The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-10-23
BEECHER ON GRANT.
The Eminent Reyerend's Eu-
logy on the Dead General.
A BRIEF REVIEW OF HIS LIFE.
Mt second 80 that Of Any Living Com
lnauder IN the World Other
News Notes.
BRIEF REVIEW OF HIS LIFE.
tieecher Grant

The speaker began Win pIleA >i'0o|"
on the lie OF Grant, alluding 10 his lack
Of success in early business pursuits ard
his connection with the war with Mex
ico. He referred to the need OF the
north at the opening of the war OF re-
belIiop for a man of iron and VINO hah
but two words in his vocabulary ~
tory y or "Annihilationh and added /
"T6ree great names were rlSlnS 10
Thomas, Sherldan-
and larger than either. Grant. WIN ms
advent, the armies, with some repulse
went steadily forward conquering
to conquer. Aside from all military
Qualities, he had one absorbing SplTlt-
the union must be saved, the TeOellloL
n1nst he beaten, the Conf derate armlts
Tonst no rhrashed to chatf as ON a sum-
mere tbreshing-hOor. He had no poi :
tjcaI ambition, no imaginary reputation
TO preserve or gain. A great genius IOr
grand strategy, a comprehension OF
comnlex and vast armies, caution, prt-
dence and silence while preparing, an
endless patience, an indomitable VIII
and real downright fighting quality'
Phus. at length, Grant was really Oorh'
he had laid in his nest for long as an
infertile egg. The brooding OF war
hatched the egg and an eagle came
forth The speaker then referred
in detail to the condition OF the
armies. the motives ruling the COM
manders and soldiers OF both S'oeS,
The many fierce battles in which thous-
ands were killed and many more thouS-
ands were wounded, and added: into
this sulphurouS storm OF war, Grant
entered almost unknown. 1t was with
difficulty that he could obtain a COM
mand. Once set forward, DoneiSon,
Shiloh, Vicksburg, Spottsylvanla,
Petersburg, AppoEattoX, these were
his footsteps. In four years he had
risen without politi a favor, from rue
bottom to the very height OF commahd'
NOT second to any living commander IN
the world.
Reviewing his military career as
whole. Mr.. Beecher said: He never
lost courage or equaninity, with NH
lion men for whose movements he was
RESPONSIBLE. he vet carried tranquil
mind. neither distressed by disasters
nor elated by success. Gentle Of heart,
familiar with all, never boasting,
ALWAYS modest ,IhiS work was done, ana
fbe defeat of the Confederate armies
waS final. This dreadful man OF blood
was as tender toward MS late adYer-
saries rs q woman towards her son. be
imnosed no humiliating conditions,
sDared the feelings OF his antagonists
sent home the disbanded southern men
! with food and with horses for working
/ their crops, and when reyengeful
spirit in the executive chair showed
itself and threatened the chief OF the
southern generals, Grant, With hoiy
! Indignation, interposed himself ana
I compelled his superior to rellnquish
his rash purpose. y
The speaker dwelt to some further
length upon Grants military career
refuting in passing. the charSeS
which attributed his success &c
luck. and the criticism upon wha
some called the waste of life OF his owl
soldiers and the butCherv OF his enc
mics. and in concluding his remark:
upon his military life said: "AU sum
ner. al the autumn, all the winter, a.
the spring. and early summer again, h'
hammered Lee with blow on blow
until. at AppomattOx, the great, bu
not greatest, Southern general went L
the ground, having brought long am
disastrous war to close. In his Owl
heart Grant would have chosen to hay
rested mon his laTels and lived
retired military life. it was not to b
naTmitted. He was called to the pres
dencv by universal acclaim, and II ie
up0n him to conduct the campalg
of reconstruction even more burden
some than war. Alter uWei
ing upon the various acts {
General Grants national admlnistT'
ton and his reconstruction poiicEi /
summed up his administrative career
follows: On The whole, If one consiae
the intrinsic difficulty OF the questH
q belonging TO his administration, q
stormy day OF politics ana parties uu
ing his eight years, II must oe au I-l-,s'
that The country owes to his unSelli'
,. diSnositon. 10 his general wisdom,
his unsnlled integrity, Ii not the nle'
tOf the Wisest vet the reputation OF %
who prominent in war. was emlne
5, in administration, more perhaps !
wisdom of noble nature than by
feIIigpDce. which Is bred only Dy e
= nerience. impeTiOus cOunsellors al
corrn1,t PARASITES. dimmed the Eght
7 his political administration.
/ Mr. Beechcr then dwelt upon I
I retired life Of General Grant, Ieiern
ia his business reveTses and the ecu
pimitv which characterized him slO'
0ueDtlv: and alter speaEng briefly
Ills fatal sickness. concluded As Iol-o"
man he vas without vices, with Z
soiute hatred Of lies, and an lneIadi'
love OF truth, OF perfect Loyalty
friendship. neither enylous OF oth'
nor selfish himself. With. zeeai Tor !
nUblic good, unfeigned, be mas lei.
memory only such weaknesses as g
meet him to umanity and such viz
s as viii rank him among the nero
= The tidings Of his death, long eNpeciS'
cave Az a Shock to the whole woIi'
Governments, rulers, eminent "a.
men me = and scholars from all ciYll III
nations gave sincere tokens Oh y
nathy. For the hour sympathy c TO-
IS a wave over all our land. II c;o
- the last furrow OF war, It exln iSa
y the last prejudice. It effaced th ne
- v YES OF hatred. and cursed ps
hand that brings them back; JOINS
and Ruckner on one side, oner4 Il.ai
Sheridan upon the other OF his ol Isi,,,
has come to his tomb silent y -
that tirr liberty had conquered slaF +,
natriotisrn rebellion, and peacs
nd He rests in peace-no drum { OF oro Gan :,
shan disturb his rest-sleep nero p"
another trumpet shall snak Ser