The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-20

Within three years bill renewing the
grade of lieutenant general was passed by
Congress and Grant was made Lieutenant
general and commanded an army OF doO,ooo
men on the field With this immense force
he planned two campaigns to be stimuli
taneously directed against the most vital
points of the Confederacy. Meade was
| marching against Richmond. sherman
against Atlanta.
I'm the short period from his confirma-
ton by the Senate to the surrender at
Appomattox thousands of the heroes whom
| Grant commanded had persisted and Grant
stood in the presence OF General Lee
whose army he had subdued. as great IN
sympathy for the fallen as he had been
| courageous in battle. In the human heart
itself is hidden the secret fountain which
refreshes or saddens with its sweet or Dit
ter waters. Courage. knowledge, and broad
est philanthropy combined to make Grant
one of the worlds greatest characters.
bright day with Grant brought forth no
adder Honor crowned him in the popular
| heart without putting sting in him
His affection with mankind held equal
sway with his reason When he reached
the highest round in the ladder OF fame
he scorned no agency by which he did
ascend No. my countrymen, at no stage
of Grants official life did he disregard the
obligation that rested upon him before
high heaven to loved friends. Thank God,
that in the midst of the highest official
honors the Republic can boast of one
Executive who never forgot or neglected
friend.
"A great general cannot be properly
judged without knowing much Of the foe
whom he has vanquished. Upon the prin-
ciple of contrast and comparison we meas
yre with technical accuracy the greatness
Of the military hero. Napoleon and We'll
lington Washington and CORVALLIS, Grant
and Lee will ever appear in the popular
mind in some way associated. Neither OF
the three greatest warriors could be prop
erly judged without the knowledge of the
true character and strength Of the foe
vanquished. General Lee was the almost
idolized hero of the dashing, gallant sons
of the South, as General Grant was the
darling of the steady, courageous soldiers
of the North
Grants Military Genius.
Mr. Gardner of Michigan followed with
statement of the abiding results of the
war in which Grants military genius shone
to the end.
"a cowardly assent to the dismember
ment of this Union without heroic and
determined effort to preserve 1t would have
visited upon us the just contempt of the
civilized world. 1t would have made the
republican form of government a by-word
and reproach among the nations OF the
earth.
1.-THE war determined beyond controversy
that the Constitution is the supreme law
of the land and that the primary allegi-
ance of every citizen of the Republic is
to the Federal rather than to the State
government. Notification was eliminated
from American politics. The war settled
forever the question of State sovereignty
and prohibited a State from seeding from
the Union. When th6hwar closed We were
a nation union Of States. one and in
separable thousand years hence every
child on the planet will know that In a
great war in the nineteenth century. In
country known as the United States OF
America. race of God-created. God-en-
dowed beings were liberated from bondage.