The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-05-14
Tke Wusmdot gianeer.

THURSDAY, MAY u
FROM advance sheets of a worl
1 entitled "Grant as a Soldier and
Statesman" from the pen of Ed
ward Rowland, being published by
j. b. Burr & Co., Hartford, Conn.
we make the following extracts
"Pemberton in his report says,
If it should be asked why the 4th
of July was selected as the day for
surrender, the answer is obvious.
believed that upon that day I should
obtain better terms. Well aware OF
1.-THE vanity of our foes, l knew that
| they would attach vast Importance
to the entrance on the 4th of July
. into the stronghold of the great
river, and that, to crafty their
national vanity, they would yield then
what could not be extorted from
them at any other time
son the afternoon of the 4th of
July, General Grant rode into Vicks-
burg, and proceeded to the rebel
headquarters. Pemberton and his
Generals were seated upon the porch.
/ Grant dismounted, and saluted them.
None of them rose, and Grant re-
mained standing, until, for very
shame, one Of the officers rose and
offered him q seat. The day was
hot, and his ride had been dusty,
and Grant asked for a drink of
water. He was referred to the
house, and, rising, went in, where
finally he found negro who gave
him what he wanted. On his re-
turn to the porch his seat had been
taken, and during the rest of the
interview he remained standing.
This is the man whose vanity Penn
berton flattered himself he could
play upon. Modest, unassuming,
patient, like all great natures, Grant
disregards, because most probably
he does not see, the petty conven-
tions which bound the circle of most
mems sJives. Persistent, too, like
all the great forces of nature, he
slowly and silently prepares his
plans, until, when the results follow,
men stand amazed at the mighty
power which is so suddenly devel-
oped. The thunderbolt that rushes
from the bosom of an angry cloud
and rends the stalwart oak which
| has for centuries defed the storm,
excites the wonder and. amazement
Of The vulgar, who stand awe struck
at this sudden display of irresista-
BILE force; while to the philosopher
the even processes of nature, which
slowly by evaporation keep the
oceans and rivers of the globe in a
constant circle of diminution and re-
plenishment, are much greater caus-
es for admiration and wonder. He
knows that in these silent causes
lies the storehouse ofcountless thun-
derbolts.
"Of the crowds of tourists who
year by year gaze with a fearful awe
at the immense sheet of Niagara, as
it plunges from the cliff down to the
seething depths below, how many
realize that quiet summer days have
raised every drop of the water,
which rushes now with such an an
cry roar over the falls, to many
times that height, and that their
mild influence exerts insensibly the
force of countless Niagaras
cit was well that negro should
| give the desired cup of water to the
captor of Yicksburg, while the proud
enslavers of his race should sit in
sullen silence by. Their naughty
dominion was overthrown, and this
| tribute came the more fitly to him
who. had oyerthrown it, from the
hands Of one representing those
/ made free men by his genius, than
it could have come from the proud
est of the conquered but unconvert-
ed who had opposed their futile re-
sistance to the man representing in
action the spread of the democratic
Idea in this country. This giving
Of a cup of cold water is one Of
the deeds which has not, and shall
not lose its reward. Eefs.
cit was during this interview that
Pemberton asked Grant to supply
the garrison with rations, to which
Grant Immediately assented, ant
asked how many would be needed
4 Il have thirty-two thousand men,
was the answer. This was the frs
intimation Grant had Of the extern
i of his victory he had supposed thu
garrison comprised not more, al
the outside, than twenty thousand
But nothing showed his gratifet
! surprise; he remained as coolly i'm
perturbable as ever.''
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"Of Grants bearing in action, tn,
following notice by Colonel E. S
) Parker, one of his staff, is interest
ing: 1T has been a matter of uni
versal wonder in this army tha
General Grant himself was not kill
ed, and that no more accidents oc
Cured to his staff; for the Genera
; was always in the front (his stat
J with him, of course and perfectl,
, Needless of the storm of kissing bul
let's and screaming shell fyins
around him. His apparent want 0
sensibility does not. arise from heed
lessness, heartlessness, Or vain mil
!, itary affectation, but from a sens,
J of the responsibility resting upor
him when in battle When at Ring
gold, we rode forhalf a mile in th'
face of Che enemy, under an inces
SAINT fire of cannon and musketry
:. nor did we ride fast, but upon al
ordinary trot; and not once, do
believe, did it enter the General
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