The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-06-03
Tn. View york Wards Opinion OF Gen
Grant in 1858.
From lie World, April II, 1868.

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c,.i f.ran.'s history should teach us to
/ l;scr;m;nate better than we Americans are
an, IN do between glitter and sohd work.
I flnr nroneness 10 run after demagngues ana
S,ontars may find 6 wholesome corrective ID
i,be s,ndy of such a character IS his. he
Qualities I.v wiiel, great things are accom-
| Il;shea are here seen to have no necessary
| connection with showy and superficial &c
| connlishments. When the macs Of men loos
anon such a character, they may learn
,rner resneet for themselves and each other !;
they are tnneht by il that high qualities ana
! great abilities are CONSISTENT with Tue aai
| nlicity of taste. contempt Tor parade, aaa
p!ainness Of manners with which direcs anu
earnest men have strong natural sympathy.
I-lysses Grant, the tanner !; Ulysses Grant,
the unsuccessful applicant Tor The posi- o.
fjty Snrreror Of st. LOUIS Ulysses Nrani,
itle driver into that city of his two-horse
team with q load of wood 10 sell. had WITHIN
him every manly quality which will cause the
name Of lieutenant General Grant to 1--we
forever in history His career isa lesson N
practical democracy; it is a qElet satire on
, The dandyisin, The puppyism. and the shallow
aaectation Of oar fashionable eyquistes, a.
well as upon the snsgger Of orr plausible,
. gl;b-tonqued dernagogues. Not by any
means that great qualities are inconsistent
with cultivated manners and faent eioea'
.ficn but tha. such superficial accomplish
Ipeuts are no measure 81 worth or ability.
General Grants last brilliant campaign
sets the final seal upon bis reputation
STAMPS him az the superior Of his allie am
ftagonist. as well as Of the commanders who
have served wi.h or under HIN in thu grea
campaigns OF the last year. II is not neces
i sars to sneriiiee any part of their well earned
. reputation to his. Sherman and sheridar
a deserve all that has ever been said IN then
J. nraiss: hut there has never been time since
i Grant was inade lieutenant General whe'
h any body but Sherman. on our stde' eoni'
u.s. zen afd e hsfs wi h,n snes ana shs s
g capture ct ,asa.~nh aud Chafir.,. Ma,
have been many who, n ties- .-orlp AZ, mira
2 lion OF his great achievements, irciiuea
: rark him as TIE greater General OF the two
r That Judgment, W. take it, Is nov Reversed
thy the court u final appeal no. by dwariint
1.-The reputation OF Sherman which satfers %
last talemeut. bus by the expansion int.
- prauder. prof nrtigns Of that CT Grant.
Grant stands pre-emiuent among all III
General, who have led our armies 10 Ii
1t late war, in that he has exhibited The utmos
G sire ,eth Of viii Of which the highest type O
. man i capable, Tie defeGees of SIcssbarJ
: and the defences Of Richmond we're boil
!, deemed imrregnah!s, md we're defendet
= will, proporhonabe confidence and obsii
" macy: hu, they both WELDED. at iast, +
v Grant matchlsss persistence and uneqaal.e
=. took the long contested positions, but com
: neliaa tie surrender 81 the whole force de
y Tending them. Nothing could be more elea
u ard complete. even in Imagination. thai
IT General Gram mastery execution. He dis
g NOT merely. IN each case. acquire a position
which was the key Of wider theatre OF ope
y raticns he dill not merely beat or disabl,
e. The opposing force; he left no fragment Of j
fl in existence. except as prisoners OF war sub
IS jet 10 his disapproTai
!, II anybody i SO obtnse or wrong headed
as 10 see nothing grea, in General Gran
: beyond his marvellous 'enacity CT will, le
y that donbter explain, If he can, how il ha'
a happened thai since Grant rose TO higf
) command, this quality has always been eS
: efted IN conep;eaoes energy precisely 81 thu
II point on winch everything ia his whole
r sphere Of Operations hinged. There has beer
!. no display Of great qualities on small ooea
siens no ex. enditure OF hcrculean effort Il
= accomplish oliscts net Of the FIRST ,nagni
e tnds- II ls ouiya very elear-sighted and
e very comprehs EsiTe mind hal could always
a thns have laid The whole emphasis of an in
! domiiable soul - precisely on the emphatic
fp'sce. How. Il be lie not General Of the
i |
i herois aeterfntGaIi2o. does II happen tha', Il
1 assigning great aud brilliant parts 10
!. his subordinate commanders, he has
ue~tr, when tle results or biz strategy we're
fully inffeded4 appeared III the picture ex-
e lcep; az the central fsure2 However it may
t seem during the progress Of che Of his gfea.
{ combined campaigns. i always tarns chi at
last when il reaches that completeness and
finish in which lie coh'fiscs TO have his cam
Al J. u At
!. foreground, ard that tie grouping is algaya
, snch that the g orr Of the other Generals in
: stead Of eclipsng his own gives il additional
lustre. 1t is this sureness OF jndgmen; which
sees precisely where lies tic tnrniog point.
which sees precisely VI e. re he objects that
Justify the utmost stretch Of persistence; il il
tthis ability to take in tie whole field cf view
II icst perspective and due snbatdinstion Of
pats. that is the mark CT & superior mind
: General Grant has taken cut &C the hands OF
all cTltics the question whether Il belongs 10
him. He has won his creates, triumph over
the most fkilfu, and accomplished General
; on the other side; over General who foiled
him long enough to prove his great mastery
. OF the art of war; and the completeness OF
whose d feat Is testimony to Grants genius
such as victory overany other General of the
Conedaracy, or even an earlier victory over
Lee himself, could not have given. Apply
TO General Grant what tes. you Will; measnre
him Is the magnitude of the obstacles he
has surmoupted, by the value Of the positions
he has gained, by the fame of The antagonist
over whom be has triumphed, BY The achieve
Il ments OF bis most iilustrious co workers, by
the sHreness with which he directs bis in.
domitable energy to the yiial point which is
: the key to vast field Of operations. or BIZ
hat supreme II st of eonEummafe ability, the
absolute completeness of his results, and he
sindicutea bis Claim to stand next after Ma
poseon and Wellington, among The great SOL
diefs OF this century, If not on level with