Show GRANT GRAN r AND mcclell v th the difference between a cicat genethal and a beall one was probably pio bably never moie forcibly illustrated than in in an incident ok 0 the fust fist battle fought between giant and lee at its conclusion grant found folind himself in great danged of having liis his line of communication cut off what does docs lie do fall back and give M 17 up ft a S strong trow 0 position to so se cule cuic ills its safety in case of disaster not a bit of it but presses on oil to the achievement of the grand giand object for which lie had placed himself in danger ile he seems to have comprehended that liis his undertaking dundei taking necessarily involved pet it and hence was riot not to be by it aiom accomplishing what lie had bad gone 9 ODO to fight 0 for so instead of babkin backing out arid and eating as a timid inefficient 0 general donld ha have c done under the eh cum stances lie he pi essed right on with liis his eye fixed upon what was before him and indifferent a bout about what aliat was behind what another general of different c alibie did under similar cai cum stances is shown in the case of mcglellan mcclellan upon the peninsula nin sula when mien lie ho had liis his title line borcom of communication muni cation liis his base of operations cut off lie appeared to be totally disi disconcerted lie ile could think of nothing and do nothing except to look out lor for another base baic ll 11 so anxious was lie ho about his hia base that lie he forgot all about richmond climond Ri which lie had gone hundreds of miles to cap capture tue richmond mond lie he did riot think N was cashis base y arid and llen hence C e he fie tui tin tied and struck to landing he did riot not tako Ri climond ellmond lie he did riot not defeat tile the enemy but lie he 11 changed liis his base ile he lost thousands of good nien men arid and fought cicat battles all to secure hib hasp one would almost s suppose 11 p 1 0 o se aloin 11 mc f operation that lie he had 0 gone one all the way into the country to look out for a base richmond climond Ri wasa was a small circumstance compiled with a base richmond was not taken but a base was attained arid and a gic gibat at victory was waa claimed in consequence a and not are those who call him a great reat Gene general raland and want to in make k liim hin president on oil account of it G grant 1 ant had a very dill different erent opinion about a base ile he was wag not fi lighting C citino 11 for a base 11 and leo lee found that tie ile had a very different sort of an all antagonist to to deal with ile he was not one of the base kind of generals he had gone into tile alie fight 11 to 0 something else lind and so that he fie gets geta richmond lie fie is perfectly wi willing I 1 0 to let lee leave his base st louis democrat may ilay |