Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-02-28

you 10 do entities you to the reward am 70
ceivlng, you canuot know Ms well rs do.
feel all the gratitude this letter wouid express,
giving IL the most tlnttering construction.
Tho word you use in the plural, int nding II
for MCPHERSON nlso. should writo TO him, and
VIII some day, hut starting In the morning,
do not know that / will ind time Just now.
Yourfriond, u. s. GRANT Maj. Gen.
Private and CONFIDENTIAL
NEAR MEMPHIS, March 10, 1854.
Gen. Grant;
DEAR GENERAI,-I have your more than kind
and characteristic letter OF tho 4th, and will
send copy OF 1t to Cen Mcpherson at once.
You do Yourself injustice and us too much
honor In assigning to us so large share of the
merits which have led to your high advance.
ment. / know you approve the friendship
have ever professed TO you, and will permit me
to continue ns heretofore to manifest IL on all
proper occasions
You are now washington's legitimate sue
cessor, and occupy posit on OF almost dan
gcrous elevation; but II you can continue to be
yourself, simple, honest, and unpretending you
will enjoy through life the respect and love OF
friends, and the homage Of millions OF human
beings who Will award to you large share Tor
securing to them and their descendants u gov
ernment OF law and stability.
repeat you do Gen. Mcpherson and myself
too much honor. AT Belmont you maniiestod
your traits, neither OF us being near; at Donel-
son, also, you illustrated your whole character.
1 was not near, and Gen. Mcpherson in too
subordino capacity to influence you.
Until you had won Doneson confess was
almost cowed by the terrible array of anarchial
elements thnt presented themselves NJ every
point; but that victory admitted the ray OF
light which have followed ever since.
lheleve you are as brave. patriotic ana Just
as the great prototype, Washington; as unset.
fish, kind.hearted and honest ns n man should
be; but the chief characteristic in your nature
Is the simple faith in success you have always
man tested. which can liken TO nothing else
than the faith Christian has in his Saviour.
This faith gave you victory Mt Shiloh and
Vicksburg. Also when you have completed
your best preparations you go into battle with
out hesitation, rs at Chattanooga--no doubt, no
reserve; ana tell you that IL was this that
made us act with confidence. / knew where
ever was that you thought OF me, and II got
In tight place you would come-if alive
Ny only points of doubt were as TO your
knowledge of grand strategy and OF books OF
science and history; but confess your COM
| mon sense seems to have supplied all this.
Now as 10 the future. Do not stny In Wahh'
| ington. Halleck Is better qualified than you are
| TO stand the bufiets OF intrigue and policy.
Come out west, take to yourself the whole Mis-.
| sissippi valley; let us make it dead sure, and
| tell you the Atlantic slope and Pacific shores
will follow its destiny as sure as the limbs OF a
| tree live or die with the main trunk! We have
| done much; still much remains to be done.
| Time aud times influence are Ill with US; we
could almost afford TO sit still and let these in
| licences work. Even In the seeded states your
word now would go farther than presidents
| proclamation or an act OF congress-.
For Gods sake and for your country's sake
| come out OF Wushin Iton. | foretold to Gen.
| Hallecli, before he left Corinth. the inevitable
| result to him. and now exhort you to come out
| west. Here lies the seat OF the coming EN-
| ptre and from the west when our task Is done
| we will make short work OF Charleston and
| Richmond, and the impoverished coast OF the
| Atlantic. Your sincere friend
| w T. SHERMAN.