The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-02-20

cheers. Our mighty chieftain ii
the past and through all eur lives
[Appladse.] We are told, Mr.
Chairmnp, by the great drapatist
that some men arc born great, som,
achieve greatness, while other
have greatness thrust upon them
Looking through the history of tn,
hero of this war we need fnd nC
difficulty in placing General Gran
upon this list. Cheers Surely
when we remember his history
VIC can not conclude that he was
born great. Born in humble life
the Son of a tanner, as we are told
himself raised To thattrade.u.Not in
humble life would wo, look for tht
man who was to lead the combin.
ed armies Of fthe United States tc
victory. No! General Grant,was
not born great; but the achieved
tho greatness, for which we = honor
him. [Cheers] Look atthe histo.
,ry of the noble spirit. Educated
! at West Point, heeDtered the army,
aud the first that1we hear of him;
SO far as his military eareer is con
cerned, is upon the battle fields OF
Mexico, as aiseeond lieutenant, "a
subaltern. How find we bis record
there? AT Palo Alto, atResaoa dc
Ia ? alma, at Molino del Roy, cot
Montecey he fought abravely5land
well ;aand we are told, that because
of peculiar courage, becauseu of
great, bravery exhibitednupon tho
very field of Chefultepec, he was
brevetted upon the recommends
ton Of that gallant soldiop5 Gene :
raj Worth. Here find we the fist
step of the career of oum great
chiet. NeedI 60 further2 aNeed
| go through theihistorD2i WereI
to do. it, my friends, i would give
You the history oflthis war, for0 he
thatltelIs ofGranps deeds, tells Of
tho deeds Of the armies of the
United States, bsigJd to lsuaadJ
|. From yicksburgh ,in the w Wcst, ito,
that place where>he took the sword
of the rebel leGderyhe flashed like
q meteor through fthelslly and as
ii lightsup The ARMAMENT so did
he Light up with glorious success,
our oanational II tirmamentt ZAP
plausc1 Ever tsuGcessfullil True,
it has been said that. h67 has oblun-
dered but we aretold by thegreat
French military writer that the
man who has made no. mistakes
has never made war. q (tGood, and
laughtcr). Let us tryjhis mistakes
by the q eatlcriterlon of general
shipUBuccess, and tried by that
safe rule, General Grant stands
head and fronthigh above militia,
ry cbieftains of,the past. Recog.
nizing bis worth, the country has
done him honor. 1t has created
the office OF General for him, u and
he is mentioned in q connection
with still higharlhonorsGt [ Euthut
siastic .ando prolonged
In speakIngthe sentiment gof my
heart, L belicveDspeak the senti.
ment OF tbe beyheart of 1.-The nation.
May he reach that high. position!
Tremendous applause. And, MIR.
Chairmatj wlion we look atdihis
pasrglbrious carecr, at his idevoi
ton 10, his country, his patriotism
and his loyalty, we may be saas.
fled that in the future, as in the
past he will fight it tout on that
.linneel"" Incl (Cheers). 4. 10. a-ia7 w7l
GenaShermah lin. his response
to the 9th toast paid the following
tribute to9tho amy and some otits
comlnanderst:=+- .layy edI 10 aoss5s
"a great deal Of work was done
before | was called upon 10 com.
mand you in chief. Tho first
three years of war are regarded as
schooling. You were all as brave
as you are now, but you had not
tho habit ct the soldier. Every
writer on military affairs tolls us
that three years Of strong and pa
tient labor are necessary to make.
tho soldier. 1t so happened that T.
succeeded tothis great command
just after you passed through this
ordeal of schooling. Then l had
General Thomas as my center, a
rock of Gibraltar EGreat cheers1
and'he had to lack 9him $4,000
pretty clever men. [CheetsJ On
his right was General Mcpherson
[ Cheers, and | knew him proba.
bly, better tHan most of you" |
knew him as an officer and social.
ly, and 391's Z" Y'Ma9Qe .r'sJ ..
'' "a bNvcr, bolder, genter man iA li-.
Ne'er served his native land" g9Tr's..
[Cheers. 1ago nA1aanabig 1aroL
Hoisnot hore, but holooks down
upon US now, ard | know that he
is pleased to SEQ you hero together
in social concourse, aud l know
that when you speak his name in
kindness and praise, twill reach
him where he now is. And | tell
you, when | had Mcpherson on
my right. knew all was WE'LL.
[ChOers.1 JI'look TO tho other end
and there was Schofeld, ooold brave;I
standing upon feet that never
would movo but at the stroke of
death. lWhcro he was, too, was
security. With three such armies
united in one, how could | fail?
[Checrs. Therefore we all went
forward, from head to foot, cono
scious OF victory, and victory fol .
lowed usiwherever we turned our.
columns! Away over the moan.
tains, about Chattanooga, Through
tho woods and swamps, every SOL.
dinvf aud nfl3oot, tN,> 49, ,knVn..a4