Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-05
ANEL0QUENT TRIBUTE
BEEoHER ON GRANT.
The Elements OF Historic Greatness-HIs
characteristics ms a Commander.

The Elements OF Historic Greatness Hi,
| characteristics ms a Commander.
The following isa portion Of Henry
Ward Beecher's. "Eulogy on Grant:
The danger of an eulogy lies in excess.
Grant made no claims to saintship. He
was man of the passions and frailties
OF others. Men without faults are apt to
be men without force. Around diamond
has no brilliancy.
ELEMENTS OF A GREAT CAREER.
Three elements enter into the career of
great citizen-one is what his ancestry
gives, the second what his opportunities
give, the third what his will develops.
Grant was sprung from a good New Eng.
land stock; New England bred the stock
from Scotland. On the Ohio farm he
lived wholesome youth He had q
fondness for horscs-that is in itself a
good sign. He had no forte for creating
circumstances. Opportunity had to seek
him. A sharp and willy politician did
the good deed OF appointing him to West
Point. There he developed a taste for
mathematics, but none particularly for
the theory of war. He left the army and
then comes into his life time of doubt.
disparagement due to intemperance. 1t
4, was later in his life that he conquered
this evil. Other men have successfully
resolved not to drink Grant did better.
lie conquered the desire TO drink. None
oi his great victories was greater. He
took to farming, then tanning, then went
behind the counter of country store. II
seemed he was not created for any of
these things. He was good suballern,
apoor farmer, a worthless tratiicker. He
was, Of all men, the least likely to attain
cminencc. But he was ordained with
the ointment Of war, black and sulphur
Gus. II he had died in the LANYARD OF
behind the counter the world would never
have known that ii had lost hero. There
were no signs of the future. The insult.
ed flag, the crimsoned garments, the mil
! lion men enrolled were all behind the
horizon. Let us look and see for what
the continent had been preparing-the
South, like queenly beauty. grown i'm.
perious; the North like slayish lover
Both parties at the North had suffered
from this trucking TO the South. The
Whig party died of it; the Democratic
party, 1t seems, was merely besotted
Nothing can be palmer than that all par
ties were In the dark without knowledge
OF the future. They were trying lik,
Ignorant physicians to prescribe for some
thing OF which they knew nothing. The,
were trying, in fact. tomedicate volcanoes
Inc South had builded itself on the rocl
OF slavery like some Flood Rock there Il
the East River. 1t would not move. i
had 70 be removed. The South hersel
furnished the engineers who mined At
Inc hand that iircd on sumter appica
Go,roJ ehS oJ'o om,r "1u ,h ,ioon m ui ,Lo nh",.o
tion had been.
The blaze from Sumter swept across
.ne Loi'n nHe ,.la u n:.ie upon an hu'''innal
religion itself. were lost The Demo:
cratic party heroically Joined the Rcpub.
lican party.
Rrt III ,bore ] was a, % f;rst an am;ahie @ @ wnnt
ness of Cancellation in the conduct Of the
war Northern generals saw mirage Of
future Presidenliai cnahces ABOVE inc
Jenendence of slovorv ,be Nortb Tor tbo
preservation of the Union and for politi.
cal success after the war, Lincoln knew
inis IN .hose nrst years 9l .ne lepeiiion, s
mon 70 ,oad who had hut two words In
b;s vocabnlarv "Victorv mr. onn;h;lat;on -
The man was COMING from The Wcs,
Henry Done,son V;ciehnrg and Chat
tonoG1o bod bero,dod ihree orcot namcs
ShorysS"n suS" ""r Thnmns % s,or;So5 ,m,id % ond nnD
nroatar ,ion % th"n, al ' rron, M Wa Sad @
ia;n iong In tho nest lilo an ;nfertilo ag@
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AsuMMARY OF THE WAR;
Let us pause to consider what this wal
was. Tn that four wears there were 2061
a,, 80, ,,;. - ,,a.1
engagements Aniiu 'hls sea vi p'ooo
there stand up battles which equal those
of any are or cline. The losses at Shi
1
,ob wore L;,led worrded and missiro
s4'ooV; at seven rines ana fair OAKS
1900; in McClellan's seven days bat
ties and retreats. 80, 900: at the sccont
Ri, d., Z, ooo. =, Erodor;o,,oh,,a ~
nnn u' ,''n' i'000' a' ~ ~" av 'n'oe' iO'
Voo; Nv Ahtletamb oo,Voo;a ~ ucl'ysDurg
$4,000. Nearly million men died dur
inc its duration of battle.wounds, 81,
n,;I,;on no,sod ,hrorrh ,ho hoon;,.,l T,
r. ~,
areport az tnG close OF the connict IN
secretary OF war showed now ihe re
sources OF the country were brought on
Dy instancing the dlspatch OF oo'Voo mcl
10 oIn ,nc front IN single month OF the yea
ioqs, 49,,
INTO this suiphurous STORM OF wa
Trah. M e1'ered aiinost enllleiy unkhown
ne ne could naruiy &c, q command a. mrs!
1u. nc wus NOT hgmung ior .he Presl
uency, 9or i4r .hc uispiay vi MS nilil'ar
nnowieuSe, Nh Ne, ou1 ior .nc SUPPRESSION o .
M .nc ,,, rJpell,oh. .a nc was .lic oppression .
.hc vi 'no co,ll,,on peope. n9 wa y
| tuciT very REPRESENTATIVES,. Ilt IOuc III