The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-08-20
Gurowskfon Grant.

The late Count Gurowsli was one
of the shrewdest observers and of
the best judges of men, and during
the war was constantly atW ashing-
ton in the highest society, and with
every opportunity of learning the
truth. March, "a, 1861, the follow
ing striking allusion was made in
his diary to the man who is to-day
the Republican candidate for Presi-
dent.
Grant will not be intoxicated with
flattery, as was Mcclellan. l never
met with man of SO much simple
ity, shyness and decision. as.
April 5th, 1864, occurs the follow
ing remarkable passage in his dia
ry.
Grant has lost nothing of his
freshness of mind and ingenious
ness. He avoids Washington and
its various corrupting allurements,
nay, he runs away from them. And
Grant is right; his good genius in
spires him. Grant is essentially a
soldier for the camp and field. All
Grants predecessors in command
of the Army of the Potomac-sev-
eral commanders Of the corps, di-
visions, brigades and regiment-in
one word, many officers, and even
the rank and file, came to grief and
were ruined by Washington inluen-
ces. Even Mcclellan was ruined by
his sojourn in Washington, provided
that there was anything whatever to
be ruined in Mcclellan. When with
the army, the thought and mind OF
Grants predecessors were not in the
camp, but in Washington, in its va
rious attraction and intrigues. The
commanders, Generals, e., visited
and visit Washington when they can
its various attractions ruin them.
April 8, 1864, Gurowski draws
the following admirable pen and ink
portrait of Grant.
How fond this giant is of violating
the easy military regulations!
There! Grant establishes his head
quarters ten miles nearer the army
than Meade had his. Gran'thead-
quarters are almost amidst the sol
diers. That is a western custom,
and not Potomac army custom.
Bad precedent, and certainly an an
ti-McClellan one. Then Grant tray-
els with the simplicity of second
lieutenant, without fuss, with small
trunk which he forgets in his room,
and to save time goes off and leaves
his trunk behind. Mcclellan, al
though not a acknowledgement had
splendid travelling equipages, car
riages. &c.-all this for a campaign
of one hundred and twenty miles
space, and in a country with rail
roads. That was cammander-like.
If Grant fails, then a curse is on
this Potomac army. Grant is sol
dier to the core, and genuine dem
ocratic mot in the party sense) com
mander of democratic army from
a democratic people. Further, Grant
sends off his wife to the farm of her
father, somewhere in Missouri. If
all this, to be classical and hifalut-
ing, is not Roman, Cincinnatus, and
matronlike, then am at a loss for
precedents and for historical illus
trations.
Per contra: Mcclellan tried as
much as be could to ape aristocratic
Europe. Brilliant receptions, rep
reservations, servility surrounded
him, and he thrived on them.
The final question is: Will Grant
remain diamond, resisting the dis
solving Washington acids?
April II, 1864, Grant again graph
ically depicted
From what I can learn of Grant, he
is no more afraid to take the respon
sibility of million men than Of a
single company. This is a very
praiseworthy feature in his charac-
ter, and the more so as it is not gen.
Grated by conceit Or Indifference.
just the man for the occasion-a
black complement to the White
Boys in Blue, and the proper clay
out of which to model Hampton
Blair Democrat.