execrable coward k and RoßtaeiESM, with the ferocity of a tiger, had the courage of a hare. The RobesTlkkrks and Marats of the present day are not behind their illustrious prede cessors in eijher cowardice or thirst for blood.

But above all, though his education has been entirely military, General Grant has proved himself to be infinitely moreof a statesman than the demagogues with whom we have coupled his name m„iporarily. He knows that what is