The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-09

exceptions But, as eminent general said,
Grant possessed a quality above bravery. He
had insensIbility to danger-was apparently I'M
conscious of fear. Besides that. he possessed
an evenness of judgment to be depended on in
sunshine and storm Napoleon said the rarest
attribute among generals is twoHo' clock in the
morning courage. i mean, he added,
'unprepared courage; that which is necessary on
unexpected occasions, and which, in spite
of most unforeseen events. leaves full freedom,
judgment and promptness of decision No bet
ter description could be given of the type of
courage which distinguished General Grant
His constant readiness to fight was another
quality which according to the same great
authority, established his right as a commander.
Generals said the exile at St Helena. are rare
ly found eager to give battle. They choose their
positions, consider their combinations and their
indecision begins Nothing added this
ing so difficult to decide General
Grant, in his services in the field, never
once exhibited indecsion, and it was this quail
ity that gave him his browning characteristic
as military leader He inspired his men with
a sense of their invincibility and they were
when he passed from military to
civil administration was marked by his sterling
qualities. His presidency of eight years was
filled with events Of magnitude in which, if
his judgment was sometimes questioned, his
patriotism was always conceded. He entered
upon his Office after angry disturbances caused
by the singular conduct of Lincolns successor,
and quietly enforced policy which had been the
cause Of four years of bitter disputation. His
election to the presidency proved in one import
ant aspect landmark in the history of the
country. For nearly fifty years preceding that
event there had been few presidential elections
in which the fate of the Union had not been in
some degree agitated either by threats, political
malcontents, orin apprehension of timid patriots.
The Union was saved by the victory of the army
commanded by General Grant. No menance of
its destruction has ever been heard since Gen
eral Grants victory before the people
Death always holds flag of truce over its
own Under that flag friend and foe sit peace
fully together; passions stilled benevolence
restored, wrongs repaired, justice done 1t is
impossible that career SO long. so prominent,
SO positive as that of General Grant should not
have provoked strife and engendered enmty.
For more than twenty years from the death
of Lincoln to the close Of his own life,
General Grant was the most conspicuous
man in America, one to whom leaders looked
for leadership, upon whom partisans built their
hopes Of victory, to whom personal friends by
tens of thousands offered their sincere
devotion. 1t was according to the
weakness and strength of human nature that
counter movements should ensue; that General
Grants primaey should be ehallenged that his
party should be resisted; that his devoted friends
should be confronted by jealous men in his own
ranks and by bitter enemies IN the ranks of his
opponents But all these passions and all these
resentments buried in the grave which to-
day receives his remains. Contention respect
ing his rank as commander ceases, and
Unionists and confederates alike tes-
tify to his GOODNESS in battle
and magnanimity in peace Controversy over
his civil administration closes, Democrat and
Republican unite in pronouncing him to have
been, in every act and in every aspiration an
American patriot"
The other speakers were Hon. J. w. Brad
bury, Hon. j. Manchester Hoyles and General
Luther Stephenson. The church was filled to
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