Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-04-04
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such a campaign, IL il prove any things


such campaign, IL IL prove any things
proves the insorrectness of Grant
judgment. The Army of the Potomac
.snever had great, and generally had
mediocre commanders aud whatever
/. won II owed not genius, but bought
with, its blood.u Sherman's campaign;
conducted on an entirely different pfin-
clple is living witness in eondemna-
ton Of Grants. 1t is true that Grant
had trait Of persistcncy that has been
much Landed; but it was just such a
persistency that cost certain king
James his throne. If Grants method
ofGghtlpg is a correct one, then the
y orld has been terribly deceived con-
corning the merits Of Alexander,
Caesar, Hannibal, Napoleon, Won
Mollke &C.. for the slightest sc' ,
ouaiutance with their history is suai-
eient to show that their methods aud
Grants are as opposite as plus aud
m iaus. Compelled to manoeuyring
that he despised, be could do this with
comparative safety, on account OIL lis
vast superiority in numbers and thereby
lessen. their intrinsic merits. And It Is
for this reason that we remain skeplical
Of bis generalship at Chattanooga being
the masterpieces Of the var, for though
we admit that Grant did on that oc-
casiou show rare skill aId holiness, yet
We must take into consideration hls
means at the time. We can not see
how general who ayo~edlY despised
"manouyering," whose principle OF
subduIng foe was BY hammering con-
tInuously til he should wear lin away
by mere attution,' and whose rate OF
accomplishing such attrit!ou was by
swapping three lives for one, how such
q general could have so far departed
from his principles, as 10 perform the
mas terpiece ola war that called forth
some, o.! the most brilliant displays oi
genius that have, ever been Witnessed.
Verify, verify, IT must have been done
in a total .ecliBss Of big genius. So
much for Tie GFssIthgss points, Grants
series Of brilliant successes, the unjust
criticism of,his actions and his general
ship at Chattanooga. With regard to
the fourth, bis reception IN Europe and
America, the coloriug lacks, nothing in
intensity, and the touches are skilful'Y
disposed and are of no inconslde able
effect. Two IDEAS, both expressed by
eminent writer's, suggest themselves,
and had best be gwen 10 their own
language. THE most significant feature
in an epoch is the manner it has Of
welcoming a Great man." and when
we consider that some are boru great,
some achieve grealnessSnd SOME HAVE
GREATNESS TBsUsT UPON THEM we
have solved lie POLLEN.
Nj. EdieeB there IS asnursery legend
handed doanfrom generation to gen
eratiou ID England and America;
Legend jwh9x origin dstes SO far back
| towards the, fountain head OF history
ftaaSn nan knows when il arosek-A
Isgend ,thst,is pressed in the literature
Of the various Indo-Europsap races a
legend that proclaims the glory OF the
destruction Of a gigantic power BY
pusne one. a legend no other than that
ofJAcKK THE GIANT KILLER. To SUIT
the requirements, of the hero. o.wocshipefs
Of the present age, who can see honor
aud glory only in the attrition ofaweak
power by the massive, material, brute
force of a greater, this famous old
legend should be remodeled and re-
christeud JACK THE PIGMYsLAYER.
All quotations. acknowledged and
otherwise, except the last two are from
Swim toms Army of the Potomac.
r. II. II.