Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-07-24
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GRANT.
General Grant is at rest Since the as
asaination Of Abraham Lincoln no man of
national repute has passed away whose natu-
raj death has 50 deeply stirred the national
heart When his serious illness was
first announced the nation believed
that It's greatest military chieftaini
had not yet approached that pei
Rod of life when his death
might be looked for As Imminent
and hence it was unprepared for the sud-
denness with which General Grant was
stricken down. The people looked
forward to long and peaceful old age for
the veteran warrior and ex-President. At
IS such men as Grant cannot be said to
have finished the due span of life. Moth
ing testiies more solemnly and emphatic
ally to the profundity and sincerity of the
sorrow Of the people of the whole nation
over this sad event. than the manifesto
lions of grief which came up during
his painful illness from the great
South of the country, against which duty,
compelled the hero to wage war of rel
preston. By the sob, Of the people Of the
South there IS paid tribute to his genius;
and greatness that no uttered lamentations
can parallel. It would he Il task mcom-,
planetary to the intelligence Of Amer,
leans to attempt in this place to review I'M
detail the great events Of the illustrious
career now so sadly closed n the tomb.
that awaits the nations hero IS buried ali
ready all of fault-Gnding and human'
weaknesses attaching to the mortal man,
There remains living, and never TO fade
from the record, Of mans achievements.
the memory Of all that was great and
noble and brave and trle IN the character
Of Ulysses 5. Grant But We may-though
feebly al the bcst-indulgc in some rchec-
tons upon the life-worl; of the illustrious
man whose mortal remains now await the
lasa sad Offices loving people can bestow.
General Grant, the eighteenth President
of the United States, WIS born in Ohio, in
April, 1922 and after common school,
course entered West Point in 1889 His
graduation in 1913 was not marked byI
special honors. he ranking but twenty-lirst
in class Of twenty-nine lie entered the
army rs a Breyet Second Lieutenant OF
Infantry, and going direct to Mexico.
served his country with honor to it and
credit to himself. His first promotion was
the result Of brave conduct ut Molino
del Rev. attention having already been
drawn to him nv his courageous, behavior
at Palo Alto and Re5.ca de la Palma. Het
became 4 Captain in 1888, but the succeed
ing vear retired to civic life and vocatiopst
enrag:ae in hu,ineS, with his father in
Illinois. When rebellion raised It's red
hand Ia stab the heart of the nation. the'
voun. Cantain lof, the blow in the fjlrrovi
to give 80 his country the benefit of hisi
service. as some acknowledgment of what
It had dopc fir hin, in opaIify;,,. hin, f.,ri
military duty. The aecentancc Of tbci
company he raised, the service he did NIL
nois in organizing her forces. hi. assnmpIi
tion Of a regimental command. his fr.t'
success in Missouri, and hi, elevation to-
a brigade command IN 1851. are matters;
Of history with which the intelli cent peol
pie Of America are familiar. lie was earlyj