The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-25

obedience to it. In 1871 President Gran
proposed the annexation of st. Doming,
as a Territory of the United States with
out success. At the National Republican
Convention held in Philadelphia, on Jun
18th, 1872, he was
KENOMINATED FOR THE PRESIDENCY
and in due course entered upon the secont
term OF office. Although the Presidency q
General Grant was throughout and neces
sarily embarrassed with questions OF gray
Importance his judgment, moderation an,
3frmness was equal to the great trust re
posed in him. During his term of oftic
many salutary measures OF great momen
became the law of the land and many
tained. Shortly after the inBugura ton O
President Hayes
GEN. GRANT WENT ABROAD
and Travelled almost every portion OF the
civilized world. No representative man O
any nation, ancient or modern, was ever
the subject OF so many distinctions, honor,
and mighty homages. All nations, tongues
and peoples met him with acclamatiOns ol
applause. Princes and potentates did him
honor before their subjects and showereC
on him tokens OF their esteem.
The correct name of Gen. Grant was
Hiram Ulysses, but by an error in making
the appointment to West Point it was en-
tered as Ulysses s., which he thenceforth
adopted.
At the Republican Convention at Chicago
in 1876, he was strongly urged for Il re
Nomination to a third term, but the oppo
|sition centered on Hayes and thus secured
his nomina ton. The loyal 1906" who
stood GO firmly then have become part o
our history.
At the lastsession of Congress Grant was
placed upon the retired list of the army rs
|as General OF the Army with full pay.
This mark of honor was withheld until
the famous failure of Grant & Ward left
him penniless. There is little doubt that
the ignoble failure OF that house, with which
he was connected, hastened his death.
He broke down with grief and Shame, and
the disease thus gained upon his previously
robust system.
The readers Of THE MINER are too well
acquainted with the appearance of the
disease, it's rapid growth and fatal termi-
nation, to make it ncediul for us to go into
"details
Grant was unquestionably close to the
hearts of the people. OF whom he was One
|and the sorrow over his death is genuine
,4ia i!r.gI .gniXsrsal .s sa . .. ', VIC .,v., nu,e
writers says: He was Il MIN noticeable by
the modest quietude OF his ways, great by
|theheroic deeds he has performed, great by
ibis lofty alleg glance TO law, and the obser-
Vance of his duties of citizenship - by, in
|fact the sum total of those virtues which
enable Il man to use his faculties and
powers for the promotion OF the wellfare
|of his country, for it's safety and progress,
rather than for the advancement OF his
own selfish or mercenary ends. He was
Il man of but few words, yet
what he said was always sensible and in
structive. His manner was blunt from
sheer simplicity OF character, not for any|
want Of consideration for thosesssboutI
him, for he was OF Americans "the greatest
yet with least pretense.'
BLAINE ON GRANT.
Senator Blaine, in his work, "Twenty|
years in Congress pays the following
beautiful tribute to the dead General,
which will make fitting conclusion to this
condensed history: "When the|
army of Lee surrendered to General Grant,
the rejoicing throughout the loyal States|
cannot be pictured. Congratulation was|
The end had come. Sympathy
with the South in her exhausted and I'M 1
poverished condition mingled largely with
the exultant Joy over restored Union, al
flag an assured future OF nal
tional progress. Admiration was not with
held from the soldiers of the Confederacy ),
who had borne their banner so bravely|
against every encouragement on a hundred
fields of battle. The bearing OF General
Grant and General Lee at the final surren-
der was marked by a spirit OF chivalric|
dignity which was an instructive lesson
to all their countrymen-alike to the victor
and to the vanvuished. General Grant s|
active service in the field closed with
the surrender OF Lee. All the conf
manders of the Confederate forces followed
the example of their general-in-chief, and
before the end of the month the armed
enemies OF the Union had practically ceased
Ito exist. The fame OF General Grant was
full. He had entered the service with mol
actitious advantage, and his promotion,
from the first to the last, had been based
on merit alone,-without the aid of polt-
cal influence, without the interposition of
personal friends. Criticism of military
skill is but idle chatter in the face OF an un-
broken career OF victory. General Grant 's
|ments, and but for the fertility OF shis re-
sources and his unbending will, might often
have ended in disaster. Courage is as con-
|tagious as fear, and General Grant pos
|sessed in the highest degree that faculty
(which is essential to all great commanders
the faculty OF imparting throughout the
rank and file OF his army the same determi1
nation to win with which he was himself
always inspired. One popularity with
|General Grants military career was his
constant readiness to fight. He wished for
mo long periods OF preparation, lost no
opportunity which promptness could turn
Ito advantage. He always accepted with
out cavil or question, the position to
which he might be assigned. He never1
troubled the War Department with requests
or complaints, and when injustice was|
inflicted upon him, he submitted silently,
and did soldiers duty. Few men in any
service would have acquiesced SO quietly as|
did General Grant when at the close OF the|
campaign beginning at Fort
Henry and ending at Shiloh, he found him
self superseded by General Halieck, and as
signed to a subordinate command in theS
army whose glory was inseparably ASSOCIATE
ed with his own name. Self-cOntrOl is the}
first requisite for him who aims to control
others. In that indispensable form of men
tai discipline General Grant exhibited per-
lection. When he was appointed Lieuten-
and placed in command OF al
the armies Of the Union, he exercised mill I
tary control over IL greater number OF men
than has any general since the invention o.
firearms. In the campaigns OF 1864 and
1865, the armies OF the Union contained inI
the aggregate not less than 100000 OF
men. The movements of all the vast forces
were kept in harmony by his scomprehensiveI
mind, and in the grand consummatiOn'
which insured union and liberty, his name
became inseparably associated with the
true glory of his country,