The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-21

Europe anu ASIA. hlcn glftS were |
showered upon him by foreign rulers |
and municipalities. The heads of
rulers and great men of the nations
of the earth were bowed in his pre-
sence. So much did he impress the
older nations of Asia with his great
ness and business that he was select
ed to settle international disputes
between til as emfriendly arbitra-
tor. His return to his own country
was made memorable and historic
by the ovations he received wher-
ever his foot touched the soil.
From Belmont to the siege of
Vicksburg l was near him in nearly
all his marches, campaigns, and
battles, and was permitted by him
to take possession of Vicksburg with
my command, OH account of its
having approached nearer the enemy
than any other. During my term
as commander of that city l was
with him almost every day, and
from the time when, at the head of
that glorious old Army of the Ten
nessee, of which he was the first
commander and l its last, l marched
by his reviewing stand at the Ma
tional Capital, and down to the last
painful days of his memorable life,
l was with him very often. During
all this time l was close observer
of him. Grant was usually known
and recognized as quiet and silent
man, but, when engaged in CONVEX
sation on any subject in which he
felt an interest, there were but few
who excelled him as q converse
tionalist. He wrote tersely and
well, and at times most eloquently.
The Nation was at different times
thrilled by his terse epigrammatic
sentences. When he wrote to Buck
ner, the commander at Fort Donel-
son, "No terms other than an I'M
conditional and immediate sur
render can be accepted. l propose
to move Immediately upon your
works." his words burned with the
glow of patriotic fire in the heart of
every loyal freeman.
When he had fought the battle of
the Wilderness, and wrote to the
President: II propose to fight it
out on this line if it takes all Sum-
mer," he infused into the people
and his troops a part of his own
tenacity and faith in final success.
In his short speech to the COM
mittee who waited upon him inform
ing him of his nomination first made
by the Republicans as their candi-
date for Chief Magistrate, he used
these words in his conclusion: "Let
us have peace" These words fell
upon the people with an electrical
effect. His GOODNESS, his percep-
ton, and aptness in using the right
word in the right place and doing
the right thing at the right time
were at the bottom of his success as
civil magistrate, just as his great
faculty for doing the right thing at
the right time and place, and some
times in the most unexpected man
ner, was at the bottom of his mill
tary greatness. Grant was man
of great strength of intellect, re-
markable common sense, GOODNESS,
self-possession, and tenacity. He
was true friend to those who were
worthy of his friendship. All the
sympathies of his great heart went
out to those whom he admired. He
was one of the kindest and best hus-
bands that ever lived. He was fond
Of, kind and generous to his children.
He was man who, when he had
confidence in another, trusted him
with implicit faith. This honesty
and fidelity in himself, with full
belief in the honesty and fidelity in
others, was the source of all the
trouble he had either in civil or mill
tary life. 1t has been said tina,
Grant was not strategist; that his
success was achieved by his courage
and his persistent fighting against
the enemy. l do not agree with
this statement. In my judgmen,
he was without rival in all that be.
longs to military man in the prac.
tical science of warfare, either as 6
strategist or great commander
He was not only the equal of bu
greater as military commander
than Washington, Napoleon, Wei
lington, the Duke of Marlborough
the Prince of Orange, Frederick thu
Great, Charlemagne, Hannibal, o
Scipio Africanns and in my opinion
coming centuries will give to Gran
n place above them all, and ranl
him the equal, if not the superior, O
julius Caesar. And when the mist
that were thrown around his CIV
administration by persistent an
bitter partisan enemies shall be dis
PEELED by the sunlight of mature an
honest reflection it will shine GU
with all the brilliancy and glory tina
is or has been attached to any &C