The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-24

recently unknown soldier commander
of all the northern forces.
General Grant was perfectly nor
NAL man." says the Illinois politician
veteran. "He had neither enthusiasm
nor passion, and no hysterical develop.
ment of any kind. He had no sense OF
the dramatic, and failed to do those
things which instantly appeal to the
public eye. He was SO calm under all
circumstances that he seems to have
communicated some of his unexcitable
nature to those about him, even to the
horse he rode. Who ever heard OF
Grant on a prancing, rearing war
horse? Why, even the artists who are
ever looking for the dramatic and pic
| turesque have always pictured Grant
sitting quietly on a horse standing on
four feet, as quietly as though just un-
htcher from the plow."
Mr.. Cannon recalled that at Ficks-
burg, General Grant sent Logan to
take formal possession of the city
| when Pemberton surrendered. On the
historical occasion at Appomattox
I General Grant refused to appear other
| wise than he usually did, and wore his
ordinary service uniform. Grant saw
no dramatic climax in this occasion
AS 500 mas it was over he hurried back
| to Washington to arrange for disband
| ing the armies under his command
I and sending the soldiers to their
| homes.
This same Indifference to dramatic
demonstrations and situations followed
| him through life" Mr.. Cannon recalls
Il recollect in reading in the papers OF
his trip around the world, how he met
| the crowned heats, statesmen, and
plain people with the same simple
manner. He surprised the Germans by
walking from his hotel to the palace ia
call on Prince Bismarck, and the
prince. we are told, met him at the
| door, instead of waiting to receive him
| in state. He met the Queen of Eng
land, the Car of Russia, the Emperor
Of Japan, and the King of Siam in the
same way conforming to the etiquette
OF the courts, but for himself never
dropping the role of the plain Ameri
can gentleman. He might have ap
peared in the courts of Europe ant
Asia wearing the four stars of gen
eral. worn rightly by no man from
Washington's time to his day, but h,
refused to appear in the uniform
which gave him greatest distinction il
the eyes of the world
Target Of Many Critics
Hordes Of critics leveled their shaft
at Grant from the time Of his adven
on the national stage until his deaf
on Mount McGregor, Mr.. Cannon says
These critics could see nothing goo
, in Grant-no military ability, no ps
triotic devotion, no moral courage i
the soldier while his battles were i
: progress, but were forced to join i
the praise heaped on him when hi
:, victories were Won
, General Grant refused to have tn
surrender at Appomattox commemora
ed in an historic painting representa-
l him as receiving the sword of Lee, a
: General Gates is represented in til
: surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga,
the monster painting which hangs i
the rotundA of the Capitol here M
| Cannon is authority for the statemer
; that Grant never touched Lees swor,
You are aware" says Mr. Cannon
2 that the Federal government ha
1 never commemorated in monument {
: picture the fall Of the Confederacy
hnever will. 1t has provided for tn