The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-04-27
GRANTS ANNIVERSARY.
On April az Country Will Pay Him
Homage.

Editor, Times; Thanking you for all
past favors we ask for space that we
may pay a tribute to the memory OF
another of our presidents, Ulysses
Simpson Grant. He was the 18th pres
ident of the United States
Grant was born at Point Pleasant,
| O.. April 27, 1922, thus making the 9th
Of this month the Tooth anniver-
sary Of his birth. He was the greatest
Of American generals. The youth OF
the famous warrior was spent on his
fathers farm and in tannery. He
graduated from the military academy
at West Point in lS43, standing glst
| in class Of 30. The record Of Grant
| in the Mexican war was one OF BRAY
cry, he serving with heroism In the
battles Of Palo Alto, Bisala de la
Palma and the attack on Monterey.
He was also active IN the seige Of Vera
Cruz. Grant resigned from the army
in 1854 and accepted small wages as a
clerk in his fathers leather store. At
the outbreak of the Civil war, Grant
was appointed mastering officer for the
state Of Illinois. Soon the young man
was commissioned colonel of the 2lst
regiment of volunteer infantry.
This was the commencement of the
extraordinary military career which
made him the central figure on the I'M
ion side in the great Civil war Grants
iron will, his power to control large
armies, his admirable poise in defeat
and success, his prompt decision and
action, and unfaltering faith in his
final victory, proved that like Lincoln
he was the imam for the times" and
the one intended by Providence to do
the work that no one else could do.
Grants regiment was ordered to Mis-
souri,. Colonel Grant marched his men
over land, being the first commander
Of the state to decline railway trans
portation. He was made brigadier gem
eral and on learning that the Confed
crate forces were advancing on Padn-
cab, he took the city without firing a
shot, and issued an address to the peo-
Pile of Kentucky, which caused Lincoln
to say that the man who could write
such sentiments appeared to be fitted
to command in the west. He was
asked by General Simon Buckner, his
old West Point classmate, for a COM
mission to agree on terms Of surrender.
Grant replied, mo terms except an
unconditional and immediate surrender.
purpose to move Immediately on your
works. Buekner surrendered and
Grants strong words flowed over the
land, making him Unconditional Sur
render Grant and the obscure brigadier
general became the hero Of the day He
was made major general and later the
title of lieutenant general was con-
ferred on him. He fought one day in
the wilderness, sustaining enormous
losses of men, but when the world ex-
pected retreat he ordered advance. He
fought another day and on the third
day ordered an advance. Lincoln said,
AT last | have a general" II took
him year to capture Lee, which he did
on the 9th Of April 1865. His terms
with the captured general Of the south
ern forces were SO ehivalrous and gen
erous that they gained for him the re-
spect and even admiration of the
southern people. They could not for
get that he was their conqueror, but
they acknowledged his greatness OF
heart. He had no pretty revenges. He
was never angry in battle when 9th
ers swore. Grant remained master of
himself and all his faculties, uttering
no oaths. He cared nothing for the
pomp and circumstance of war
Grant was elected president in 1868,
and served two terms. After the end of
his second term he went on tour OF
the world. He received the most extra
ordinary honors ever rendered a human
being, but he returned home the same
good neighbor. He became nominal
partner in the firm of Grant & Ward
of New York but failed through the
dishonesty of some party, causing
Grant to lose every dollar. He had bor-
rowed of friend in the attempt to
save the firm, but he turned over TO
his creditors every trophy, every pres
ent and even the presents from kings
and queens. He became so poor that
the question OF earning a living came
on him with added force for he was
growing old and was lame and at
tackled by cancer of the tongue. Suf-
fering almost constant pain and with
the shadow Of death on him, Grant sat
down to write his autobiography for
the benefit of his wife. Long after the
power Of speech had gone he wrote and
in so doing produced book that ranks
as one of the great martial biographies
of the world IL redeemed his name
and gave his wife competency
Among the important events Of his
presidential administrations were the
completion of the Union Pacific rail
way, begun in 1868, and on May 10,
1869, the last spike, made Of gold, was
driven. The locomotives, one from the
east and one from the west, saluted
each other, thus uniting the Atlantic
and Pacific.
Grant put down the rebellion and
from the time Of Lees surrender he de-
voted himself TO the task of uniting
the SCARED nation. "Let us have peace,
he said, and the saying was like ben
ediction. He died on July %, 1885, at
the age of SO years and at his grave
the north and south stood side by side
in friendship. He was man Of ac-
ton. and his deeds were Of the kind
which make epochs in history.
Emma A. LaPoint, press correspond
ent for the Woman's Relief corps.