Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-30
eRAyv,s easATEsr CAMPAIGN.


As the most resplendent giorIss Of
the sun burst forth in The boar 81 !n
setting. 50 the heroic grandeur 81
Gen. Grants character displayed y
self most conspicuously 10 the last
DAYS 81 his earthly career.
" A death bed 10 the deteciOr d the
heart" When = man walks erect 10
the strength aod pride Of lite u i
difficult 10 discover the reality Of BIS
character. A mask. well worn, may
efectuAily hide the real feai0res De-
meath bat when mortality u sFoas''1
face 70 face xiih death, within tue
shadow Of the dread unknown, de-
eeptjon ceases and the true nature
stands revealed.
10 The crucible Of suffering Grant :
great nature seemed to " freed ifota
dross and 70 come out DurIhed from
altaliny. His long iilness, destitute
OF a single hope Of recovery, was the
Gro wing glory Of his life. A hero
10 battle be became dOubiy hero 10
his steady march 10 "A open gave
Brave in the field, when the bot blood
fred his heart, when comrades stood
bv his side 20 share bis dagger and
the noise Of shot and shell made the
pulses throb with excitement. how
much Drawer vas he when be stood
face 70 face with the silent hgure OF
death. bearing torture without
groan or word Of c0mpla!at, patient,
enduring. calm. aud anxious only 70
snare IA -. who we're dear 20 him the
anguish Of a kn0gledge OF bis SUI
ferings. Always kindly 10 hIs dlsPo-
sjtion 10 his friends and aiiectlonate
to his family. how much graoder 90
all his generous qualities appear 10
the light of The letter written In the
hour OF his hopeiessness, bat keW
el,,.e until after his death in order
that IL might not distress bis family
beyond endurance. 10 which every
line shows that all his efforts ana
thoughts ia his struggle with death
we're for the benefit aud happiness OF
Those he loved.
History tells how Grants noble
and soIdleriy magnanimi;y relieved
the humiliation aud suierings OF Tue
Confederate soldiers and OF The
Southern States in the hour oil the
Union victory But ye. noble ana
more magnanimoas are the sentl-
mepts his hand traced when bis
tongue was deprived OF utterance'
expressing his lhankiulness THAI MS
ewes, before they closed In death. had
been permitted 10 see the happy
harmony" which had sprung up be
tween those engaged but few short
years ago 10 deadly conflict his.
iory tells, too, Of Grants wonderful
discrimination and tcnacity oil pur-
pose. But what act Of his lie can
equal in these qualities the iron VIII
which kept him steadily al work on
the book which completed would, he
kaew, be means Of support Tor bis
family when every line of the closing
portions were dictated or written In
a race with death.
Wonderful, indeed. IL the fact that
while the arch destroyer struggled
for possession Of the body, the mind
Of the great soldier ami hero remain
ed bright aud clear. Indeed. hi'
thoughts were more conpaetly anc
forcfbly expressed during his illness
than at any former period Of his life
and while the muscles OF the body
relaxed and the sufferer writhed "
the agony Of suflooation, the braid
did its work as steadily and soundiy
as ever.
The campaign Of Death has brought
TO the soldier the brightest laurels h'
has ever wora. The ordeal Of bod'l,
suffering through which he passed "a
the grave has shown him to be pos
sessed of noble qualities tor which
but for this test OF unselfishhess
gcntleness, patience and endurance
q carping world might not have
given him credit