The Osceola times., 1885-10-31
BEECHER ON GRANT.
Memorial Services at fremont
Temple, Boston.
The Plymouth Pastor Delivers warn
Euiogium On the Life, Virtues ana
Heroic Deeds OF the Depart-
ed warrior-Statessnsn.

rosrox, Mass, October 22.-Bcneatt
kindly tempered rays OF mellow sun
thousands Of Bosionlans thronsed this al
ternoon to the Grant memorial exercises
at fremont Tempe, under the auspices
of the city Government.
At two o'clock prayer was offered by
Rev. b. i. lIamlin, and an ode by julia
Ward Howe was sung by the choir, .
p1em written BIZ Louise /. Quincy was
read by Frof Moses 7. Brown CT Tuftt
College. "Gone Through the Shadows, )"
was rendered by a choir CT women's
voices.
Mayor O'Brien at this point, in bricf
speech presented Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher as eulogist OF the day. Mr.
Bccchcr was received with generous ap'
plausc, and spoke as follows;
"Anothcr name Is added 10 the roll OF
those whom the world will not willingly
let die. A few years since s,orm-laden
clouds filed his heaven aud obloquy;
sander and bitter lies raincd down upon
him. The clouds are all blown
away; under n serene sky be laid
down his lie and the Nation wcpt.
The path TO his tomb Is worn
by the feet OF innumsrable pilgrlmsj the
hildcwcd lips of SANDER are silent, and
even criticism hcsilates lest some incau-
tious word should mar the history oil
the modest, gentle, magnanlmous war.
rlor. The whole Nation watched his pas.
cage through humiliation and misfor.
tunes with unfelgned sympathy; the
whole world sighed when bis life
ended. At his burial the unsworded
hands OF those whom he had fought
lifted his bier and bore him to his
tomb with love and reverence.
Grant imade5 no claim TO saln,ship; ho
was a man OF like passions, and with az
marked limitations as other men. Moth.
Ing could be more distasteful to his hon.
est, modest soul while living, and moth.
Ing more unbccoming to his memory
than lying cxaggerations and fulsoue
batteries. Men without faults are apt to
be men without force.
A rough diamond has no brllllancy
Sights and shadows, hills aud valleys,
give beauty 10 landscape; the fauh Ia
of great and generous natures are often
oyer.Iipe goodness or shadows which
their virtues cast. Three elements enter
into the career OF great citizen: That
which his ancestry gives; that which op.
portuuity gives, aud that which his VIII
develops. Grant came IRON sturdy New
England stock; New England derived 1t
from Scotland: Scotland bred 1t at a
time when the Covcnanters aud Puritans
were madc-mcn OF iron conscicnccs,
hammered out upon the anvil Of advcr'
sity, From New England the stream
flowed to Ohio, where 1t
enriched the soil till II
brought forth abundant harvests OF great
men. When 1t was Grants time Ito be
born, he came forth without celestial
portcnis, and his youth had in 1t no
prophecy OF his manhood. His boyhood
was wholesome, robust, with vigorous
frame, with heart susceptible OF tender
love, he yet was not social. He
vas patient and per 'istcut He loved
horses and could master them. That is
good siglI, Grant had no art
Of creating, and circumstances, oppor.
tunlty must seek him or else he would
plod through life without disc !osing the
gifts which God hid in him. The gold In
the hills can not disclosc ltse!f, 1t must
be sought and dug. A sharp and
wiry politician for some reasons
OF Providence performed a generous
deed In sending young Grant to West
Point "
Mr.. Bccchcr reviewed Grants life at
West Point, his service in Mexico and
California, aud, abiding TO his private
life, said: "llc was poor farmer, a
worse tanner, worthless trallickcr,
without civil experience, without literary
gifts; TOO diflident to be ambitious too
modes. TO put himself forward; too
honest to be politician, he was of all
men least likely to attain emincnce, and
was absolutely untitled apparently for
prc.emlnencc. Yet Gods providence;
selected him, ordained was Grant with
the ointment OF war, black and su phur-
GUS"
His opportunity was coming. Already
clouds afar of were gathering lie saw
IN IN not. No figures were seen upon the
dim horizon Of the already near future.
The insulted h,g; the garments rolled In
blood; a million men Ia arms the sui
phurous smoke OF battle; CORY heaps up.
on desperate battle fields; an army Of
slow moving crippled heroes; grave.
yards populous cities. They were all IN
the cloudcd horiz IN though he saw
them not Let us look upon the
scene. This continent lay waiting for
ages for the..sced of civilization; at length
sower came forth to SOW. While he
sowed good seed OF liberty and Christian
r. iNI
tares. They sprang up ani grew to.
gcthcr The Constitution Graded both
slavery and liberty. While yet ungrown
they dwclt together in peace. They
snarlcd in youth, quarrelcd when half
grown and fought when OF full age The
final catastrophe was inevitable. The
South, like quecnly beauty, grew i'm.
pcrious and exactng; the North,
like an obsequious suitor, knelt
at her feet, only TO receive
contempt and mockery. Both parties,
Mhis and Democrat, drank OF the cup OF
her sorcery. 1t killed the Wing party.
The Democratic party was tougher, and
was only besotted. II wise moderation
had possessed the South; II they had
concilia,ed the North; II they had met
just scruples of honest men, who, hating
slavery, dreaded the dishonor of break.
Ing the compacts Of the Constitution, the
South might have held control for an.
other hundred years. 1t was no: to be.
God sent strong delusion upon them.
They were seeking to mod.
crate volcanoes and stop earth.
qnakes by administering political
quinine. 1hc wise, the statesmen were
bewildered, and politicians were juggling
fools. The South had buildcd herself
upon the rock of slavery. 1t lay 10 the
very channels of civilization like some
hood rock lying sullen of Hell Gate.