Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-04-15
Lieutenant General Grant.


Character
thiuRs ere accomplished are here seen % have 90
necessary connection -ita snowy sn1 superficial
accomplishments When the mass Of men look
upoa such q character. they may learn trueg
respect Tor themselves and each other: they are
taught by II that high qualities and great sbili-
ties are consistent riih the simplicity of taste,
eoniemp, for parade. and plsinnesa Of manners.
with which direct aud earnest men have 4 strong
natural sympathy Ulysses Grant. the tanner,
Uiyszss Grant. The unsuccessful applicant cor the
post OF city surveyor Of ~ Louis, Ulysses Grant.
the driver into hat city OF bis two horse team ),
with load OF wood 20 sell. had within bin eve
~ msnly quality which will cause the name IF
Lieutenant General Grant to live forever in his
tory His career Ia q lesson 10 practical democ
rtoy; il Is q quiet satire on the dsndyism. the
puDpyisn, and The shallow afectation Of our
fashionable erausite. "a we'll a. upon the swAg-
ger Of our plausible, glib tongrci demsgoGues
Not, BY any means. that gre., qualities are IL
consistent with cultivated manners and fluent
slocution but that such superficial accomplish
% ents are no measure Of worth or ability.
General Grants last brilliant campaign sets
the fnsl seal upon his reputation. II stamps
him az the superior Of his able antagonist, as
well a. Of all the commsders who have served
with OF under him in the great campaigns Of the
last years. IL Is not necessary 70 sscrifce sny
part Of their vell-earned regulations 20 his
Sherman and Sheridan deserve sill that has ever
been said in Their prsse: bu; there has never been
a time, since Grant Was msde lieutensnt general.
yhea anybody but Sherman, en- our side. could
have been clefsed with him Since Sherman's
bold march through Georgia. and bis capture Of
Savannah and Charleston, there have been many
WHO, in their strong admiration of bis great
achievements, inclined 20 rank him as The greater
of the two. That judgment. We take Il, is now
reversed by- the court Of final appeal rot by
dwarhng the reputation vi Sherman. which sui
fers no just abatement but by the expansion into
grarder proportions OF that Of Grant.
Grant stands yTseminent among all the gen
erals Who nave served IN this in the com
pleteness OF his final results. he has owed no
| thing 10 accident: and both in the west and in
| the east he has accomplished the mos; Arduous
things that were to be done The great thiog in
the ives. without which the rebel power could not
have been broken in that vast region, was the
re opening Of the Mississippi; the great thing in
the east. the taking OF the rebel capital Rich
mond was the right leg of the rebellion, and the
Mississippi its left, Both were contested by the
rebels with a full appreciation of their value.
The resistance vas, in both cases. powerful, and
obstinate enough 70 put the most heroic tenscty
If the most indomitable mind 10 a proof sufficient
| 70 test its quality. General Grsnt has exhibited
| the utmost strength Of will Of which the highes!
i tN1c OF m1BDDO1 IL CtpADte ne OefeD-c3 OF
| vcksburg and the defenses OF Richmond were
both deemed impregnable. and we're defended
| with proportionable confidence and obstinacy
but they both yielded. At last, 90 Grants match
| less persistence and unequaled strategy. And
in both cases, he not only took the long contest
ed positions, but compelled the surrender Of the
whole force defending them. Nothing could be
| more clean and complete, even in imagination
! than General Grants mastery execution BE
II
which was the key of a wide ,heater OF opera
tons; he did not merely beat or disable the
! opposing force; he left no fragment of il in ex
istence exoep, prisoners of war, subject 70 hi.
disposal
If anybody is 90 obtuse or so wrong headed 9,
TO see nothing great in General GRAFT beyond hi:
;ensc;.y Of will. let that doubter explain, if he
can, how it Ia. happened that. since Grant rose
10 high command this quality has always beer
| eIerted 10 conspicuous energy precisely at The
point on which everys hing in HE whole sphere Of
operations hinged There has been no display
OF great qualities on small occasions: no expen
iiture Of herculean effort to accomplish object,
not Of the FIRST magnitude IL is only q yer,
clear sighted and very comprehensive MIND
| dat could always thus have laid the whole en-
phasis of an indomitable soul 80 precisely ou ID.
emphatic place How. il he be not a general o
the first order OF intellect as well as of the mos
heroic determination. does it happen that in as
signing great and brilliant parts 70 his subordinate
commanders, he has never. when the results Of
his strategy were fully untolded. appeared in ,hS
picture except as the central figure
However it may seem during the progress oil
one OF bis great combined campaigns it always
| turns out al last, when i. reaches that complete
uess and finish in which he con,riyes to have hi:
campaigns end. that we see him standing In the
foreground. and ti.st the grouping is always suck
that the glory Of the other generals instead Of
| eclipsiDg his own gives il additional iustre. II
is this sureness Of judgment which sees precse
where lies the turning point; which sees precise
ly what are the objects that justify the utmos
stretch of persistence il is this ability 10 take IL
the whole field OF view IN Just perspective snc
due subordna.iou of ysrts. that is the mark OF
superior mind. General Grant has taken out OF
| the hands of all critics The question whether il
| belongs TO him. he has won his greatest triumph
over the most skiilful and accomplished general
| on the other side; over a general who foiled him
| long enough TO prove his great mastery OF the
art OF war: and the completeness OF whose de
| feat IS a testimony of Grants genius. such as
| victory over any other general OF the confsdera-
cy. or even 81 esrler victory over Lee himself
| could not have given.
/ Apply TO General Grsas what test you will
measure hin BY ,he magnitude Of the obstacles
he has surrnounted, BY the value of the positions
ne has gained, by the fame Of the antagonist over
whom be has triumped. By the achievements oil
mis- most illustrious CO workers, by the Sureness
with which he directs bis indomtabe energy to
the vital point which is the KEY of vast field o.
operations. or by that supreme test of consum
mate ability. the absolute completeness Of Biz
results. and he yindicstes his claim 10 stand next
after Napoleon and Wellington. among the great
soldiers OF this country, if no. on level with the
| latter.
A woman with 1--WE Husbnnd.