Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-07

supplies as could be transported readily
and easily in the limited number of wagons
that be permitted to follow his head.quar
ters. His appetites are all under perfect
control. lie is very abstemious, and
during his entire Western campaign the
officers of his staff were forbidden to bring
wines or liquors into camp. He has
been represented as one Of the most
taciturn of men, and in one respect he is
such. He never divulges his thoughts until
they are matured, and never aspires to
speech making; and even in private con-
versation he falls into silence If he sus-
poets that he is likely to be reported. He
is the most modest of men, and nothing
annoys him more than loud parade of
personal opinion or personal vanity but
with his intimate friends, either at home
or around the campfire, he talks upon all
subjects, not only fluently and copiously,
but in the most charming and good-na-
tured manner. His life has been too busy
to read history or technical works, but he
has always beena close and careful reader
of the newspapers He has a reteptive
memory, and is deeply interested in all
matters which concern the interests ofhu.
manity, and particularly his own country.
Upon all such subjects, in fact upon all the
vital questions of the day, he thinks care
fully and profoundly, and expresses him
self with great ease and good sense. His
understanding is of that incisive character
that soon probes question to the bottom,
no matter how much the politicians or
newspapers may labor to confuse it while
his Judgment is so deliberate, honest, and
truthful in its operation, that it may be i'm.
plicitly relied upon to arrive at fair and
unbiased conclusion. His memory is
stored with personal incidents illustrative
Of men and manners in all parts of the
country, showing that he has evidently
been profound student of human nature
throughout life his appreciation Of men
and character has never been surpassed.
This was well shown in the reorganization
of the army after he became Lieutenant-
General. 1t is well known that he did not
fail in single instance, where change
was made, in putting the right man in the
right place. This was due neither to
chance nor snap judgment, but to his habit
of careful observation. He warns toward
a bold, outspoken, and loyal nature full
of ardor and zeal himself, he naturally ad-
mires these qualities in others He has no
patience with weak, complaining, and
selfish disposition, and cannot endure
double-dealing and indirectness of any
sort. Straightforward and frank in all
things himself, he respects these qualities
wherever they are found. Indeed, the first
striking popularity Of his nature, both as
a man and a General, is q profound and
undertaking truthfulness in all things
Those who have known him best will
bear willing testimony to the statement
that he never told falsehood, or made q
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will believe us that it would be almost as
impossible for him to do so as for the nee.
die to forget its fidelity to the pole.
MORAL QUALITIES.
He is true friend and magnanimouS
enemy. His -liberality is boundless, and
his charity as broad as humanity itself
He has neither vanity nor selfish ambition
no promotion has ever been sought by
him, and none has ever turned his head OF
changed his character in the slightest de
gree. Naturally q strong believer in The
goodness of Providence, as eXerted in the
affairs of mankind, he yet possesses none
of that blind fatalism which has, at times
characterized military chieftains. So con
tident was he in the moral strength an
rectitude of our cause, and the superior
intelligence and endurance of the North
NAh PCOPlNy ACNClY GNCu III Tilt
darkest hour, despaired of q united and
perfect embodiment of the great Ameri
can Characteristic, faith in the manifest
destiny of the Republic. iaI
GRANT NOT MARTIEET.
Grant having been educated as soldier
at West Point, the first military school Of
America, if not of the world. and having
served under both Taylor and Scott, had
at the outbreak of the rebellion, received
all the training, both theoretical and prac'
teal, that was requisite to a thorough un
Outstanding Of the military art, as appliea
BILE to warfare in America. In the very
outset Of his more recent career, he showed
plainly that he had not been an idle OF
unobserVant student of his profession
He was, from conviction, always opposed
to that spirit of martinctism which Fred
erick the Great succeeded in making the
great basis of military discipline in nearly
all modern armies; and believed in devel
oping the individuality of the soldier as
much as possible, trusting to his intelli
gence and patriotism for full perform
ance of duty, instead of relying exclusive
ly upon the capacity of officers to contro
brute masses. He had the sagacity to per
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it might do well enough for feudal Europe
before the days of the revolution, coulC
not be made to apply to citizen. .soldiery
and he therefore wasted no time in irwin,
to enforce the strict rules of fixed military
establishments. He did not make thI
usual mistake of supposing that the com
mon soldier was ignorant and thoughtless
and, therefore, to be considered as q mert
machine to be provided with a musket Of
saber, and then to be harassed into a re
luctant performance of duty, but was pro
foundly impressed with the idea that thu
volunteers were intelligent citizens of thu
republic, whose business had been to be
come acquainted with public affairs
Withal he was not unmindful of the neces
sity of drill and organization, for the pur
pose Of insuring coherence and uniformity
of effort though he acted upon the reason
able supposition that volunteers would
obtain more of the practical knowledge o
warfare in weeks campaigning than &
years drilling in camp of instruction
He has been often heard to say that thI
officer who could not tell that his move
ments were in the way Of successful eXecu
tion by reading the faces of his men, was
already defeated; he believes that Ameri
can soldiers "are as smart as town folks,
and what they do not know, or cannot fine
out, is scarcely worth the knowing. Look
ing at the army in this light, he wisely de
voted more time to the selection of gooC
officers, and the wedding out Of bad ones
than in working fr0m the men upward.
THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Mcclellan has been much praised TO
the organization of the army Of the Poto
mac, and while it is not cur intention I,
detract from his deserts on that account, i
must not be forgotten that in his grea
performance he was aided by those VIII,
became his successors, or that he ha'
nine-teDths of the trained soldiers in tn
regular army at the outbreak of the wal
He absorbed the best of eyerything-of
GERS, troops, arms ammunition, and sup
plies OF every sort. His infantry wa
commanded by Sumner, Franklin, w.
Smith, Hooker, kearney, Heintzleman
Casey, Mccall, Stone, Meade, Humphreys
Ord, Mcdowell, Keyes, Fitz John Porter
French and Richardson; his cavalry b.
Stoneman, Cook, BuforJ Emory, Pleas
onton, Bayard and Ayerill his arliller,