The New York herald., 1866-05-05


We are told in books that Is the employment OF
force for the purpose of Gripping overwhelming an
enemy aud In looking the history OF can
lind but slight proof that had succeeded in Grip
ping our enemy until the inlexibe will and martial
energy OF Grant were breathcd anmatIng soul into
the armies OF the republic Prior 70 his conspicuous APP
pearance on this splendid had with some
successes with many reyerses and the reverscs were all
dsheartening to the national spirit while the
scarcely penetrated the hide of the grim monster that
was confronting ms. We had gained n foothcld tho
sea ISLANDS OF South Carolina had effected odgment
on the kandspt oi Hatteras; had purchased at a
heavy expense the stagctica position Roanoke Island
But In ether oi these affairs had decidedly debili-
taed the enemy and from neither of these positions
had penetrated his country much beyond the range
OF our cannon. The hrst decided which let in
glimpse Of sunshine, lifted the load OF dependency and
exhilaraied the heart Of the nat those brilliant
operations ON the banks OF the Tennessee and the Cum
bniand, and when, following hard upon the capture
Fort Henry II was announced that Fort Donelson,
strongly fortified by nature and art had surrendered
wiih lie sixteen thousand prisoners, and that large
stions or Kentucky and Tennessee delivered
rebel thraldom we began,to ask, With all the yehemence
OF kindhng gratitude 10 whom We indebted for
eafnesness o. purpose and vgor which almost prove
a,"t martial enterprise and heroisn arr not
hope for our dropping fagf And
told thai he who had said 10 a rebel commander II
will accept terms but your Immediate aud
unconditional surrender propose 90 move Immediately
upon your works. was worthy beneficiary whom the
nation had reared at It's great military school that DC
his spurs in the earliest battle fields ~ the Mexican
war, his full grade Of hcutenans in thoss crowded and
bloody hours when AoAno del Rey suorumbed 10 the
on that day, ever memorable In annals, when the
steep snd frownng heights of Chapultepcc carried
and the trembling city below implored usoIcy from
sserists Wo were told, In short that hs had paroi-
pated 10 all that brilliant seros OF engagements which
caried the flag Of the republic triumpb,ntly from the
shores OF the gulf 10 the lake enrled city OF the
Ntecs We were told that when the war was
over disgnsted with the monotony and Idleness
which haunts the soldier 10 time ef peace. he
had resigned his commission; bet at the arsi
torsin Of the rebeios be had arisen to tho
defee the flag undef which he was reared and nur.
lSd lo(
of Illinois, and had organized the quota from tnat State
upder the hrst cali OF tho President; that Colonel
OF the twenty nst Illinois Volunteers he had queed
tlr rebellion in north Missouri broken up rebel
csnnpuent at Paducah, whipped Jen. Thompson and
severely chastsed superior force OF the enemy BEL
moulin short that he was general who knew what
was mean, and did not II did mean, IN his
Indignant lying IN camp and garrison, drilling aud dis
oipiinnR and organizing forever and ever; bat
moving on the enemy ending him. capturing his works
ssl when his ranks broken not waitiDs days
and months for reeniorcemen for shoes for horses
transportation, bat pushing after him with such
forces ~ he had hanging his TANKS like grim death
and going expedent e1pcdicnt until the enemy
was utterly routed and Dissolved We were loid
IN short, that be general of pluck
@pa,pose purpose and self ressnce % We did not
was endowed by The superrsl powers with superhunan
siroiiness agility and ubiquity; who did not fear,
sope OF them seemed 10 fear that he and the whole
army OF Western Virginia could suddenly throw sum
mersault the Intervening mountains and forerls
into our lines, hut knew that by pashing aNd hammer
ing away ~!.h mere human skill forethought caution
and perseverance the mightet psadn OF the REBELLION
must bs putUanksd OF whipped Ma Detniug here
feficd TO the Conversation between General Buell. slier
the battle Of shiloh wbp was criticised for beh
ng with hs back 20 The Teanese river, aud replied 10
the question where he would sve rereatcd that he did
not mesu 10 retreat addng that n forced the
TRANSPORTS would have Leen sufficient to carry away
al who survived In important respesi he
continued, the battle Of shiloh accomplished
ards the eventual OF M onal arms
tbso any hattie fought N the war II was the srrr.T,
ssss sc4 thai rst tested The respective B,aniinefs
stsblna OF the Two beigerenist tho INT hudaiGg
togstber Of two people in a hand TO hand n,hl and
whsn ss ,noiny rcirestcd from that CORY held be
tfested With his Arrogance tanned dream Of
nvrDc,Diy dspciled forever froio thai terrible day
Pis'sssue or ,he ne-s Of hr adversary there
ss weeping and lsmsn'aiion n every southern home
hfs af Asy sely Adversed IN the gFn@s Inporiarrr
70 ~ nsfscusi cause Of the conquest OF vck.bs In
the pfoirsc.d operations which eventually 10 tho
o'ef1hgow ~ that almost impreznabic stronghold
what quality element Of o copsunmaIe com
,nasder did General Grant fail 20 exhibit stra.
ingyrs The conception Of thai enterprise either
TIE nspirs,ion OF stra,escM genius or. tho
rsn OF tho sovcrcst sirategca study, bor and perso-
N"raDte The rsconnossabc.s which he made IN that
snphhoo. region for the purpose of securing
p''tagr bcbnd Vicksburg the dredging which lie
ceted, the canals which he dug unsu rpas.od and
without parallel IA the pnyses obstacles oyercome
unsS The parallel 10 be found In the memorable expo
don oi Xepos to the Peloponnssu- which cbsnnciiea
sornt hhos and brdged the Hoiespobt corragoY
Did h" not pusn his transports through an baii
co@red with which the full OF Gibraltar or Cher
boufg would have been oom mpsrstvey harmless Per.
tstshceg nd he not again ps-h his transports ready
rdded BY their hfst encounter through the
whnh stormed upon them from the buffs o, Grand
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