The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-08-14
GEN. GRANT.
Interesfing Memorial services Held in Al.
bnmy.

La<t Saturday all ever the United States
The last lribntos of respect were psid e
the "silent hero" Every village and citJ
OF any sizo held It's services, imposing ac-
cording to their ability - make them so
Albany was one Of tho Thousands to do so
| While IL exhibited mono Of the elaborate
designs II display which characterized
New York, Washington, Chicago, or eyon
San Francisc,. It's services were no doubt
az sincere aud heartfelt.
At i0a. m. the members Of tho Nc.
Pherson Post, G. A, X, the Albany fire
department. ,citizsus and two bands march.
cd TO tho Court House, tho Court room ot
which was most tastily decorated with
black and white, the picture Of Gen. Grant
being handsomely mouried in the center
Of tho rOstTum. beautiful wreath sur.
rounding tbs face. ~ promptly 1890,
Commander Montanye called the meeting
10 order. requiem by tho Albany band
was followed by prayer by RoV 81 Judy
and music by tho choir. y X " Blackburn
OF the q. a. X. delivered au elaborate ad-
dress on the military career Of General
Grant. choIcely woIded, full Of renewed
interest. After another song by the choir
and prayer by Rev g u Davis, Rev , w
Harris delivered funeral sermon on tho
religious character Of Grant. II was out
spoken, giving tho great General credit
FOR religious conviction not generally
credited. but possibly due him. lie noe
ticed lis faults as we'll a, his virtues.
On account Of the length oftbe address,
Of Mr Blackburn snd the sermon Of Rev
Harris, 1t will be isupossbie fof as 10
publish them. Another song by The choir
was followed by an address Dy Judge X y
Sirahan, which. Oh account of Is short
ness. wo are enabled to give T. speaks for
Itself:
Gentlemen Of Mcpherson Post No. 5.
Grand Army Of the Republic, Ladies' and
Gentlemen :-On tbis dsy tha nation
ulourns. Ths business affair. Of nearly
sixty millions Of people ia tbs United
States ara At u stands,ill this moment
banks. offices ana mercantile houses are
closed manufacturing establishments arc
stopped; the farmer suspends the gather
Ing Of the harvest, and all Join In, or con-
template with respectful anu aifsctionats
interest the funeral cortege OF this great
soldier. General Grant j. d0ad When
Daniel Webster die6. Franklin Pierce
said "Tbe great heart 0t the nation
throbs heavily at the portals OF hi grave"
Gen Grants death viii touch the iIesrt OF
universal humauity for tiae egcnts of his
life spanned the widest range OF human
experience almost blank obscurily
10 the most dazzling fame the world can
gtve--from tbs humber walks Of life to
suoh power ~ human hand has seldom
gTasped. When the telegraph flashed the
not unex pected news from Mt. Met;rcgOE,
IL caused 3 pause in the affairs OF men
throughout The wsole circ.H Of the earth.
The 'Iusatiate archer" Gloves q shining
mark .uand ia thfN instance, he has stricken
one FOR whom the muse Of history had al
ready opened the temple Of fame.
This Is the hour for the obsequies Of the
great deal, aud We have assembled here
| that We may. with uncovered heads and
loving hearts. Jay chaplet OF nowers upon
his bier. ArSnnd us every hour, our fell
lows fall but tho great march Of human
events aud mans destiny is not arrested
| for a single instant. Why should there be
respectful pause when man like Gen,
Grant submits to that cbaugsless law OF
our bhing.-death Backwards only two
decades and we arc again amidst the great
eyCnls In which ha bore 30 important and
decisive part. lie brough; our great civil
war 10 successful termination. lie organic
cd victory a. the council board and actual
iy achieved IL on tl.e ba:tlefields, under his
own eye aud ny bis own command. lie
assembled TO the highest pinnacle Of mill
taiy aud civic honoss his country could
bestow but for titAe he realized that.
"IIs who asesads she nsountan tops shan find
Ths iosllsas peaks most wrap. in clouds and SNOW
lie who saTTasses or subaues mankind,
Must Jock down oH ihe hate u ihose below
Though high above the sun oi glory glow,
And far beneath ths earth and ocean spread
Round hisnoa icy rocks. and loudly below
contoadug temFcs.s on his naked bead
Ana thus reward ths tolls wAieh % these submits
led"
But In tnIs and in many ages OF the
! world the achievement OF military or civil
honors NAV be only indications OF thai
exalted quality in humanity which we
call great-bui they are not necessarily
greatness itself. Alexander, called 'ihl
Great with forty thousand men over
threw and dispensed nine hundred thou,
sand at the battle OF Arbela Tamarlans
left the lands through which be marched
! desolate, AMI beStrewed his pathway witt
human skulls. The Goshs aud Nandal
1
and buried the arts aud sciences of th
ancient world beneath the ruins of En-
pires which were thought TO be eternal
But at this distance, looking at thes
? events impartialiy, we can scarcely ca
I them great, They were great in thei
brutality and savagery-nothing more
There was no great principle involved
nothing 10 stimulate or excite to hono'
/; able endeavor. The conqueroTs foaet
i. for conquest and piunder, they conquers
TO avoid slavery and death. We tread ID
;, dismal path Of history which leads L
] through these scenes in search OF a sing
oasls-some spot in the great desert (
= desolation when tho fact OF the inquirs
may rest with satisfaction,-for som
|. thought or word or act that we can de
cribe TO true greatness, But the search
vain, Nothing but personal ambitio
{ directed by the spirit of the savage. Nj
so, with our own Washington. His iigh
ing was defensive and for liberty, for tt
= right of self government regulated by la
-ani Grant lead our armies to victory
defense of the constitution and laws ar
TO preserve the integrity OF our FEEDER
Union. In those there appears no MiS
3 ture of selfish ambition,
Q, But in my Judgment Grants magnaniu
! ity toward the vanquished is the cnlmint
ing point in his life. Here the real ms
% shone forth unmarried by the cunniI
sr hand OF the politician. The. policy of n
!. tions had almost made the rule uuifor
" that all rebelions aud unsuccessful rev
70 lutions must he punished with great 81
g. verify. Crowns were supposed .te re
easier on kingly brows when those WI
- had oncs opposed them had paid the fui
" est penalty for their temerity and rasl
n ness, but when lee surrendered to Ora
:. it terminated alle-"Let your men tai
W home their horsas,' he said to Lee, "th,
1. will need them in plowing and makiI
, their crops" Grant was backed by eve
! element of power which only awaited b
y word that history might repeat itself, b
is with that iavincihie moral heroism viii
ns distinguished bin, ha wrote sentenliousl
let US have peace. .sand soen the pent
= and surging passions and emotions pr