At the end it may be claimed justly, that they were three great soldiers--that they served the country with equal fidelity--that they lived and acted without the manifestation in either of a feeling of rivalry, and that they earned the public gratitude.
Boutwell acknowledges the contributions of three prominent military leaders and their loyalty to the country.
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He was so great that it was not a humiliation to acknowledge a change in opinion, or to admit an error in policy or purpose.
General Grant had no disposition to usurp power.
Does anybody contemplate such a qualification to the elective franchise, in the case of black people or white?
That is the lesson the war has burned in on the brain and conscience of the Nation.
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