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


feated brothers cemented peace, which
God grant may never again be disturb
ed.
Peace restored, the people, as by com
mon consent, said to Grant, CONF
thou now and rule over u.s. the voic'
of the people was the voice OF GOD IL
this instance, and this peasant boy, nos
this greatest of generals, was elected DN
the suffrages of his people to preside
over and be Chief Magistrate OF the
United States. Serving one term a:
President, again the people said, 'Rult
over US once again" and he was the sec
ond time elected President. Thus onl
great one was first in our civil war, was
trusted in our first place of civil power
and became ours by divinest right. The
humble boy, the quiet, the modest, re-
! tired man, by dint of intrinsic great
ness, instructed on patriot fathers
knee, nurtured at Spartan mothers
breaet, became one OF our
cherished noblemen. Thus far we
may well be proud of him. But great
ness such as his is not provincial nor
clrcumscribed. Meanwhile the great
world had learned of his achievements
and awarded to him place in the tenn
pie of fame. Leaving the Presidential
chair he travelled into foreign lands, in
to all the civilized countries of the
world. and everywhere was received as
one of the worlds great. In his trium-
phal career around the world his and
our country was greatly honored. His
progress was phenomenal. By this phe-
nomenon his own greatness was
acknowledged and our country hon
ored in the fact that her system could
produce one SO great. After the trl-
umphal trip he came back to US; we
took him again to our hearts; he lived
with US, he has died with us, and to-day
lovingly we bury him. preserving his
memory, which We fondly hope may re-
main forever fresh. We cannot stop to
review his career further, or to further
extol him. That in this great life he
did not meet with any criticism or CEN
sure could not be expected. With such
he did meet in good, sometimes, in
overfiowing measure. History, and the
impartial judgment of those who come
after us, will decide upou the justice of
these.
Senator Ccnkling once said of Grant:
''Vlllifed and reviled, ruthlessly as
persed by unnumbered presses, not in
other lands, but in his own, assaults
upon him have seasoned and strength
ened his hold upon the public heart.
The shafts and arrows have all been
aimed at him, and they all lie broken
at his feet" And only the other day
in the memorial exercises in Westmins-
ter Abbey, in London, Cannon Farrar
said: what verdict history will pro-
nounce upon Grant as a politician
and man, | know not, but here and
now the voice of cenuure is silent. We
leave his faults to the memory
of the merciful. Let US write
his virtues upon brass for mems exam
pie, let his faults be written on water"
Somehow the Christian world has an
chored its faith to trinity; its great
ness dominates vast empires and min
lite interests. May we not install for
our own beloved country holy trinity
without sacrilege, to be composed of
Washington, Lincoln and Grant? Glo-
rious trinity it is, saving trinity It has
been, and whilst we may not worship,
let us revere it.
Now, with bowed, uncovered heads,
we commit our loved one to the grave.
The monument most enduring, and
which we bespeaK for him, shall be
placed and preserved in the hearts of
his countrymen. Over his grave the
monument 1 would select should in
clude at the head of the grave triangle
typifying the Deity and the Trinity. In
the center of that triangle shall be erect
ed the glorious Goddess of Liberty; on
one corner shall stand the efigy of
Washington, the father of his country,
and written on his brow shall be "Inde-
pendence. On another corner shall
stand the figure of Lincoln, the great
commoner, and on his brow shall be
written Freedom" on the third corner
shall stand the etfigy of our great hero
Grant, preserver of his country and on
his brow shall be written Fraternity"
As this, our Trinity, shall sit through
the ages, near the throne of Almighty
Power, God grant that it may be instru-
mental in preserving our glorious coun-
try in the enjoyment of independence,
freedom and fraternity forever-ohl
forever and forever.