The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-09-24
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General Grant.

Alter the lall OF VlcKsDurg, uen
eral r. P Blair made a speech at
st. Louis. In which he SAID:
.You will permit me, l know.
coming back fiom Vicksburg-the
scene OF our recent conquest--to to
say what ought TO be said, and
what now edwells in the heart OF
every officer and soldier 10 Grants
army, that to Major General Ulys-
ses S. Grant is due the great and
chief honor Of those great achieve
ments which have been performed
by his army. Aud when any am
bilious and uainglorious chieftdin
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 engaged 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 Gen.
eraI Grant. We claim for our
selves only that we sought with
cordiality and cheerfulness, with
such courage as We possessed, with
such endurance as we were endow-
cd with. to carry out his plans; and
we did 80 successfully"
The "vainglorious chieftain'
that Blair referred to was General
John A. McClernand, now the
bead and front Of tho Democracy
Of Illinois.
Soon after Lees surrender, April
IL, 1865, the New York World,
now Distinguishing itself by per-
sonal abuse Of General Grant, said:
"General Grants last brilliant
campaign scts the final seal upon
his reputation. 1t stamps him as
the superior Of his able antagonist
as we'll as OF all the commanders
who have served with or under
him in the great campaign Of the
last year. IL is not necessary to
sacrifice any part OF their we'll
earned regulations to his. Sher-
man and Sheridan deserve all that
has ever been said in their praise;
but thore has never been time
since Grant was made Lieutenant
General, when anybody but Sher
man, on our side. could have been
classed with him. Since Shcr.
mans bold march through Georgia
and bis capture OF Savannah and
Charleston, there have 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, 10 now reversed by the court
Of final appeal; not by dwarfng
the reputation of Sherman, which
suffers no just abatement, bot by
the expansion intograndcr propol
tions Of that olGrant."
The same article OF tho World
contained the following:
q.
General Grants history should
teach US TO discriminate better
than we Americans arc apt 10 dc
between glitter and solid worth.
Our proneness 70 run after dema-
gouges and spouters may find II
wholesome corrective in the study
Of such o wholesome character as
his. The qualities by which great
things arc accomplished are here
seen " have no necessary connec.
ton with showy and superficial nc
complishments. When the mass
Of mon look upon such q charac
ter they may learn a truer respect
for themselves and each other
They arc taught by il that high
qualities and great abilities ar,
consistent with the simplicity o.
taste, contempt for parade, and
plainness OF manners with which
direct and earnest men have q
strong natural sympathy. Ulys
ses Grant, the tanner, Ulysses
Grant, the unsuccessful applican,
for the post Of City Surveyor Of ST
Louis, Ulysses Grant, tho driver
into that city Of his two horse
team, with load Of wood TO sell
had within him every manly quail
ity which will cause Ihe name o
Liutenant General Grant TO liv,
forever in history. His career Il
q lesson In practical democracy
II 10 q quiet satire cn tho dandy
ism, the puppyism and tho shallow
afEeclation OF our fashionable OK
quisites, as upon the swagger o
our plausible, glib.tongued dema
gogucs."
Recently the World has beer
ondeayoring to diSparage Grant b.
the statement that in the cam
paigns from the Wilderness to tn
AppOmattax he had three time
the number Of soldiers that Le
commanded, and suffered losso
six times greater than those Of Lee
Tho New York Sun, edited by @
A. Dana, late Assistant Secretar,
Of War, has been making . stric
examination Of tho figures, as the,
appear in tho official pAperp. AM
says.:
According TO the World, Lee
total force, including Feinforee
ments, was 10000 Against thi
We have simply TO set the fact
shown by the records Of the Com
missary General of prisoners, tha
tho number of prisoners takOn b,
the armies Of tho Potomac an
James from May /, 1864, to Apr
0, 1855, was 66,b15. Add to thes