The Newtown bee., 1901-06-07

Republic of all time. These men all were lifted up that they might stand on lofty heights of principles and achievements, far above the common crowd, and shout down to the multi tude from their superior place: Are you able to follow me hither? Lo! for you have led the way.''
 Grant was lifted up out of poverty, up out of obscurity, up out of reticence and deep humility, up out of the ranks, to be the man for the time in so un- way as to lead us all to say,
 THIS MAN WAS CHOSEN OF GOD. He was born of good English ancestry at Point Pleasant, Clermont Co.,, O., April P, 1922. His grandfather, Noah Grant, took part in the battle of Lex ington and was raised to the rank of captain. Grant first went to school at Ripley, O., and then was cadet at the Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated at IT. He served in the Mexican War, and here showed those qualities of cOOlnesS and bravery that afterward were his conspicuous marks. Leaving his regiment in 1854, he retired to private life and took up the tanners trade with his father at Galena, Ill. Here he lived in pov- erty and obscurity. The Governor of his own State did not know him. At the outbreak of the Civil war Gov Yates said to MT Washburn: "Illinois has men enough, and money enough, but no one man of skill and military genius sufficient to organize and drill her soldiers. ''-"Call Capt Grant of Galena. ."-'Capt Grant?' said Gov Yates" "Who is Capt Grant?'' One of the meetings, common at that time all over the North, was held at Galena to sustain President Lincoln in his call for 75,OOO men to preserve the Union. The ardor and eloquence of John A. Rawlins so impressed one in the audi ence, wholly unknown to the congress- men and distinguished citizens upon the platform, that this unknown man afterwards made Rawlins his chief of staff and secretary of war. Somebody discovered that Capt Grant, a graduate of West Point and veteran. of the Mexican war, lived in the city and suggested that he preside at the for nation of military company. Scarce ly any one heard the speech of the modest chairman as he opened the meeting, but in those three sentences were compressed all the eloquence and logic of the time: "You know the object for which we are assembled. Men are needed to preserve the Union.
 What is your pleasure?" Grant or ganized and drilled that company and led 1t to the Governor at Springfield. In his going away Galena lost a good citizen and this Nation found it's saviour. Before Lincoln's call came and discovered the man, he was so humble that he was scarcely known upon the streets of Galena, his busi- ness was so modest as to make the faintest stir in the city's commercial life. Three years had not gone by and
 HIS NAME WAS ON EVERY LIP, every commercial enterprise and con- structive adventure was planned ac- cording to the success or failure of his schemes. In the early days of '61 he was supporting his family on a thou sand dollars year, and before the third anniversary of his departure for the State capital he was spending four millions day for the suppression of the Rebellion.
 While incompetents were boldly pushing their claims to command, Grant was faithfully doing any duty that was assigned, he who was born to rule minutely discharging duties that would have betitted a drill sergeant. But in the game of war the right po- sitions are gradually taken. and com potency and incompetency find at last their just place. In August, 1861, Grant was made brigadier-general and to district which included Missouri and western Ken lucky. Being in command, he could not keep still. He set out to find the enemy and met him at Belmont, Mis-