The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-08-19
PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Grant and sherman.

The calm. s-eadGlst, selEsacrifcing, generous
spirit of Lieut.. Gen. Grant is u hardly yet appre-
cia;ed By his countryIHen, but it VIII give him
ultimately the highest place IN American militia
" history. As u soldier he struck the first, the
-psCnd, the third and the last great blows of the
SGr-at Fort DoneLson, at NIcksburg, ct Chat
tansoga and IL Petersburg. With L courage,
decision and persistency unsurpassed lie com
bInes = mOdesty and a large generosity seldom if
eyer conferred IL = single individual. The history
Of bis relations with his able and daring, but
diZhty and ambitious lieutenant, Sherman, brings
CGt his prominent and most admirable traits
with wonderful distiuctness. Ia the great West
ern campaign which resulted III the capture Of
VicksJurg, and with it the opening Of the Mis-
slss.ppi and tie severance Of the sO-called Con-
federacy. Sherman by no means endorsed the
plans Of Grant. He had hs own notions, and
was 50 strongly impressed by them that he went
almost y the limits of naturalization in his
hostility - the operations Of his superior. The
New York Times OF May Goth publishes an Incl
dent connected with the Nicksburg campaign,
which no one has yentured 10 call in question,
which illustrates Sherman'5 impetuOus temper
and often wrOng-headed conduct, while II equally
illustrates the majestic calmness Of Grant. his
forbearance, Judgment and generosity. The
scrap Of history published b. the Tunes, Is a.
follows:
just before Gen. Grant initiated his splendid
campaign against Yicks5urg, in the spring Of
1868. and after all the preparations had been
made for swinging loose from the base of sup
plies On the Mississippi river, u make the cir
cuicJuS inland march via Jackson. Miss, to the
rear Of Vicksburg, he was called upon by Gen.
Sherman, and spoken 10 as follows:
- Gen. Grant, / feel 1t u be my duty 70 say
that ~ i subordinate officer / am bound u give
you my hearty cooperation IN this mOFernent
bat having no faith in 1t / feel it due to my mil
itary reputation TO protest against it in writing,
and hope that my protest Will Dc forwarded by
YOU 10 Washington
= Very well, Sherman quietly replied the
Commanding General send along your protest;
III take care Of it.
The next day Gen. Grant received Gen.
Sherman's paper, and the movement was then
initiated which eliminated, In less than three
months, IN the surrender Of Nicksburg and its
immense garrison. Prior, however, to Pember-
tons capitalization, but after IL was morally Ger
tain that the rebel stronghold must fall, Gen.
Sherman rode up to Gen. Grants headquarters
one day, and found hs chief stretched on the
ground beneath his . fy," endeavOring 20 keep
"a cool a. possible in the sultry midsummer
weather. They were chatting pleasantly on the
prospects Of the quickly-apprOaching success.
when Gen. Grants Assistant Adiutant-General
came up and asked for Il certain paper Of official
Importance.
IL il well known that Gen. Grant entered
upon the campaign without more personal bag
gage than u toothbrush and this accounts for
the fact that his official records were carried in
the breast-poekct of his military blouse. Taking
a handful Of documents from this receptacle, lie
selected the one that had been asked for, and
before putting the rest away drew forth a second
paper from the pile. Then, turning u Sherman,
with = merry twinkle in his eye, he said By
the-by, General, here il something which Will
interest you Sherman took il. and saw the
= protest which n little more than two months
before he had handed q Gen. Grant to be for
warded to Washington through the proper chan
mel. IN expression, half establishment. half
qualification, dIfused itself over Sherman's war
worn features, which quickly changed to one Of
supreme satisfaction when Gen. Grant took the
paper from his hard, and tearing it into small
fragments, scattered them to the winds. No
further allusion to the matter was made on either
side. ''-LeSIe's Illustrated.