The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-10-01
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THURSDAY, OCT. /, 1885.
LECTURE ON GRANT.

The Y. Nj. C.. a. hall was brilli-
mt with the American colors for
Major Danes lecture last evening.
A flag was gathered arcllwise over
he street door, the bannister was
lraped with another, and the hall
was hung with flags enough to re-
present the thirteen original States.
They were artistically arranged in
the form of shields and similar de-
vices, and notices in every direc-
ton, with picture of the dead hero
above the platform, proclaimed the
theme of the lecturer. The plat.
form was screened with a splendid
display of potted plants. Mr.. James
T. White, Vice-Commander of the
Geo. w. De Long Post, G. a. r.,
who was the decorator, must have
worked hard to have produced such
effects, at only a day or two's
notice. Besides he sold 80 tickets.
Although not as large as.attended
Major Dane's previous lectures, yet
the audience was up to high-water
mark in point of responsibility and
intelligence. DR.. Emerson intro
duced the lecturer, who prefaced
the treatment of his subject with
cordial acknowledgment of the re-
ception given him in this kingdom.
He had travelled good deal, and
was not given to flattery, but he
could sincerely say that, for warm
heartedness, the hospitality of the
people of Honolulu, and OF two
other islands than Oahu which he
had visited. could not be exceeded.
His visit had resulted in the acqui-
sition of an abundance of material
for presenting American audiences
with an account of the many attrac-
tions of nature in this group, and of
the work effected for civilization
here during the past hundred years.
Beginning with General Grant as
a soldier, Major Dane sketched the
dark days of successive defeats to
the Union cause, which made up the
first year of the war. Grant, who,
for years, was thought by his old
comrades of West Point to be fritz
tering away his life in the little
country store at Galena, had re-
ceived clerkship in the War Office
at Washington. At length he
modestly asked for command, and
was given division ON the Cumber-
land River, under General Halleck.
After waiting in vain for orders to
move, Grant took the situation in
his own hands, and Forts Donelson
and Henry were won. For his
temerity in disregarding the superior
authority, he was made a prisoner
for six days. Then message came
from Washington, . You had better
let that man OUT And let out he
was, and he kept moving, success
sion of victories marking his pro-
gress. Thus fighting away, harass-
ed most by the aspersions and OPP
position of jealous rivals, and the
Vaccinations of venal army contrac-
tors who profted by the nations
trouble, he won the staunch con-
tidence and the answering support
of President Lincoln and Secretary
Stanton, until he was given charge
of the entire forces OF the Union.
General Grant commanded more
men, and conducted longer and
vaster campaigns, than any general
of history. The lecturer gave gra-
phic descriptions of the stupendous
advance, with forty miles front,
across the wilderness; of the patient
investment of Yicksburg, when
Grant waited and smoked the enemy
out; of Grants change of base,
against the canons of military
science, from above to below New
Orleans; and of the discouraging
circumstances above which the hero
rose on the eve of his startling order
to the army, son to Richmond. :"
Grants genius lay in his all-com-
prehensive grasp of the most eXpan-
sive situations in his self-command
and imperturbability in his keeping
of his own counsel, and his intensely
practical disposition. No one knew
what was in his mind, and he never
held q council of war in the strict
sense of the term.
AS man, General Grant was
clean-tongued: he was never known
to use profane language, and had a
horror of all indelicacy of speech.
His tenacity of friendship, and his
chivalrous regard for the good name
of women, had been the means of
subjecting him to the tiercest criti-
cism that beset his occupancy of the
presidential chair. Major Dane
authoritatively contradicted the
statements that had gone abroad
accusing Grant of intemperance.
During his incumbency of the White
House he was actually total alb,
stainer, turning his wine glass down