The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-22

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things alleged and denied by the other side
which unopposed or unexplained would or
might have tendency to lead some per-
sons who rely upon the papers for their in
formation-and there are few better people
-astray. For this reason only we once
more take up the subject in further elucida-
ton of the position formerly taken.
For many years, in and out of season, the
organic publication was wont to treat the
reading public to homilies on the greatness,
the goodness, the virtues and the typical
Americanism of two representative Ameri-
cans-ULYssEs S. GRANT and Roscoe CoNK-
LING. More than half agreeing with it.
THE HERALD never, at any time nor under
any circumstances, found word of fault
or sought to make a solitary correction.
Although constitutionally opposed to the
practice so prevalent of writing articles
with the longbow instead of the goose
quill, this paper nevertheless preserved
by some it might be deemed
quiescent silence in the presence
Of laudations which amounted to
dedication, for the reason previously
stated-that the men and the occasion were
worthy, no matter if in our Judgment the
applause might have been more moderate
and still have done the subjects of it JUS
tice. We had a sincere regard for the
qualities of head and heart of both the gen
eral and the statesman referred to which is
tempered only by such judgment regarding
men and things as enables US to look at
them with human eyes unclouded and I'M
dimmed; but on the other side they were
looked upon as being more than we were
willing to concede regarding any mortal
not excepting General LEE-but still moth
ing was said; il it was a mistake on the
part Of the adversary, it was mistake on
the right side, we said, and let it
go at that. The same privilege is
not permitted to come this way, as relates
to an expression of opinion regarding a
man whom we think superior to his fellows,
and, while it gives great pain to have to
say it, we can only announce that the priv
ilege will, as heretofore, be taken without
such consent and without regard for whose
feelings may be injured thereby.
THE HERALD reiterates and adds as much
emphasis as the mute types can convey,
gil IAAtAt IL ilcio ootlu uGdu COIL
federate chieftain, part of which has been
admitted in a confession and avoidance
sort of way. The organ admits, for in
stance, that LEE was a distinguished
officer, but claims that he never won an |
aggressive battle. nor any battle after the |
death of his right arm, SToNEwALL |
JACKSON. In the prize-fghting sense of |
winning, this is probably true, since he |
carried away no trophies and captured no |
stakes, and yet, is it fair to write it thus? |
The writer on the other side has, purposely !
no doubt, made no mention of Fredericks- |
burg, where the union forces under BURN |
SIDE were almost annihilated by smaller |
command under LEE, and it picks up only |
an incident of the Antietam fight to show
that all the Southron's opportunities were
not improved upon to the utmost. 1t for |
gets, apparently, to make any mention of |
LEES left arm, ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON.
VIII it not be conceded that he drove the
union forces back, step by step, for at
least five miles, and that but for his death. |
GRANT must inevitably have suffered de-
feat-such a defeat as would have
certainly caused complete re-arrauge-
ment of things political and military as be- |
tween the north and south! This NAV not
be strictly relevant, bnt it is in rebuttal of
the claim that the capture of Vicksburg
was so transcendent an event The fact is. |
that GRANT was as great as circumstances |
permitted, and toward the last they per- |
mltted great deal; but in dealing with |
JOHNSTON he found different customer to |
the one he had to encounter in JOIN C. |
PEMBERToS, man who was wofully weak
If not corrupt; and either of these fought |
GRANT when they had abundant resources. |
the flower of the confederate armies at /
their back and numerous advantages which |
could not in the nature of things be looked |
for later on, certainly were not enioyed
The hard, stern fact is that the battle of |
Shiloh virtually decided the case against |
the confederacy. OF course its case was
hopeless when that other immortal, STONE |
WALL JACKSON, fell. After these events |
the genius of the southern cause, the HAN
NIBAL, CAESAR and ScIP1o in one. the SOL |
der sans peur and the citizen sans reproche |
fought an uphill struggle struggle whose |
only measurements were determined by the |
question of how long it could be kept I'D. |
not that of the hope of winning, except by |
the intervention of diplomacy. OF course. |
situated as he was, LEE could not realize |
this, would not so long as the invaders
foot pressed the soil of his native and be- |
loved Virginia. Besides, he was not |
the confederate government nor any part |
of it, although supreme in command |
of nrniaC ca no L:
hungered, tattered and undisciplined hosts. |
reduced at last to a mere handful in the |
final great and prolonged struggle before |
Richmond, and never was greater heroism
and self sacrificing devotion to cause
shown than he and they exhibited in the
last stage OF the war. THE HERALD here |
takes occasion to admit that LEE was never
in position to extend such generous terms |
to an inferior force as were given him by
General GRANT, and that if he had been he |
could have done no better by his fallen foe. |
since the latter officer gave all that could |
reasonably be asked.
1t is useless to speculate or moralize |
largely on the result. 1t was manifest at a |
very early stage Of the proceedings |
that the fortunes of war, which |
for a brief season were so largely |
with the confederacy, were not to
remain with it-that the gallant people |
who pledged to each other their lives, their |
fortunes and their sacred honor were not |
destined to prevail. They had greatly mis-
calculated the chances and relied too |
strongly upon their unanimity, frater Iity,
enthusiasm and determination as against |
the advantages of geographical position, |
foreign recognition. superior wealth and |