The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-04

the executive chair showed itself and threat
sned the chief southern general Grant,
with holy Indignation, interposed himself
and compelled his superior officer 70 rslin-
eaish his rash purpose
ssThere have teen men-there are vet for
stupidity IS longlived-who regard Grant
as only q OF luck Screiy he was. IL
is not luck through such as an ancestry to
have conferred upon him such a body, such
disposition, such greatness of soul. such
unailoyed patriotism, such military genius
/ and such indomitabls will For four
years and more this man performed every
function ot strategy in grand war. which
Jonini attributes to Napoieon and Napier 10
Wellington
~Nhesher> Grant could have conducted a
soceesstu retreat VIII never be known. he
was never defeated Grant has been severe
" critlcized Tor the waste Of isfe.7 War is
: not created for the purpose Of saving life
: but by noble spending Of blobd 70 save ths
}, commonwealth. The great et.i which ~
d achieved could have been cheapsy gained at
n double the expense.
he When Grant came to the army Of the
u Potomac he reversed the methods OF all who
q preceded him Brave soldiers never were
valiant commanders, but other generals had
ot not learned the art OF lighting with deadly
et intent Peace is very good for peace but
an war is organized rage, 1t means destruction
n or it means nothing At the battle OF the
n wilderness Grant stripped his commissary
'e- main Of its guards to I'LL gap in the hne Of
on battle. When exposrulared with for expos
he ing his army 70 the loss of all its provisions
ed his reply was: When this army is whipped
im it viii not want any provisions All sum
Id mer, all ths autumn, all the winter. all the
Ig- spring and early summer again he ham &
on mered Lee with blow en- blow until at Apps
on mattox, the great but not greatest southern
"; general went to the ground
81. Grant great fighter bat not
ose fighter only Bis mind took in the whole
HalH HoFxys fla asad
that ever Napoleon knew. he combined in
He his plans the operations OF three armies and
as for the first time in the war the whole of the
ing union forces were acting IN concert The
od- fame of his generals was as dear To him as
un- his ewn.
ag- sWhen Lincoln was dead, Vice President
th- johnson became president; man weIl fitted
-ce for carrying on a fight but not skilled Ia
hts peace, with morbid sense of justice ne de-
uty termined that the leaders of rebellion should
be made TO suffer as examples, if the
res death of ali this first born, the dssoation of
1ws every southern home, the impoverished con-
nts dition and bankruptcy of every citizen
hat were not exampls enough.
,or- s1IIe ordered Lee to be arrested Grant re
ops fused. When Johnson would have employed
and the army tn effect his purposes, Grant witt
cot quick but nc ole rebellion, refused obedience
'ov- to his superior and arranging to take from
of his hands all military CONTROL repressed tn
the presidents wild temper and savage purpos
of dishonoring justice Having brought tb
to long and disastrous war to close IN his ow1
it heart Grant could have chosen to hav
reat rested upon his laurels and lived a retire
,orn military life. 1t was not to be permitted
ents He called 20 the presidency by unIvei
his sal acclaim and it fell to him TO conduct
ro- campaign of reconstruction even more bul
cart densome than the
{ So sit would seem impossible TO combine
He one man eminent civil and military geniu
hat To certain extent they have elements
ting common But the predominant elemenG
him. war is organized force; of civil government
hout influence Craftsmanship is less briial
him than seneralship but requires a differel
ssif and higher moral and intellectual geniu
God is frugal in creating great men--m'
ome | great enough To hold in eminence the el
,rous ments of a great general and of a gre
oint ruler.
ed as Washington was eminent IN statesma
alton ship, but then he was not great gener'
r the At any rate he had no opportunity to q
sym- velop the fact. IN the readjustment of {
elop- political relation of the south Grant W
was wise, generous, magnanimous in his care'
: and man, he without vices, with an absoir
> saw hatred of lies and ineradicable love
lifor- truth of perfect loyalty to frieDdsh
neither enyiCus of others nor selfish for hi
fe of self With a zeal for the public good U
renee feigned he has left to memory only su
Q he weaknesses as connect him with hulnaEi
time and sucn vrIues as will rank him amo
would heroes For the hour sympathy rolled as
, that wave over al our land It closed the Il
h like furrow war; it extinguished the last P
, At iudice; it effaced the last vestig1 of hatr'
after and cursed be the hand that shall bring tbs
good back.
ich is johnson and Buckner on one side Sh
puta- man and Sheridan on the other OF ms bl
is as he has come to his tomb silent symbol q
Of all liberty had conquered slavery, patriot
$ the rebellion, and peace war He rests in pea
No drum or cannon shall disturb his re
sions Sleep. hero, until another trumpet 81
Ter, shake the heavens and the earth a
With come forth to glory in Immortality p
gifts, At the close of the oration the Ameri
est to song by Minott ]. Savage was render
a poll The exercises were closed by the oene
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