Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-07-31
HONORING THEIR CHIEF.
CAMP FIRE OF TIE GRAND ARMY
OF THE REPUBLIC.
Who Served with and
Under Grant.

Under Grant.
At Granger Hall, last evening. there was
a Joint open meeting by the Grand Army
Pests and Ladies, Relief Corps of this city,
nnder The direction of the officers Of Sum
ner Post, 1t was the regular night for
their camp fire, but they concluded to turn
it into memorial service The pictures,
charter, banners and chandeliers were all
tastelully decorated by the ladies with
flowers and the embIems of mourning.
The Post was called TO order by the Com
mander, J. L. Skinner, who said the usual
campfire programme would be dispensed
with, and the remarks of the evening
would be in regard to the memory of their
dead chiettian. The death of General
Grant was mourned by the nation through
out its length and breadth. Every soldier
who served under General Grant feels that
he has sustained Il personal loss, and it
seemed to him appropriate that the even
ing services should be turned into a memo
rial campfire.
A double quartet, the same that sang at
the Pioneer memorial services, was pres
ent. Ii was composed Of the following
named ladies and gentlemen Mrs. Addie
Carter, Miss Emma Felter, soprano; Mrs.
Cooley Smith, Miss Annie Sanborn, con-
tralto; NJ Sanborn O. H. =. Sheets, tenor:
r. H. Auerbach Harry ". Carroll, bass
Miss Waterhouse pianist They all are
excellent singers, and the music rendered
was appropriate and charming They
sang, My Faith Looks Up to Ihee
II. a. Burnett, the first speaker intro
duced, said
Post Commander, Ladies, Friends and Com
radcs On the morning of July sd was flashed
across the continent the message, ." "Graut is
Dead =. The shadow had fallen; The tolls and
triumphS, the glorieS and sutcrings of that no
bic spirit were ended the brave and true heart
was at res. The nation that held him dear
mourn his .oss. Through his months of weary
sulleringS our pitying hearts and tender sympa-
thies have been with him, and H1W our uOblest
thoughts shall do him reverence. We Iemem-
Der his many virtues, his heroic deeds his lofty
services. We remember all we owe him-that
we have country stretching, free, from sea TO
sea; that our flag floats far and wide
over an undivided people that peace
and goodwill, brO0ds over all the land.
The Grand Army mourus its noble chief, its
mighty leader, its true comradc: to him our Or
der owes its existence \ soldier, great as the
world ever knew, he led our armies only to vie
tory. In the days Of our gloom aud defeat his
iron Will conquered disaster, crushed rebellion,
and gave Us peace. ReNercd and beloved 1T
home, ali nations abroad united to DO honor TO
his genius and greatness He not only won, but
deserved all the praise awarded him. as a
Genera! he had no superior; as a statesman few
eXcelled him: loyal citizen and faithful
friend in every walk of life, his noble qualities
command our iOve and admiration. WorShiLe ed
by the army, raised 10 the highest position in
the gift of the people, when his term Of Office
expired, unchanged by distinction, he quietly
and unassumingly took his place rs private
citizen.
More enduring than tablets of stone, or col
umns of granite, as long as the land he united
shall remain Il nation, his monument Will be
the grateful love OF the american people. And
in future years the rays OF his glory shall lllume
the annals Of history, on whose pages fame
shall writc-WashintOn, the founder: Lincoln,
the martyr; Grant, the savior of our republic.
Mufe the drum. Flag of our Union, droop
low: that maSter-hand which flashed thy brill
liant stars through our wars for truth and
liberty is no more. The solder rests. Grant is
dead.
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lie SAID
A few days ago the lightning flashed the news
around the world that General Grant the man
admired above all others in America and an in
divdual whose life and public acts were
world, had breathed his last on the nights of
Mount McGrcgor-that the greatest man OF the
nineteenth century had been removed by the
hand of the Omnipoteut from the busy scenes
of This life To me il seems impossible TO find
Ianptiape BETTING this sad occasion There is
nat a soldier among us nor Il per
son who enjoys the freedom his acts
brought to US. but whose heart
is 100 full OF emotion 10 permit OF his giving
flll utterancc 10 the sad feeling brought about
bv the uat;onel bereavement. Sixty three wears
ago last Monday General Grant was born of
the banks OF the river of the same name. No
man in the history of the world had such a
chcckcrJd lite. It was q succession OF transtor-
nation scenes as startling and magical as those
OF The modern pautonime upon the mimic stage
Ills obscure birth Is years ago. and his boyhood
DAYS, not unlike those of ordinary country
youths who grew up among scenes Of rus
tic simplicity, gave no promise of the
great rcnoWu he was destined to
achieve hc was man entirely unknown,
without q reputation even beyond the hamlet in
which he lived up to the time that the war
broke our and he offered his services to his
position wherein he might be able to do some
thing for his country in the way Of fighting its
enemies and crushing oct the most formidable
rebellion known to the history of the world At
that tire no one dreamed that the humble eiti
zen was p0Sss sssed OF Il spark of genius that
would in Il !eW short months electrify the civil
lied WUrli. lie was up To that time poor
humble but honest citizer, who had
met with naught but reverses through
out his life He however was endowed
with that principle that led him on and on
until he was placed at the head and managed
with u amasteriy hand greater armies than were
ever narshallcd by Napoleon. and campaigns in
comparison to which those Of Caesar sink into
insigniiicance 4 warrior who had no peer, but
who had no ambition for strife. who was not
looking for more worlds TO CONQUER, but whose
words Let us have peace, viii go thunder
ing down in the pages of history throlmb alI
time He had no desire for war II to him was
an unpleasant duty. which he shirked
nor. bnt when the clouds of smoke
were lifted from the battlefield OF
AppomattoX. he extended brotherlv
hand to his yanouished ioe and nj once won
the hearts ofthe Leaders OF thc rebellion and
the peonla I hro11ahO1Jt The ,cuth While visit
INC ,,nIand ,s marx Of distinction to mil.
tarv cbieftein he was asked 70 witr,ass - re-
view Of the trooIs coTnrriTiugr the priie of the
Enulfsh army This 10 their nfter rnnstarna-
ton he dn:iiued saving ne had no tssfe for
military disnlav. This pleasant afabIe neace.
ful charactlr was displaved throuahonf life
The review of the virtdrions army in tho citv of
Washington hv President Joh1son was The
eramdpS7 Sco,S Of modern times or that ere
yer rested mn Never was Sncb
Irrmher of mon &, weII disninlfned so
completely armed with destructive implements
OF war fnarshaiea hy one General me SIGHT OF