Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-11

leaves one without unmaking him. but that
is rare. Grant had heard fabulous tales of
the riches which might be made In the bank
ing business In tho metropolis of the coun-
try. That he ever knew anything about II,
or took any part In 1t, is now beyond all cavil |
or question. The only two business iransac-
tons that he is said to have had with II were
TO borrow of a friend n very large sum of |
money when the banking concern with |
which he connected himself was entirely rot |
ten, and, after 1t was evident that no was |
stripped of everything to pledge all that he |
had, the tributary gifts Of kings and princes,
every relic and remainder of his great deeds,
and even the sword he wore at Appomattox,
to pay an honest debt
HIS RELATIONS WITH BUTLER.
Soon after, seized with his fatal disease, he
lived in pain and acute misery, ending only
with the last sad hour--at peace with God
and the world.
For more than ten years knew Grant the
general, and Grant the president well and
intimately. There was once a very strong
personal difficulty between us, brought
about by lying statements 10 each of the acts,
motives and opinions OF the other. lie first
learned of their untruthfulness, and at his
request conveyed through friend we met,
and few words explained all, apologized
for all and healed ali; and that friendship
thus renewed has ever continued
There are some elements OF Grants char
acter, which when analyzed, show at once
his strength and his weakness. He was an
| honest man, and in that there was no ele-
ment of weakness. lie was trusting faithful
| friend, and never felt temptation to do any
| thing which could injure friend, and that
| had the element of weakness that once trust
| ing he was too trustful, and bad men deceived
him TO his injury. He was guileless, and
he believed others so. He was not revongeful,
| however grave the injury or bad the motive
which led to il he would dismiss tho author
| as Uncle Tobey did the fly. His mind was
| not inventive. He planned out few new
things. But 1t was receptive, and gathered
from all the best things they had, and the
mind being discriminating, he acted upon
them. When his mind had thoroughly
| digested any proposition and he had adopted
a course to carry 1t out his will in that pur-
suit was indomitable, and no consideration
that did not sway his judgment would
| change that will.
GRANTS ORIGINAL MODE OF WARFARE.
1t has been said that Grant had no genius
that is, no intuition by which 10 discover a
great fact or to lay out for himself new and
great course of action. ] have said that his
mind was not inventive, but | do know oi
one course Of conduct adopted by him, an
emanation from his own mind, for SO far as !
have read iii history, ii was never before in
| that form adopted by any great commander
and IL certainly was not done by any other
general in our war. 1t did not emanate
from the secretary of war or the president, sc
far as ! have any knowledge or suspicion,
|
had just then been made general-in-chief o
tho armies, and came 10 Fort Monroe (,
explain the plan of the future campaign
against the enemy, 40 far as ] was to hav,
part with them, in Virginia, in April, 1864
: His proposition was that the enemy shoul,
, be conquered by continual attriction and in
! flicting loss in every way, aud wearing on
their resources, as fast as possible, and IA
! | however great cost, relying upon our owl
more abundant money and men to bring on
a successful result He said that he woul,
attack the enemy at all times and under al
| conditions, even at the risk of losing NOR
| men than they did, as we could afford to los
| more and as the rate Of death by disease am
| hardship ps incident to camp life was far create
l than the loss OF men by bullet and shell, h
1 thought upon the whole that il the war cou
n be pressed on and ended shortly the loss
a | life would he less and the expenses wOul
q certainly be less than those of a longer COZ
h tinued war. lie said further that the enemy
o occupying the interior lines of deiensc
O could hold on with less men than we mu,
q use, and that we must lose more than the
r would in driving them from their defense
l. but they could not retrieve their losses, As "
@ could ours.
It THE EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.
y He spoke TO me az commissioner of o.
:, change of prisoners. Ho said that ever
If Confederate held by us was one man less
70 them, while, oven if we exchanged, "
Ii should not get one man to meet the one "
= gave because their mon were III good cOnd
% tion and able at once to go back into I'll
- field, while our men were in such conditio
n that it would take months for them to r.
n cuperate 20 as to come back If they ever di
v come back, into our armies. Hence no SUI
!, gested to me not to refuse the exchange
l. | prisoners, but TO so embarrass the operatic
is as only to exchange the sick and wounde
o of both sides, and TO that policy he adhere
/. through the campaign Of 1854 This court
taken by him put an end TO the rebellion
a and he held to ii until in the spring of Isl
!, Lee had neither men nor rations TO fec
a them upon, nor could the Confederates su
"a ply him with either, and then came App
IS mattOx and the conclusion Of the war. III
a seemed to me then a stroke of genius, but
"a required adamantine nerve and iron will
Al carry II out
il ] have given you my own estimate
q Grants character ; | have given some of Il
mate. L hold him to have been substantial
as worthy az mortal man may be of the Low
admiration and plaudits of this great people
n that there IL due for him all over this lar
70 the heartfelt sorrow, the trusting love Az
d | the reyerent appreciation with which u
"a nation now weeTs at the portals of his tom
He viii and ought 10 90 down TO our chill
l. ren's children, as long as memory lasts an
D. | records endure, as the soldier, the hero, Il
- statesman and patriot. If he had other a
: tributes less worthy they will be forgotte
IS and pass away into the earth as will his mo
IS tai remains, because they are of the seartl
y earthly" Bot these great qualities Of his M
5 ture leading to conduct so honorable,
+ glorious to him and useful TO mankind, wi
o | remain, as will his immortal spirit, foreye
for they are of the "heavens, heavenly"
" PERSONAL.
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