The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-10-31
BEECHER on GRANT.
Memorial Services at fremont
Temple, Boston.
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Bosros, Mass, October "a. --iensalt
kindly tempered rays Of q mellow sun
thousand. Oi Doslonlans throngsd this AZ
tsrnoon 10 the Grant memorial exercises
Al fremont Temple, under the auspices
Of the city Government
AZ two o'clock prayer was offered by
Rev u, y, llamlin, and an ode by julia
Ward Howe was sung by the choir. .
poem written by Louise I. Quincy wa,
read by Prof. Moses T. Brown Of Tuit,
College. "oons Through the shadows, y
was rendered BY choir Of women''
voices.
Mayor 0'Brien at this point, In a brlcl
speech presented Rev. Henry Ward
Beeeher m ouloast Of tho day. Mr.,
Beecher was received with generous ap-
plause, and spoke as followsi
"Another name is added TO the roll Of
those whom the world will not willingly
let die. A few years since storm.lader
clouds filled his heaven and obloquy,
slander and bitter lies ralned down upon
him. The clouds arc all blown
awayj under q serene sky he laid
down his lie aud tho Nation wopt.
The path TO his tomb Is worn
by tho feet Of innumerable pilgrims; thu
mlldcwed lips OF SANDER arc silent, aud
even criticism hesitates lest some incau.
tlous word should mar the history ol
the modest, gentle, magnanlmous war.
rlor. The whole Nation watched his pas.
sage through humiliation and mlsfor
tunes with unfolgned sympathy; th,
whole world sighed when his life
ended. At his burial the unsworded
hands Of those whom ho had fought
lifted his bier and bore him 10 hIs
tomb with love and reverence,
Grant madeI no claim to saintshlpj b,
was man OF like passions, and with Al
marked limitations as other men. Moth
ing could be moro distasteful 10 his hon
est, modest soul while living, and moth
ing more unbecoming TO his memory
than lying exaggerations and fulsom,
batteries. Men without faults are apt u
be men without force.
A rough diamond has no brllliancy
Sights and shadows, hills and valleys
| give beauty TO a landscape, the fault,
Of great and generous natures arc often
over.ripe goodness or shadows which
their virtues cast. Three elements enter
into the career Of great citlzeni That
which bis ancestry gives; that which op
portunity gives, aud that which his will
develops. Grant came IRON sturdy New
England stock; Now England derived Il
from Scotland; Scotland bred Il At {
time when the Covenanters aud Puritans
were made-mcn OF iron consclences
hammered out upon the anvil OF adver
si,y. From New England the stream
tQYed.- to .-- qsioson whsre I
brought forth abutdant harvests Of grca
men. When Il was Grants time ITO b,
born, he came forth without celestIa
portenis, and bis youth had In II n,
prophecy OF bis manhood. Ills boyhoos
was wholesome, robust, with vigoroul
frame, with heart susceptible OF tcnde
love, he yet was not social. III
was patient and persistent. lie love,
horses and could master them. That 4
good sign. Grant had no ar
Of creating, and circumstances, oppor
iunlty must seek him or else be woul'
plod through life without disclosing th'
gifts which God hid in him. The gold Il
the hills eau not disclose Itself, II mus
be sought and dug. A sharp an
wlry politician for some reason
OF Providence performed q generou
deed in sending young Grant to West
Point"
AR. Beecher reviewed Grants life al
West Point, bis service 10 Mexico an,
California, and, alludlng 10 his private
life, saidi "IIc was a poor farmer, 4
worse tanner, worthless trailckcr
without civil experience, without literary
gifts; too dlflldent to be ambltlousi too
modest TO put himself forward; to'
honest 10 be a politician, he was Of al
men least likely 10 attain eminence, an'
was absolutely unfiitcd apparently 70
pre-emlnence. Yet Gods proyldene,
selected him, ordained was Grant with
the ointment Of war, black and sulphur
ous.u
His opportunity was coming. Alread
clouds afar OF were gathering. lie sa'
them not. No fgures were seen upon th
dim horizon Of the already near future
The insulted flag, the garments rolled I
blood; q million men In arms, the sui
phurous smoke OF battle; CORY heaps ~
on desperate battle. neldsI an army {
slow moving crippled beroesi grave
yards populous cities. They were all
tho clouded horizon though he sa'
them not Let rs look upon N
scene. This continent lay waiting 10
ages for the:seed Of civilizations al lengt
a sower cane forth 10 SOW. While b
sowed good seed Of liberty and ChristIa
civilization, an enemy, lurking, sowe
tares. They sprsng up and grew u
gether. The Constitution Graded bot
slavery and liberty. While jet ungfow
they dwelt together In peace. The
snaried In youth, qusrreled when ha
grown and fought when ot full aao. tn
fnal catastrophe was inevitable. II
South, like q qssenly beauty, grew 10
perlous and sractingi the hortf
like an obsequlous suitof, kns
q, her feet only TO receiv
contempt aud mockery. Both partle,
whig and Democrat, drank OF the cup {
her sorcery. II killed the WING part.
The Democratic party was tougher, an
was only besotted. II wise moderate
had possessed the SOUTH n they ha
coneiliated The North, II they had ms
iust scruples Of honest men, who, hatln
slavery, dreaded the dishonor OF breal
ing the compscts Of tho Constitution, n
South might have held control for al
other hundred years. II wss not to b
God sent q strong deluslon upon then
They were seet;1g 10 mo-
crate volcanoes aud stop cart
quakcs By administering polite
quinine. The wise, the statesmen wei
bewildered, aud politicians were jugglit
fools. The South had buIlded herse
upon the rock Of slavery. II lay In u
very channels Of civilization like son
food rock lying sullen on Hell CAT
The tides Of controversy rushed upon
and split into eddIes aud swIrling pool
bringing violence aud disaster. The ro'
would not move. II must be removed.
was the South ilself that furnished Il
engineers; arrogance In couscil SUI
the shalt; vioIence chambered the 81
terranean passages, and infaiuatlo
loaded them with dynamite. All was .
cure. The hand that nred upon Sumt
exploded the mine and tore the fortrs
J 70 atoms. ref one moment !
waters rocked with Wild coDi
sion, then the war OF civilii
. tion VAS opened The South foua
! for slavery and Independence. The Not
fought for union, and for politls
!. sucres@ after The var. Thus Tor 1,