The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-26
A TRIBUTE TO GRANT.
EuLOGIsTIC LETTER WRITTEN ny
SCHOFII;LD.
The Respect and Admiration Which
Grant Commanded ar II Soldier,
u Citizen and Il Statesman.

New York, April 25.-Lieutenant General
John NJ Schofield. United States army ire
tired, has accepted the invitation of Mayor
Strong on behalf of the city Of New York
to be one of the city's guests at the cere-
monies attending upon the dedication OF
the Grant monument. III accepting the
city's invitation the general mas written
d letter concerning General Grant. AS VIII
be remembered. General Schoiield was not
under Grants immediate command III the
held, but was intimately associated with
min both during aud since the war Al one
ume curing the closing months OF Johh-
son administration. hv WAS secretary OF
sian 5uIoQ eoul. oq4 .oJ oAosvL"tt pau ""'n
Grants official superior. ! he relations De-
tween them were always OF the most luIi-
mate and confidential nature, and General
sCnoiieId's views OF Grant shouiu DC hoSl
interesting AZ she present ume' III MS
letter the general says IN part
The greatest of all ihe traits OF Grant
character was that which lay always on the
surface, visible 10 all who had eyes 10 see
il. That was his moral and lntelleetuai
honesty integrity, Feraclty ana Ius. i,,'o
He was incapable OF any attempt to deceive
anybody except for legitimate purposes MS
| in military strategy, and above all. ne was
! Incapable OF deceivng himself lie pos
| ST ssed that rnrest of all human la'"ltlVs'
the power of perfectly accurate estimation
of himself uninfluenced by PRIDE VANITY,
ambition. flattery or self interest. Grant
was very far from being a modest man, as
| that word is generally understood ms
| inst self esteem was MS far above II as 1t
was above flatterY.
when Grants attention was calieo 10
any mistake he had committed ne Wouiu
see and admit as quickly aud unreSerVehlV
| l,.a 10 Ia
and with a smile which expressed the exact
| opncsitc of that feeling which most men
are ant to show under like circumstances
HIs love of truth and Justice we're so iar
above all personal consideration that ne
showed unmistakable evidence OF sratii :
cation when any error mo Whlcn nv ''9'
have fallen was corrected, -
| "Uis pridc in his own mature opinion "us
very great in that he was as lar as puSsl-
bic from being a modest man. rms apso-
lutte confidence in his own Judgment upon
4 any subject he had mastered ana the horal
courage to t3,e upon himself nlonu Ell tn1
highest responsibility ara to deinanu luii
authority and freedom TO act according 10
his own Judgment without interference
from ANYBODY added to his accurate es'l-
mate Of his own ability, and ms clsn,
perception of the necessity ior ullu'N ,u' v
authority and responsibility IN me cohu uo,,
of military operations and in all that con ,
Germs the efficiency of armies In llhe Oh
war. constituted the foundation OF 'h"'
very great character
at has been said Grant. Ike Lincoln
was typical American. and for that rea-
son was most beloved and respected pV
the people. That is true Of the statesman
and tho soldier MS we'll. II by II Is mean
tia, the highest type is that ideal wilcn
commands the respect and admiration OF
the highest and best IN mans nature how
ever far above himself. Soldiers and me
people saw In Grant. or In Lincoln. no,
one of themselves not plain man OF NV
people. nor yct "A superior being "non'
they could not understand. but the per
citizen n soldier or n statesman. man
whose greatness they could see ana I'M
deistand RS plainly AS they could nnylhlna
else under the sun. And there was W.
mere mystery about IL than there was III
the ronular mind"