Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-30

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"When this army is whipped, it will not
want any provisions"
! All summer, all the auturnn all the
winter all the spring, and early summer
again. he hammered Lee, with blow on
blow, until at AppomattoX, the great, but
not greatest, Southern general went to
/ the ground.
Grant was II great fighter, but not a
| fighter only.
His mind took in the whole field of war
.-as wide and complex as any that ever
Napoleon knew He combined in his
plans the operations Of three armies, and
I for the first time in the war, the whole of
the Union forces were acting in concert
He had the patience of Fate, and the
force of Thor. If he neglected the rules
of war, AS at Vicksburg, it was to make
better rules to those who were strong
enough to employ them
CounselOrs gave him materials. He
formed his own plans Abhorrng show,
simple in manner, gentle in his inter
course, modest and even difIideut in re-
gard to his own personality he seems to
| nave heen the only man in camp who was
ignorant of his own greatness. Never was
IL commander better served, never were
! subordlnateS more magnanimouSly treat
ed. The fame Of his generals was as dear
to him as his own. Those who might have
been expected to be his rivals were his
bosom friends. While there were envies
and jealousies among minor officers, the
great names, Thomas, Sherman, Sheridan,
| give to history II new instance of great
friendship between great warriors.
Some future day II Napier will picture
the final drama the breaking up of Lees
right wing at Five Forks Lees retreat
Grants grim, relentless pursuit Sheri-
dan, like raging lion, heading off the
fleeing armies, that were wearied, worn,
deciInated, conquered and, and at the
| end, the modesty Of their victorious Cen
! a ifh ha tuI
his beaten foe the humanity of the terms
| given to the men {: sent away with food,
and horses for their farms all this will
form picture of war and peace.
He never forgot that the South was
part of his country. The moment that
The South lay painting and helpless upon
the ground, Grant carried himself with
! magnanimOus and sympathetic cOnsidera-
ton. After the fall of Richmond he turn
ed aside and returned to Washington
! without entering the conquered capital.
| When Johnston surrendered upon terms
| not agreeable to Lincoln, Stanton, like
| roaring lion fearing to lose its prey, sent
Grant to override him. He loved s,her
man, and was unwilling to enter his camp
lest he should seem to snatch from him
/ the glory of his illuStriOuS campaign.
4 From near town he enabled Sherman to
/ re construct his terms, and accept General
JOhn-ton'S surrender
When Lincoln was dead, Vice President
johnson became President a man well
| fitted for carrying ON fight, but not
skilled in peace, with Il morbid sense of
justice, he determined that the leaders
of rebellion should he made to suffer
as examples; as if the death of
all the lirstborn, the desolation of
every Southern home, the impoverished
4 condition and bankruptcy of every citizen
We're not example enough He ordered
Lee to be arrested. Grant refused. When
johnson would have employed the army
| TO effect his purposes, Grant, with quick
but noble rebellion, refused obedience to
ms superior, and, arranging to take from
/ his hands all military control, repreSsed
the Presidents wild temper and savage
purpose of Il dishonoring justice.
/ Having brought the long and disastrous
war to Il close, in his own heart Grant
would have chosen to have rested upon
his laurels, and lived retired military
! LIE. 1t was not to be permitted. He was
called to the Presidency by universal &C
! claim, and it fell to him to conduct Il cam.
/ palgn of reconstruction even more burden
some than the war.
1t would seem impossible to combine in
one, eminent civil and military genius.
TO II certain extent they have elements in
common. But the predominant element
in war is organized force of civil govern
ment, influence. Craftsmanship is less
brilliant than generalship, but requires a
different and Il higher moral and intellec-
tual genius. God is frugal in creating
( GREAT mcn-men GREAT eInuoh tn holJ in
emiuenrp the elements of = @rrnt f,nnnrni
and of n 1reot ruler Wnsnin,Jt0n was
eminent in Observation-Disclosures them he
was NOT n GREAT general At any rare he
had mo onu1rtuuitv to IavtInn tHa fart
Alryo,idpr WAS - mere hrI,rnI tioit.r
Caesar as emperor differed from Caesar
As General only rs a sword shpnt he'd Il, tf4r.
from sword unsheathed.
Frederick the Great was simply mill
%annleon came near to combine tha t,vo
elements IN the earlier pprIod of his en-
reer, bnt the Uerims of force orndmnIiv
wen kenpd that sense of ,iGht and imstice
on which stutesmunshin must rast
Grant had in him the element If GREAT
statrsmnlIshjn. hlIt nnIther his t.dnc.fi1n
nor his trnininr nor the desmnrntn nacns'
sitias If ,r,r ,rnva r. f,ir cho,,oa ~ Il.
vrl0Dmrut in a condition of thimTs v,nirh
br,yiidere1 he wispst Statesmen
The fontr,nd sI,rln IF nf,airs ,yould hovo
tnoj>td n Inyuur or ~ nisInirrs iThn
period of rrcoustrurtion il vrt tn, near