Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-28
SOUTHERNERS on GRANT.
ellis Greatest Victory Conquest or
HIMSELF" Says Titzhugh Lee.
New York Worldly


Grant stands in the front rank of the
soldiers Of the world, because he achieved
success and had the military perception
to fight the war to finish in the only
Way ne could win It. Everywhere and
always he was a strong, steady, silent
soldier, devoid of ostentation. stranger to
the pomp of war, simple in his life pure
in character, and direct in his methods
No southern soldier should refuse TO hon
or his memory.
His behavior at Appomattox Courthouse
on the 9Th of April, 1865, was admirable.
Statutes Of triumph were muzzled in his
guns. Shouts Of victory were hushed in
his camp. The gallant men upon whose
banners for four years were blazoned
many victories were not required to
march out and stack their arms i'm the
presence Of his army, as Washington COM
PEELED the British at Yorktown. The
simple details were left TO subordnates,
and Grant rode from his last battlefield
more like one vanished than himself a
vanquisher. Highly approaching his
generous conduct, / accepted General
Hancock's invitation TO ride on his stan
and participate i'm the funeral ceremonies
when he was laid to rest at Riverside.
The wonderful. successful. and varied
career of this great soldier after all. must
be attributed TO the fact that his great
est victory was the conquest Of himself"
Habana, April I. FITzHUGH LEE.
TRIBUTE FROM MRS. DAVIS.
(New York Worid)
The men of the North have nobly dis
proved the axiom that republics are
ungratefur by the erection of stately
mausoleum TO the honor of their General.
Ulysses Grant, and now they are hasten
ing from all quarters in serried ranks
TO swell the pageant, about to be enact
ed before the world.
The manner in which his fellow-citizens
have testified their gratitude 10 General
Grant speaks as well for them as for
him. They conferred upon him during
his life the highest honors in their gift,
they closed about him i'm solid phalanx
against the attacks of his enemies. and
when he day helpless, stricken with an
incurable disease, they watched with and
cheered him as he sank into the arms OF
death. They bore his body amid the
mourning of thousands to his temporary
place Of rest. After his decease over
two hundred thousand eager men read
with reverent and GREATNESS interest the
rior had left for them His family be-
came the wards Of the nation, and a
tender and mindful guardian 1t has
proved. IT cannot be said that the men
OF the North have not risen 10 the inca
sure Of the stature" the gratitude of a
free people should reach towards one
who served them faithfully.
Brave men who have done their best
are always those who most heartily and
soonest extend the hand OF fellowship
TO an honorable foe, and while the in
valid "languished into life" eternal at
Mount McGregor, the men Of the South.
who had not spared their blows while
he was their antagonist, waited anxiously
for news of some ameioration Of his pain.
and many a silent prayer went up from
southern households desolated by the
war. that his sufferings might be relieved
and it is a happy memory to all southern
people that the dying General knew this.
The soldiers OF the Confederacy. who
bore their own beloved leader from New
Orleans to his last resting-plase in Rich
mond. amid the ranks of watching, weep
ing women. and the tears OF thousands,
would be the last to cavll at the enthu-
siasm OF the North for their dead hero,
but would rather feel the grand army
OF union citizens have honored them
selves in showing respect to their stand
ard-bearer.
While the victors were still flushed
with triumph. though General Grant
must have recognized that he had won
deathless fame, his first thought was
not OF the acclaim OF his people. but Of
the SORROWS OF the gallant foes. return
ing broken-hearted TO their desolate
homes. Let US have peace" said the
gentle-hearted soldier, and believe
every portion OF our reunited country
heartily joins In the aspiration.
VARINA JEFFERSON DAVIS.
GENERAL MAURY's ESTIMATE.
(New York Herald)
To the Editor OF the Herald:
1t was my privilege to know General
Grant well, when we were cadets at
West Point; when We were lieutenants