The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-24

James The day after the success of Spottsyl-
vania, he had sent the famous dispatch to the
government: II propose to fight it out on this
. line if it takes all summer"
Sherman opened his campaign toward Atlanta
as soon Grant telegraphed him that the army
of the Potomac had crossd the Rapidan At the
same time Grant had directed Sigel to advance
from Winchest5rup the Shenandoah toward Stan
ton, and Crook to advance from Charleston up the
Kanawha toward Lynchburg But Sigel was
: defeated at Newmarket by Breckenridge, and
Crook, after considerable fighting, was com
PEELED to retreat. Meanwhile, Gen. Butler, with
the army of the James, had been directed to
capture and hold Petersburg. and if possible, to
invest Richmond closely from the south side but
: had totally failed to do so. All these thanking
movements being foiled, and Lee being neither
defeated in the open field nor cut off from Rich
/ mond, the great problem of the
war instantly narrowed itself down to a siege Of
Petersburg. which Grant now began, Lees at
tempt to create "a diversion by an invasion of
Maryland and an attack on Washington failed,
Sheridan ultimately driving back the invaders
up the valley of the Shenandoah; while, in
Georgia, Johnston was unable to check the ad-
vance of Sherman, and his successor in com
mand, Hood was forced to evacuate Atlanta.
and lost his army before Nashville. The siege
of Petersburg ended after the victory at Five
! Forks, in the beginning of April, 1865, when
Richmond was evacuated and Lee retreated
westward toward Danville, followed closely by
Grant, who finally forced the surrender of his
s remaining force, winch TOOK place at AppOmdt-
tax Court house. April 9. 1860.
After the war Grant fixed his headquarters at
Washington, going directly to that city from the
field at AppomattOx On July %. 1866 he was
commissioned General of the United States
army the rank having been created for him.
{ On August r. 1867 when President Johnson
suspended Secretary Stanton from Office, Gen
Z Grant was made Secretary of War ad interim,
and held the position until January II, 1868,
when he returned it to Mr.. Stanton, whose re
mOval the Senate had refused to sanction. The
President wished Grant to retain the Office,
notwithstanding the action of Congress- and
/ Grant, in a letter to him, dated Feb. 3, said:
II can but regard this whole matter from the
! beginning to the end, as an attempt to involve
me in the resistance of law, for which you hest
tated to the responsibility in orders, and
thus to destroy my character before the country,
| am i'll measure confirmed in this conclusion
by your recent orders directing me to disobey
I orders from the Secretary Of War. my superior
j and your subordinate, without having counter
manded his authority to issue the orders am to
( diSObey."
GRANT AS PRESIDENT.
Long before the assembling of the Republican
convention, at Chicago, in 1868, it was apparent
that General Grant would be the nominee.
On the 2lst of May, in that year,
! his name was presented before the
convention, and he received the unanimous
vote on the first ballot Hon. Schuyler Colfax
was nominated for the vice presidency on the
sixth ballot, In the election in November Of
that year they received popular majority of
800 6S4, and pa electoral votes to but eighty for
Seymour and Blair. In 1872 Grant was renomi-
mated, with Henry Wilson, Of Massachusetts, as
Nice-preSident. Grant having no opposition and
being nominated by reclamation. AS opposing
1 candidates the Democratic party put up Horace
I Greeley and Benz. Gratz Brown. Grant and
! Wilson carried thirty-one of the thirty seven
( States, receiving popular majority Of 1872. 1871
/; and 2o6 cleo toral votes in college of 3G6 The
votes Of Arkansas. Is, and Louisiana, s. cast fol
Grant We're rejected, otherwise he would have
received 300
The second term of General Grant as Presi
dent of the United States expired on March a.
1877. He soon left Washington for Philade
5 phia, with the design of making a tour of the
world. This he began on May II. with
! his wife and elder son embarking on the steam
ship Indiana at that port He arrived at Liver
pool on tho 18th, having made the passage II
eleven days From Liverpool he went to Lon
. don. and dined with the Duke of Wellington OF
I the I'd of June. During his stay in England the
! General was honored with an invitation to dine
with Queen Victoria at Windsor. The dinner
I took place on the 26th of June. The next morn
ing the General and his party returned to Lon
don, and for some days afterward received
? the most f1attering tons from the nobility
! and statesmen Of the kingdom On the Goth Of
July, after having made tour through Scot
i land and Ireland, the party left for Geneva
Switzerland A tour Of northern Italy was Their
made; thence back through Alsace and Lorraine
! returning to London, whence he again sailed
July D, for Ostend On the 7th King Leopold
called on General Grant at his hotel, and had
/ long conversation with him. The visit re
Z turned the next day at the palace, The party
arrived at Palermo, Italy, on the 23d of Deem
j Der. Here they spent Christmas, and dined or
! board the United States ship Vandalia. On the
I morning of Jan. 10, 1873, the eX-Presldent
and his companions entered Stout Egypt
I From Egypt they proceeded to Jatfa, on the
Mediterranean, and thence made tour Of the
4 Holy Land Embracing at Beyrout Syria, they
! reached Constantinople, and arrived there i'm
mediately after the treaty of San Stefano, which
: ended the Russo-Turkish war. Thence he pro
) ceeded to European Turkey, and returned tC
Z STEAMBOAT on the 9th of March. The party soor
after sailed for Italy, arriving in Rome sooL
after the election of Leo XIII to the pOntifcate
y They arrived in Paris on the eth of May and
4 thence to Holland. From Holland they went tc
s Germany, arriving at Berlin on the Doth of June
They reached Hamburg by rail July 2
and made tour through Denmark, Sweden
1 and Norway From Stockholm they sailed fol-
ST. Petersburg, visiting the principal cities OF
] the 18th of August Thence the tour took
/ them through Switzerland, southern France and
i Spain reaching Victoria on the 10th of October
In January 1879 they sailed for Ireland, going
n SOlug LueUCe 10 ais OU CnG Z4CD I0ey ell
y barked at Marseilles for Bombay, where they
arrived on the 18th of February. On the 18th
of March General Grant proceeded to Burmah,
and thence to China. At Bangkok he received a
!; letter from the King of Siam. inviting him tc
Z visit that kingdom as the guest of the govern
ment The letter encased in royal purple
satin. The party arrived at Hong Kong on the
. evening of April 80, and at Canton on May g.
The ex-President and his party reached Yoke
! hama, Japan, about the lst of July,
and on the 4th the distinguished tourist
accompanied oy Mrs. Grant, was admitted to an
audience with the Emperor and Empress. The
] Mkado welcomed his guest in a cordial speech,
highly eulogistic of the ex President, and Of the
country which he represented. A special and
highly complimentary feature of his visit to
8 China was mis- conversation with Li-Hung-
q Chang Viceroy of the Province of Tien-Tsin, in
Z which the General was invited to become the
mediator between that government and Japan,
concerning the Loo Choo difficulty, the Vice
roy's proposition being authorized by Prince
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