The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-07-29
Republican County Ticket,
GENERAL GRANT DEAD.
The Nation Mourns the Death of its
Greatest Citizen.

at 0:U6, at the family cottage, MT.
McGregor, N. Y, the great heart of
that glorious and illustrious Ameri.
can, General Ulisses S. Grant, ceased
to beat. The nation was prepared for
the news, and yet when the shock
came it was awful to the many mil.
lion admirers of the distinguished man.
His end was peaceful and quiet; to
the last be bore his suferings with that
Same bravery which has ever made
him great and distinguished. And
now General Grant is dead. Gone
from the scenes of his glory and his
usefulness; gone from the weariness
and the pain of his later sufferings ;
gone to the rest eternal. Dead, yet
TO his country living and to live in
the beneiactions he wrought; to live
an the gloriOns history he did SO much
70 make, to live in the grand simple.
ity of his character, which will grow
greater as time goes by to live in the
noble future of his country, with which
his name must be ever identified, as
having contributed SO much to make
1t possible. Monuments will rise to
honor his memory wherever men de.
aight to honor greatness, but the
noblest monument possible to Grant
will be his country and her greatness.
Grief! yes, millions of hearts will
I grieve that he is gone. Millions will
weep over his late misfortunes and|
his suiferings SO stoically borne. Butt
it will be with grief softened by the
pride they feel in having been his
countrymen and his contemporaries.
Since his death tons of telegrams
extending coincidence have been re
ceived by the family. From ocean toI
ocean, from the uttermost parts of the
civilized world come words of sympa. !.
thy for the American people in their
great loss.
+ The following eloquent tribute from
the Philadelphia Press of the oath
inst, is only one among thousands
that have appeared in the papers of
this country, all in the same strain of
glorious laudation of the many vir
tues of General Grant
The Republic bows its head in sor-
row at the death Of its greatest citi =.
Zen. Heroic to the last, General
Grant fought his final battle with the
same unquailing courage, and the
same calm, grim fortitude which she'd
their fadeless Iustre upon his whole
extraordinary career. For months
the nation has hung over his bedside i
and sadly watched his resolute andI
uhmurmuriDg struggle; and the 81
lent football of the unseen conquered
came at last with less poignant
shock than when Lincoln met his sud
den summons or when Garfield Ian
.guished on his bed of pain. Then
be assassin's crime, pew and appal
ling in the history Of the Repubic,l
added its abhorrent blot to the sense
OF loss; then the grief of the people,
was deepened by the consciousness of
an interrupted work. But the life of
Grant is not broken shaft; it is al
finished and splendid column, crowned
with its full glory; and the nnfeignedI
sorrow of the country at bis death isl
toned with the grateful reflection that
he was permitted to fill out II rounded
and complete career. He had fought
good fight, he had finished his course, ]
he had kept the faith.
The nations loss is not measured
by the vacant place. For nearly al
decade Grant had been only private
citizen; be welded no sceptre of au.
thority he exercised no sway 10 the
public councils; but he was none the
less one Of the great reserve forces of
the Republic. He was everywhere
felt not merely by what he had done
but by what he was. Gladstone has
laid down the reins of government 4
Bismarck has practically completed
his colossal work but all men know
that England bereft Of the one or|
Germany deprived of the other would
lose an element Of moral power. Sol
Graut belonged TO the order Of kinglyi
men, and his impress Oh mapkind will
be emphasized as all nations look to-
America to day, aud feel that pillar
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