The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-06-10
The Republican Candidate for
Presidency.

good service in telling the forest that stOo,
upon the same ground the preceding year
nobody would be apt TO think we'll of hi
Judgment in tee selection of utensil. A
we are not to have var, there is less fl.
ness in the selection Of general, than OF
statesman, as a candidate for President
General Grant has been nominated so'el,
in consequence Of his military reputation
Waving, fer the present, the Fundamental
objection that the instrument is not adapt
ed to the proposed use, and that the Pres
| idency, during the next term, will AFFORD
no scope for the cxertion uf military tai
erts, we challenge inquiry into the grounds
| of General Grants fame as soldier. We
suppose none of his friends will seriously
maintain that he is entitled to be called 8
great general merely because he has com,
mandcd great armies, much less because he
has exposed and lost in battle great multi
tudes Of men. His reputation rests upon
the fact that all his campaigns have been
srccessful. But success against such ad-
versares as Pillow or Pemberton in the
West isl very signal proof Of abilities,
unless they commanded greater forces;
which they did not. General Lee was a
more worthy antagOnist; but General Lee
was not conquered by fighting him. but by
exhausting his resources. He stood on the
defensive for nearly year after Grant as
sn,npd command in the Fast althoncb
then, when Grant crossed the Rapidan,
tottering and well nigh spent by three
years cyertiou in a strenuous and uneoual
struggle It is certainly lust to credit
Grant with the capture OF Lee; but there
is debt as well as a ere lit side to the ac-
count, What General Scott called ''tho
economv of )if, bv means of head-work -
vii bo Sounbt for in voin in lha camna;one
of Goreral Grant His successns have
haon won hv = nrod;gsI ryppn3;tnrn Of b;s
soIi;orS T. bis las and rre atnst ramn.;an
hn ] nittod on onormo,,s m mo @ srmv ] aoa;nst q small
one ana sacrificed twice AZ many men as
General Lee had under his command, It
a not ;,it;co i I h,t adlat;on 70 nra;sn b;ra
as # be had conaucred an army ne large a 3
his own l. is not instico but an aoront to
hnn'an;tv m mH, - a;ro 0 b;n, ~ nncb crJ;t as 4
he had sch;ayad tLn same rrsnlt w;thont
-nch M T wbolasolo socr;GceS of mnn Thn foi.
loyy;ng ;S on autbnntIc statement nj tho re.
snoct;yo ,orcos and losses of General Grant
and Taa hetween tha Ranidan and the
Ianos. WV
G,ont or assuming commond Ma,
1874 had IF efnct;ve mon besides the re.
seruo ,shon ha crossod tho Ronidon 1o5
200
loo Of tho saue dato had an ofcctiva
force NJ 70 0o1
Gront,S re;n ngorcnmants nm to the hattie
of Told Harbnr Jnna 2 wers o7 Ooo
" eo,s ra;nfnrcnmaJts m tn thc Same
d,te wera IS 0oo
mentS was oS2 600 '''Vs' '''''''0U
Lees w" total force, including reinforce
ments. was &c. 900.
Returns to their respectiye Governments
showed that when both armies had reached
the James, June 10. the number Of Chants
a1mv tEat had been pat hoys du CONDUIT
was ll7,O0D
I'm TO the same date. the number of
Lees men who had been put hors du con,-
lat was 10000.
The two armies then met in front Of Pe>
terskurg.
We been at some nains TO ascertain and
verify these figures, and we youch for their
substantial accuracy. We shall take good
care that thev do not cscanc the notice, nor
Gin the recolIection of the country, We
chenrfiilIv concede to General Grant the
merit Of success: but if is right that the
cruntry should know the terrible cost at
which that success was purchased
The trueSt test of military genius is the
of great results with slen>
der means, We can rccall no instance (un-
less Grant he an instan;ro) of general who
established his title to be called great, 9TH
erwise than hy succeeding against great dis
a1 cantages-e;thcr supe,jor number. or
consnmmate abilities in the commanders
opposed to him, or formidable physical OBJ
stacles A man does not prove that he
Possesses giants strength by overmaster>
ine an invalid or cripple. 4 general does
not not establish his title to be considered great
hv snbduing an army onc.third as large as
his own, and losing five Of his own men for
every one that he disables Of the enemy.
We have had some experience before df
rnnnina successful generals as candidates
for the Presidency; but their achievements
a ,rrant oNrtroSt IN