The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-09

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Cola Harb.r answer in lhu
/ numbering lu,' OtUuo ut artillery
and in the ceaselass din of muskstry.
and in the unchanged purpose to grasp
the end to which no aspired. The
Southron who deroga.es from his
greatnoss tears away the wreath OF
glory from the brow of his dlstin-
guished opponent. At the bar of his
tory the unfortunate environments of
he one will not diminish the award TO
the other and more fortunate.
THE PEACE.MAKER
we may well call him to-day, and yield
to him the enjoyment of that beatti-
tude which the Great Redeemer de-
picted when He said ""Blessed are the
peaGemakers, for they shall inherit the
EARTH"
The courtly American gentleman he
must have been, for II the presence Of
royalty, where glitter the most splon-
did displays Of crowned power; In the
great universities, whore sages OF
learning eVOlya tho most intricate
intellectual problems; the guest Of the
noble and the wise, he won the HON
age of men and women, which more SUI
perficislitg could never have attracted.
AS Il statesman, much Of his history
must pass th9 close scrutiny Of the
iutur6 and must stand or fell
as the case NAV be, en-
teTend on tho BOOKS, Yet, this much
We know: Coming to tue chief magis-
tracy OF great nation in 3 time when
the llamos Of sectional hate Wgro tho
most active, he controlled forces that
would hav0 dashed in pieces auV
f5ebler hand. He stcod bv TIC
surrendered soldiers of Il de.
nationallh3d people; no claimed
them RS his by tho settlement which
brave mon make when the sword is
sheathed. His efforts for the ina,
troa,mentot the lndiaas, for tho Ole.
walton OF the freedmen and for the
promotion OF education, the treatv OF
Washington, and many other acts
which time iOrbids me to ouumsrato.
give his administration marked dis
tinCti0n.
HIS MORAL CHARACTER,
in certain aspects, deserves TO be i'm
pressed uUOn tho youne OF this geu-
Grafton. No man over heard him
swear an oath or indulge in u sola-
ciou5 story. Hence VIC may conclude
that the great commandment which
stends 1T tho head Of tho tables Of
tho law was Il fundamor-
tsl characteristic Of his manhood.
His regard for character, 80
manifest IN his life may take limo from
this fact. can not dwell On his home
lie his social characteristics otc. In.
deed, there Is such sO!emnity in the
occasion that ono prelera TO DO mute
ana mediate rather than speak. The
slow and solmen tread Of thousands OF
feot, tho muil8d drum heat
that V0pFOg I1nvFl.r t.,,trnv1 ~ g,...t.
the low and sObbipg notes OF tho fu-
neral marches, the sad and awful
monotone of the winds az they wave
the plant tree tops, tho impressive
spectacle OF the great and good from
tho North, from tho South,
from the Eas, from tho West, NOV,
ing either to the entOmbmeut
in New York, or to the varied places
where memorial services ar9 hgld IN
all this vast country; tho gatherings In
remote empires, where once the noble
dead mingled with the high and Inc
low, the rich and the poor Of earth-all
these sad eublems Of n Nations Grief.
OF worlds regret, bid our words be
few. Ofthat which IL
BEYOND THE GRAVE,
none can speak with certainty save ns
TO charhcier-and that character
formed In tho firm ground of faith i'm
Him who "a tho resurrection and The
Lire, IT, therefore, tho gregt ones who
confronted for victory in The bloody
years OF our national quarrel
nave met IL those eVerIastiDg
mansiong beside Life'B o,orual
nvori IN the perfect light of that
world they doubtless understand each
other b5lter, and have composed the
which separated them here.
This corn Of wheat fell into the around
aud died that 1t might not abide
alone, but bring forth much fruit,
In mo sick chamber Tor months,
on MI. McGregor fer weeks,
ttia great suiiorer became the Thought
" every brain, the anguish Of oyory
heart.
While suffering tore d own tho tom.
pl0 of the body, TOD on the outor en-.
easement, the gem OF II better harvest
Than tho reap0rs have enjoyed since
AppOmaJtoE waves ON tho tiOldsof our
Brost national life. We,bcgiu already TO
500 tho iruit, and that tho grain does
not abide alone. No man who loves
his country, who has respect for the
Binc0rity OF the dying brave, who hon
or5 integrity, who hatos hypocrisy,
can turn again to the fierce chickering's
Of tho past; they 70 down under
tho mingled tread of those
once called Federal and Confed-
crate. We, from along the trees OF
these plains, from the SRvannas OF the
South, from tho soft shores of the Gulf,
from tho cotton and rice fields now
laughing in tho prospect OF an album
dant harvest, from our prosperous
cities and towns, from our schools.
colleges aud universities, reach out
the hand and grasp, in indis-
soluble union, tho palms that
wave TO Us from gfar, and accept tho
sentiment OF the telegram from ono of
PennsylvanlGs greatest sons as IL
says: 81 am GLAD to know that Gen
erals Johnston, Buckner and Gordon
are going TO act go pall-hoarors with
sherman and sheridan. Your father's
prayer for peace 10 his country has
osen answered, and tho last bitterness
OF tho war wiped out forever"