| Show our iKlBT lIhero eballrlifa Ealltui or the Dead Ihru NEW VollK April 25Lleal Gen John AL Bctiofleld United Stated limy retired has accepted the luvl itaicinuf Macyr AlroDR Oil b 0 Loll of the city ol New York to be one ol the guests at Ibo ceremonies attendant upon the dedication cf the Grant Monument Mon-ument In 0clIol the cityPil Invitation the general has written a letter coo crDlnl General Grant As will be remembered Gen Hcuolleld was not under Grant Immediate comnieDd In bnd d the fluid but vial Intimately I isestoclated t with him bjtb durlni Bud blood trie wr AI uno flags during Ibo closing months ofJollosorglossamilthatratiou be Wag ocetry 01 wart still foot 0 r ore lor the time being was Griota tlllclai superior Their relslloua were uiwsyn a of > f the moat Intimate all 1 confidential nature and ion Bcbofields view 01 OraDIbould be mal lalrllal at Ibo present lime In his letter the fC13OfQJ says lu part Tbe greatest ol all the traits ot ODI cbarclor treat one that Jay always 1 al-ways on the surface visible to all whu ljaj eyes lo see It That was his I mural anti intellectual honesty Integrity sincerity veracity and justice His tslncapaole I 0 of buy ntlimpt ti de deceive auyiiody except lor Icglll tuals Bit oil d above all lie was lucapable 1 of deceiving himself He psoussed the pallet or n perfectly ae curate estimate of Illmsell uulrjAj ned to vanity pride amblton flattery or Interest Grout was very far from being a mod1 mn as that wrd 10 Nrolly understood His just selle > lei > m was as far abive II aa It was above II tltery Wbn Ornl 1Inlloll Wa called 10 Any mlllk be bad commuted be would see anti admit it I as quickly said unreservedly Its II II bad oou md by anybody cleat 1 and With a smile WblfctreanmefOMbl ix c > Tppt > BU irt that feeling which must men are apt 10 bow lIodr like circumstances His love or truth and Jusllca < rtre so tar above all person it I JOUDILLlielA arrutrio anus that bestowed evidence of olllroIlOctl when any error Into wbleb tie might have fallen was oorrtcted Ills pride In his own mature opinion was very great In shut be Woo as liar as possible possi-ble Irom being a modest mau This absolute confidence his owu Judg meu upon any subject be had nan tred Sol the moral centers to Ik upon himself alone the highest responsibility respon-sibility I and to demand lull authority and freedom 10 act OCCrUlgis 10 big own judgment without Interference from anybody added to his accurate estimate of his own ability and his clear perception of too niccsslly for undivided I authority mail responsibility ltrD In the Conduct Of military l Operations I and In all that Concern a tort 4flielatley II II I armies I In time of war constituted the foundation of the very proal obclr |
