The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-10-02

speeches
PEMBERToN.-Gen. Grant, meet you in Or
der to arrange terms for capitulation. What
terms do yOu demand
GRANT.-- Unconditional avrender.
PEMBERToN. N.--Unconditional surrender -
Never, so long as | have man left me. will
fight rather.
GRAST.-Very well
But Gen. Pemberton reflected lit.
tie, and as soon as the full force Of
Gen. GRANTS brief speech became
clear to his mind, he, too, made haste
to comply.
Again, on the road to Richmond, af-
ter the battle of Spottsylvania Court
House, General Grant indulged in a
speech or dispatch in these tolerably
clear words:
awe have now ended the sixth day of very
heavy fighting, and the result to this time is
much in our favor. propose TO
fight a out on this line II it takes all Summer.
We believe Gen. 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.
Grants speeches. The scene this
time is at Appomattox Court House !:
~ propose to reeeiUe the surrender Of the Ar
my Of Northern Virginia upon the following
terms"
We need not quote the terms. 1t is
enough to say that Gen. Lee very
clearly understood them, and lost no
time in complying.
Since that time Gen. Grant has made
few speeches but few and brief as
they are, they are by no means SO
ambiguous as these Democratic crit
les would have us believe. His latest
and noblest speech reads as follows.
Mr. President and Gentlemen Of ds Nation-
al Union Convention: | will endeavor in a
very short time to. write you letter accept
ing the trust you have imposed upon me.
(Applause.) Expressing my gratitude for the
confidence you have placed in me, win now
cay but little orally, and that is to thank you
for the unanimity with which you have Sc
lected me as q candidate for the Presidential
office. can say, in addition, looked on
during the progress Of the proceedings at
Chicag0with great deal of interest, and
am gratifed with the harmony and unanimi-
ty which seem to have governed the delibera-
tions of the Convention. If chosen to fill
the high Office for which you have selected
me, will give 70 its duties the same energy,
the same spirit, and the same will, thet
have given to the performance of all duties
which have devolved upon me heretofore.
Whether shall be able to peBform these du.
ties to your entire satisfaction, time will de-
sermine. You have truly said, IN the course Of
your address, that shaH hare no policy Of my
Orn 10 enforce dgaiast he will Of The people.
We have had four Generals in the
Presidential chair, not one of whom
was brilliant as an. orator. George
Washington, when given the com
mand Of the Revolutionary Army,
could scarcely say al thank you"
The only real speech he over made
was written by Alexander Hamilton.
Andrew Jackson was no orator but
when he said
"By the Eternal Ms Union must and 'haH
be Presvpsd," W
he was very fairly understood, even
in South Carolina. Gems. Harrison
and Taylor were mon of little orator.
ical ability, yet they made out to use
intelligible English. Julius Cesar
was an Indifferent speaker, yet there
was solid pith in his " VeRi, Didi, Uici.'
Napoleon (the drst) was wretched
orator, and still men Of every tongue
found no difficulty in getting at the
meaning Of the few brief speeches he
had occasion to make: There are 9th.
er notable examples that "speech is
silvern, bat silence is golden" These,
however will suffice and as to Gen.
Grant, we think our Democratic
friends will manage to understand
what he may GREATER say, quite as
clearly as they did his humble efforts
when at Fort Donnelsoh, Vicksburg,
Spottsylvahia, and Appomattox @. IL.
Meanwhile, we recommend them to q
careful study of his very latest effort
the brief and noble letter accepting
the Republican nomination, the text
of which Is in these words
To Gen. JosEPH r. HAwLEY, President M
liOnaI UniOR Republican C0npeRfioR' In FORM
ally accepting the nomination Of the Nation
al Union Republican Convention Of the 2lst
Of May ins., Il seems proper that some state
ment or views beyond the mere acceptance
Oft nomination should be expressed. The
proceedings Of the Convention were marked
with wisdom, moderation AID patriotism,
and believe express the feelings OF the
great mass Of those who sustained the eoun-
try through lts recent trials. iHdorss he
resolutions. II elected TO the Office Of Presi-
dent of the United States, Il will be my en-
deavor 10 ad,niaisisr al lhe iaUs IN good Jaiih,
rsilA economy, and ,eiiA hs vier Of giriag peace,
quiel and projection epagrhers. 10 iimes Ike
the present, Il Is impossible, or at least emit
nently improper, 20 lay dorm policy 70 bs a..
kersd 70, rgM o. vSong, through an sdminls-
traiion Of four years. New political issues,
not foreseen, are constantly afisingi be
views Of ibo public on old ones are con-
stau.ly changing, and = purely adminisira-
tive olicer should always be len free 70 ere
eufs hs pHi Of LAs people. 4 qlrsgi haze 70.
specied dot ell, and airayf shal. Peace and
universal prosperi,y--ils Segusnee---With
economy Of adminisiration, will tighten The
burden Of taration. while ID constantly re-