Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-10-16
GENERAL GRANT.

After the fall of Vicksburg. General f.
2. Blair made speech at ST Louis, in
which he said
You will permit me, know, coming
back from NieksbuTg-the scene Of our re-
cent conquest-to say what ought to be said
and what not dwells in the heart of every
officer and soldier in Grants army that to
Major General Ulysses s. Grant, is due the
great achievements which have been per-
formed by his army. And when aay am.
blttoHs and UGiRgiori0us chiiettaiH comes
back and attempts to claim for himself the
great deeds which have immortalized, and
ought to immortalize, General Grant, the
whole army of Grant, the whole army en-
gagged IN that expedition, will repel the idea;
and we Will proclaim everywhere that the
leading spirit, the great chief and leader OF
the expedition, was General Grant. We
claim for ourselves only that we sought with
cordiality and cheeTfulness, with such cour-
age as we possessed, with sHch endurance
as We were endowed with, to carry out has
plans; aud we did so successfully.
The 'vainglorious chieftain" that Blair
referred to was General John A. McCler-
nand, now the head and front of the De
mocracy of Illinois
Soon after Lees surrender, April IL.
1865, the New York World, now distin-
gushing Itself by personal abuse of General
Grant, said
General Grants last brilliant campaign
sets the final seal upon his reputation 1t
stamps him as the superior of his able an
tagoniSt as well as of all the commanders
who have served with or under him In the
great compaign Of the last year. Ii is not
necessary to sacrifice any part of their well
earned regulations to his. Sheridan and
Sherman 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 bold march through Geor-
gia, and his capture of Savannah and
Charleston, there have been many who, in
their strong admiration of his great achieve
ments, inclined to rank him as the greater
General of the two. That judgement, we
take 1t, is now reversed by the court of final
appeal; not by dwarfng the reputation Of
Sherman, which suffers no just abatement,
but by the expansion into grander proper
tlons of that of Grant
The same article of the World contained
the following:
,General Grants history should teach us
" discriminate better than we Americans
are apt to do between glitter and solid
worth. Our proneness to run after dema-
gogues and spouters may find q wholesome
corrective in the study Of such wholesome
character as his. The qualities by which
great things are accomplished are here seen
to have one necessary connection with showy
aud superficial accomplishments When
the mass OF men look upon such a character
they may learn a truer respect for themselves
and each other. They are taught by it that
high qualities and great abilities are consis-
tent with the simplicity of taste, contempt
for parade, and plainness eg manners with
which direct and earnest men have strong
natural sympathy. Ulysses Grant, the tans
ner, Ulysses Grant, the unsuccessful ami
cant for the post of City Surveyor al St
Louis, Ulyssns Grant. the driver into that
city OF his two-horse team, with a load Of
Yeod to sell. had within him every manly