Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31

ing him. in which he says. with respect
to previous generals. his experience had
been such that he always expected. after
a general had been appointed. to hear
from him that great many things were
needed in the army which he knew that
Lincoln was not able To give him, and
that this was followed by the statement
that If he had those things. then he could
win the victory. He said Grant differed
from the other generals in this respect.
that he took what he had and went ahead,
and with those things he did what he
could and what WsaS to be done. He gave
an instance. He said he had 1oWn cav
arymen at Harpers Ferry without horses.
He had attempted to get horses and could
not secure them. Previous generals had
said to him that if they could have that
1000 cavalry they could accomplish great
things and win victory. What Grant
said was With your authority | will arm
these men and make them infantrymen.
or ! will send them home
Grant was always lighting with the
men and the material he had. He real
lied that omelets could not be made with
out breaking eggs. He knew that a war
could not be carried ON without fighting.
And he was conscious that the more the
fighting to a purpose was constant. the
sooner the war would end
Grants Character.
The directness and straig forwa I'd
with which We do not always associate
the power of great concentration of
thought and will to accomplish purpose
And it certainly was a marvellous COM
bination of traits of character in the seven
years before the war that left Grant
such a failure in business life and made
him the tower Of strength that he was. as
the victorious leader in the greatest war
of modern times.
His mcdesty. his lack of expectation that
any one would think much of him. seems
to have given to him undue apprecia-
tion and an excessive gratitude for favor
done him. He seems never 10 have for
gotten kind word. And Il generous at
,ention. received from matter whom.
he sought to repay MANY Told \ KNOW,
edge of this one of his characteristics I'D
men of tie Scrupie III take advantage
of IL and OF him. He trusted his friends
no man trusted before And his trust
was In a number of instances misplaced.
But the faults he had and the weaknesses
he had were generous They We're those
that make US love his memory the more
and forget the mistakes that they led
him into
Debt to Grant as President.
The country owes more 10 Grant than
can be estimated for Inc great things
which were accomplished during his two
TERMS dS f'TeSlOent. lie heIeNd dTbi-
tration, the veto of the initiation BILL the
passage of the resumption bill We're his
work. But in all of his long and useful
public life the two greatest scenes were
at Appomattox and at Mount MCGregor.
AT AppomattoN he showed in its finest
degree his modesty. and In his earnest de-
sire to secure peace in which the de-
feated would suffer little as possible he
manifested the highest patriotism
AT Mount McGregor. after his won
derful and successful struggle under the
shadow of impending doom to write the
memoirs which We're TO tree his name and
estate from debt and financial disaster,
his death was heroic
This magnificent mausoleum on this
grand site. upon the beautiful river. fur
nishes such hero fitting resting place.
May IL forever remain to inspire his
countrymen to patriotic thought and et-
forts.