Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-28

Al the Meeting of the Union League
ol,,1, l,f Ea,,. Vnrl, 10 +oi,o action ra.nact-
ci'o VI W" % n w '''>N l,. r.l'l,,.,,
ing the death OF ueheral grant, "e'lerai
Horace Porter mentioned TWO unpuDllsh-
ed incidents in Grants career, illustrating
tho ,,eutIe and foroi,ino, disnnsition of the
~, ,rh a,,+ ,,,,,,,,,,7d .,,,,,o tin,o alton
hero' Inc ms to" 'o'''o I'm. 80
the close OF the Mexican war. captain
Grant was then poor, and in casting about
for some emplovment by which TO support
Iii, fnn,il,, ,,nIo n,r,icotior for tho an
ms i''h'i's i,."te "pp'l.'' -.
polntment Oh CITY engineer Ill oI' l-otiS'
lie ana MS fanny iookeu lorNalu ~ .he
possibility OF ms appointment as uro W.
ing person Will grasp at Il S'la"' Puu
anOther man SoI the place, lhtuhS W ,iI
influence OF one prOilllltnI cltlHen any any
Grant went nome nllteriy ulsappo,n'Gu,
ana us ne lay upon ms pea 'lal h!Snu ne
came nearer giving up 10 despair IMAM III
any other time OF his HE. :. ..,
Many yeurs allEr"alu coiiti'i 'I''
zen. forleI, Wn .en rreslIe',. IT.; ui"'i. VIZ
sttlhg Ill ms Once, look MN pu,lule
OF Applications Tor places. Among tneilf
was the Application oi llelliA /, DUN VI
81 Louis LOT the mission 10 i'raHll, + it t'
ing on II MS usual hlark oi apprpNihl ne
sald nat Is Il Soou appllca''99im' h NY,
Ine man ana ne VIII JUS IN tiie oiii'
| men dltef relating 10 me the llclieu. VI
his own Application lor the position OF city
engineer Oh 81, LOUIS ueleri.l ula'l. sali,
hat man Is lhe one VINO preNeiittu liG
from Settlhg tne ohiy ONCE lor winch
ever applied ne VII never hiioN ,l,e 'i IN
'ress ne cauSeu my mug ia'llilS' 'ehu MS
name III 10 lhe Sehtte.
zen Porter Salu NAV lne olle WoIu
Whlcn peSt Expressed lne pre.'o!iil i ttlil7
tralt IN ten; Grant character was IoNdi-
~ lie was loyal TO ms country, io}al ~ ms
iamiiy, loI4i TO ms irieIas; anu 10y 10 ~
ms Hod. his loyalty sometimes leu MN
INTO errors ana mo trus'l1lS those VIZ AZ
betrayed lhe luitn thaI he lePocScu III
them Grant had me courage olIen ~
stand between worthy lrlehus anu lhelr
unworthy detractorS ana sllhuerels,
No one couii truly know zen, uralt as d
soluler, continued tne speahitiL' "it l,,,i
having seen nun on 'lat 'eirlpie secoil'I
night OF the hattle OF the Wilderness !
/ r?g3rH tlat night rs the supreme clIs!S Vi
ms NE ,...,,.. ,,..ui,,,., ,,o
zen Porter Graphlcaily ueHCti4eu tlie
nerceness OF the cohilict III the W llderness
ana the awful uncertainty OF the future
IIat PreNaileu among Ihe '. hl9n ioite9,
ne tol'i % u,ie eAua.lhG anu ueP GeNara
ulesSa2eS lhat p0ureu III upon GeiieIai
Graht as ne SAT in ms heauquar.ers al'e .i ,ne
CLOSE Oh tle second Gay hShllhB' N ne
minute, Saiu the speaker, news "oulu pe
Drought mat the enemy hau oeen rem
IoIceu ihe heAu minute i .lere N Mouio pJ
/ 70 t1i f va - - f,iia,, III,
peeli broken, lhis general liau laiien p'tck
or That general had abandoned ms post
~ was lhen tlat GraliI grealhess as
leader rose 10 sublime helgnt. oalIils
anu carelully ne scanned eaCh inessage
slltlhg ouS win inIultiEe genius, me tru.
from tne RAISE men ne opehea MS d,ps
IL was TO give some Ierse, sharp oIuers
Whlch showed mat ne uhaerstood tne
desperate siluatl0h th0roushiy anu VIZ
prepares 10 grapple Wlth ~. Atier ne , th
given ms Orders lor .he uisposSi,ioii VI Ivy
supply trains solleoouy tulieu 10 me any any
relnarkeu, II we are peatei py lee
army we VII never ne aple toleSaiIi thos'
supplies zen. Grant overheard Ihe re
marx ana never shall forget lhe look 9l
sterh ueierinlnatioh on ms lace as ne Saiu
w men inns army Is ueleateu, nhu "neil
am driven from ms lliiG, ~ VII pe mnel
J. nave SO rev men lei ir, tnat tney VIII mo