The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-06-07
Lisutenant General Grant.

feet again.
Lieutenant General Grant.
The General-in-Chief of the army Of the
United States will arrive in this city to-day, on
his way to Chicago, to be present at the Sol
diers' Fair, now being held in that patriotic
city. Thus, having fought many great battles
and served his country most faithfully and sue
cessfally during brilliant career, he takes the
earliest opportunity to devote his attention to
the welfare of those men he has so often led to
victory. His presence at Chicago will un-
doubtedly prove in it's results not only an act
Of kindness, but Of benefcence.
In the galaxy Of heroes which the closing year
of the rebellion has placed high in orb, General
Grant is the bright particular star. Without
any disparagemcnt to his gallant comrades, he
Is acknowledged to be the greatest in the
group. Whatever particularly good qualities
they have individually been found to possess,
he appears TO have concentrated in himself So
complete is his character that it is admitted
to be quite without defect He has required
no defence at any time, for he has done nothing
wrong, and to heap eulogies upon him is
equally unnecessary, for his career il his best
eul0gy. 1t is "a solid fabric, and will support
the laurels that adorn it,"
When military men permit themselves to be
taken up by political parties, and furnish their
presses with their principal aliment, it is always
to be feared that they have been led astray by
false ambition, or have been manipulated
while under. the influence of selfishness.
General Grant stands aloof from all such in
fuences and their dangers; beyond their reach
and beyond their power, he shines by the con-
trast of Observation-Disclosures, and gains our esteem
by the purity of his motives and the strength
of his principles. Envy, which often assails
the best, leaves him alone, and no one dares
question his patriotism or bravery, his skill his
modesty, his disinterestedness, his frmness or
his success. TO him is universally attributed
the final triumph of our arms, the result Of
strategy the most skilful, combinations
the largest and most overwhelming, and
courage, persistent, selfreliant and dsuntless.
He has never been obliged to explain away
any mistakes or to remove any misapprehen-
sions !; to account for any disasters, to make
any apologies, or appeal to his countrymen for
a reversal of their opinions. His profound, his
almost infallible judgment has lifted him above
the errors Of popular generals, who are too apt
to be thinking of the public when their business
is only with the enemy. Thus we find him on
his own pedestal in the full proportions Of .
wise, great and successful man. Not the least
of his merits Is his unpretending demeanor.
At NO moment, on no occasion has he ever be-
trayed any personal vanity, or any exhilaration
in successes which would have turned the heads
of most commanders. Not word from his
lips, not line from his pen has ever been out
ever others may have erred in this way, he
never has. Whether as a subordinate and in
the conduct of isolated campaigns, or
at the head Of the whole army and
directing its entire movements-reticent,
modest, thoughtful, discreet; the wise
of " imagination alp compact" he has pursued
an unbroken career of triumph without having
had to repair single error. Not only may
we therefore place him az the foremost among
our military men-and this itself is praise in
the extreme-but we may also claim for him
the generals Of modern times. If we consider
the vastncss of the fields on which this war has
been waged, the immense numbers of men en-
gagged in IL, the enormous amount of matfriel
employed and the loss Of life incurred, we are
led irresistibly to the conclusion that even the
nuf oolohrot oI Errro houo Oouupa-
ratively, been but forays and skirmishes.
Thus we may with perfect propriety assert
that the tactics of General Grant have been
often az grand as those Of the First Napoleon,
his marches as bold, his combinations as subtle
and original, his battles as fierce and as de-
cisive, and his conquest of territory as vast
and as frequent. In the capture of posts
deemed impregnable, and Of prisoners, artil-
lery and munitions of war in numbers
unprecedented, the comparison is really
to the advantage Of our modest hero.
To 20 further back, he reminds us of
toric commanders In many remarkable particu-
lars. Like Prince Eugene in the Tyrol, he
could make his way through the most difficult
and well defended passes Of the Tennessee,
and, like him, drive his foe before him from
field to field; or like the famous Lord Peter
boro, whose sententious remarks won him 90
much applause as his battles, he has success
fully overrun and occupied as did the English
general in the Spanish war, State after State,
in spite Of all opposition, and At the same time
enabled 4 co-operatinp force ut a distance To
make splendid and triumphant marches, and
win the greatest triumphs with the least loss
Of life Like Marlboro, in set battle, Grant
has been equally successful, after o. hotly con-
tested fields a. Blenheim or Families; and like
Wellington, in his last triumphant march upon