The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-03

u COUlIllSSlOl Win Il lull UNDERSTANDING
Of all that 1t implied.
I'm his many and varied campaigns
there were reverses. Sometimes the
unwlsdom of subordinates resulted in
temporary defeats, but how many and
how brilliant We're the achievements of
the western soldier? He accomplished
what others would never have attempt
ed, and conducted campaigns where
others had not even given thought He
took no steps backward. He measured
the greatness of the war even before he
had given an order on the field. Neither
did he falter in his onward march, al
though there were mountains and seas
! In his way,
General Grants campaigns were va
ried In their requirements, and but for
the fertility of his resources and his I'M
bending will they all might have ended
in disaster. Courage Is as contagious
as fear, and General Grant possessed
| in the highest degree that faculty which
| is essential to all commemorative fac
ulty of imparting to the rank and file
of his army the same determination to
win with which he was always inspir-
ed.
| SSSA@
| from an incident A. friend of mine
once asked General Grant this question:
How did you feel during the dreadful
days of the battles of the Wilderness,
when your men We're falling in such
vast numbers, and the ground before
you was contested with such stubborn
ness?' After a pause, the answer he
gave was: felt that we had to go to
Richmond The reply, as has we'll been
said by another, seemed to ignore philo-
sophy, and yet it contained the quin-
tesence of both philosophy and gener-
alship. / found that he had Jared be-
yond the possibility of change or
doubt the aim and end Of the compaign,
that there was no provision for failure
nor conception of its possibility, and
that all parts of the campaign, all
plans, all means were portions of the
one pathway to Richmond. l think it
can be said of Grant that of all leaders
of the Union he was the boldest, the
most tenacious and the most success
full.
He was a military genius One of
the most daring and profound of all his
tory.
General Grant was successful gen.
eral and a patriotic and prudential
president. He lived at peculiar time
and wrought peculiar deeds. He saved
the best of nations. He conquered the
bravest of foes. Through his genius,
his wonderful, ever ready and service
able military genius the republic of
America has been preserved unbroken,
If president Lincoln was the brain and
heart of our fearful struggle, General
Grant was the arm and weapon. No
other general appeared who seemed
equal to the necessity of the hour. He
succeeded by the blessing of God. He
struck down not only an army, but an
institution. He won not victory merely,
but liberty He rescued not imperiled
troops, but an imprisoned race What
God might have done through others,
had he not arisen, cannot be told. What
he did accomplish by him can never be
told.
when General Grant became pres-
dent of the United States he began his
administration with the avowed pur-
pose of making it contribute in every
way to the uniting and strengthening
of the bonds of brotherhood of the ma
ton. 1t his letter of acceptance he
said: Peace and universal prosperity
it's sequence, with economy of admins
tration, will tighten the burdens of tax
alton, while 1t certainly reduces the
national debt. Let us have peace
ut is not alone the brilliant luster of
his military achievement which calls
forth our admiration, his far seeing pat
riotism, his quiet, winning way, his I'M
selfish love of country and untiring de-
votion to his country's course entitle
him to the high place he holds to-day
in the love and esteem of the millions
Of this great nation.
, ''As man General Grant was kindly
and forgiving He was man of great
kindness of heart and most generous
impulses. He was never SO dazzled by
the elevated position he achieved as tc
fail to see the friends in humber walks
nor did his many successes cause him
to forget the gentler and rendered emo
tions of kinship and friendship.
I'VE shall remember the heroic en-
durance and patience displayed by this
man during the weary months of in
tense suffering. From what I know Of
: General Grant feel justified in declar.
ing that he ever paid reverential re-
spect to religious matters. Even in the
army he frequently arranged for divine
services for his men when this was
practicable
General Grant wrought a good anc
noble work. Our task remains unf1n,
, ished. Rejoice in the work of such 6
man. Thank God that you have united
country. We have one flag. Our de
parted hero saved 1t for us. I thanl
God that it did not go down amid the
fragments of despised country. I
floats to-day a symbol of union, peace
and liberty. Love 1t and pledge your
self for It's defence
Let us trust God and conform oul
. individual lives to his will. Then shall
: our national life be strong Our chosen
men from every station may fall, bu
revere We and bear the standard thu
: true have carried until the end shall
, come to you. The man whose life WI
: have studied Is at rest, Genera
Grants name is inscribed in letters O
light on the list of earths heroes
, A CARD FROM DIR. DORMAN.
8 New Haven, Conn, May 1, 1897.