The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-08-13
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From the Memorial Address, delivered by
4. Il, Cudworth, Esq, at south
Londonderry, Aug, Sth.

II
a. Il, Cudworth, Esq" at south
Londonderry, Aug, sth.
Today our nation weeps. Againis she
clad in robes of sorrow. Throughout
her borders, from ocean to ocean, from
the great lakes to the gulf, the light
ming messenger has borne, so recently,
the sad intelligence that Grant, the
great chieftain, lies dead and today shall
be ontombcd.
And now from every hill and vale,
from the broad prairie and the towering
mountain, there comes "the sound OF
Grief and mourning" 1t is fitting that
here and now we should, in deep solem-
nity, bear tribute to the memory OF the
noble dead. Meet and proper is it too
that, irrespective of party, profcssionor
calling, we should gather as a bereaved
people to unite in voicing our common
sorrow.
Upon that pleasant mountain top IN
the heart of the Empire State Ulysses
Simpson Grant passed into drcamless
rest. The labor of his life is completed,
the record ended, the volume closed and
sealed with the clasp of death. He has
passed
"At Coda commandment through the shalowy gates
To reach the sunlight of the eternal hills
And we'll may we pause to ponder
upon the record of this life and the les
sons il may unfold to inspire the am
bition of youth and stir the pulse OF
manhood.
II is well that as we think OF him our
minds should revert to the sad days OF
the war in which, as leader, he MARSHALL
ed the blue-clad hosts, and with them
throttlcd the rebellion that would eat
ont the nations life and despoil her
banner of its full complement of gilt
tcring stars; that we should call first to
mindthe rising of the star of his mill
tarv genius which shone brightly at
Donclson. gained in brilliancy at Cor
inth. at Vicksbur@. and in the long con-
tfict with Lee, as battle followed bat
tie between those two great colnmah
ders, until it shone forth in full glory
and splendor at AppomatoX, when IL
victor his magnanimOus spirit so snap
ed his course towards the vanquished
foe as to conquer their hearts and VII
their respect. as his skill and the Valol
of his soldiers had overcome their arms
The greatest captain of the world, TIT
most renowned soldier of his own OF
any previous age! Such is the prou'
distinction which is accorded him by
universal consent and which shall be
: his so long as history be read.
, lie was great in his development o
, the elements of perfect manhood, II
: his love of Justice, in pure home VII
tues. in unadulterated patriotism an
answering devotion to duty, whereve
that duty led; great, too, in his eXllp
t ton of that sublime courage and hol
), which sustained him to the last. MOI
1t difficult is it by far to face death b
disease. wearing out the life, than
s meet it in the heat and excitement
is battle when the blood runs hot throu9
d every vein. For long, weary montl
o has death been beating at the citadel
y his life. Silently and resignedly q
d the hero of an hundred fields await IL
le supreme moment when surrender mu
/, be made to the great destroyer.
l. lie, hitherto uucoHqucred aud uhcol
k uuerable, at last has made his first su
l. render, and that only to the dread ell
IS my who shall conquer all that live. L
Ie who led on the embattled hosts i'll BIZ
till all their tolls and privations,. Il
wearying marches and the bleedll
le wounds were, for the time, forgotte
d swallowed up i'll the joyous strains
l. the pecan of victory, in peace, surrou
t. ded by his loved ones, has laid off h
10 armor.
He sought rest and quiet i'll his Ia
days upon the mountain brow, fann'
ly by the pure breczes, yelled by the tie
ID CIV, summer clouds, and early kissed
l. the beams of the rising sun. There
OF deed hath he found perfect rest; the
H. in the bosom of his family, all the de
ID ones by his side, his noble, heroic spl
lie passed within the veil, for 9 Gods ii
e. ger touched him and he slept