The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-28

eagerness to return to peacerul ways
would have speeded the restoration
and FASTENED the return to prosperity
and happiness, without which there
can be no abiding peace He perpe-
tuated no resentments OF war. Per-
haps he felt his own wounds which
came Of calumny.- recalled how he
was Inundated through misundcr-
standing, and menaced by Jealousy
and hampered by politics But he
clung to his vision of union restored.
peace to be the surcst way OF last
ing triumph
Many an incident OF the war, many
a revelation Of his sturdy character
showed that his face was set m the
ona supreme achievement -Upian ana
the preserved ark of the American
covenant Of liberty. No hurting neart.
no rivalry, no triumph of other COM
manders. no promotion of the aspr-
ing or deserving could remove his
gaze from the great end sought He
wrote sherman. in Grant-like SIM
plicity and sincerity, that he would
serve under him as willingly as over
him TO attain preserved Union. Out
Of such consecretion. out Of such I'M
changing devotion came his signal
victory
Z 1t is not hard to understand effec-
tive endeavor and Inspiring lead r:iiilp
where men are consecrated 10 servise.
lie was not concerned about his indi-
yidual fortunes ne was battling for
the Union. Ee was not seeking self
promotion he was fighting FOR The
nation. Rivals sought his reno tal
and disgrace, but he kept on fighting.
LINCOLN repuised his enemies. II can't
spare this RAN; he fights" was all
Lincoln would say. lie fought for a
preserved Union and restored natlcrE
and succeeding generations are ricner
because of his example, One may
guarantee the security OF this Repub-
lie so long as leaders among men
put the country's good above personal
and political advantage.
1t Is not to be said Of Grant that he
sought to preserve a political or So
cial order. or even a Government
which had especially favored him.
He, was too little favored by the
existing order. Nor can 1t be said
that he sought personal or polltica!
popularity. These things were apart
from his early life.
1t is conceivable that men are preju
diced in, their attitude toward great
problems by their own experiences
their successes. Grants own expert
ence in life might have led Il less de-
liberate character TO welcome an up
heavai, or disunion. or any reversal to
the Government But this silent man
did not appraise his country by the
scale of his own misfortunes.
He had seen much of the republic.
In boyhood he drove often to Gin
cinnati and saw the developing city,
much as he saw St. Louis later on, In
his early married life. Between these
two periods Of observation he had
graduated from West Point. he had
served creditably in the Mexican war.
and was stationed as military officer
on the Pacific coast.
He saw the westward course OF
the star of empire. He saw two typi-
cal American cities grow under the
impulse OF immigration and an ex-
banding republic. He saw the for
eigner come to breathe deeply in the
atmosphere OF American freedom and
stand erect among amid the insplra-
lions Of American citizenship. He
saw the school children. rollicking In
the laughter of youth and freedom
and equality, CARRIED in essentially tne
same rairnent. no matter whence
came. and walking In the light CT
the same opportunity. He saw the
dreams OF the founding fathers more
than made true. He cherished an in
heritance which came OF their heroism
and he chose to hand that inheritance
on TO his children and his children's
! children.
There must have come some such
appraisal 20 this ordinary American
boy when grown to manhood. He