Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-23
GRANTS GREATNESS.

s.,.+or Logan Eulogizes the Old Com.
mander at Memorial Services In the
Church In Warrington Where the Dead
Hero Used to Worship.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-Services In mem
DRY of General Grant were held here last
evening under the auspices Of the local
commandery of the Grand Army of the Re
public in the Metropolitan Church, at which
General Grant was a regular attendant dur
ing his Presidential terms. The auditori-
um, which is one of the largest in the city.
was crowded. Funeral chimes were rung
from seven to eight o'clock, and were fol-
lowed by an organ voluntary by DIR. j. w.
was the chanting and the singing of war
songs by the st. Cecilia Ladies' quartette.
The meeting was called to order by De
! partment Commander M. NJ. Brooks, and
after prayer by DIR. Huatley, the present
pastor of the church, General John A. LO-
gam, the orator of the occasion, was intro
duced and warmly welcomed. His speech
was frequently interrupted by the plaudits
of the audience, which broke out at the
mention of the names of the fav0rite
commanders and the illusions to the
more conspicuous events III the story OF
General Grants career. General Logan'S
address embodied a recital from the stand
point of a personal observer of the mil
itary history of General Grant. The
speaker described the subject of his eulogies
as a man of great strength OF intellect. re-
markable common sense, GOODNESS, self-pOS-
session and tenacity; a true friends to those
worthy his friendship, and tine kindest and
best of husbands and fathers.
1t had been said that he was not a strate.
gist. In the speakers belief he was with
out a rival either as a strategist or COM
mander. He was greater as a military COM
mander than Washington, Napoleon, Wei
lington, Marlborough, the Prince of
Orange, Frederick, Charlemagne, Hannibal
or Scipio Africanus, and, in the speakers
belief, coming centuries woulG give him a
rank equal, if not superior, to that of Julius
Caesar, and when the mists thrown around
his civil administration by partisan enemies
should be dispelled it would equal
in glcry any administration of the
past. Duty was with him a living rriuci-
pie. Nothing could swerve lin from a
course he believed to be right. He was
conscientious, just, truthful. courageous
and magnanimous. He stood by his friends
and forgavc his enemies. He fought not
for glory but to save his country. When
criticised and censured, when the clouds Of
calumny hung about him, he stood with
folded arms amid the thunders witnessing
the wrath of his enemies, but he spoke not
in his own defense. Time finally dispelled
the clouds and let in the sunshine Of honest
Judgment, then his heart was found as pure
as the dewdrop which hung upon the lips
of the velvet rose. He believed in the JUS
tice of God and that sooner or later He
would by some means guide him as COM
niander of our armies to the line where JUS
tice would take the place OF wrong, and
''man's inhumanity to man" be properly re-
buked. "But," continued the speaker, "his
race has been run. The great and good
man went up on the mountain to die.
The attention OF the whole civil
lied world was directed to that
spot. His glory was that not of his coull-
try alone, but of the civilized races Of
man. When tho news of his death went
trembling over the wires to the uttermost
parts of the earth the people of every ma
ton and tongue stood with bowed heads.
Grant had in life assembled to the topmost
heights OF mortal fame. The greatest re-
nown was his. The glory of the mans
greatest achievements shone around and
about him. God called him, and lie stepped
from his high pedestal on this earth into
the presence of the Great White Throne,
where he was crowned with immortal
glory, that Shiueth on forever.