rescne Grant is moved.
And his sturdy veterans TOO,
And soon the rebel egions tly,
A. Grant among them. hip and thiSh,
EIpels the sstopi,he5 crew.
That battle of the mountains,
So admirably planned,
So beautifully carried out
SO picturesque snd grand.
From Hooker's night above The clouds
To Mission Ridge. will glow
On hi.tsry's page while courage lives,
And genius its reward receives
Alike from friend and Toe.
This is our new NapoIeon-
This warrior OF The West
And modestly his plumes he wsars
On his victorious crest.
Cool. skillfdl and sagacious.
Yet ss lion bold
Full Of resources, quick 10 see
His time and opportunity,
His simple story's told.
This hero for the crisis
l. ju.t the man We want
And the peoples voice now says their eheis
i Union Saving Grant.
Advance him TO the " bite House, and
We soon .hall find release
From the rebeliions diving ihrees,
From TRAITORS and from, foreign foes,
In Union. strength, and peace.