The New York herald., 1866-09-07
GENERAL DIXS GRAFTON.


The day, saor General DIX addressed the assenibage
! ioows.--
TEiLow CrRExs-rhe scene in which wc are ae,ors
to-day, with ai ~ surrounding elrcumst ances and
companylng roeoccions has no parallel in this any
othcr age We arc aesemhlcd within the confines or \
city numbering over zoo 900 Inhabitants distant 900
| miles from the ocean, vhero thirty four years ago
nothing was nca hut an Rnboken expanse Of prairie
tnc one 800 and t1e out p"ad waters ~ Lake Michigan
the o.harboh extending far beyond the compass al
the sight; nothing heard but Tho voice OF the great
| inland sea from tho sands which its waves
breaking or the moro uiwelcomc Of the savage
| tribes who roamod over these majestic plains,
where, within half the sran OF an ordinary NE there
was ono vast solitude, all Is Iuil activity and
progress and the treasures OF polished civilization
Industry and the display stores with born
teousncss whcn gh wei be mistaken the aceunnr-
lated snrpluses Of centuries; teaching the
which have developed by inc rescaron.s or
the past, and enargng The boundaries Of human know.
ledge by new discoveries; education &c universally df
fused; and above all, the temples wbion religion has
reared 10 the of God from cry rrec net and
almost every street Of the city point their spires 10
heaven, as were in acknowledgment Of the mer,ifu
protection under which II has irGmphcd all
obstacles 10 Its growth and Income strong and reliant
anf prosperous Fellow citizers in o,hor country
., ,no p,eseh,, ~ no age OF the past could such
miracle o' cNIhza'!on have ben wrought. And
now this great city and the groai West OF which
u Is by comparison but an inconsderablc part, hsvc
poured out the tens of Thousands who stand around
in 70 extended that human voice could
your outer ranks You have come here 10 render the
homage Of your rec ect 10 tho memory % who
among you to the highest sminence for talent and for
success.ai labor IN go scr'ce And tho Chief aagis-
trate OF the Union who tho council cliarlbcrs or the
nation stood sdc by side with him in the darkest hour
Of s peril and espoused equal zeal aud eIoquenco
the of their common country when other men,
with hearts less stout and faith loss qua.ed bo
fore the impending Storm haa 10 join with IN
this art ~ pogthumous honor 10 honest courageous
ara patriotic statesman, cut oil Ia tho iu'ncfs of his
strength, In rscfulness and bs fame whcr' Whoa
has suc concurrence Of circumstances existed o IN
fprc ono with great touets aad yet u make hn. by
their very greatness despair nf giving them arprprat"
urc'ance No ono ne look ont o hls own breyt for
tho impulse which has gath rcd vast nl.ti le
topefLcr-a multitude which no other sun shall ever
rea-sonhcd u y one % the strongest feelng ~ our
from tics ~ blood fam liar associations valuable fer
'iccs have become dear 70 ~, and, b. tho vii of
Coz ~ have been separsied from - forever. lhsro
who have Seen made painfully conscious q 'hs
instinct by the bcieaycmcnta which tho un-
hapry domestic conflict jus. ended Las visited upon
them. wnen the burden grief Hes heavy tho heart
y = Mo Grsi mp sc o nature 70 pro,ong tne ro-
ncnbfa to grave into the solid stone which shall
endure when We have .psrshed some appropr a,o
thought or, u may be, tho simple natirs u ihosc
have loved and lost Kindred 10 those thuoe 81 ancc-
ton the daLt Of graf tGde which whole oomsnny,
r9pfcscntt horc countless NUMBER haS assnbed 70
discharge ~ The erection Of noDunsns suited IN its
proportions 10 the great qualities Of him whom II 10
commemors'e-o lay the lnnndsilon u th0 sirusaro,
~hso T 70 ss 'a X st9ns % apoa s's nS ,." -. r
!zo The tn which lie b. his genius his
iranscendaui bltc services above the plane e'e.
walton where the great OF his eoniemyoraro
stood and 'oicd and struggled In The hsr baliIo Of no
Thirty three years ., the year after Chicago found
Sroit county In this State, attend a cao of valuable
property. when was about TO comm clerk was
wanted o kear tho accounif and could be fornd
who vas wiling 20 undertake the service ii thls
men youth, slender In person and feeble IN heath,
who had come on foot from neighboaug lo~n, Innci
tie assenilcd crowd. Ha at on singled %, ~
the salesman as ono competent 20 the service ana al III
nIgens .'iinion and tempted, doubt, by tho 9ner
of g iaj the youthful stranger accepted i, The sain
occII"r ihree dayf. and before Il ended
&c BAD Won all hearts bv hs intc..igence h,s
pgompi,tusr bis franknesz aud his url,anlty II
the gancrai iudrmcni TN, a Young man n
~ ma.h F'ror should not lie permit 4 70 have ih9
acglbarooc \ school va provided for him sgd ma
~ & 4. 4t IA ram