The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-05
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dThntt his Lie ana Onhrdot0r" lD0ubledAv 4
Mcclure Company will be impressed By n.
Lists indicating the extent Of the authors
preparatory labors, I'm order that 1 mich,
secure the fullest understanding OF my sub.
iect." Mr.. Garland says. II have visited ever,
town wherein Ulysses Grant lived long enough
to leave a distinct Impression upon the eitl.
1ens." This alone was no slight undertaking.
for IL was shown more than once by Grant thai
he did not need 10 live long In q place, or. in.
decd, TO live in It at all. In order to impress
its citizens with much distinctness, as at vicks.
burg and Richmond. for instance. I'm orderto
realize the Mexican battlenolds," Mr.. Garland
continues. II visited Monterey. Vera Cruz
Jalapa, Perote. Puebla. Oontreras. Cherubusco'
FL Moline del Rey. and San Cosme." The Mexl.
can journey by itself must have involved tho
expenditure OF considerable time. but Mr.. Gar.
land studied further the topography OF a mum.
Der OF the battle1elds Of the civil war. includ.
ing the Wilderness and Milliken's Bend: and
no adds that he also studied the records ON
file In the Adjutant's ONCE at West Point
and the newspaper nles in Washington, St.
Louis, New York. Cincinnati. Detroit. Louis.
Vile. Chicago. Springfield. Galena. Cairo. Mem.
phis. VlcksburR, New Orleans. Richmond. Mon.
terey. and Mexico CITY," Moreover. he sought
for and obtained interviews from those who
had known Ulysses Grant personally and had
some significant message to impart: - SO that
OF the whole volume OF his labors It may well
DO said that they were stupendous and calcu-
lated to deter anybody not qualified for the
work by much experience In the preparation
Of books OF realistic fiction. which are books
as true as history. and must call for quite az
much conscientious care.
Certainly IL is o thorough life. Even what are
called negative points are more than once very
carefully considered. Thus Miss Mary King,
acknowledged to have been q highly attractive
girl. Is said to have Tilted Grant In his boyhood,
and Mr.. Garland speaks twice Of the absence
OF any serious effect resulting from this Incl.
dent to the victim OF Il. In one place, after
mentioning things that Z" give color to the ira.
dition that Miss King was the boyhood sweet.
heart OF Grant, he says: "Of her little can no
learned save that she had accepted another
wooer. It Is not remembered that Ulysses
grew wan with grief" And in another place he
says. returning to this interesting incident and
coupling with 1t another Of the same kind:
His hair was a sandy brown and his complex
ion still inclined to freckles. His early sweet.
heart had married another man and his second
had not returned his love. but no deep sorrow
appears on his face"
1t IL to be said OF these negative incidents
that they define and give color to character.
When the boxing master hits you on the right
side. where the presence OF an untutored liver
hluACb yOu 5cublIlNts uU ItIudIhb your look OF
pain and says. as n man will who has not him
self been hit upon the liver. You must not
mind %triles," One gathers from such things
the idea Of superiority. Napoleon was fitted to
be O boxing master.
Still other effectiveness is there which is to
be obtained by the right art from the employ
ment OF the negative form. His ambitions"
says Mr.. Garland. were not inordinate. He
still held to the idea of getting a place to teach
in some quiet place. with q salary sufficient to
support a wife. He had no corrupting desire
for glory-for personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. He
mad no sombre and lurid dreams of conquest.
He did not look AVA to Mexico or Peru as q
field for a sudden rise to sole and splendid com-
mand."
He was not blinded by the successes OF Gen.
Scott after the quiet Gen. Taylor had been left
by political and other circumstances some dis
lance up on the northern Mexican border. Mr..
Garland specifically says: THE awful splendor
OF Gen. SCOTS position he never once lifted his
eyes to. Even that OF his instructor. Capt. C.
+. Smith. seemed unattainablo security. and
glory"
1t is not to be doubted that great opportuni-
ties often lie in the negative. Some young and
unconfident reporter once complained thai
there were no opportunities in a meeting. be-
cause nobody OF importance was present. To
him said the man OF practiced imagination in
the business: why do you not say who was
not there? The countless millions of Africa
and Asia-they were not there. Go 1t large.
Why confne yourself TO the miserable con-
ditions OF the direct affirmative? p"
Still Mr.. Garland was able to find out a great
many things that We're so as well rs q number
that were not. He adds in regard 10 Gen. Grants
early ambitions: He had in mind a little
wooden cottage somewhere under the naples.
with q small woman to care for the home and
to meet him at the door as he returned from
his daily duties as professor of mathematics in
Blank College. All this is very little to hope
for. but he seems to have given It a great deal
OF troubled thought" AfterwHrd the guns
Numbered at Donelson and the Generals mind
turned itself in other directions. q
Mr.. Garland supplies a curious common
about this time. Speaking OF Grants engage
ment to be married TO Miss Dent. and OF his
departure for the Mexican war. he says that
Miss Dent went back to White Haven 10
wait. which Is the lot of women" According
to the old-time romantic fiction this comment
Is Justified. but not according to the new fc-
ton, and not according to the two specific facts
which Mr.. Garland has Just revealed to us. is
there justification for II. II was not the lot Of
the young soldiers two previous sweethearts
to wait. and they were certainly women. But
all through life. and at every step Of expert
ence. Is the mind bewildered by the contra
dictions which occur. and by the irreconcilabls
qualities OF the things which take place and
the things which are averred.
A remarkable experience befell Gen. Grant
at the time when he became the Colonel OF an
Illinois regiment at the outbreak of the war.
The regiment had just been addressed by Gen.
Logan. q soldier OF impressive presence. He
was greeted with cheers. and thunderous APP
plause rewarded his fiery assevoratIon that IL
was the private duty OF every man to rally to
the flag" Grant. coming after Logan. was. SO
far as appearances went. something OF a de-
scent. Still the regiment cried. Grant,
Grant," and called vociferously for a speech.
The answer was very brief. Gen. Grants ad-
dress. comprehensively reported. was: Men.
60 to your quarters" Mr.. Garland puts this in
capital letters. but we doubt IL Gen. Grant did.
Still we can readily believe that 'he spoke. not
loud. but clear and calm. and with a pecu-
liar quality and infection which surprised every
officer and gave the whole regiment a new sem
sation. They sat dazed. astounded." Mr.. Gar
land says; and IL Is not a little curioua and