Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1865-04-19
GRANT AND LEE,
from tho Philsielpbia Ali

Oh 'he tomb Of a gallant soldier os for.
mer Gays, IT is recorded in his hone -,
When made prisoner OF war Ls oL.o,o oI',T
snare the fortune of bis men. and ro,'oi,,
ing win them, paid the forfeit Of bis Iiea
4 victim 70 disease. Let us. in onr r,o'
ment o. triumph, remember theI 49, :,
General Robert E. Lees distinction nr5
IEat by remaining with the goIIan, 49,
who had fought under hin, a s"i,'nto inou
prisoner ne secured, at tue hands of an
enemy rs mognanimous as HIMSELF not
mercy mercy but generosity. MOI one
caa read the correspondence DuhlisTnS
yesterday, between Grant and Lee viii.
out pong struck, not merely with the .,
GrGeaoIc revelations i, makes of the indi.
yidual characters Of the men. bnt iii
the truth that, after all, the Uenero,s i,A ~
suncta OF our nature have more raoi, IL
velopment in the hearts of trpo goI3 80
than OF others who bear and oncou,tn,
less suffering and danger, There ig NJ
word OF hRrshness. There ia M toro or
assumption, no sign of humiliation a.
the sword which IS surrendered tLoro :,
no stain The blade of yictorv rarnsnS 80
iiS-sna hhord = od -;s-r ~ J..-.l: 4"
neither falls nor kneels he Yields uitb
grace and dignity. And what comment
is there in General Grants dictoIion ~
eNacuon OF easy terms-his permitting,
nay, offering to his captives, ran and file'
the privilege Of going home and remain,
ing quiet I'll exchanged. Wha. a com
menI on the truculent civilian tone of
certain newspapers less than a week ago
II VIII be vain, said the North Amerie,n
ITO seek to discourage future rebellions
II we deal thus leniently with the chiefs
OF this one, With the leaders who crea.
tod and welded the machinery of the re.
oelllon we can make no terms. Especial
~ with such men as Lee, perjured officers
oi the United States army, who have wa
ged war against the republic they had
sworn to serve, can we have nothing 10
do. Such crime is unpardonable1-
Away" shrieked the Press, away, then,
with the pretext that this wretched in,
CRATE has any claims to the consideration
of the American Govern ment."
dow summarily did General Grant
brush away such vindictive trash, and how
gladly and generously, without word Of
insult or reproach, did he meet, on terms
Of perfect equality, his fellow.soldier, vic.
tory over whom, after many q bloody field
and frustrated maneuvre, is the HIGHEST
glory he has won. Mr.. Stanton's conarat
ulatory despatch to General Grar oroyes
that the Administration approves all that
no has dore, and said, and writ ten-and
even ii 1t did not, the soldiers word OF
honor was pledged, and no power on ,arth
could effect its violation. No one better
than General Grant knows how precious
is bIoodlcss victory. /. W,7 r',de mat-
ter Of reproach to him by such rar ga
Butler that he was ragsr1Isss O.. .rrran
life, and cared not how .larr Glen or
foe he inundated. Nh rua.,r ia
in the first words h8 . ro-sa# sn % eral
/ Lee, iu which he a.nrrsteu r.. uiev
/ las a means of saviug blcodshed. He
| had fought too often and too lorr his
brave antagonist to wish, without ,ces5i
~, to tight him again, even in despair.-
Such man as Butler, filed with fierca
resentment aud consciousness OF ing At
itude, would, with the poor remnant O.
! Lees wasted legions hemmed in by null
titudeS have reisiced in bloody sacl ice
and the more rejolced in it because il in
volyed no PERSONAL peril to himself. Not
so, we are happy to say, the successful sol.
dier who now leads the great armie, Of
the North. Of General Lee, the vic;ori.
Gus North, still his countrymen, can af
! ford, in his moment of disaster, to speak
gently and generously, and to do aim al
least the poor justice to concede that no
shared TIE dark fortunes OF his sold die,s
with the same chivalry with which he had
| 80 often led them to victory.