New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-08-03

tho apprOacnlng cicctlOl.
press explicit confidence IN
OF the Republican party for
Ored peoples cause. aud pie
port OF that party. Rema
Pmder, II. j. Brown, Il. a.
Hackctt. in support of the
we're adopted and the meeiil
.CONSIsTENCIES
LIEUT.-GEN. GRANT.
From The n. J. World, April IT,
1865.
General Grants history
should teach MS to discrlmi-
nate better than we Amerl-
cans are apt 10 do between
glitter and solid work. our
proneness 20 run after
spOuters and demagOgues
may find a wholesome cor
receive In the study OF slcli
a character as his. Inc
qualities by which great
things are accomplished are
here seen 10 have no neces-
sary connection with snowy
and superficial accomplish
Inents. when tho mass OF
men look upon such d char
aoter, they may learn q
truer respect for themselves
and each other; they arc
taught by 1t that high quail
ties aud great abilities are
consistent with tho sim
plIcIty OF taste, cOntemp,
FOR parade. and plainneSS o.
manners with which direct
and earnest men have 8.
strong natural sympathy.
Ulysses S. Grant. tie tanner
Ulysses ). Grant, the unsuc-.
cessful applicant for the
post Of City Surveyor Of st.
Louis, Ulysses 5. Grant. the
driver into that city OF his
twO-hOrse team with a load
Of wood u sell. had written.
him every manly quality
which viii cause the name
OF Lieut.. Gen. Grant to live
forever Ina history, His ca
reer Is q lesson in PRACTICAL
democracy; IL Is a quiet
satire on the daudyism, the.
puppyism, and the shallow
afiectation Of our fashions
BILE eXquisites, as well as
upon the swagger OF our
plausible, glib-tOugued dem
agogues. Not, by any
means, that great qualities
are inconsistent with cult
waited manners and a fluent
elocutlou; but that such
superficial accomplishments
are no measure OF worth OF
ability. Gen. Grants last
brilliant campaign sets the
final seal upon his reputa-
ton. IL stamps him ne the
superior Of his able antagO-
mist, as We'll as OF ali the
commanders who have
served with or under him in
the great campaigns OF the
Last year. 10 Is not neces-
sary 10 sacrifice any part OF
their wcll.earned reputa-
lions TO his. Sherman and
Sheridan deserve all that
has ever been said in their
praise ; but there has never
been a time, since Grant
was made Lieutenant-Gen-
eral, when anybody but
sherman, on our side, could
have been classed with him.
Since Sherman's bold march
through Georgia, and his
capture OF Savannah and
Charleston, there have been
been many who, in their
strong admiration OF his
great achievements, inclined
10 rank him as the greater
general OF the two. That
Judgment, We take it, i
now reversed by the court
Of final appcal-nOt by
dwariing the reputation Of
sherman, which suffers no
Just abatement, but by the
expansion into grander pro
portions OF that OF Grant,
Grant stands preGminent
among all the generals who
have led our armies in the
late war, IN that he has ex-
hibited the utmost strength
OF will OF which the highest
type OF manhood Is capable.
Tho defenses OF NickSburg
and the defenses OF Rich
mOnd were both deemed
impregnable, and were de
Tended with a proportions
BILE confidence and Obsti-
macy; but they both yielded,
az last, 10 Grants matchleSs
persistence and unequaled
strategy. III anybody is SO
Obtuse or so wrong-heade0
as TO sec nothing great Ia
Gen. Grant beyond his mar
yolOus tenacity OF will. let
that douOter explain, II he
can, how 10 has happened
that, since Grant rose a.
high command, this quality
has always been eXerted IN
conspicuous energy pre-
cisely NJ the point on which
everything in his whole
sphere OF operations hinged
There has been no display
OF great qualities on small
occasions no expenditure
OF herculean effort 10 accom-
plish objects not OF the first
magnitude. IL is only q
very clear-sighted and O
very comprehensive mind
that could always thus have
laid the whole emphasis OF
an indomitable soul so pre-
cisely on the emphatic place,
Apply TO Gen. Grant wha;
test you will; measure hin
by the magnitude OF the OBJ
stacles he has surmOunted
by the value Of the positions
lie has gained, By the fame
of the antagonist over whom
he has triumphed, by the
achievements OF his most
illustrious c0.wOrkers, By
the sureness with which he
directs his indOmitable Ell
ergy TO the vital point
which Is the key Of u vast
field OF operations, or by
that supreme test OF con.
summate ability, the abso
lutte completeness OF his re-
suits, aud he vindlcates his
claim to stand next after
Napoleon and Wellington
among the great soldiers OF
this country, II not Oh q
level with the latter.