The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-06-18
Gen. Grants Speeches.

Il Gen. Grants Speeches.
The Denocratic journals are greatly
! exercised ab6ut On. fGraats epeSehes,
and peedict dlsaster to the country in
I the election Sf man Who (thsy say)
cann3 mako ! gllgteHng oration One
Of these carping critics is Gen. s. b.
Buckner, now the editor Of the Louis
Vile Courier, the chief Pendleton-D Dem
ocratic organ Of Kenentucky.r Editor
| Buckne sharply reviews Gens Grants
style and ideas. and thinks he wont do.
/. But Mr.. Buckner possibly may remem-
| Der one little speech or composition OF
| Gen. Grant. 1t was a fOllOWsstye4
i HxA pouAarxRs ARxY III THE Field,
h. Camp near DDnelson,g Feb. O.
To Geuerai q. b. Buckner, Confederate
/ Army. ga4 H.8ss1 . .stES'. ieg "a
| Yours of this date, proposing an ar
mistice andappointment Of commission
| ers to settle terms OF capitalization, sis just
| received. No other terms than GscoNsii-
tionay and Immediate s,srresder can be
accepted. 4 propose to more fnanteets-
ate,y upon your Uorks. Ers.f.a.{tsa.g a.g .
H. am sir, very respectfully, your obe-
dent servant, sHfF@ Ea ssE7tf
~ "a > 'sA'@ Il 80 IT, - US. GRANT,
BriGadier. Gcn,r U. s. A., Com'ding, !
| Gen. Buck ner called these terms UNI
generous and uhcivil !, but he made
haste to accept them. For once, at
least, he clearly comprchended Gen.
Grant s STYLE itf. ro@5 EaaGzir A~@3
Sometime afterward, Gen. Grant was
visited in his camp before Vicksburg by
Gen. Pemberton, who WAS anxious to
know upon what terms that city could
be relieved from a Sirgej',st then pend
ing. Here are the speeches: 49, !
Professionalism. eif,nt, | meet you
in order to arrange terms of capitula-
ton. What terms do You demand:
Grant Unconditional Surrender.
I Pemberton- Unconditional Surren-
der! Never, so long as have a man
left me. will fight rather. at ss*s
Grant-very well. .". t@1@.
But Gen. Pemberton reflected q little
and rs soon as the full force of General
Grants brief speech became clear to his
MUD, he. too, made haste to comply.
| Again, on the road to Richmond, af-
ter the battle of Spottsylvania Court
House, General Grant INDUCED in a
speech or despatch in these tolerably
clear words: e.es- 4...
1--WE have now ended the sixth day of
very heavy fighting, and the. result to
this time is much in our favor.
propose to fight 1t out on this line If ii
takes all summer"
We believe General Lee was in no
doubt as to the meaning Of this speech.
If he was, those doubts were settled by
the next which we shall quote of Gen
eral Grants speeches. The scene this
time is at Appomattox Court House:
II propose to reciere the surrender of
the Army of Northern Virginia upon
the following terms.'
We need not quote the terms. It is
enough to say that Gen. Lee very clear
in complying.
Since that time Gen. Grant has made
few speeches; but few and brief as they
are, they are by no means 50 ambiguous
as these Democratic critics would have
us believe.
We have had four Generals in the
Presidential chair, not one OF whom
was brilliant rs an orator. George
Washington, when given the command
ofthe revolutionary army. could scarce
ly say, II thank you.' The only real
speech lie ever made was written by AL
exander Hamilton. Andrew Jackson
was no orator, but when he said, "By
the Eternal the Union must and shat
be preserved, he was very fairly under
stood, even in South Carolina. Gems.
Harrison and Taylor were men of little
oratorical ability, yet they made out to
use ineligible English. Julius Caesar
was all indifferent speaker, yet there
| was solid pith in his - Veai, ridi, rici."
Napoleon (the first) was a wretched ora
tor, and still men of every tongue found
10 difficulty in getting at the meaning
OF the few brief speeches he had occa-
sion to make. They are notable exam
pies that speech is silvern, but silence
is goidcn.' These, however, will suf-
lice; and as to Gen. Grant, we think |
our Democratic friends will manage to |
understand what he may hereafter say,
quite AS clearly As they did his humble |
efforts at Fort Donelson, Vicksburg,
spo,tsylvania, and Appomattox.