The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-24
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 60 1t.
His Greatest Distress Was to he 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 unequaled honors sur
rounding him. With such dignities and
ceremonies as the metropolis accords only
TO a few men in each generation, it wei
coined within its gates the first citizen Of
the republic. The sight of that sturdy fig
ure, which had borne without fiinching
the burdens of war and state, and of that
pleasant, taciturn countenance renewith
the wonted mastery of all circumstances
and the quiet confidence in fortune, be-
came a familiar one at the larger ceremo-
mails of the city. That misfortune, impo-
tent 90 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 nature that was full of gentle
ness and 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. He asked
the general what had been the greatest
distress he had sustained. and the reply
was, 40 be deceived by those l trusted
1t is altogether a pleasant chapter that |
the life of General Grant presents at this |
period, brief though IL is and although |
the muttorings of the storm are heard out |
OF that clear sky of contontment. In the |
family circle or when surrounded by old |
comrades be was by no means the ire
sponsiye 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 a 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 his csti-
mate of the men who had fought by his
side. His admiration of Sheridan was un-
measured. He used 10 say that Little
PHIL was the greatest fighter he ever
knew, and that another war would develop
in him the supreme commander His own
reserved nature found in the dashing sol
der S overlooking spirits, boundless conf
dence and sometimes emphatic converse
ton complement 10 itself For reasons
of much the same sort he had a positive
affection for General John A. Logan. He
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 u
friend under fire. " While it is more than
likely that the famous 900" did not bear
with them into the Chicago convention
any real wish of General Grants that they
be successful, he took a soldiers delight
in their magniticently faithful
light in his behalf and never forgot il. .
His Partially for his army comrades
had been shown while he was president.
Il like, he said, Ito appoint the chill .
iren of army and navy officers because
hey have no political influence" The I
,are he exercised over the orphans of vet
rams who had died on the field was con-
inued in private life. Sometimes it took {
he form of gifts and subscriptions really
beyond his means. An application from a G
oldier's widow was one thing he found it
lard TO refuse ,
The blow that struck Grant down came
uddenly. 1t is saddening episode TO re- q
all, with its cruel shock of surprise and :
he still more cruel imputations that for ,
he moment were cast upon the old hero's
but when the dust that had been =
aised by the crash of the banking house a,
I Grant * Ward had cleared the figure ,
hat 1t revealed was not that of "a man who :;
adj bartered his honor and had risked all y
nd lost in a desperate throw, but or an 4
Id soldier dazed by the vision of part
er's unfaithfulncss and stripped in mo-
lent OF his worldly possessions, and yet
iith his personal honesty shining out
rom the ruin of his houses credit and his ;
asolute courage 20 redeem his iii fortune ?
landing forth like "a solitary tower in an c
lovclcd plain. f
Grant had entered Wall street because b
G found his income insufficient for his v
lmily. The genius Of Ferdinand Ward Il
azzled him as it had dazzled other men e
the street Grant thought himself a O
ealthy man. 10 was "A matter of pride to Ia
IN that no should reverse the i'll omens 81
his life as "a private citizen prior 20 the o.
arand demonstrate before the world that X
. could succeed In business as in war. q
hat morning in May Of 1884 came when A
e found that his house had failed for mil b
ons Resolutely he set to work TO meet p
IS obligations He even pledged his med 81
S and his decorations. Then he began fl
10 preparation of the memoirs covering a "
'riod of which he could say with as much Of
nth as Caesar in his Ode Bcllo Calico" Sc
All of which l saw and part of which Il
as " b.
The later scenes Of that grim campaign N
Q swathed in tho mists that hang ever i'm st
70 valley of the shadow. 1t was another W
title of the Wilderness. And It ended i'm st
9 sunlight yonder on the hilltop that is
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