The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-19

Sbdu1 pVuuuniB thoo N''""' "t"J
was giving Lee, with vigorous pur-
suit, resulted, April 8, in Lees
surrender. Johnston's surrender
soon followed, being only a little
more than the year predicted by
Grant for the destruction Of the two
great armies of The rebellion. Thus
the great rebellion collapsed and
ended. From the battle at Belmont
on the 7th of November, 1861, up |
to the surrender Of Lee at Apo
mattox, Grant was the great central
figure, the all-controlling genius of
the great armies of the Republic.
His name was on the lips of all
the civilized world as the great mill
tary commander of the age. Filled
with renown, and covered with glory
in the midst of his own people, and
now receiving the new grade of
General of the Army, never held by
any other person before him in this
country, and which was created by
law especially for him, having re-
ceived these high honors, in his
heart he hoped that he might be
permitted to enjoy in the future the
comparative quiet which he had
surely earned. But it was not to
be. After the perfidy and almost
treason of Andrew johnson against
those who had placed him in power,
and against the best interests of our
country, the people desired to Sc
cure more worthy successor of
Abraham Lincoln. 1t fell to my
lot to present Grants name to the
National Republican Convention. He
was proclaimed the unanimous choice
of the party. This honor he sought
not. 1t was thrust upon him by the
necessities of the times. At the eX-
piration of his first term he was
again called upon to be our civic
chief, and but for a tradition that
exists among the people, and an I'M
written law permanently fixed in
the minds of our people, l believe
he would have been chosen for a
third time. He travelled through
Europe and Asia. Rich gifts 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 them as friendly 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 was near him in nearly
all his marches, campaigns, and
battles, and was permitted by hin
to take possession of Vicksburg with
my command, on account of its
having approached nearer the enemy
than any other. During my tern
} as commander of that city I wa:
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, 1 marched
2 by his reviewing stand at the Ma
, tional Capital, and down to the las
4 painful days of his memorable life
8 was with him very often. During
all this time l was a close observer
/ of him. Grant was usually know
v and recognized as quiet and silen
e man, but, when engaged in CONVEX
D sation on any subject in which h
+, felt an interest, there were but few
t who excelled him as a converse
1 tionalist. He wrote tersely ant
s well, and at times most eloquently
!, The Nation was at different time
d thrilled by his terse epigrammati
Z, sentences. When he wrote to Buck
k ner, the commander at Fort Donel
$ son, 'No terms other than an I'm
8 conditional and immediate sur
n render can be accepted. 1 propos
y to move Immediately upon you
e works." his words burned with tn
o glow of patriotic fire in the heart c
!, every loyal freeman.
: When he had fought the battle c
n the Wilderness, and wrote to tn
President: II propose to fight
d out on this line if it takes all Sun
d mer," he infused into the peopl
d and his troops part of his ow
: tenacity and faith in final success
E In his short speech to the con
r mittee who waited upon him inform
4 ing him of his nomination first mad
: by the Republicans as their cand
t date for Chief Magistrate, lie use
8 these words in his conclusion: "Lt
c us have peace" These words fe
Il upon the people with an electric'
# effect. His GOODNESS, his percel
n ton, and aptness in using the rigl
r word in the right place and doin
n | thn WIGHT thinr ot tho ~ rh Tin,