Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-09-21
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GENERAL IT. s. GRANT.--When Vespa-
sian and Titus, father and son, had their
joint triumph at Rome; when Frederick,
of Prussia, returned to his capital in tri-
umph after his long war with combina-
ton Of the first Powers in Europe, and
when Napoleon the Great made his grand
entry into Paris after the greatest of his
campaigns, their people hardly manifested
more enthusiasm, more affection and more
admiration than are entertained and ex-
pressed by the people of the Northern
States for the great General who is now
taking tour of New England. AT Boston
he was met by an ovation. The Athens of
America, as the Bostonians call their city,
or the "hub of the Universe" as it is face
tiously called by "George, Count johann
mes, " was stirred from its very foundations.
To parody a couplet from one OF the poets:
'Men felt then who never felt before,
And men who always felt, now felt the mors.'
1t is not every man, nor is it every event
that can kindle warmth in the cold hearts
of the Bostonians. 1t requires an extraor-
binary man or an event of uncommon i'm
portance to do so. 1t is not surprising
that the people of the North should turn
out in great numbers to greet General
Grant. Such man is not to be met with
every day or every year, He is one of
the first commanders of this age, and as a
man he has displayed qualities that must
attract universal respect Plain and I'M
pretending in his address, ofmodest speech
and manners, disdaining to court attention
by the trappings Of Office, he pursues the
even tenor of his way like quiet, private
gentleman. To the skill and courage of
the soldier he unites that solid integrity
which is oftner found in private station
than in the haunts of public life The
South does not yield to the North in respect
for and appreciation of General Grant
While the Southern people are far less ex-
citable than the people of the North, we
believe that they look upon General Grant
with as much interest and real admiration
as he excites among them. Richmond fell
before him, and with it the Government of
which it was the Capital-but to this day
that noble conqueror has never entered
its gates.
Whether this proceeded from delicacy
of feeling, from generous and respectful
consideration for the people, or from any
other cause it must present him in most
favorable light. vain, weak, egotistical
man would have delighted to exhibit.him-
self under such circumstances, and to be
pointed out as the hero of the occasion. -
General Grant frem the close OF the war up
to the present hour has maintained dig
niied silence, reserve and seclusion that
contrasts most favorably with the preten-
tious air and pompous display exhibited
by men of greatly inferior merit. While
they swell and strut like the vain peacock,
he shrinks from observation. He can not,
of course, be expected to bury himself out
of the range of observation. We do not
doubt that it would be far more agreeable
to him to be permitted to make his present
tour like q private, ordinary citizen, but
this is out of the question. There is a
universal desire to see, to shake hands
with, and bestow public honors upon the
great General who has won the proudest
name and fame of all the Northern Gener-
erals, and who, in his great place, has
borne himself with so becoming modesty.
Richmond Times.