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the final siege and overthrow of Pc
tersburg and the consequent fall of
Richmond, Grant exhibited the same
splendid courage, indomitable will
and wealth of military resource that
had characterized him from the be-
ginning.
He did not believe in councils of
war and never held one during his
career. His campaigns are all mark
ed by a singleness Of purpose and an
abiding confidence i'll his own judg-
ment. HIS plans we're of his own
conception and he never in any in
stance seemed to doubt the result.
In these particulars he stands
alone, the Greatest Captain of which
history, ancient or modern, furnishes
all account.
Lee was a great General; gentle,
noble, brave and hopeful, but he
lacked the force and answering ag-
gressiveness which made Grant great.
Sherman and Sheridan and Han
cock are great Generals, but lacking
in the high order of genius which
Grant possessed.
In some respects he resembled Won
| Moltke, the Prussian warrior, and,
like Won Moltke, he knew the value
of numbers aud discipline.
In Grant was the spirit of Caesar,
but none Of Caesars ambition. His
only ambition was to serve his coun-
try we'll and deserve the good opinion
Of his fellow-men.
His conduct toward the South al
the close of the war demonstrated his
largeness of mind and the magnanim'
ity of his soul.
Let us imagine, if We can, the pict'
ure presented by victor and vanquish
ed at A~ppomattox. Lee tenders hi:
sword; Grant declines to further hui
initiate an honorable foe by accepting
it. Lee proposes to surrender hi:
cavalry horses Grant says: No,
General; your men will need then
for the spring plowing."
History will be searched in vain fol-
the parallel of such liberal terms to
vanquished army by a victorious
General.
But Grant realized that the wa:
was over and the Union preserved
He had no resentments and the i'm
position of harsh terms would hav,
been foreign to his considerable ant
manly nature.
Almost with his last breath at Mt
McGregor he wrote that he was great
ly rejoiceo to know that permanen
peace and harmony again existed be
tween the sections, a consummatiol
which he had devoutly desired sine
the closing of the war.
! No section manifested more sym
patty for the illustrious soldier dur
ing his long and painful illness THAI
the South. Let US hope that thes,
kindly sentiments served to sooth'
his pathway as he consciously APP
preached the dark beyond wlthou
murmur and without complaint.
And so passed away peacefully thu
central figure in the most memorable
epoch in American history.
Death has robbed us of q form We
all revered, but it cannot take from
us the name made immortal on al
hundred hard fought fields.
It will survive while patriotism an(
heroism are respected among men.
And what an instructive story il
. presented In the'chronicle of the lif'
now ended! What lessons, what warn
Iings! What encouragement for pa
triotism, for fidelity, for wearlless de
fence of the great interest of MAJ
kind!
And above and beyond all, we Sc
the great Republic, greater than a
, her sons, surviving every danger, vic
torious " every foe, preserving tn
treasures of liberty and law, an
maintaining alive and undimmed til
, hope and promise of humanity.
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