Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-10

co 10 DIS appointment as Commandments
VI tue armies OF the Union; and he led them
TO victory. e'A
Inc Union was saved; and the claim made
oy the seeding States of the right under the
Constlfution to withdraw from the Union. was
settled forever by the ultimate tribunal of
arms. to which they made their appeal. Tn
On the commencement of the attempt to So
ceoe, so strong was the love for the Union.
and so deep the conviction, that if a State
should be permitted to withdraw under a
Claim OF right so to do, our Republic would be
broken into hostile fragments, and the hone
of republican. government extinguished
throughout the world, that patriotic men of
an parties united TO fill up the ranks and
RAISE such armies as should preserve the
Union intact.
1t needed such armies and such a comman-
nef 70 meet and overcome the opposing force.
that fought with the courage of conviction.
although in the wrong commanded by one
OF the ablest generals of the age
SO strong was the sense Of gratitude To
General Grant, as among the foremost who
contributed to the triumph of the Union
cause, that it led 10 his selection az a candi-
date for. and his election to. the presidency
OF the United States and also to his re-elec-
ton TO that high offce-a distinction not
accorded TO maj orIty of our presidents
. Hi, was character stronulv m.,kad .na ~.
career was full Of vicisitudes from il. COM
mencemeDt to its close
AS military commander he was self-re-
liant and sagacious, imperturbabIe amidst
disaster, and so firm and persistent that no
difficulty could shake his purpose Common
.ense saIf con.,ol .,d f,n,..
dominant traits. He was also magnanimous.
soldiers unop ,ba sn,,anda, .. c.I
and Of General Sherman whom ,ha 49,
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Example in private life were directed To the
same end. His death and the circumstances
connected with his ob.equies have completed
the great work, not by bridging over. but by
closing the chasm of sectional Differences.
In the latter part of his life he bore his
misfortunrs with such dignity and delicate
sense of honor. and his sutferings under pro-
tracted and painful disease with such Chris
titan fortitude as show ed the man and the hero
in brighter light than the glory of military
triumph, and kindled an intensified admira.
tion.
Representative from every State of the
Union Joined in the passage of an act OF
Compress restoring him to the army He lived
to see this evidence of public appreciation,
and to receive tokens OF the affection in
which he was held by his fellow couutrvmen
And to-day witness a spectacle with nc
parallel in the history of this world.
From every section of the Union. from the
palace, the cottage AMI the camp. from sixty
millions who were his fellow citizens, nav
from all parts of the civilized world from
Queen upon her throne and from the
representatives of the power and of the
masses OF the people, come tributes of regard
for the memory of the silent hero whose body
is at this hour being borne in mournful pro-
cession to his tomb upon the Hudson
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b .a,nr a,,rao,s and encho;rs b;s beerers ,it,
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non y;c,nriors General IN war ~
NOR. ,n,h;,;on receive. the cheers of tbe muI
,;,rds and the cersmon,.l honors of his GOV.
arnnep, hut If he hiring M boon IN his conn
,r, h;s fs,,e viii and M abiding nlace in the
cc,,nr;os mot follow The hero for the 400,
IL he who ba. been chief and foremos, in hi,
Iav in c,p,rihpting ~ tho moral ar materia
rro,ress n the grandeur and glory of the
.nocood;na generation. Washinoton Sc
onrad the frssdom of the Colonie, and founded
= rnw Ns,ion Lincoln va. the propbet who
a,nad ,hs peonIa of the evil. that were under.
m;n;ns onr free government. ant
the statesman who was called tc
,nsa.,sh;, IN tha work of tbei,
,,;rna,;nn Grant w.s the soldier who by
v;c,orv in the f,ld gave vitality and force tc