The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-05-28
OUR CAsDIDATks. e
Gen, Z. Grant.

From the New York Tribune. @
Eight years ago, when . Republican Con.
ventiI6n tcminated AbiAAAn lincoln, D n1eni
not altogether known, and wherever known
respected. the country was taken by surprise,
but rallied to his support ~ no old favorite
had ever been supported, and In the tsrribie'
years that followed gave him a place in the pop
| ular heart never accorded to any ope except
Washington. Now the countFy ID not only
surprised at. bat actually demands, the nomi-
nation Of a man then living at Galena, whose
name the people had never heard when LIN.
| coin wss called from his quiet life st Spring
Geld. Both Western men, aud both resis
| dents of Illinois, though born the one in
| Kentucky and the other in Ohio. They we're
nominated for the first Office in the peoples
! 9ift by National Conventions held in the me-
| tropolis of their adopted State. Lincoln
had mission to perform, aud the Conyen-
| lion or 1850 called him forth TO perform Il !;
Grant has that work TO complete, and the
| Convention of 1868 asks him to complete it.
His record in the past shows the singleness
| nf purpose with which he will pursue the task
allotted to him il the future.
| Ulysses S. Grant YVES born april 81, 1922
at Point Pheasant, Clermont County, Ohio.
/ Like Lincoln, his early intellectual adyan>
lfaRes were Of the most ordinary kind. bat he
I
TO enter the Military Academy 1t West Point i
| to which he was fortunate in procuring a
| cadetship, though at the expense of mis-
| name Hiram Ulysses, which was given him
| il infancy for The one by which be has be.
come knowa all over the world. Il the
clerical binder which inscribed him Ulysses
s. could not be erased from tha f6eerds Of
the Academy, neither can thst name be
.blosfed from the scroll Of Honorable his.
tory. He graduated in 1s4a, and was
braveted q Lieutenant in the Fourth In
fantry. He served through the Mexican
war receiving brevefs CT First Lieutenant
and Captain for meritorious conduct at the
battles of Molina del Rey and Chepnltepec.
After the wzr with Mexico he continued in
the army for few years, and while serving
! in Oregon in 1852, WAS promoted TO Clap,
tsiney. The next year he resigned, going
into business at ST. Louis. and in 1859 be re-
moved to GGena. Illinois, where he VAS con-
Quoting an extensive tannery when the war
| broke out. Captain, Grant was among the
| first TO offer his services to the Government.
ana was given command Of regiment by the
Governor OF Illinois, with which hewent into
active service in Missouri II was not long
until he was appointed Brigadier- General of
/ Volunteers August, 1sdl@s and assigned TO
/ the command of the District of Cato.
The unfortunate battle of Bnl Run and the
varying fortunes in the Southwest had de>
/ pressing effect upon the country. and The reo-
/ pie were willing to take a leader oh trust if
| he would or!y come hsraided with b victory.
however insignificant. Kich MoaIFain gave
| Mcclellan command Of the Armits of the
| United States; the unfortunate exrfditlon to
| Belmont doomed Grant TO Comparative OBJ
firsf year ~ he war Than Ire brilliant vic
tories Of Fart nonelson and PITTSBURGH Land.
| inc. the FRI of anv significance gained by a
/ En;on srnv. een,d do litfle far him and while
thu former made hin, n Major General. the
| is.;:ar derived him Of command. All eves
! sers turned toward the Grand ARMY OF The
/, Potomac. Ia anticipa,ion of ,ba ereat things
/ il wouId aeconnI;sh when it's leader chose To
mo ~ upon Lea Al Manassas: and decisive ar
| tions upon tbs Cumberland and The Tsnnes-
sse were MOI considered. while neonIe were
| amused with promises never 10 be realized.
and kan, IN constant arnactat;on bv s.snr.
.nc.. H., IN - nn;et 1870 In.. ,;,,i.
| nearer homs. Il vsre nseless 10 a,,amn, :
description Of these actions now. hn, whom
rant comrIafad y;ctorv ,l.t bsd h..n,, .
4 defeat. bv leading Il nsrsnn ! charge of .iy
reo;ments ba ahnued th.t . Gan.rai ,r;obt
promise little and vet accomnl;sb mnch Seon
sfter he had vor,ted the .h,e., rshal Is.da-
n ne South who was L;t,ad - a., &C.,. -
eaoement AT sl,lch cbnrch HalIsct aasn,rs5
nonm.nd ia In Son.hv.s, .nd ~. .;-.,.
,yss r.-ar,sd - IL 80 s,,aaa.ss, IL 80.
aaan, na,,sa, ,,,.;I ca..,astse ,aso u.
w. ,hsn srno;n,ad - III aar.raa &C a..
Army Of West tennessee his forces consti.
tutine the 18th Army Corps. and Gxed his
beadeuarters 4. jackson. in that State. r.
tho msant;me McClellsp had kaen driven from