The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-02
From the Marietta Timss.I
Give Him All Hls Due.

fFrom the Marietta Times
Give Him All Hls Due.
success is SUCCESSFUL says the
proveTb, and we award to General
Grant the homer of commanding q
victorious army to tho close of .hO
war, - but, as success in
his case WAS won at an enormous
sacrifice Of life, and as more mon
and more confidence was bestowed
upon him than upon General Nc
C.ellnn and others, II Is but fair
10 test the success achieved by the
means at General Grants command.
We save always baid that with even
an approximation TO corresponding
numbers placed at the disposal Of
General Mcclellan, he would have
ended the war one year sooner than
1t closed. Now, let us look at fig
ures that won't lie. and state facts
that cannot be sot aside and this is
all tho moro justifcable because
General Grant is nominated for
President, not for his qualifications,
but solely on the ground of his mil
itary exploits. That Grant con.
quered Lee is admlttcd,-but hOto
and pith chat Num6erS is the ques-
tion
Grant, on assuming command
May 4, 1864; had OF effective men,
besidcs the reserve, whom he crossed
the Rapidan, 125,000. Lee at the
same timo had an effective force Of
$4,000.
Grants rcInforcemsnts up to the
battle of Colo Harbor, June 3, were
81, 900. Lees reinforcements up 10
the same date were 18, 900.
Grants total force, including re
inforccments, were 222,000 Ices
total force, including reinforce
monts, was 10000.
Returns TO their respective Gov
ernmcnts showed that when both
armies had reached tho James. Juno
10, tho number Of Grants army
that were put horS du combat was
ll7,000. Tho number of Lee's men
up 10 the same date who had been
put hOrS du combat was l9,000.-
| Tho two armies thOn met in front
of Petersburg.
A man docs not prove that he pos
sesses q giants strength by over
mastering an Invalid or cripple. A
General does not establish his title
TO be considered great by subduing
an army cn0-third Of his own, and
losing five ofhis own men for every
ono that he disables of the ene-
my.
Wo have had somo experience be.
fore Of running successful generals
us candidates for the Presidency,
but the achievements were in this
particular, o great contrast TO those
of General Grant. General Jack
son won his brilliant victory u.
New Orleans, with 5000 meu u
gainst British army of IL, 900 mon
General Taylor had but about 5000
men at Beuna Vista. and the Mexi-
cans twice or threc times that num-
ber. General Scott had $500 at
Cerro Gordo. the Mexicans 10000
The splendid victory Of CoDtreras
was achieved by Scott with 4,500
against $4,000 Mexlcans. General
Scout, in his report to tho Secretary
of War, speaking of the battles in
front OF Mexico, Rald, "And l assert
upon accumulated and unquestion-
able evidence, that in not one oI
these conflicts was this army oppos-
cd by fewer men than .hree- and. n
half times 1t numbers-in severa
Of them, by yet greater excess
II it be SAID that Grant had DIS
advantages of ground and position
to encounter in advancing through
AN enemy's country, the same II
equally true OF Scott, who, never
theless with greatly inferior numb
ers, advanced rapidly from triumph
to triumph, whllo Grant, operating
with superior numbers against /
greatly exhausted fOs, required ;
whole year to capture Richmond
which finally succumbed to exhaus'
ton rathsr than to military gen
rus"