The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-08-09

g sennett's Address
C. " r,ratrymcal Ber eaTe
Sonor'@ 1 CoTl lovers of our coun-
griends :-lien eas give me your ears ears.
RS ERE gTf'i me while We give VVeer emu :
to these sois@fft these ceremonies. NEE. neeq
The obIees ON % Your moist, teariul'
not state - oy yS pathetically proclaim!
streaming eye Is dead! General Grant
= dead SasdIa Yes, our grI .eoSv for his final
dead; lo-uJJ lust now the grave gap aing
,epulehTe' 10 receive his mortal remains l..n
lies openEmttO crave. closes all that was was
When I9A IN will be hidden from our
mortal Of nun This is to US. is to me
gaze forever, sad. very sad, and wen
Eorlu =, = weep together; aye, "Ee this
may ayoT vs. and mingle our tears wa III NAV, rr0
gether, h s,iG common sorrow. wen may nay
great M car, oS Of sympathy with, ana
we shea lave. ave wife and children, ana
for his Oe ia ones. Well may we IN
Sll b.; ueI how our heads in grlef'
n ,Ibmiing ourselves to the nlgnI , G = MsS
sqP 29l who doeth all things well NAY
that Alin upsrrows fall, /" and who tenn
even ln ~ Winds to the shorn lamb. IN
perez. ' noodness and gentleness, entoId
infinite sn UUJb heart Of His great, all
iaTm ir love. that tenaer, ., iIfr'
e eaIDiai Wife, and those dear children,
ne, P' q sad, 50 stricken, SO bereaVeo, SO
nov t.S. ~ idisconselate. So to the merciIul
u.te liji}l.nsbin of the Heavenly Father
g2a an, ne ali adore, we now commit the
'%n4ib W q" nj our great dead, in the
a = OF. the certain faith that all will be
w al that the divine love Will shefter,
defend and protect them, even as tne
hen hen qathereth her brood under her
"5 TSn, ne commit the mortal remains
a., or T oood great hero to the bosom OF
o ~ O mother earth. and his household to
the kind love Of our great father.God.
Won have said, Grant is dead !" Oh
raj far from il. His body is returned
m the earth from which it came. Grant
the natriot Grant the soldier, Grant the
Statesman, Grant the illustriOus Amerl-
can stu lives. He lives as live those
great ones Of all ages gone. de lives as
lives Alexander the Great, as lives Nape-
leon. Wellington, Washington, Lincoln,
in the great pulsating heart OF the
world; lives in the love OF the
human race, in the history and in
the life Of MS country. This, our
great one Of to-day, we place in
cur temple Of the gods, Now under
this shining, brilliant sun, mid this
divine breeze, in the shade of this almost
)lympian grove, let US install our de-
parted hero, as one ofourpenates, never
@ be dethroned, but to our latest DOS
erity to be one Of our household gods,
o preside in our homes and to seal and
snctify the patriotism of our children
md chlldren's children, and to direct
he destiny of our common country.
But who is this, our hero-my demi-
cd? He is a son of Americal to the
lanOr born, worthy product of our
-merican theory Of government. He
Drung from the common people-a
,wly, obscure American boy1 born of
Oble American parents; parents not
Ioble by patents Of nobility, but noble
y the grace of God and human liberty !
Happy thrice happy parents! Happy,
happy country! to be priv
eyed to produce such son! Oh, my
ountry now hast thou fourished, and
hat sons thou hast produced in de-
l0nstFation and ful6lment of thy theo-
les, basedupOn the dignity of manhood
his thy son was born in cabin, served
I the plow, grew to manhood in loWly
ural lie, but under the Stars and
'tripes, breathing the pure air of this our
glorious country he rev to be one Of
the worlds great.
As youth he was accredited 10 the
military academy at West Point. went
the regular course of study and
jilScip.lne graduated, had his place in
ne army, eryed with distinction in the
Mexican war, and retired to private life
-Weni down again to the people-ba-
.alLe one VI the people, as he was the
People son. W
mo-, nv &c married that noble WO-
nan now his widow, who, with the
'eIolsin ora Joan of Arc and the LOVING
eY y! OF an angel, has cheered him
j ms la'e hours of pain, and inst now
a. spread the pillow of death for him
,ary OeI 81, MS winding sheet with her
ms Ms Blessings upon her.
purilns LIS retirement the war cloud
. We ~ our land Section was arrayed
sAlnSI section, brother rose against
.G'net liberty, our great Foundation
.Ilclpie' was challenged. Our country
. o' ,S oelng heavily burdened. In
49,, = p!ocesS OF governmental evolution
al ~ - Struggle came; our system was
o Vu 70 me utfermoSt. Every home,
g heaft in the land was IN trouble
", " iope was sometimes almost oh.
patriots. '" i0i neioic' po-
= men zen was to be tested our capabilities
'nsen soFernm mt; then if ever must
I pn9. some great leader to save his
- 't! ana marshall her forces to sue
hen u NJ. tne cause must go to defeat.
Nd 70 =" ~ lhe OPP ltunity for the good
,nsr M wDplng to usefulness someone of
4 Sr ,,lallate power, by whose agency
iob3 "a cause of American liberty
y, &c eo u served and the country saved.
nj S 6O.l mad not been idle. Our pea
/ O Soa1 had been nurtured by them.
1wS Sieal neart and good sense had
cs van, unui ne carried his country and
,en nI ~ IN his heart as a blrthright. So
n ~ b ane clang of battle came to his
,nt ae same out of his modest retire
a f Guy entered the arena as a soldier.
,nca aOF The conflict, and here com
Icon0. we great career of our hero.
, obsnserlng the obstacles usually fac
n ~ men, he with difficulty got
.fin 1,,g service-but he did succeed in
Wv 6d mo the lowest grade, from the
me- U,Tshning he progressed and be-
lion t ae great captain, leading the
VI st tOrceS to final victory. We can
Ssop to trace the steps IN
ba RAPID Sp and glorious rise
,;t ~ general of the armies of the
e ecu S ,,es. The story you ali Know.
ovs glorious story the world
"S' Ills great head I.;s. at<.o..., :