The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-03-28
A Us Opinion of Grant.

The Nashville correspondent of the
Courier Journal interviewed A. ]. the
other day at Nashville. We extract:
He thinks the republic is "going to the
devil at railroad speed" His judgment
of President Grant and his policy was
doubtless formed after mature delibera>
ton, and he delivered it, apparently,
rather in sorrow than in anger, for / ana
willing to believe his assurance that there
was no malice in it
''GRANT Is A LITTLE FELLOW"
! added SIR. johnson, with a pleasant twin
kle of the eye, against whom nc one
could harbor malice. He is especially a
small man-small of statue, of brain, of
morals. doubt if ever he read the Cons
stitRt; on of the United States in his life
he has certainly never read the common
tators thereon. His idea of government
! is exclusively personal, and of a low order
at that; it was conceived in the field and
/ modelled upon army rules and regulations.
He said to his couriers, do this, or do
| that, and they obey; beyond this eharac~
| ter of government he knows nothing.
but will you agree that Grant is a
great captain p
Not a bit of it would he. His opinion
|
IN contempt by that of his craftsmanship.
He had the men, Mr.. johnson continued,
and followed the army, not as its leader,
but as an incident. What fight did BE
ever win Ask of Belmont, Shiloh,
| Vicksburg He took the latter place
after expending millions of dollars and
thousands of lives, GOguiHg about in the
swamTs and burroWing like a crawhsh.
He finally stumbled on the right plan,
because there was nothing else to be done.
Good luck seid ON deserted him; he is a
creature of luck from first to last. He
happened in always to reap the honOrs
that others merited. IF Mcclellan had
been let alone, the war would have been
ended two years before il did. He has not
even the poor merit of personal courage.
Where did he ever expose his person 7
Where display his strategy 1t vas a
simple question of brute force with him.
A pendulum of ten pounds weight will
drive one of FIVE. He was carried through
by armies. He marched against foe
greatly inferior in numbers; invading a
country especially vulnerable-Of scan'
rvsOurces-blOckaded, cut off from both
the sympathy and assistance of Europe,
Do you really believe he would de-
, clare himself Dictator if the opportunity
| 54lOuil hLCE
al have not the least doubt of it.
, do not suppose be knows 1t by that name
, but the idea Ia the same. lie loves pow
. er both fer its own sake and for the re
, compense it brings. His avarice i
. boundless lie cares nothing what be
5 comes of thu people, so he gratitiss hi
) own ambition and love of In ere. Will
e Caesars or Napoleon's Ambition he lack
> their greatness of soul See the forme
at the battle of Pharsalia, and Napoleon
: at Lodi, where they rush to the front AM
encourage their soldiers with short, SHARP
It pithy phrases that have passed into histc
g ~. propose to move on your work
) at once / shall fight it out on this lin
It if it takes all summer But his ex-Ex
/ cellency simply remarked, Rawlins, an
g went on "Grant could not possibly be
# great captain. nor a great anything els'
# There is too little of him. A greH
e statesman-never He looks upon tn
5 Government as a machine to be run i
d his personal interest; upon its patron2g
e as something to be dispensed to his fam
c lily and friends in return for services rem
;, dered in putting down the rebellion"