The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-04-18

the msst heroic tenacity sf The nsss i.isusis-
bic mind Go proof su<cient 30 test il quail
ity. Generzl Grant has exhibited the utmost
strength Of viii Of which the highess typs II
manhood il capable. The dsfencss of Vleka-
barx and the defenees Of Rsehuoud we're bosh
tsened impreguahle.andw we're aefsadeA With
. pr5pertSoz able eonfdence and obsinaey;
bar they both yielded az last, 20 GrAas's match
Isss per1isseGee and unequal ssxntagy-a
Ard Ia beth ezses, he nee o1ly took tie soag
eons<sted positions, but ecnp<Eled the sarrend<r
Of the whole force defending them Nothing
could Dc more clean and eoaaplese evsn in mag
nation, than Gen Grants mAsrsriy erecQsioc--
He did net merely, IN each case, acquire q posi-
sion which vas the kay Of vide theatre OF oP-
sratio1s he did rot merely beat Or disable the
opposing force; b Iefs no fragment Of IL n sxis
terce exeeps A. prisoners Of war subject 10 his
Disposal
Ifany body i. 80 oss4=e Or 80 -rv1ghea6ed a.
70 see nothing greaE in Ge1eral Grant beyond his
marvellous seZzcity q vill, let that 6ozbser ex-
plain, II he car, how Il h&s happened that since
Grant rose 70 high command, this quality has
always been exevted in eoozpseio1z energy pr~-
eiAelT At the point o. which everything in his
-hols sphere Of oPeras5ozs hinged there has
been no display Of great qualities On snail occa-
sjozs TO expenditure Of herczieaa efforts 20 ac-
eolp[lsa objects act Of the Erzt magciszfe. Is
ia ozlg VERY elearsightet ard a very coupre
hsuslvs zI1d thai eogld always Ehzs have laid the
whole Ell pA&sIs OF IndoaniEa5le soul so precise
ly % tie emphatic place How, il he be ass
ge1eTal Of the Erzs order Of izteiIect, well a.
The naoss hera:c determination does IL hauoen
sazs IN ss<zgEIne great and brilliant parts 20 his
sartcrdiaase commanders, he has never, when
- reszlts Of Lis strategy we're fzFls zEfoAded AZ
feared IN rae picture except the eezsral e.
zres Esse~sr il Ea4y seem GErizx the p-ozrssz
Ct ce ei aIs great combined ezupalxnS IL Away.
turns out a. Last, whoa IL reaches completeness
1-6H rSsr N wkrSrA ha -
paigas end, thzs Ne see him standing in the
foreground, AID that she grouping il always szeh
that the glory OF toe other generals instead Of
eeIipsiag his own gives it ADDITIONAL Igstre Il
Il this soreness Of iedzeaent vtich sees precisely
where lies tie turning po5at; which sees precise
iy what are the objects TIA: justify the utmost,
stretch o. persistence u = sAIs zbis y 20 take
in the whole fed Of vas = t.sf g-rs5ltrTs q >
due sara5FalZztzsl 6. g4sts that l. tEe marx 81
sxrsrio- E-lE5- General GT2Ez has taSsz 81: CT
Tia hands Il a.. crilIc5 tie question -AeEL1s i
| b<,c-SE - h.za- Ee Azs Yea his greatest ri
GrPa oEss..t1s EaOss sEiIlfZi sd accomplished
genera Ok Tie ct1er SIDE over 4 xEreraI who
/ so.Iel Eiza loaz sao4sA 20 prove lis great mas
terry O: tze art ct war; aaS t4s con pseteness Of
! Na5ss dsfezt = a testimony TO GRAFT. gsaigs
s1cA Sc victory Over 4Ey otEer general Of the
( Co1ss-esscv, o. even carrier victory over Lee
n-E4se.f- eo1 = Eos lsse gIse2- Apply 70 Gener-
a. Grszzt w6zr se-s vqa vii measure hs-a By the
Ea<g-is.zs d the obstacles be has szrncsated, by
/ the Fzi-s q IT, Do~1tlo1 he has gained, by the
fame - sE& antagonist over saol he has .ri-
-1--E1. y ~ A-ass=sEs7zts CT rs mot i,Igs-
trze@z e-s-$oTseEs, sF So saren-s= with which he
d1-sSEs rae0a5is&o.e eUezsy 20 TIE vital pSin,
s1sSa = - ses 81 . vaxs iei4 ct opeFasiC1s &
b LAs -speerl- te 81 eo2sEz1ase seJEitv IL a.
sS.zs< c- 5is.eess- Ct a. Tesa4ts, and l. vin5i-
cas- ara s1z.A SC ssaai EeXE after Napoleon AID
Ns1lRztoz- sz.Sux tie great soldSers Of this c.
s~-F, 7 sos % . .=ESi aka tie latter