Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-28
SOMETHING OF SPIRIT
OF GRANT IS NEEDED
IN THE WORLD TODAY
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teen lieutenant generals who have
been commissioned in all our his
tory.
Dwelt and Grew Rugged.
Grant had even less of likeli-
hood to eminence than his unprom
Using and unprophetic beginning.
There was the suggestion of medi-
ocrity in his development and even
the steadfastness of his early man.
hood was stamped with failure.
But there was the inheritance of
quality and he dWelt and grew
rugged in the freedom of democ-
racy.
Even the reckoning opportu-
nifty of war left him seemingly un-
favored by fate. Politically he was
out of accord with the master
martyred, who became his COM
mander-in- chief. But he believed
in union and the nation supreme.
He brought to the armed service
preparedness to command, sturdi-
ness of purpose, patience and for
bearance, great generosity of soul,
and a confidence never to be
shaken. The seizure OF opportul
nifty, more to serve than to achieve,
made him victor. and the quiet
man, CARRIED in failure at Galena,
marched to the surprising heights
of military glory. III conquering
in command and magnanimous in
his triumph, the world saw the
soldier and the man. the soldier
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Didn't Fight to Enslave.
"Other military leaders hitherto
had mounted to lofty heights in the
annals of human history. 1t is
useless to compare. but it Is be-
fitting TO recall that General Grant
was not making conquest of terri
tory or expanding empire. He was
only seeking to preserve. He did
not fight to enslave; he only bat
tied to sustain Lincoln, whom God
inspired to bestow freedom. He
did not seek to punish or destroy;
he was fighting to save and unite
In his heart were no drastic terms
of surrender; he craved the bless
ings of peace restored.
Many an incident of the war
many a revelation of his sturdy
character showed that his face was
set on the one supreme achieve
ment-union and the preserved ark
of the American covenant of lib
erty. No hurting heart. no rivalry
no triumph of other commanders
no promotion of the aspiring OF
deserving could remove his gaze
from the great end sought. He
wrote sherman, in Grant-like SIM
plicity and sincerity, that he would
serve dnder him as willingly as
over him, to attain preserved
union. Out of such conservation,
out of such unchanging devotion,
came his signal victory. He
fought for preserved union and
restored nation and succeeding
generations are richer because of
his sample. One may guarantee
the security of this republic 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 politi-
cal or social order. or even gov
eminent, which had especially ia
vored him. He was too little favor
ed by the existing order. Nor can
it be said that he sought personal
or political popularity These
things were apart from his early
life.
at is inconceivable that men are
prejudiced in their attitude toward
great problems by their own ex-
periences-more by their disap-
pointments than thei successes.
Grants own experience in life
might have led a less deliberate
character to welcome an upheavai
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 yearned for no star, dream
ed of no destiny. He merely went
the normal way. face ever forward,
ready to quicken his step when OPP
portunity called or responsibility