American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1868-09-19
Truly yours,
LEVI PEARCE.
GRANT.

The assertion that Grant is a mar
of sense and a great General does not
affect us in the slightest. We read
his life by Badeau, and as much Of il
| as his venerable sire was permitted
/ to publish IN Bonner'S Ledger, ard
found nothing to conflict with the
| description of smart kentuckian
who had been with him four years
in the army, all Of which may he
summed up in the few words
"There'S nothing of him Such
was 4HOpiAi4p Of the correspondents
stationed at Cairo, Of the Northern
newspapers. as the files Of the Gin
ciumati Radical papers will disclose,
and doubtless can be found in the
columns of the New York Tribune,
in 1862. He was regarded as Il
whisky bloat, and utterly wanting
in military skill, and was SO repre-
scented by those who are shouting
10 ppanS now in his praise. His
attack Oh belmont was nOt0rlouSlY
a failure, aud it was said he was too
drunk to know what he was about
there, if indeed he would have known
had be been duly sober. At Doncl-
son he was in pretty much the same
fix. and but for the Generals he haG
with him, would have Jared badly.
even with his superior and constant
Iy Increasing fGgces. The comman-
der Of n Fedelal regiment, who
fought CALAMITY for what he then
considered 1.-THE preservation Of the
Union, Informed MS that in Grants
line OF battle, at the time Of the sur
render, there was a gap Of half mile,
which might have been made avail
able. if the wOrnOut COnfederatcS
could have taken advantage Of it,
and Of which the Federal commander
had not the slightest knowledge.
At the fight Of Shiloh he was sur
prised and routed, one portion Of his
army (under General Lew. Wdllacr)
marching away from the battle and
not engaged in it, and but for the
timely arrival of Buell. there would
have been no Grant to be made
Lieutenant, General. with the chief
command OF the army. He was, even
according TO the partial biographer,
for some time hanging about the
army without command, evidently in
disgrace, and deemed unfit to be
trusted with the lives of men When
transferred to the army of Virginia,
his discontinue ut the Wilderness is
well known and although he boast.
fully declared he would fight 1t out
OH that line if it took all summer"
he turned in another direction, show
ing cOncluSively that he could not
make his declaration good. Much is
said of the President swinging around
the circle, but Grant was with him,
and was so frequently too full for
uttcrance he could not be drawn into
a speech. At that time there was
not a Radical in the land who could |
have been prevailed upon TO regard
him as an eXpectant for the PreSi- |
dency. 1t is doubtful if the bright /
vision ever crossed his own muddled |
brain. In the affair between the /
President and Secretary of war, /
wherein he betrayed his trust, so
described by Mr.. Ewing,
he went over to the enemy, who used .
him as a derRier resort when their /
own manifestations left them noaltcr-
native but certain defeat. ! he prone.
ness of Grant to drunkenness is
sought to be covered by Radical
hResSc, in constantly attributing a
similar defect to the Democratic can
tidate for the Vice Presidency; hut
The eloquent and gallant Blair has
not been constr aimed to seek retire.
nent from the face of the world, al
hought he has not esc1Ped cllumny.