The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-03
HE ANIIDOTE.
ELieut-Gen. Grant

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World t1eRs) AprN
IN, 1885 ]
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wholesome correct
i've IN the study Of
isucb a character as
his. The Qualities by
wRieh great things
are accom- plished,
are Z b ere seen 70
have no necess airy
tcon nection with
snowy and superb
cial accom- lish-
Iments. When the
4 mass of men LOOK
upon such 3 charac-
tier. they may learn
a truer respect for
/ hem selves and each
lotberS asthey are
taught by Il that
high qualities and
great abilities are
I consist nt with the
simplicity OF taste.
contempt for parade
and plainn ess OF
III a n q ers with
which direct and
earnest men have q
strong natural SYM !
pathy. UIyss { $
Grant, the tanner,
Ulysses Grant, the I
unsuccessful appli-
cant for the post Of
City Surveyor OF st. 4
Louis, U+ly IS E s
Grant, the driver /
into that city OF his
two-hoTse team with |
a load of wood TO
sell, had within HIM
every manly quality |
which Will cause the
name OF Lieutenant
General Grant TO
live forever in his
tory. His career is
a lesson in practical
democracy; IL IS 3 {
quiet satire On the (
dandyism. the pup-
pS ism, 2 nd the shall
low affectation Of /
our fashiOna Die ex-
QuiSit9s as well as |
upon he swagger OF
our plausi ole, q D |
t0ngued q e m a. I
gogues. Not 10y any /
no cans that great !
qualities are iucOn- /
sistent with cult
waited manners and |
a huentl elCcDIpn; /
but that such super
ficlai accomplish /
ents are no meas
ure of worth or |
ability.
General Grants |
last brilliant cam |
paign sets the Anal !
seal upon hisrepcta-
ton. It stamps him ,
as the superior OF his |
able antagonist, as .
well as all the COM
manders who have |
served with or under |
aim In the great |
campaigns Of the
last year. Ii is not
necessary tO sacri-
fee any part OF their
wen, earned lrepnta-
lions 10 his. Sner-
man and Sher dan /
d deserve all that has
ever been said in
their praise bpt
there has never been
q time. since Grant
was matte Eieuten-
ant General. when
anybody but Sher-
man, on our side, /
could have been
ciaSsed with him.
Since Shel mans
mold march Through
Georgia, and his cap
ture OF savannah
andCha rieStOn. there
have been many |
who, in their strong
Admiration OF his
great achievements,
are iucliued 10 rank
him as the greater
General of the two.
That Judgment. we
take 1t, is now re-
versed by the court
OF final appeal; not (
by dwardng the rep
utatiOn OF, Sherman,
which suffers no lust /
a batement, but by 4
the expansion into I
grander proportions
OF that Of Grant.
Grant STANDS pre-
eminent anon z all
the 2 GeuerBls n o.
nave led our armies {
in the late war, in
that ne has exhib-
tied the utm ost
strength of VIII of
w hich the highest
type OF manhood is
capable. The de-
lenses of Vicksburg
and the defenses
OF Richmond were
DO b deemed Inn
pregnable, and were
with a pro-
portiOnable confi-
tence and obstina-
cy: bat they both 4
yielded. at last, to
Crane = matchless
persistence and un-
rqualed strategy.
And in both cases, !
ne not only took the i
long contested posi-
tions, but Compelled
the S surrender of the
force defend
ing them. Nothing
could be more clear
and completes even
IN imagination than
Gen. Grants mas
terly execution. He
did not ~ ar-o1 in