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

tary life. It has been said that
Grant was not strategist; that his
success was achieved by his courage
and his persistent fighting against
the enemy. l do not agree with
this statement. In my judgment
he was without rival in all that be-
longs to a military man in the prac-
tical science of warfare, either as a
strategist or q great commander.
He was not only the equal of but |
greater as military commander
than Washington, Napoleon, We'll
lington, the Duke of Marlborough,
the Prince of Orange, Frederick the
Great, Charlemagne, Hannibal, or
Scipio Africanus; and in my opinion
coming centuries will give to Grant
place above them all, and rank
him the equal, If not the superior, of
julius Caesar. And when the mists
that were thrown around his civil
administration by persistent and
bitter partisan enemies shall be dis
PEELED by the sunlight of mature and
honest reflection it will shine out
with all the brilliancy and glory that
is or has been attached to any ad-
ministration in the past. That he
made some minor mistakes no one
will deny, and yet in each and
every administration that has been
in the past and that may be in the
future the same may be and will be
said of them. With Grant duty was
a living principle. What his duty
was to his country and Republican
institutions was the question ever
before him, and whenever he felt
that he was right nothing could
move him from his purpose. When
convinced that he was wrong he was
at all times ready to concede it. He
was conscientious man, just man
and truthful man, man of great
courage and great magnanimity. He
always loved his friends and stood
by them, even while forgiving his
enemies. AS a military man he
fought not for glory, but to save his
country from ACKNOWLEDGMENT and
servitude. He was at times criti-
cised and severely censured by many,
both in his military and civil career.
The clouds of calumny lowered
about him. He stood in their midst,
with arms folded, hearing their
thunders and witnessing the wrath
of his enemies. But he spoke not
in his own defense. He felt that to
censure' is easy; to adopt what
measures the case requires is the
, part of wisdom.
Time finally dispelled the clouds
He rose above and beyond them and
{ barred his bosom to the world that
his heart might be examined. Wher
the light of honest judgment shont
| in and upon it 1t was found to be as
| pure as the dewdrop that hangs upor
J the lips of the velvet rose.
7 Some feign to believe that Grant
, success was IN many respects acct
) dental. This comes from desir'
| that seems strangely to find a plac
{ in human nature, never to give credi
to the one that brings success O
/ performs a noble act. Great argu
| ments and orations are always pre-
pared by some other than thos
t delivering them. Shakspere's work
were written by Bacon, according t.
: some persons who wish notoriety
r inasmuch as they cannot becom
n famous. Unmerited success lead
t weak minds into folly. Egotism
: vanity and ostentation always folio,
e the success of the weak. None O
v these evidences of weakness wer
: ever found in him. To maintai
prosperity is much harder than t
:. acquire it. In the weak it creates
s false pride, but brings wisdom an
C unostentation to the strong. Th
: latter was evidenced in Grant
l. every act. He rose to greatnes
: through no artifice or designing o
: his part, but by an honest perfol
e nance of his duty to his country i
r such an intelligent and unfailin
g manner as to win the confidence an
# admiration of the whole people. II
was honest in all his views. II
Vt believed it impossible for any peopl
e to gain lasting power by injustice
it falsehood and inhumanity; that sue
J. power lasts only for brief period
lie it may blossom fairly with hope
n but in time, must droop and dit
8. He believed in the justice of Goo
J. and that sooner or later he would /
j. some means guide him, as con
lie mander of our armies, to the plac
l. where justice would take the plat
ID of wrong, and "man's inhumanity
ct man" be properly rebuked. II
II believed that as any structure shoul
al have its base the firmest, so in huma
J. affairs the principle and foundatic
1t should be true and just; this not b
g ing so with the rebellion, in his Opt
| So, .,o%I>sor. hat 4 Al; Gno