The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-30
LEX ANN GmANT.
Tho Hannibal nnd scipio oi Modern
Military History.

w NllNl NOlil'lNPh loT WV lnNfl llNll
with our own, The American COM
mander rs certainly not stralcglst Of
the first Order and IN the great cont
hluAtlOns of war he but slowly arrives
At sound CONCLUSIONS. But his l0naclty
deserves the highest praise on the field
he has often shown true Insight, and
lie has this quality of greatness, that
he can perceive his own mistakes and
correct them with perseverance ana
energy. lie seems, also, to have gem
orally apprehended the true means of
overcoming the south somewhat sooner
than most Of his northern colleagues,
and If he unduly laYished the blood Of
his men, he always commanded their
respect and esteem. These character
lstics may be plainly seen throughout
the course Of his arduols campaign,
Like Colonel Chesney, we cun not eS-
cuse him for his operations In theaum-
merof 1854; even five bclleveheylelded
to Lincoln, llo should not have moved
rs he did ut first on Richmond, and
his murderous and useless waste Of his
troops would have been fatal TO him
two years before.
In fact his strategy on this occasion
was inferior to that of the decrled Me-
Clcllan; and Grant also was all but loiled
by the slSilllul l}eauregard at Pits
burgn Landing, and was months dis
covering the weak points Of Vicksburg,
On the. other hand, his attacks on forts
Henry and DonolsOn show real decision
and force of character his movements
against both Nicksburg and Richmond
were ultimately what they onght to
have been; his conduct at Chattanooga
was able, and he is perhaps entitled to
the chief credit of the conception Of
Sherman's march through Georgia.
We have ourselves, ike Colonel Chess
uey, compared the American cOmman-
der 10 Masscnn; hut il he has not sur
passed the French marshal In war, he
l. infinitely above him in all moral
| qualities.
This determined soldier is not how
overland Colonel Chesney agrees with
our judgment--to be compared With
his greatest opponent, in the highest
military art and, as Hannibal, not
wltllstanding Xanu, towers over the
very inferior Scipio, the figure of Lee
eclipses Grant, though Lee succumbed
to the northern chief. Colonel Ches-
new, ESSAY of t,e brilliant rnrder of
the renowned leader of the Virginia
army il too short Ia do fine thenr ms.
tice. INT IL very attractive and fuli of
interest. We have no space TO notice
the plpnsing dpscrjnfion he has oivnu
us of the private life of Lee. nor vet 10
comment ON thn nublir virtues If n,e
hiph.mjndcd citizen who. drey lis
sword remciantlv in what no thnumht
the rinhtful cnnse, md hore himsnlf
like n true nntriot when renroorh and
disaster gathered around linn \ few
words aro NH thnt we cam devote ia thn
military mowers of his arrot romtoin.
and they are. indeed. s,iperilunns for
their hest monument il the bnitln.
fields of American war. II may ba
! said. hownvpr thnt Loo hns n nIn|, IN
the foremost ranks of modern stratn.
rists he nossnsspd i'm tho yerv Mon
est decree ability for fine Great onera-
lions Of war Eew repnrolS hnvn nvnr
In Colonel Hnmlev,s nhrnsp clinton.
preted fine thentnrJ with onuol INSIGHT
and known rs well how to t1rn II tno
account. and M one CERTAINLY since
The time of Nnnoleon, has coE9nnred
AGAINST sncl Immense odds ana hns on
long and fiercelv disputed The nrize If
victory with falling resources His
combinotions iudend henr stri, ing
resemblance in MANY nnrticllars 10
those of tho emnoror, Tho hin no
gained nstonishinr success hv thnwolI-
plnnned nse If infnrinr lines and boid
,movements AGAINST divided fnoS. lil,n
him be ovoidGd tha timid svstnm of
massive defense no n uanaral mia and
seemed thc oscoilent thnnrb an
the defensive. like him he nos
spssed n nnd of resources in HE py,n
ranins which etiaotnd wonIors, I;i.a
him too bo was swim and tarr;,,, I'm ~,
nv,iliny bimsalf of u,n N, istoI,as ~ 40 -,
enonv rhuo II .,, hnnnn,ad tbn ~ ~
XXX ~, i'"no, '''',
those Of Nanoleon- and fosc;noto '" t I,n
raoIe,. for tho san,n ransor. W., ' w.,
h;hit the tr;nn,nh ~ ,'rof,n,i ny ;Nyt, IA
rance nf calculation and nf wall .on,
nlnved force nver nnn,hors 'Ior.,,nn,
and disunited .ouns.l. ~, tn".'r, ,s
I-oG and is1I AMI Ne vi,to.,' '" ~, ~ ",
Chick houinr ~ 800 a,,I o,;t,r ~, WV
varinw If Cra1t IN tsGs n,av All, 'n,''
nnrn With Arcola or R;vn ,n snd Ivy wit, '1 ~
immortai strU~ola an tha "A" mn. ,.' .''I
seine Loo re hos navor han ''e s "me
nossed IN the or2 Of winniv, W" tha ' ans
sionnte lava of lie tro"nn nnl Wv p,; ;,I
all ganarols ofn h;nh nrd law lie "s i;a,i
tanSu 60 I '''J vi oi"ei, MS leu
n rresnpe of victory
AS an administrators however tl;e