The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-24
GRANT BEFOEE And AFrhR.
"Where Any of 0Iosby's Men Arc 'aush'
Hang Them without Trial" lie wrote

Grant at City Point. .--4-l-.
Grant at AppOInatiox.
TWO points or view.
The March number OF the csmopolt2n
contains an article OF some interest en-
titled The mystery Of Grant, ~ Acam
Radeau.
The gist OF the article is showing Of
the duality Of Grants nature, win us
mysterious combination Of ability ana
inability, efficiency, and ineHiclehcy'
strength and weakness, greatness and 1T
tlcuess.
lie is compared with Moltke and We'll
Nngton. with sad loss 20 both-nis only
rival may be Napoleon WEle. "a a
statesman. the achievements OF the tan
ners son" and 'shOpman OF Galena,
throw into dim shade the lesser acts or
Rlcheueu. Bismarck. Lincoln, and Wash
ington. yet. I'm the hands or Ferdl-
nand Ward. he became as little child
unable 70 cope with the trickster. or TO
command his common sense when pitted
against him, or any other schemer" Al
this. and more. according to Gen. Ba-
deau.
This presentation OF the lack OF we'll
rounded development IN Grants nature.
may be taken partly into account IN an
endeavor to reconcile his record as
soldier, and furnishes, perhaps, an ex-
PLANTATION Of the two pictures or him,
now 10 be seen on the pages of history.
In the Official Records of the War OF
the Rebellion Series ], vol 43, part !,
page Sl1, chapter 80. may be found several
letters OF Grants. We copy the latter
part Of letter TO Major-General Sherl-
dan. written August Is. 1854, 1870 j. NJ,
City Point. "1be families OF most Of
MOsbys men are known and can be col
lected. / think they should be taken, and
kept at Fort McHenry. or SOME secure
place. as hostages Tor the good conduct OF
Mosby and his men. Where any Of Mos
bys men are caught, hang them without
trial.
L. s. GRANT.
Northumberland"
At $3.50. the same day he writes to Gen.
Sheridan. II you can possibly spare
division Of cavalry. send them through
LoudOun county % destroy and carry of
the crops, animals, negroes, and all men
under hfty capable Of carrying arms. In
this way you will get most OF Mosbys
men. All male citizens under fifty can
fairly DO held prisoners OF war and not
as citizen prisoners.
L. s. GRANT,
acknowledgements
The question naturally arises what man
ncr OF man Is he, who thus reveals him
self. first at city Point. and then at Ap-
pomatt0X2 Which IS the counterfeit pre-
sentiment of the man? Or IS each picture
alike goOd2
AT city Point. the ruthless soldier. who
smeared his record with the bl0ts OF the
dark ages. mt Appomattox, the Prince OF
Maelauimity. who acted well hi. part
and gave with generous will We looked
in vain 90 find in the Mystery OF Grant
an account of this. perhaps the greatest
mystery of his nature. certainly the most
contradictory.
Nothing IN HIS career" says VI. Badeau
rebounds more % the credit of his head
and his heart than the terms he granted
Lee"
Mr.. Badeau says truly. and all the world
says. Amen. but nothing rebounds more
10 the discrodlt Of his head and his heart
than tho orders he. himself. wrote 20
Sheridan. "That so much patriotism with
which Grant brought back the broken.
beaten Confederates into hte Union
could co-exist with the ability and desire
70 take women and children, imprison
them. and hold az hostages for the good
behavior Of soldiers-to hang men with
out trails indeed zone Of those mar
wells OF nature. which one would hardly
dare depict. who had not studied the COM
bination close al hand"
s. n. LANGLEY.