The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-05-02
he must drop Mr.. Secretary Taft. an
amiable and scholarly gentleman.
GRANT.

Simpson Grant.
|" Like whom to mortal eyes.
None e'er has risen, and none shall
! e'er rise.
Throughout the country, especially
In the east and west, his virtues were
extolled. men rising up to- tell in elo-
Quent language OF his bravery and
courage, and the elementals which
distinguish him for all time as one
of the great generals Of all the world,
In all periods. Vice-President Fair
banks spoke Of him as a master sol
d1e:. and the CO lege students Of Iowa,
the coming trustees of the destiny of
this Republic, cheered him to the echo.
! Which means. il 1t means anything,
that the fighter OF the battles of the
saviour of this country. is not forgot.
ten OF men: but rather that his fame
Is, year after year extending side by
side with the name and fame of i'm
| mortal Lincoln. And men are affect
ed with Lincolnia as men have never
been affected with the character and
achievements of any man. In this
day. no monthly magazine is COM
plete without It's special article on
Lincoln; the editorial page of the
daily press calls heavily upon the
words and deeds Of the Emancipator
when error lifts up its head; the pull
pit names him in the breath with the
Emancipator of Souls; and the public
forum rings with his name and mai
estic character when orators come
forward to talk either on the glory
OF the past or the hope Of the future
! so Grant Is travelling swiftly through
the world, receiving his share of the
glory OF the Civil War; but in that
struggle there was glory enough for
all, and 1t is perfectly impossible to
| divorce the plans OF Lincoln from the
activities of Grant. What Lincoln
thought Grant wrote in blood, and
what is written is forever written
Lincoln wrote with the pen; Grant
with the sword.
|
tempt to dissect the military prowess
OF this second Ulysses A battle he
never lost; he never executed a futile
maneuver; he was q soldier and PROV
cd 1t On every battlefield made sacred
by his steps. John Fiske, the most
eminent historian of his generation,
and one Of the greatest historians Of
modern times. has set down for the
student the details Of Grants activi-
ties during the Rebellion, from the day
he hurriedly glanced over newspaper
| In the streets OF st. Louis, wherein
was flashed the desperation Of the gov
eminent at Washington, until he
| dropped a tear on the sword of Lee
| at Appomattox. We read the achieve
ments OF Grant, and turn aside forever
from the conquests Of Caesar and the
ambitions OF Napoleon. These three
are the worlds great generals; Caesar
pushed the boundTy Of Rome to the
| North and subdued the Britains-for
what? OF glory the Caesars. Napol-
con fought for the pride Of France and
| to regain the fears of men; Grant
marched through the wilderness, de-
| feated the course Of the Mississippi
and made friends with the hills round
about Washington what? To free
slaves and preserve government. He
was constructive soldier; over dead
bodies he sighted a Republic of free
dom. He had no parallel in all his
tory!
What interests us, and we believe,
most men, is the activity OF the Gen
eral In civil life, with especial refer
ence to his policies and orders as the
President OF this Republic He be-
came President at the most crucial
period In all the history of this gov
eminent. The result Of the war the
victory Of which rested with him, he
faced; responsibilities such as no man
had ever. had, nor since has had, rest
ed upon him. He succeeded Andrew
Johnson, whose straddling then we
are paying for now. In the South
terror reigned; conditions there were
1earfuily unsettled, race had been
freed but yesterday, and in it's hand
mad been placed the American ballot.
Ihe stupid North was settling back
IN Its lethargy on the one hand, and
open fault-fnding on the other. The
Negro at the South sat in the seats Of
mis- master; at Washington he appear
ed as statesman, and everywhere
gave promise Of sweetly fitting into
the genius Of the civilization abont
him. The Southern white man was