The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-12
A Popular Minister'S Grafton in Honor
of General Grants Memory.
Who Will Stand Only Little Lower
than the Great Lincoln.
From Report in Denver News.

dS Allenus. PernapS 1t Is we'll TOT tHe or@I"i "a
the day to be in a like remarkable way blind and
silent. The law of crayitaton can be trusted 10
take care OF what never lived.
Does q man make his time or does the time
make the mani Does the river carve the canon
pr does the canon, in the first place, invite the
river2 In the Hudson Bay country I have seen
deep .rails, worn by the feet of many voyagers
What decided the first man to walk that pathl
suppose 'the lay of the land" He walked in
the line of least resistance. Great is the power
of the time and circumstance. The boy born in
Marbletead is more likely to become a sailor
than boy born in Denver. The sea invites
him, beckons him by day and sings to him by
night The poet Gray sits in the country
humble
Nor you ye proud impute to these thy faults,
If memory DER their tomb trophies raise,
When thro' the long drawn aisle and fretted vault
The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid
Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire,
Hands that the rod OF empire might have swayed
Or walked to ecstacy the living Tyre.
Some village Hampden that with dauntless breas.
The little tyrant of his fields withstood
Bone mute inglorious Milton here may rest,
Some Cromwell guitless Of his country's blood
But circumstance and opportunity are not all.
On certain hour of certain morning on the
Jake of Gallilee if net is let down on the right
side of the ship it will enclose great multitude
of fish. This is opportunity. But Simon Peter
and his crew must be on the spot and let down
the net. The war came along, the army needed
general-and there was man VINO had failed
at farming, VINO was not successful stu
little interest in leather ready to become great
soldier He had considerable readiness. West
Point gets abused. have heard it called "a
charity school," Sit down and read the lives of
American soldiers, and West Point seems to have
paid its way. A knowledge of mathematics is
not an obstacle in the way OF the man who is to
capture Vlcksbnrg. Habits Of order, obedience
and tie science of a gun are not hindrances.
Grant at Galena had learned the theory of war
at our national school; had practiced the art IN
Mexico He had great advantage over the
ordinary volunteer. More than that, he had the
soldier in him by inheritance His great grand
father was in the old French war; two grand
fathers in the war of the revolution. Such q
man this, thirty nine years old, and big
on and troops mostly raw to fight, it is no acct
dent. Most Of the Governors of States were
looking for just such men to put at the head Of
regiments.
In 1861 the ability to drill company was good
for a commission. Grant up to that time seemed
TO be waiting for his 'due time" He had been
Sircling like carrier geon to get his direction.
see nothing unnatural in his advancement
from the eagle to the stars. Two things have
seemed very significant to me- One is the fact
that Abraham Lincoln, looking over the whole
field filed with good soldiers selected him to be
chief and in spite Of many things, never let him
go. The other fact is that our greatest captains
did what the chief told them to do. 1t may be
said that if Generals Burnside, Hooker or Pope
had possessed the full confidence and obedience
of their subordinates they would have accom-
pished as much. But the ability to win and
keep confidence the power to cause
men to promptly obey, these are parts
at not being called to councils of
war, and at their advice not being taken when
called. he only said: Il am sorry to differ with
you all, but the army will move at 10 o'clock"
General Hancock mentions that, waiting to be
summoned to council. he received, night after
night, the order: You will at daylight move on
the enemy Immediately in your front"
IL January, 1865 after the splendid march to
the sea- a strong feeling in favor of General
Sherman arose. There were those who thought
that he ought to have been at the head. Sher-
man heard of it, and wrote to General Grant:
al have been told that Congress meditates a bill
to make NE lieutenant general have written
to John Sherman to step it. 1t would be mis-
chievous; there are enough rascas who would
try to SOW differences between US, whereas you
and are now in perfect understanding | would
rather have you in command than anybody"
Now man that General Sherman willingly looks
I'D to must be tall man
Personal preference does not count for much
on day like this but still it exists. I could
assemble tho old army of the Potomac, the liv-
and the dead-the army of the ''Sevendays'
fight" the army of Antetan-and call all the
generals to ride along the ringing lines. think
/ know whose welcome would be the warmest
That army will never forget its first love. He is
not dead-he is living and for season soiourns
at Manitou, Col. General Mcclellan is the
general referred to.
So if | could assemble the Army of the Cum
berand and the generals should ride along that
line, to whom would be the colors dipped low
and the cheers ring highestl "The Rock of
Chickamauga," George H. Thomas. Applause. |
The men who followed Sherman from Atlanta
80 the sea have expressed az yet desire to ex-
change their general. There are good many
of these minority reports. fApplause.l
But the mass Of the people have brought in by
a majority report General Grant as the foremost
soldier of our war. Perhaps not loved as much
as another. but believed in by the rank and file
and by the folks at home
eff this division breaks" said recruit in
battle, 1--WE will fall back on Godn Oh. no.
said a veteran, IF this division breaks we will
fall back on the old man.. and then if he gives
way we will fall back on God" lApplause
Some man must be chosen whose name shall
stand for the army of the Union. The people
have pitched upon his 1t is said that too much
honor is paid to one man. 1t is not paid to one
man. We cannot call up ore by one the good
soldiers OF the war and give each and every one
a day of honor, and tall monument, saying
''well done" 1t is with the soldiers song be-
fore the storming of the forts in the Crimea:
Zach heart recalled different name,
But all sang Annie Laurie"
We group the dead soldiers all of them. We
call one to the front to represent them. We
crown him.
For him the flag is flung
For him the buge trills."
He stands for the grand army. He only did
what he could. We mention his name and think
of nearly million men who also did what they
could!
love myself to turn from the pomp and
circumstances of national funeral and think Of
a grave with wooden headDoard marked, I'm
anown t. s. Soldier" He also did what he
could Not only gave himself, but surrendered
his pame-was tlotted out for his country.
Republics are uneratefuw because it's such hard
work to be exact and equal in the gift of graft
tude One must stand for many. Warren
stands for all who fell with him in the hot 18th
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