St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-28
IN MEMORY OF THE HERO.
Resolutions aud Remarks by the
Chamber of Commerce.

Chamber Of Commerce.
After the roll had been called at the
meeting of the board of directors of the
chamber of commerce yesterday morning,
Mr.. Drake made a motion that all business
be suspended and that nothing be done but
TO consider the resolutions in regard TO the
death of the late Gen. Grant. 4 vote was
about to be taken on this, when il was sug-
gested that there were some matters before
the chamber that demanded immediate con-
! sideration, and that these might be attended
to Mr.. Drake withdrew his motion.
The proclamation of Gov. Hubbard, call
! ing the convention TO consider the matter of
the Mississippi river, was referred TO the
committee on Mississippi river.
The communication from b. B. Herbert.
president of the Minnesota Editors and
Publishers association, I'm regard to that or
ganization was referred To the reception
committee
The communication Of A. Harrington and
others in regard to an excursion from
Rochester, KaSSon and Dodge Center to
various places including ST. Paul. and con-
cluding as follows: ANY cOurteSies that
may be extended by the chamber of CON-
merce of the city of st. Paul 10 our people
viii be fully appreciated" was referred TO
the committee on reception, with Mr.. Moon
added.
THE RESOLUTIONS on GEN. GRANT.
The above business having been trans
acted, Mr.. Drake renewed his motion that
all further business of the board be post
poned and that the rules be suspended.
The motion was adopted and the resolu-
tions in regard 10 the death of Gen. Grant
were read as follows:
God in his wisdom has called from earth
Ulysses 8. Grant, who, as soldier, patriot and
man, has so lived as TO meet the universal ad-
miration of all civilized nations OF the globe.
His life has been one of most distin-
guished services, rendered upon the call of
his countrymen in a great national crisis,
which marks an epoch in the history OF this
nation and of the civilized world. He won by
merit all the high official positions TO which
he was exalted by his fellow citizens. and dis
played patriotism unsurpassed, an ability
and force OF character unparalleled, and an
upright and earnest purpose in all places to
maintain the integrity of our country and
to preserve unimpaired its constitution aud
laws. Called from the position of a common
citizen in private life 10 that of colonel OF a
regiment of volunteers in 1861. by his mar
velous achievements on the field. he early
reached the rank of lieutenant general and
was placed in command of an army of more
than one million of men, engaged in actual
war, upon line of operations more than
one thousand miles in extent defended by
an army of equal prowess with his own. and
of almost equal magnitude, commanded by
brave and skillful officers, and organized aud
equipped in accordance with the most ap-
proved methods known TO modern warfare,
and intrenched in positions deemed impreg-
nable, and the capture of which had bafiled
the skill and wisdom of all his prede-
cessors in command, yet in the movements
and operations of his army in campaigns
most difficult, he oyercame obstacles deemed
insurmountable, and fought manygreat battles
without a a 10 IN lap fnfl
ure of d single campaign, and compelled the
mightiest armies of modern times, after the
strongest and most skillful resistance, 70
surrender and lay their arms and trophies at
his feet, whereby he restored a broken and
shattered Union. and was instrumental in re-
organizing society in this country upon a
foundation more firm and enduring than the
country had ever before enjoyed. at the same
time enlarging the area of freedom and eX-
tending the liberty Of the masses, not only
in this country, but throughout the civilized
world and securing in a larger degree than
ever before existed the rights Of person and
property under the constitution and laws.
Twice elected TO the highest Office i'm the re-
public, he exercised all its unmeasured pow
erS with the highest wisdom and greatest jus
tfce. Under his just administration none were
so low as not TO receive the protection Of the
law, and none so high as TO escape punish
ment for laws violathd. Complications and
Disbursements with a leading nation OF the
earth, that had come down from previous ad-
ministrations unadj justed, and others OF still
more serious character growing out of the
war, were settled without war and without
disgrace.
BY wisdom and justice exercised i'm most
exalted positions, he has won immortal fame
and in common with all his countryuicn we
gladly place in the diadem that crowns his
brow that gem more enduring than any that
CLEANS in imperial crowns, formed from the
crystallized affections of his countrymen and
sal fag
fore,
Resolved, That while deep sorrow IS felt by
all that he who has done so much 10 save this
nation and for the cause Of human freedom
should he taken away while in the vigor OF
his years, still our sorrow is softened with the
feeling that though we shall see him in per-
son no more, he has left US the history OF his
glorious deeds and the legacy of an unspotted
life, and recognizing that the fullness of time
had come, we, members Of the chamber of
commerce of the city of st. Paul, in sympathy
with oil the people of the nation, bow in
humble submission to the will of ''Him who
doth all things well"
Resolved, That the chamber tender TO Mrs.
Grant and all the members of her family its
sympathy I'm their irreparable loss.
Resolved, That as token of sincere sorrow
AT his death we recommend that on the day
OF his funeral all business be suspended. and
that our people meet at such place as may be
designated by the proper committees and at
propriate for the occasion.
Resolved, That copy of these resolutions
be spread upon the minutes Of the chamber
and an engrosSed copy, signed by the pTesi-
dent and attested by the secretary, be fur
nished Mrs. Grant.
MIR. Z. p. DRAKE'S REMARKS.
At the conclusion of the reading there
appeared to be no disposition on the part
of any member TO speak. and the president
was about to call vote on the adoption of
the resolutions, when Mr.. f. +. Drake, in
terrupting the president, said he was un-
willing that they should be acted upon
without word being uttered by any mem
Der of the chamber. We all. he said. real
iZe that a great man has fallen-the chief
figure of so, 900. 600 of people. 1t is Gus
tomsry TO speak of Gen. Grant as ''the
greatest soldier of modern times" Should
we not rather say the greatest in all history
Washington only excepted. Gen. Grant
was great in the camp, great
in battle, great In victory, and
had he ever been defeated would
have been great in defeat. as the close of
his life fully proved. Compared with the
great generals of the world, Xerxes, Alex
ander, Frederick the Great, Gustavus, Ma
poleon, Wellington, he is still great We
do not meet TO mourn his death, but to com
memorate his virtues, and from his death
learn useful lesson, that all await alike
the inevitable hour" ''The path of glory
leads but to the grave" 1t is a pleasant
fact that under the Christian dispensation
we think and speak well of the departed.
In heather times the poet tells us that
''The evil men do lives after them;
The good is oft inferred with their bones"
In these better days we forget the evil
and remember only the good. Gen. Grant
had fanlts one great fault but IL was al