Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-05-22
EUREKA DAILY SENTINEL.
GENERAL GRANT.


GENERAL GRANT.
The sailing of General Grant aud
family for Europe was duly chronicled
in the telegraphio columns OF Sun
days SENTINEL, including his very
neat little farewell speech. And speak
ing of that speech it must be admitted
by al! men who are willing to be just
that it did great credit to both the heart
and the head of the ex. President. No
such magnanimous utterances ever fell
from the lips of a man in distinguished
position in the United States. All men,
and especially those Of small caliber,
are as vain as %peacocks, and when they
attain to prominence they are as a rule
too much pulled up with their own
importance to do justice to others.
General Grant, however, appears to be
o notable exception tothis rule. Reply.
ing 10 a shower Of compliments from
sdmiring friends ON board the vessel
steaming down the Delaware see how
nobly he spoke:
1.-THE compliments you have be-
slowed upon me are not altogether de.
served. They should not all he paid
to me either as a soldier or a civil Off
Ger. As a General your praises do not
all belong to me, and as Executive OF
the Nation they were not due TO me.
There is no man who car fill both or
either of these positions without the
help of good men. I never fiattered
myself that 1 was entitled to the place
YOU gave me. My L~ieutenants could
have acted perhaps better than I, had
the opportunity been presented.
Sherman could have taken my place
as a soldier or in civil Office, and so
could Sheridan and others ] might
name. l am sure If the country ever
comes to this need again there will he
men for the work; there will be men
born for every emergency"
Now, after reading these noble
words, who can eve again accuse
General Grant of being conceited aud
narrow-minded We confess frankly
that the more we see and know of the
character of this remarkable man, the
more we are inclined to accord him
the first place among all the great
men this country has produced.
General Grant is the first < -Presi-
dent, We believe, who has left this
country for a season of foreign travel.
Honors, such as we're never before be-
slowed upon an American citizen,
await him on the other side; but we
have no fears that these marked at
teutions will make a fool of him.
Personal vanity is not his weakness,
and we should moi be much surprised
if he insisted upon being allowed to
move along, while abroad, in the most
transformations manner possible. His
military achievements will make him
an object of especial interest in all
military countries, and there can be
no doubt that he will be surfeited with
distinguished honors. The Queen of
England, it is said, will tender him a
public reception, and Germany and
France will vie with each other in ac-
cording to him such marks of high
consideration As never before, perhaps,
fell to the lot of mortal man. Ameri-
cans, generally, without regard to par
ty, will watch his triumphant prog
ress and the honors showered upon
him at every step with a lively sense
of gratified pride; and We know in adj
vance that the General will pass
through the trying ordeal with the
same modest demeanor that has al
ways characterized HIM in every sta
ton of life. The great heart of the
whole nation will wish him ~godspeed
on his journey and a safe return to the
land for which he has done so much.
LOURDES WATER.
The SENTINEL was harsh in its
criticism of an assumed miraculous
cure in Virginia City through the
efficacy of Lourdes water. 1t resulted
from the wan of a proper knowledge
on the part of the writer of the article
regarding the great reverence in which
the healing properties of this water are
held by the faithful followers of one of
the religious sects. Far be it from the
SENTINEL to d~esignedly slur the mem.
bers of any denomination or religious
faith. The whole tone and tenor of the
article in question was meant to be d.
rected against the improbable
story eminating from the Virginia
Chronicle and was not intended
to disparage the faith Of any class of
religious believers. We respect every
mans sentiments and have always con-
tended for religious federation In its
broadcast sense. The Constitution of
the country guarantees to all the right
to worship the Almighty in any man
ner that the mute monitor, conscience,
may dictate, and to that doctrine of the
fundamental law of the land We have
always strictly adhered. We have
no wal to make on any class of relig-
ionists who confine themselves to the
noble work of lettering the condition