The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-08-08
GENERAL GRANT.
MANS field Lao Herald.l

| within .lp cplllDlllatlOnS or skill can cir
cumvent, one Of the most promincn
mon of the country has passed away
General Ulysses Simpson Grant died a
MI. McGregor in the State of New
York, on the 23rd inst, Of cancer of the
tongue. He has answered his last roll
call on earth, and is now resting in the
biVOuac Of the dead.
Gen. Grant acquired no distinction
in public life or in private pursuits
antecedent to the late war; indeed,
for some years prior to 1861, he was
very obscure, and did not possess
even the moral or social standing which
the ordinary citizen mutually enjoys.
! During the war, however position
was forced upon him, though unearncG.
| When the Federal cohorts had failed
to break the phalanx of Southern steel
or cover the intrepid spirit of Southern
courage and chivaIry; when comman-
der after commander had been retired
and anxiety and apprehension per-
vaded the minds Of the Pres ident and
his cabinet, lac was placed in command
of the army and there remained until
the Confederacy collapsed.
Ii success is the true measure Of
| merit, then General Grant was per-
! haps the greatest chieftain and states
man that ever reelected honor upon his
country, but while the proverb is
generally accepted as true, we have
never believed it, for what would then
become Of Lee; Leonidas and Napoleon
and host of other heroes who possess
sed wonderful skill and genius but
whose careers finally terminated in
failure?
General Grants military success was
not so much the result Of ability, as it
was the power of numbers. a man of
ordinary qualities, it seems to us, with
vast resources ofmen and material and
reinforcements constantly ready at his
call, could eventually subduc any army
small in number, and having no
auxiiiarics besides pluck and endur-
ance.
Since his death universal wall of
sorrow has gone up from the North
and messages of sympathy have in
countless numbers been conveyed to
his family. And in tho South, too,
public institutions, cotton exchanges,
and mass meetings have passed and
forwarded resolutions expressing the
deepest sorrow and prnnouncing clo-
quent praises.
1t is all very we'll and natural, per-
haps, that the Northern people should
honor the dead hero; and some por
tons OF the South unite in similar
expressions, but it occurs to us, that the
people of our own State, while admir-
ing the fOrlituhc with which he bore
his suff1rings, and feeling a deep SYM
pathy for the stricken household.
should Withhold such fulsomc panegy-
RIGS AS have filled the papers through
out the land. Gen. Grant possessed |
some positively good qualities which |
wo must all admire. He was honest,
magnanimous and brave; and tho
exercise of those qualities condoncd to
some extent his sins of omission and
commission. LouiSianians however,
can never forget that their political
rights were impaled by bis tyrannical
spear, and that for long time by his
position and influence our State sovcr-
eighty was destroyed. clio has crossed
the river and is resting under the
shade of the trees" May mcrciful
Providence deal gently With him, and
may our aHin.nSitics be buried in his
tomb.
caldwell (La.) WatcImand
This favored child of the Northern
part ofthc Uhi0n, died at Mt. McGrrg-
or, N. Y, at s o'clock on July 23rd,
1885. For four or five months past his
death has been expected. Hcno doubt
has suffered extreme torture from the
painful atlliction Cancer of the throat.
All that medical skill could do was
done for him; but all to no purpose, he
yielded to the dread malady, and paid
his last debt. His sickness seems to
have drawn veil over those days of
the past-those days of reconstruction
which inflicted so much humiliation,
sorrow and pain upon the South. The
expressions Of sympathy by the people
Of the South indicate it.
lie is said TO have been a great
general. He was twice made Prcsi
dent. And at one time was rich. All
honor and glory that this earth can
give was his. Though, even then in
those hours of his pride and power he
never offered hand to raise up a
fallen and helpless foe. They raised
themselves, and to day arc speaking
his culogies. We are not attempting
to pluck the laurels which encircle his
brow, for VIC know he is no more,