The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-06-17
GEN. GRANTS spnacssRs.

Bucllner, now the edlt0fof the liouis-,
vile Courier, the chief Pendleton-
Democratic organ of Kentucky. Editor
Buckner sharply reviews Gen, Grants
style and ideas, and thinks he won't,
do. But Mr., Buckners possibly may
remember one little speech or compo-
sition of Gen. Grant. 1t was as fol-
lows: t. na-igls 4 Irb io
HEADouAnrERs ARMY IN THE Field, \ I
CAMp sEAR DoSrLsoS, Feb ids ''62,J ,
T Gen. s. B, BucKYRR,, Gasdsrqte Army:
Yours of this date, proposing an y 'Tistice aud
appointment of commissioners to settle terms
of capitulation is just received. No other
oms than m uScoNDIrIoSAL and IMMEDIATE
SURRENDER can be accepted. ! propose to
move Immediately upon!your works. ] am,
Sir, very respectfully your obedient servant,
-.-' w. S GRAsr. OH
Briqadcr General, q. s~A,, CommandiNy
Gen. Buckncr called these terms
ungencrous and uncivil; Int he made
haste 10 accept them. For once, at
least, he clearly comprehended Gen.
Grants style, % t'..a 'i
Some time afterward, Gen. Grant
was visited in his camp before Vicks-
burg by Gen. Pemberton, who was
anxious to know upon what terms that
city could be relieved from a siege just
then pending. Here are the speeches :
PEMBERroS. S.-Gen Grant, inject you in or
der to arrange terms for capitulation. What
terms do you demand ' l
GRAsr.- - Unconditional surrender. i. .s "a
PEMBzRros. Unconditional surrender =.
Never, so long as have man left me. Twill
fight rather. 7r 7.H. -1
GRAsr.-very well. g alu nar
But Gen. Pemborton reflected q lit
tie, and as soon rs the full force Of
Gen. Grants brief speech became clear
to his mind, he, too, made haste to
comply. a " a'. tIang 'G -di 2
Again, on the road to Richmond
after the battle of Spottsylvania Court
House, Gen. Grant INDUCED in speech
or dispatch in these tolerably cleal
words: tlad r7ef mnI DC
"Wc have now ended the sixth day of very
heavy hyhting, and the result to this time il
much in our favor. ta+ PROPOSE II
FIGHT IT OUT ON THIS LINE IF IT TAKES ALL SUN
MER |" rg .U i4.ta sii bra t3u
We believe Gen. Lee was in nc
doubt as to the meaning of this.speech
If he was, those doubts were settled
by the next which we shall quote Of
Gen. Grants speeches. The scene this
time is at Appomattox Court House
81 propose to receice the surrender OF the Ar
my of Northern Virginia upon the following
terms" .. .si... a-
We need not quote the terms. 1t i;
enough to say that Gen. Lee very
clearly understood them, and lost no
time in complying. i'n uHq toy}
Since that time Gen. Grant ha.
made few speeches; but few and brie
as they are, they are by no means al
ambiguous as these Democratic critics
would have us believe. His latest ant
noblest speech reads as follows: ad st
"Jf' President, and Gentlemen ot'tle Nationu
Unicn Conreation. / will ondeavor in n aver,
short time to write you letter accepting tn
trust you have imposed on me. lApphuse.
Expressing my gratitude for the confidence
you have placed in me, will now say bu
little orally, and that is to thank you Cor tn
unanimity with which you have selected MI
as candidate for the Presidential office.
can say, in addition, looked on during jth'
progress Of the proceedings at Chicago, with,
great deal of interest, and am gratiiied witt
the harmony and unanimity which seemed u
have governed the deliberations Of the Con
vention. If chosen to ill the, high office 70
which YOU have selected me, 1 wiz give t
is duties the same energy, the same spirit, am
/. the same will, that have given to the pcrfor
nance of all duties which have devolved upo
me heretofore, Whether shall be able t
perform these duties to your entire, sadsEtc
ton, time will determine. You have Itrul.
said, in the course fyour address, that shal
have no policy of my own 70 enforce agaipnss
the will of the people" b ~ .,r..
| We have, had four Generals in tn
| Presidential chair, not one of whom
was brilliant as an orator, Gcorg
Washington, when given command Q
! the Revolutionary Army, could scarce
ly say 81 thank ypu," The onll,
real speech he ever made was writtei
} by Alexander Hamilton. Andrey
jackson was no orator. but. when he
said: .,.t,t 80" -,'.,,1 -
'Dy the Eternal the ri upipn minus must and sla Al
} he was very fairly understood, even eySsfn, i
South Carolina. Gens. Harrison an
Taylor we're men of little oralorica
ability, yet they made pslt to use intel
: ligible English. ,eJulius Caesar wasla
, indifferent speaker yet there Wassoll'
pith in his /" Keasi, ui9i! uic-n2idNapo
: leon (the first) was a wretched orator
and still menofeyery tongue found n
f difficulty in getting atthe, meaping4
!, the few brief speeches he halieeeasio
$ to make. There are oher notable es
! amples that aTspeechs b silyerb bu
$ silence is golden lilhese, however
: will suffice; and as 70 Gen. Grant y
think our Democratic friends Wi
I manage.to understaMwhat he ma
hereafter say, quite rh9clearly as the
didlhis humble efforts at Fort Done
2 son, Nieksburg, SpttsylyapiaaJ gan
y Appomattbx,qo Meanwhile, we recon
II mend them ton -careh study Of. h
|. VERY latest effort ligbrief md mob
e letter accepting the kbnbtican nom
!, nation, the text Of whcilt ~ ii lthes
h words. ~ 9nT .GoiP9l9 iron ed
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