New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-29
TIE NORTH AMERICAN RETIEW.

TIE NORTH AMERICAN KEj IEU'
The December number of The North Ameri-
can Reric notable the articles OF special inter
est being unusually numerous even for TINS ehtcisiR
publication. Colonel f. d. Grant leads with an EXPOSE
ton OF" HalIcck's Injustice Grant" The evidence
adduced cons OF dispatches showing That after the
CAPTURE of Fort Doneson, when Grant was reported by
eck as nescctins send in statements OF his force
ana position represented as going OIL 10 NASH
vile on his personal business ne really was sending al
most daily dispatches to IIaeck. was doing all IN
his mower to further the general operations OF the
army and Nashville solely because 1t vas neec5'
sary for him to 90 there IN the pu3c interest to the
end that he might be thoroughly informed rs To tn
position and intentions OF the enemy. The Yinlca-
ton 10y Colonel Grant almost entirely to the docu'
mentary Evidence he cOnluns his comments TO fcpe-
tion Of what he has heard his father say namely That
Haueck unqucstIonaby rcslrlel General c. T. Smith
&" a. a much filter officer Tor the command o! al the
fcrccs in the military district tlan lac Grant
Governor Ireland follows Cooncl Grant with an en-
thusiastic account of the Io-rcss Of T'Xa' HIS state
incnt of the carly history the Lone star state would
hardly meet the approval OF mr. II. II. Bancroft but his
recapituaton Of The present re,oGrces OF In" STATE Is
from his observation and his hopes Tor IT, turo
are certainly justified by the Vlgor OF her sent prog
sress ana the poentiaes " her magnificent t'rrior
Another interesting paper Is by Colonel r. O. lnser-o
entitled Motley and Monarch" in which AN attempt
is made to anaIyze Lncolns character II shows sym
patty ana appreciation, aHd aboln.s Ia erSrdminal'
sentences. Lincoln" the Colonel holds. was not
type lie stands alone-n1 ancestors no Fellows AM no
SUCCESSORS" And again, " Line jln Was an Immense
personality -firm, but not obstinate. Obstinacy IS
egotlsm-irnnes., herosn. lie influenced others
without effort, unconsci)u.ly, and they
submitted To HIN men submit to
nature scously He was severe with himself AMI
for that reason lenient with Others. lie appeared TO
apologize for being kinder than his fellows lie ala
mercul things steshly others committed crimes
Almost ashamed OF tenderness, he SAID and did the
nobest words and deeds with that charming confusion
that aykwarlness-that IS TIC perfect grace OF
modesty."
The Grant articles naturally and sca-onably FREEDOM
mate. Gcnc al James B. Fry has paper entitled An
Acquaintance with Grant" lie saw HIN hrat al west
Point in Is43 when the graduating class were going
through their final exercises IN the TdhGscAOoL The
riding ma ter placed the leapingbar higher than amas
head and called out " Cadet Grant, "a clcanac"d
slender, bue-eyed young fellow, weighing about l2p
pounds, dashed from the ranks on powerfully built
chestnut-sorre horse. and gaoppcd down the opposite
side of the hall As no turned the further end and
came into the straight stretch which the bar
placed tho horse increased his pace, and measuring
his strides for the great leap before him. bounded into
the air and ceaI ed the bar carrying his rider rs II man.
and beast had been welded together. The spectators
were brcatLless. Very well DONE SIR grONlcd old
Hershbergcr" the riding-mas:cr and the class was
dismissed and disappeared; but cadet Grant re.
manned a living image in my memory" From this youth
ful episode painful Of this summer General
Fry's narrative gances and he gives interesting
and characteristic episodes from the last days Of the
! dying commander.
George s. Boutwell, has an important article
"Johnsous Plot and Motives" He does not bring !0r
ward any drectnew evidence in support of the state
ment OF SIR Depew but he labOrs to show by adducinS
contemporary acts and incidents that the story OF John
sons plot much more than plausible. That johnson
did strongly desire and cndcaYor to send Grant to
Mexico and that this attempt conceded with tho first
steps in programme presumably involving
the capturo OF Congress for the
Democracy by the admission Of members
from the Southern States reconstructed on the John
sonian method with special view 10 That result may
be said to be all hut demonstrated Mr. Boutwell, has
fortified and extended the considerations which 20 TO
create the probability. He introduces testimony from
| tho impeachment proceedings which bears upon tho
matter directly. and he adds new story oi peculiar
financial operation Of Johnsons which may have only
an accidental relation to the plot. but when H.
az Mr. Boutwell, points ont, susceptible OF
whatever differences warranted by tho fact
that Just at the time was trying get Grant
out OF the country. and when If ever he would need
special financial help. he ordered things that con
siderable OF money lay at his bankers and was
permitted 10 remain there, un:nycstcd FOR more than
three months Mr. Boutwell, hesitaies TO affirm positive
IL that johnson had decided to attempt the movement
referred to- because he says johnson prone to
determine things mentally which he lacked the persist
ence to execute. lie does not however doubt that the
proIect was I'm his mind and conclusion IS lustablo
that Grants rmness In refusing TO Mexico alone
| oaused the abandonment OF the plot.
General Rosecrans considers that General Grants
ticle in the November Century did him great injustice.
and under the title 1.-THE Mistakes Of Grant lie under
takes TO demonstrate that the account by the latter Of
the capture of CHATTANOOGA tho battle OF Chickamaugn
ana the conduct OF R0secrans throughout that campaign,
"a ca erroneous as to possess historical value. lie
cites DISPATCHES explains his operations in full and
taiply makes out strong case for himself That no
did not, as so often alleged retire In the face Of
the enemy, and that lie did not "fall
| hack upon" Chattanooga, tnat he was neither
out-maneuvred nor out.fouSht by Bragg that
| oil nus nreysions wero clear and just, that lie
blamed tho campaign which WAS carried ont by others
AFTER Inc had been superseded are his main cohontons
In del Tending himself no does not shrink from nputhg
to Grant in ono place "bold nntrnth IN others ae'
iberate purpose TO appropriate the mort which be.
ionged TO him osecrahs The inpntations upon Grant
are indeed and Thus u is SAID mat
The statement Thomas in his report OF the operations
| of inc Army OF the Cumberland that ~ was
| the plan OF koseerans ;iat "as carried OUT