The times., 1897-04-28

ness and perspicuity which make il model
! of vigorous English.
During his Administration. so momentous
/ In events, the two oceans were united by
| our great ira ranscontinental railways, taxes
were reduced over $500 ,o00, 600, the ma
| tionai debt was reduced over $3.50, ,0oo,-
| 600, the interest on the debt from $780,
| 900 900 TO 100000, 600, nd the balance
| of trade was changed from $50, 100000
| against the country TO $3.50, 100000 in
! it's favor AT the close Of his eight years
| OF honest, earnest patriotic labor he left
! no unfinished werk to turn over to his sgc-
cessor. There was peace with our bor-
ders, peace with all the world, prosperity
among thepeople, and the name OF America
stood higher than it had ever stood be-
| fore on the honor roll OF nations.
| He was a many-sided man, and posses
sed of SO many conspicuous and some
times contradictory characteristics that
even to those who served with him most
| intimately in camp and Cabiuet he still
remains something OF an enigma To form
/, just estimate of the man we must not
only look at the results he accomplished or
the words he wrote, but must study those
pCESpIdl tFtllS btot tAfisi4
his chief merits. The salient points in
his character were absolute trnthfulness,
becoming rnodesty, sdperb courage, moral
and physical, inexhaUstible patience, un-
bounded generosity to friends, magma
nimity to foes, answering loyalty, and
matchless foresight He was slow -
choosing and changing friends He never
deserted friend under fire, but when
confidence they never regained it He
hated only two classes OF men-liars and
towards He never could abide them,
and never could see any excuse for their
existence. He trod the ragged paths of
frontier life, and passed through all the
rough and tumble of the campaigns of
two wars. was more severely tried than
Job himself, and yet never In his life
uttered an oath or imprecation. He was
a chosen SON Of liberty, but he believed in
liberty secured by ylaw, and that peoples
prosperity depends on public tranquility.
One OF his most conspicuous attributes
was his foresight. His mental power in
this respect has scarcely a parallel, and
TO this gift he largely owed his matchless
success. He never wasted time in dwell
ing upon the events OF the past, but closed
NutiH OuN i1Oul li0uEHlS
trated his mind upon plans for the future
His farsightedness manifested itself i'll all
his preparations. both in his military and
civil career, and his predictions of events
at times amounted almost to prophecies.
AT the breaking out OF hostilties, while
many eminent and experienced public men
were declaring that the war would last
but few months, and oratorswere waving
that they were large enough TO wipe up
ali the blood which would be shed in the
coming struggle, Grant announced his be-
lief that the war would continue for years,
and that preparations should be made
commensurate with its formidable proper
tions. He wrote letter from the field
to the Hon. T. B. Washburne, in which he
said: lit beca me patent TO my mind early
in the rebellion that the North and South
could never live at peace with each other
except as one nation, and that without
slavery. As anxious as am to see peace
established, / would not therefore be Esill-
ing to see any settlement until this ques-
tion is forever settled Before any bat
ties had been fought he said to a staff Of
ficer: Il believe that Virginia will be the
principal field of military operations in
an important part in that section of the
country, and that the decisive battle in
the war will occur there This predie-
ton was verified in every particular
When it was represented that Kentucky
would remain neutral, Grant declared that
no State could remain neutral in a national
war OF Such magnitude, and that it would
be taken possession OF by the troops of
side n ba wifi n1.f
awaiting orders, promptly threw his COM
mand into Kentucky to gain the vantage
ground and hold that important territory
In his procla nation issued at the time he
spoke with the true bluntness of tic sol
dier, saying: 81 have nothing to do with
opinions, and shall deal with only armed
rebellion and its aiders and abettors''
When the enemy came out of Fort Donelson,
and attacked him, no enc could divine
the object Of the movement He promptly
ordered the haversacks of the dead to be
examined, and, finding they were well
filled, said: Men defending fort don's
carry three days rations when making
a charge, unless they are trying to get
away" and after driving them back, sent
in word, 81 propose to move Immediately
upon your works." As early as the cap
ture OF yicksburg he expressed entire
confidence in the belief that it was not
military necessity to deal harshly with
the enemy, and that all possible leniency
should be shown to the Southern people,
as they would soon again become our fell
ow-countrymen. He therefore treated
the prisoners with every consideration,
paroled the officers and men, and issued
this characteristic order: 1.-The garrison
will march out tomorrow. Instruct your
commands to be quiet and orderly as the
prisoners pass by, and to make no offensive
remarks
He early foresaw that 10 overcome the
rebellion it was not only necessary to |
maintain large armies in the field, but |
to have vigorous support OF the war
in the Northern States. Over million OF |
loyal voters were absent at the front, and
thus deprived Of the right OF suffrage and
prevented from offsetting by their votesJ
the votes of the disloyal element in the