Daily Republican., 1885-08-06

Newman. said the time would come
when men would recognize the great
meas and bepehcence Of bis Administra-I
tion Of the government. PROMINENT
among the measures Of his administra
tion in the advancement Of christian
civi lizaCion in all the earth the treaty /
of Washington will be esteemed In i'm
measurable benefi ficence, as opening the
| way to the possibility that all inter-
national disputes may b adjusted by |
peaceful arbitration.
The speaker next alluded to Gen. |
Grants pure morals, his sense of jus
tice, his humility and modesty, aIid HE !!
generous recognition Of other COM
manders. DIR. Newman recalled the
tender and constant friendship Of
Grant, Sherman and Sheridan, and |
| said they were rs one man. There was |
in them q concurrence of thought, mo-
! tive and aim, born Of mutual conf !
dence. They were at once the supple. |
ment and converse of each other. He |
was profound in reflection ; they acted
| by sudden illumination. He was cool
without lanRuor they ardent without
precip pitation. He WAS more ready toI
act than to speak, and most resolute
and determined when silent they most
eloqu uent In words and deeds when ex
ecuting plans OF their chief He created
in them the expectation of some
thing extraordinary they sought to|
reach those prodigies which crowned
his life IA the most coHsummate Gen.
eral.
Gen. Grant was not fond of books,
but he WAS the most diligent news
paper reader in the land, and was .
J, living encyclopedias OF facta and fig
n urea.
Speaking of Gen. Grants domestic
life, DR.. Newman said that as Gen.
Grant WAS the typical American, his
WAS the typical American home. Hus-
baud and wife were the happy supple
ment of each other, their characters
t blending in sweetest harmony, like the
f blended colors IN the bow OF promise.
&" How tender was that scene in the
early dawn of that April day, when all
, thought the long expcted end had come,
he gave her his watch and tenderly
4 caressed her hand. 1t was ali the
!; great soldier had to give to the wife OF
i. his youth. And the dying hero whis
o pered Il did not have you wal,
upon me, because Iknew it would dis
i. tress you but now the end draws
I Inigh.' And out from the swellings OF
n j ordan he rushed back to the shore o.
o life to write this tender message TO hi.
ison Wherever am buried, promist
{ me that your mother shall be buried
3 by my side.' 1t is all wife could ask
o it is all a husband could wish.
"Lovely and pleasant in their lives
, and in their death they shall not b.
J. -Idivided.
q "Side by side they shall sleep in th,
9 same tomb, and she shall share will
i him whatever homage future age
@ shall pay at bis national shrine.
;, "And such was tho tenderness of hi
u love and solicitude for her and hers b.
n lsurprised her by letter found after hi
q death. 1t came as q message to he
It from him after he had gone. When hi
a spirit had returned to the God VIII
K gave 1t, there was found secreted In hi
q robes his last letter to her, envelOped
= sealed and addressed. He had writer
1t betimes; written 1t secretly, and car
. ried the sacred missive day after da.
d during fourteen days, knowing thatsh
d would find 1t at last. In 1t he poured
, forth his soul in love for her and soiici
Il tude for their children; "Look afte
/. our dear children and direct them IL
= the paths of rectitude
"It would distress me far more to thinl
/. that one of them could depart from n
r honorable, upright and virtuous lif
than 1t would be to know that they wer
q prostr Ated on a bed Of sickness, from
;. which they were never to arise alive
They have never given US any cause TO
!. alarm on their account, and earnestl.
a pray they never will. With these few
;. liniunctions and the knowledge l hav
a Of your love and affection, and of tn
a dutiful affection of all our children,
|, bid you q final farewell until We m ee
K In another, and, trust. better world
It You will find this ON my person afte
a "tMt. McGregor, July ., 1886. -
isl OF General Grants religious bel ie
d jDr Newman said "On the 18th O
d April General Grant said to me Il be
y lieve in the Holy Scriptures, and " b
y 30 lives by them will be bene6tte'
ir thereby. Men may differ as to the In
r depreciation, which is human, but tn
4 Scriptures are mans best guide.'" ID
Newman cited several instances of Ger
ofl Grants thoughtfulness and generosit
w .. to the needy, and said that the poo
ao would rise up and call him blessed
u p" While President he heard his paste
on Active Christianity, and in th
discourse mention was made Of sol
y, dier's widow. sick and poor, and Of
W blind man in pressing want. He ha
y. Just reached the White House when b
asH sent me back his card with the money
~ Please give 5 o to the blind man An
20 10 $40 to the soldiers widow On q Chris
" mas eve he wrote me thus:
~ ".Dear Doctor Please fiud inclose
~ lmy check for 500, for distribute
u. sH among the poor, and don't forget II
y. a Ragged Schools on the Island.
T Yours truly, U. 8. GRANT
al "In private. unseen fife he boz
many of the fruits Of tho Spirit. E
nv loved his enemies not as he loved b
ral friends, but he loved them as enemi
No. lby doing them good as he had oppo
% ltanity. OF all men known in q pa
ne. toral experience of thirty years
ad Idisplnyed the spirit of forgiveness mo
,m than any other man. He caught &
nd spirit Of the Saviour's prayer: Fatbt
lis forgive them they know not what th'
nae do"
Ius At the conclusion of the discourse l.
,re hymn Nearer, My God, to Thee, W
bv rendered very impressively by the co
he gr 4gat op. The services ended with
, I benedictiOn,
hal The buplers, ffers and drummers
bis the 5th Regiment played " Flee al
% %'no Bird to the Mountain !" with thrilli
ws effect, the shrill, quiyering notes of
ffers in that wonderful air soundi
-,at like the wall of Columbis over her dea
the hero. Another band played "Swt
nd Spirit, Hear my Prayer" When t
nm cata alque approached every hat we
n or off. every head was bowed, and I
do loniy sounds to be heard were the 3,
or, rolling OF the drums, the rumble o.
an wheels of the catafalQue and the sou
A ii iof marching feet.