New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-08-03

he central figures" around
Of liberty and peace, ana re-
ans OF the Southern States 10
i and unanimous support at
Further, the resolutions eX-
4 the wisdom and earnestness
r tho advancement Of the col
edge the meeting 10 the sup
lfks were made by j. III. L.
Mason, Ii. BOWser, au,, &. A.
resolutions, after which they
ug Hi iIufncd."
or THE WORLD.
isniIsON II A TRANsFORMA-
TON SCENE.
fFrom Tie EeN-iOrA World,
= July Il, 1853
j Political Plutarchs are now
.lbusily engaged in furnishing
/, nearly as many Lives" OF
rIGrant as Grant has different
rIuanes-frOm his sponsors in
slbaptism. from Congressman
.IH6mar, from the cadets at
IIWest Point, and from boys
! l'rOund the corner" Most Of
these Biographies must be as
p lbcwildering % Simpson as
70 simpsons numerous names
T Iare iaystifying TO his spOn-
% sOrs. The latest OF these
" Lives" is the work Of an
d IcditOr, assisted by "a Breyet
!, lMajOl General, the editor
furnishing the fiction with
regard 10 4" Grants Mental
CHARACTERISTICS" but omit
| Ting his speeches oil Marshal
| Browns pups and other
Questions OF public policy,
lind the Brevet MajOr-Gen-
Ieral exhibiting " Grant as a
IGreat Strategist," but sup
pressing the statistics OF his
loss Of men IN the march
from the RapidaA 10 the
james. We have not been
favored with "a view OF the
volume entitled Grant as a
Man and a Soldier" but from
the extracts which we find
lin the journal of the editor,
who also edits Grant, We
should say that the sight
would be fully equal TO the
Iiinal transformation scene in
THE White Fawn," with far
more figures and a deal more
IcOlOring. For, TO sum up IN
lbrief, no human being who
.lhas heretofore walked upon
y the face of the earth has
! possessed like attributes. He
lis at once tho wisest, most
wonderful. and most beauti.
,iiul OF men-seen through
D. smoked glass-his eyes are
large, deep, leonine, and
very strong, equally capable
,lOf a resolution that nothing
lean Withstand, and of shin
ling with the steady light OF
IbeneyOlence and amiabillty.
The eyes OF Europe are as
nothing to the eyes Of Grant,
land an ordinary calcium
light Is but a farthiDg rush
lin comparison. Such trash
las this, to those who have
seen the utterly expression
less face which hattering
.chrOmO-lithOgraphy fails TO
.'illumine, VIII stamp the
whole book as a grand Dlath-
erskite OF bOsh. lt Is moth
ling else. Simpson is trans
/. fused and transfigured in n
grand transformation scene
and exhibited as a demigod.
J His silence is not due TO stu
pidity'but 10 sagacity; his
reckless sacrifice Of human
life was not slaughter, but
strategy his few victories
in war were not gained by
Overwhelming numbers, but
'iby great Moral Ideas. With
] this sort OF b0sh and butter
country school districts and
; village Libraries will be
stuffed till after the Novem-
J Der election. In this, IA in
.other Liyes," the greatest
pains are taken TO show what
4 Grant is not, and not to ex-
J, Ihibit what lie is. The people
/, would like 10 know the few
b facts which can surely be
. Iascertained and easily pre-
scented IN q life so generally
, Iunimportant. For instance
s|How comes 10 that this pro-
70 dizzy OF intellect was gradu-
D Iated at West Point as near
I the foot OF his class as he
conveniently could geti I'm
Z der what circumstances was
F. his resignation asked and
/ accepted by Major Rains in
% IlS54l is he a drunkard, as
p Phillips, Tilton, and other
p Radicals insinuatei Does
. The know his own namei Has
) he the mental and moral
Qualities that fit him TO be
jIPresidentl None OF the
biographies inform the pub
} lie on these points, but, as
. cOmpensatl0ns, We are told
I that he has eyes which in
p beauty are matched only by
/ the fascinating smile OF Col
D fax We note, however, In
! this "Life OF Grant as a Man
D land q Soldier" the attempt,
LAS in other recent biOgra-
b phies,to compare Grant with
e Napoleon the Great. or Ma
!. lpoleon the Third-which OF
y 1.-THE twoi for he Is no more
i comparable with the last as
. a statesman than lie is with
}. the first as n soldier, or with
[ leither as q man. Mayhap
D these biographers OF eimp-
q son are insldiOusly prepar
| ling the public mind for a
e possible President who may
flchOose 10 subsequently elect
r himself by hayOnets 10 q
!. Presidency OF ten years, or
F; 10y a coup d'etdt nc once adj
d vance himself 10 the throne
J. OF an Emperor. Not yet,
], Hiram Ulysses sidney Sinp-
5 son Napole