Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-10-16
GRANT in NEW YORK.
WHEN THE MORE INTIMATE SIDE OF
HIS CHARACTER BECAME KNOWN.

The Great Disaster which Came TO Him
So Unexpectedly and What Led 20 IT,
His Greatest Distress Was TO Be De
ceived by Those He Trusted.
General Grant came To live in New York
in 1881 with the luster Of his unparalleled
successes and his uneqHaled hoHors sur
rounding him With such dignities and
ceremonies as the metropolis accords only
to few men in each generation, IL vel
coined within its gates the first citizen OF
the republic. Tho sight Of that sturdy Zig
ure, which had borne without fiinching
the burdens Of war and state, and OF that
pleasant, tnciturn oountenance, serenewith
the wonted mastery OF all circumstances
and the quiet confidence in fortune, be-
came familiar one at the larger cererno-
malls of the city That misfortune, impo-
tent to harm him on hundred battle
fields. should strike down the old hero in
the hour of his peaceful fame no one
dreamed, least of all Grant himself
The more intimate side Of his character
became known during his later life in the
east That his sternness Of aspect con-
cealed 10 nature that was full of gentle
ness ard as simple as a child, that Indeed
1.-THE loving are the daring" the world
scarcely learned before the heavy hand Of
disease had been laid upon spirit bowed
down with unmerited misfortune. George
! W. Childs told OF conversation he had
with Grant when the latter was spending
his summer at Long Branch. lie asked
the general what had been the greatest
distress he had sustained, and the reply
was. "po be deceived by those / trusted.
II l. x,1an .noy fhnf
the life of General Grant presents at this
period brief though it is and although
the mutterings Of the storm are heard out
of that clear sky of contentment. In the
family circle or when surrounded by old
comrades he was by no means the ire
sponsive man he has been painted. He
was free and interesting in conversation,
and, as Childs recalled, talked more than
any single member of the company, but
he added: LET stranger enter, and he
would say nothing more during the even
| ing That was one popularity of his.
/ In these conversations General Grant
sometimes went over the eventful scenes
of the past. He was generous in bis esti-
mate of the men who had fought by his
side His admiration of Sheridan was un-
measured He used to say that Little
| Phil was the greatest fighter no ever
knew, and that another war would develop
4 in him the supreme commander His own
reserved nature found in the dashing sol
dier's overflo wing spirits, boundless conf
| dence and sometimes emphatic CONVERSE
| ton a complement to itself For reasons
| of much the same sort he had a positive
affection for General John A. Logan. he
4 was proud of both of them and happy in
! their society.
His loyalty to his friends was entire.
/ One OF his principles was Never desert -
| friend under fire. T" While it is more than
/ likely that tho famous a306' did not bear
with them into the Chicago convention
| any real wish of General Grants that they
| be successful, he took soldiers delight
afterward in their magnificently faithful
| fight in his behalf and never forgot 1t,
His Partially for his army comrades
| had been shown while he was president
81 like he said Ito appoint the chill
dren of army and navy officers because
they have no political influence. The
care he exercised over the orphans OF vet
Grams who had died on the field was con
| tinued in private life. Sometimes 1t took
the form OF gifts and subscriptions really
| beyond his means. An application from n
soldiers widow was one thing he found it
hard to refuse.
The blow that struck Grant down came
suddenly 1t Is n saddening episode to re-
call, with it's cruel shock of surprise and
the still more cruel imputations that for
the moment were cast upon the old hero's
| integrity, but when the dust that had been
raised by the crash of the banking house
| of Grant & Ward had cleared the figure
| that 1t revealed was not that of man who
had bartered his honor and had risked all
and lost in a desperate throw, but of an
old soldier dazed by the vision Of a part
ner's unfaithfulness and stripped in a mo-
ment of his worldly possessions, and yet
with his personal honesty shining out
| from the ruin of his houses credit and his
resolute courage to redeem his i'll fortune
standing forth like solitary tower in an
earthquake leveled plain.
| Grant had entered Wall street because
he found his income insufficient for his
family. The genius of Ferdinand Ward
dazzled him as it had dazzled other men
in the street Grant thought himself
wealthy man. 1t was matter of pride to
him that he should reverse tho i'll omens
of his life as a private citizen prior to the
war and demonstrate before the world that
he could succeed in business as in war.
That morning in May of 1884 came when
he found that his house had failed for mil
lions. Resolutely he set to work to meet
his obligations. He even pledged his med
ais and his decorations Then he began
the preparation of the memoirs covering
period of which he could say with as much
truth as Caesar in his "De Bcllo Calico"
IAN of which saw and part of which
was"
The later scenes of that grim campaign
are swathed In the mists that hang ever in
the valley of the shadow. 1t was another
battle of the Wilderness. And 1t ended In
the sunlight yonder on the hilltop that is
called McGregor. York Mail and
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