The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24
BEECHER'S EULOGY.
The Great Preachers Praises
the Dead Hero.
IIEN1ENCn
11,s Sins on the Side of Humanity and
His Virtues Rank Him With
the Noble.


BosroN, October GAN Immense crown
ssan,h,ed at fremont Temple tonight to
hear Henry Ward Beecher's eulogy on
General Grant. The speaker began WIN d
hr;af sketch of the life of Grant, alluding to
h;s back Of success in his early business pur-
sui+s and his connection with the war WIN
Wax;co. He referred to the need OF the
North at the opening of the war OF the Re
hellion for a nan OF iron mold, who had
but tw o words in his vocabulary, victory
or sannihilation," and added: 'Ihree
great names were rising to slght-ohertnah'
thomas and ~Sheridan-and larger than
either Grant. With his advent the armies,
with some repulses, went steadily forward
from conquering to conquering. ASIDE from
ali military qualities he had one absorbing
shirt. TIE Union must be saved. Inc
rebellion must be beaten. The Confederate
armies must be
THRAsHED TO CHAFF,
as ON a summer threshing floor. He had
no political ambition, no imaginary repa-
tation to preserve or gain, a great genius
for grand strategy, a comprehension Oh
complex and vast armies, using caution
prudence and silence while preparing an
endless patience. an indomitable will and q
real downright fighting quality. Thus at
length, Grant was really born. He had
lain in the nest as long as an infertlle egg.
The brooding OF war Matched the egg ana
an eagle came FORTH
The speaker then referred in detail to the
condition OF the armies, the motives ruling
the commanders and soldiers OF both sides
the many fierce battles, in which thousands
were killed n many more thousands
wounded. and added: "Into this sulphur
Gus storm of war Grant entered almost un-
known, and it was with difficulty that he
could obtain a command. Once set for
ward Donelson. Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chica-
manga, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania,
Petersburg and Appomattox were his foot
steps. In four years he had risen without
political favor from the bottom to
the command, not second to any
living commander in the world"
REVIEWING HIS MILITARY CAREER.
As a whole, Mr.. Beecher said: "He never
lost courage or equanimity. With a mil
lion men for who's movements he was re-
sponsible, he yet carried a tranquil mind
neither distressed by disasters nor elated
by success. Gentle OF heart, familiar with
all, never boasting, always modest, his
work was done, and the defeat of the on
federate armies was final. This dreadful
man of blood was rs tender toward his
la tie adversarles as q woman toward her
son. He imposed no humiliating IN
ditions, spared the. feelings OF his antag-
olIloCof II il)IAlC WV NicDtiltCu
men with food and with horses for working
the crops, and when a revengeful spirit in
the Executive chair showed itself and
threatened the chief Southern generals,
Grant
WITH IOLY NATION,
interposed himself and compelled his su-
perior to relinguish the rash purpose" The
speaker dwelt at some further length upon
Grants military career, r%efuting in passing
the charges which attributed it's success to
luck, and the criticisms upon what some
called the waste Of the4Aes of his own sol
diers and the butchery OF his enemies, and
in concluding his remarks upon his military
lie said, "all the summer, all the autumn,
all the winter, all the spring and early in
the summer again he hammered Lee
with blow on blow until at
Appomattox, the great, but not greatest
Southern General vent to the ground, nav
ing brought a long aud disastrous war to a
close. In his own heart Grant would have
chosen to rest upon his laurels and lived
a retired military life. 1t was not to be per-
mitted. He was called to the Presidency
by universal acclaim, and iG fell upon him
to conduct a campaign of reconstruction,
even more burdensOme than war;" After
dwelling upon the various acts of General
Grants National Administration and his
reconstruction policy he summed up
HIS ADMINISTRATIVE CAREER
as follows: "On the whole, if one considers
+h" int rin-ir difficulty Of the question be-
longing to his administration, the stormy
days OF politics and parties during his eight
wears. it rust be admitted that the country
owes to his unselfish disposition. to his
general wisdom, to his unsullied integrity,
ii not the meed OF the wisest, yet the repu-
tatiOn OF one who, pre-eminent in war, was
eminent In Il administrations, more. perhaps,
by the wisdom OF a noble nature than By
that Intelligence which is bred only by en-
p%erlence. lmperious counscllors and cor
rupt parasites dimmed the light of his
political administration" Mr.. Beecher
then dwelt upon the retired life of General
Grant referring to his business reverses and
the ~eqnanimjty which characterized him
subsequently,, and after speaking briefly of
his fatal sickness sOncluded as follows: "A
man
HE WAS WITHOUT VICES,
with absolute hatred of lies and ineradica-
bic love Of truth, Of perfect loyalty to
friendship, neither %envious OF others nor
selfish himself, with zeal for the public good,
unfeigned he has left to memory only such
weaknesses as connect him to humanity
and such virtues as will rank him among
the heroes. The tidings OF his death, long
expected, gave a shock to the hole world.
Government rulers, eminent statesmen aud
scholars from all civilized nations gave
sincere tokens OF sympathy. For the hour,
sympathy rolled as a wave over all our
land. 1t closed the last furrow of the war;.
1t eXtlngulshed the last prejudice; it effaced
the last ~vestige of hatred, and cursed be
the hanf that brings them back. With
Johnston and Buckner on one side, Sher-
man and Sheridan upon the other of his
bier, he has come to his tomb a silent sym.
Dol that liberty had conquered slavery,
patriotism rebellion and peace war. He
rests in peace. No drum or cannon shall
dlstrub his rest. Sleep, hero, until another
trumpet shall shake the heavens and earth.
ity.'
PALE AND HAGGARD.