The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-08-11

Amt rIca would not be Writtrn, and SD o. s
as It's name Is knuwn among mn, hi
lame Ill grow better and better as Tia,
years roll on.
ReSoEued, That H. behalf of patriotism
We nm nd the purity OF his life and thu
e. ndeur o. his &C lIevements to the earne,
mutation IF use youth of our land. Thai
we commend 10 our statesmen the nObl
d . trIoic sentiments that Genera
Giant during his la. S ckn-ss, expr sseC
Tor ieturn "f al sectI n, TO the fr,terna
lee ings tina charact -rized the fathers Of
our count Y.
IA &. SINNErr,
w 5. SHIKK,
THOs. p HOY, Committee.
CYRUS NEwKIRK,
l.. l.. BRIDGES,
After reading the reso utions, Csptsin
Bridges sand:
CAPTAIN BRIDGES SPEECH.
| Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:
am a. ankful Tor The honor gwen me to
day to ~ddress you. We are hire to honor,
in VIII tsoevrr way We can, the great sol
der and civilian who lies dead In another
state. Upol him b S been b slowed all the
hor or the world can give and thing We
can d. or say csD add TO the glory of his
name or give brighter hue to the chaplel
which encIrcles his brDw. But We gsther
togeth to express our sympathy with and
for our countrymen, anu those who sto' d
near 10 the dead hero In he tender.si AMI
huliesi of tie, at tn at loss which has
fall upon us al Appl us- ]. New. I
b fore has there been such universal sorrow
nd symp thy as that which this death his
called fortH; never was man 50. mOurned by
T. e people as Is this man, Gen raj Grant,
Looking at him from whatever standpoint,
a. ci'zen, SOLDIER OF st'tesmap, We see In
him the greatest qualities possible 10 hu-
10 nity. Pure in lie, uastrTly In ali that
goes 10 make full and round d career
of honor, l,yal Y and supr,mes; parrioti m,
this seeming hero stands firth before
the world as the greatest man OF
his sge, and the peer of that one who has
been so justly eulpgiz As "frs.
in the bearts of his sountrymen."
General Grants chi.f abilities sho le for tn,
as Was to have been exp. ed, IS a great
comm rnder of armies. On the battlefield
he was as resplendent as the MONDAY sun
There he Wos the consummate chief and
the pet rl.ss vic'or His execu i've abiiti S
were of the highest ord r, and swift as the
flashing ligh ming he moved his MEN 10
sure success.
The whole world to- day mourns the death
of General Grant, and when h. died the
tears of those he conque ed mingled with
the tears of th Ise he ed through the smoke
and Storm IN u carnage OF macy b .ttlp
field. Not only do We mourn the death Of
hero, but of The earthly rounding up OF
a great and true charicer. No stain
attaches to his name. Firm In
tru b, be loved The right for lis own Ike,
and was loved in turn by the whole people
We need not look upon him sImply as
soldier, if We would properly understa I'd
The greatness of his charac er. AS st ties
man he s. ands forth among the great civil
Ians in dazzling splendor, and will 60
down In hi,to Y as Que who exercised The
powers of chef magistrate of The greatest
nation on earth, In VISION and justice
to all.
But words of praise and eulogy are idle
and useless on this occasion. Hai General
Grant dir d with his sword in hand his
or, al Oh sracter would n have been known
as il is day. Grand as he was in the
struggle which ended st Appom atox, in
that last long battle which ended in the
only surrender he ever made, General
Grants patient heroism shines forth in a
lustre which eclIp es all his other contests,
and rev ais TO us a heroism that finds no
psrol in the annals of history he had
faced The King Of Terrors too often in his
most hideous form to be frightened at any
shape he might assume. Applause.] He
was always the same, whether in The face
of thu euehy or il the quiet WATCHES In
The cot age on the mountain top. Whether
with kings and empsrors, or surrounded
by those he loved BIS; on earth. Tap
plause General Buckner gives HIM
praise Tor brsvsry on the battlefield, and
Tor his mob eness of charac.er, but there
must not be forgotten that otLer side of
his greet heart, the tender love he had For
her, who shared with him Lies trials and
triumphs. Whist could be more touching
ly beautiful than his request to his elder
SON: Promise me when am dead that
YOU will bsry me where your mother can
he laid 10 rest by my side"
Such a man needs no towering monu-
meut to mark The plece where s'eeps his
form, or 10 keep his name aud fame forever
fright in the memory of his countrymen.
Great spplause
COL. THos. p. HOY
was announced as the next orator and com
ing forward said:
Comrades and FellOp Citizens:
''I cannot too fully express to your COM
mittee the thanks | Ieel for the high and
distinguished honor they have conferred
upon me b. designating me as one to spesk
a few words of euiugy to the life and mem
DRY OF one so distinguished. so grand, 90
noble, in peace ard in war, as he whom We