Show PRESIDENT GRATYS PUBLIC SERI ick N president grant yesterday retired from official me life hiving served the country continuously as soldier en an 3 statesman for thero there have been tome bortle harsh things fai faid d citizen and ana this journal sa scarling arling under the sting elior ot of injustice lombi to tho gentile cause in ia ulab las has out cot cairy chiry of nu kilt now tatt lie 18 lorg lore RIA md faithful hm passed into history wo we co can review hil lifes work more dispassionately red mil cadre cf limato 1 to its cs folce ai with a 4 nearer approach to al ai a soldier be wan wa elle isaal after halt 11 dozen commanders ra ird bad grappled kiili tao con loje razy and filled to procuro its ila ahia nan 0 iron will and ud tool took hold bold of it bed never lis hii klip he be had bad abo enemy at lis bin feet it lias been ebar goil that grant is not a met lo 10 bad LO BO strategy una mil only won lid aci way by the via live of fit forcha orco cruising in an enemy by main binm strength so it that Was washington Lington wig was not dot a groit groa t general but ho he ilia be pend enco ta of these colonies arnd his hia military mil ilary valuable to lo to a tte tle human rice race AS 18 it if he ha had teen I 1 acu ecu a NaPo lePP or a marlborough the tha sweeps in ia tle ila field of Wadic titon and grant is iii largely doe doc 1 io to ild moral qualities of abo mon CUD roth acri acro and im impressed the country with their determination ind and ability to ace ced with a jealous Cor arece wili mu inu chious balf fed with vilh sup eop plies grudgingly doled out ond and bomo bamo density lucking to the coon conn try what could coad general hive have accomplish eJ it if lis lia own ova great bess oil sul lill lia lappy bb larice of qualities and Us lis own ardent patriot ista ism hid had not dot won tho the confidence of dolhn hi follow and held beld them firm firetto to purpose until the end wi attained allain cd derogation la cf gealt fl honor bonor as a C conqueror belc r it is ij eaid il that general eoon e bro alclo 1 the baeke of lit the confederacy at tho the boath made vigorous wr war lor for two years alii slid it wis waa only by concert of action between grant and his hia subordinate genc generals rals that the bo coup de gram was finally gidez until alid lia chiefka was intweld rith nith the ilo supreme command commard comm aad been fought with unity of the north was raised to a sublime ferro ol 01 ellbee bed men and Bup were veto with lavish prodigality but bat tto tle generals were bickering among themselves each seemed jealous of ol 01 the other sad one commander command cr was vis or of will f ally the tha war bo be cause ha be was wai unwilling that lacola should have alvo more mora thin his hia meed ot of praise vat but when grant was placed at tho the head bead of tho the army alt all this ceased ne ila lad had singleness of rl pas ond iba country believed in ia his hio ol of tio lie was a pro lical fical and stripped tits hi army down dowd to flit hava trim be fed his folders adl and pledged himself f to I 1 fight the battle out ont on that line if it toot took all the whilo wh ilo lo ho was wa pounding poun away at the lead head of tho Rebel Hoo tho the other generals were with coccoro of action al riling effee tire tira blows at other met parts nil campaign was prolonged through tho abo winter but bat in early spring dpn dg ho he brought tho the enemy to terms and when the ibo lurrender was waa fici fenily tilly made er 1 ba La astion pervaded ded tho the entire con COD fc le deracy and as aa i a ivil civil ruler roler lis hia name cama will stand high in ia the annals of cf out our coull try ry having no previous ioui ira i as a statesman he idl fell into mistakes sul in ilia hia to office ho he reade many un fortunatA selections nia his of the be lately revolted south his hib been the ho loset loiet successful part ot of his hia administration but it is is doubtful whether the ho most experienced I 1 statesman could lava avoided booi dej falling lall mg into etiore as ae sir ioos perhaps per hape as aa have marked general ara grunts tits policy hatreds engendered by the he war the minds mind of north nonh and aad booth producing irritation which coull not at once bo be allayed alliy cd the tha of the neato nod nad the protection of this former chattel in ia his rights as aa a citi citizen imposed an aa almost impossible task upon tho government and must iti volve the president who conealy endeavored to tjan enforce tho the laws law in ia collision with the irritated of cf the south boulb aej down office and by a moderato moderate I 1 conservative who will wil cot of its ba regarded as j a subjugator the iho pre tent scat is ia an era en of good all ali are hopeful of amity sod and mutual good cooj relations rf stored to amet this to devoutly to be wished the reau alican will work na an heartily to his political rival grants policy has boon dignified and lucce abili L out oar national bonor las his been main bained in ia the of devoral difficult and vexatious questions ques lions and regneil degara forthe the american aad od the permanency of our popular institutions hiaber with foreign powers off cra then ut at say koy time lime before anil and his domestic dome elio pacy has bis been no lisl creditable credi tible amid con COD cries cried for curzon cari oy foi lAtion redaction of 0 tho taxes and nd olber la in modes of president ident I 1 grant had haa ever copt in liew ilow tho the OLO truth that to get oat of fl debt we HO mo must t cira care more than ihu we and od to 0 o preserve our oar credit unimpaired the country must mast preserve altric a strict regard for obligations oLlig tion this las hoi kept lla lis ruled midd freo free from the I 1 il elution it ilia crowd ot of currency doc doctor tory and when tle tion coo bill visa presented to him biu for or approval crovi supported by the ot of fully one hilt half ot of tho iho people bo be had baj the iho good sense to ico ace its ils error and the to tot got upon lis lia honest judgment fill 11 veto telo of if that I 1 C amo isare sired the country from ru ra and has bu grants name naino indelibly upon tie roll ot of patriot patt lot no he leaves of fico cco with our ged currency currii ocy oo on the eve of restoration to it pristine I 1 big ludisa policy also llo carried out amid a torrent pi of idle dc ck tr aulion aution anil and abuse hes has been bisoi humane and economical As aa and mil civil aler tho the it dg g nt las baa earned well of lia big country after hia big long red rious set vice ho he propos to lilio so ii interval or of recreation sad nd mt and it will bo be pleasant for him in big hours houri ot of loneliness una exile to know that bo be is followed by the bist bialick of h ii fellow countrymon country moo |