Office Of The Evening Post,
New York, October 16, 1862.
My Dear Sir, —
What your friend says of Grant may be the truth, so far as he is acquainted
with his history. But I have friends who profess to be acquainted with him, and
who declare that he is now a temperate man, and that it is a cruel wrong to
speak of him as otherwise. I have in my drawer a batch of written testimonials
to that effect. He reformed when he got or was put out of the army, and went
into it again with a solemn promise of abstinence. One of my acquaintances has
made it his special business to inquire concerning his habits, of the officers
who have recently served with him or under him. None of them have seen him
drunk, or seen him drink. Their general testimony is that he is a man
remarkably insensible to danger, active, and adventurous.
Whether he drinks or not, he is certainly a fighting
general, and a successful fighter, which is a great thing in these days.
SOURCE: Sarah Forbes Hughes, Letters and
Recollections of John Murray Forbes, Volume 1, p. 335-6
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