The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-20
GRANT.
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soldier, whose tame encirrlcs the
globe. is returned forever TO his
mother earth. In the current Of
human life strange and unexpected
events are perpetuPlly Cccurring;
and this is full s eNcmplided by the
remarkable fact that the people Of
Mississippi, and the entire South.
without distinction of party, race or
religion, unite in sincere lamcntP-
lions for the death, and in showing
every mark of respect to the memory,
of General Ulysses s. Grant, Ex-
President of the United States.
Who would have predicted fifteen
years ago, when Robert + Lee went
to his eternal rest in the beautiful
valley of Virginia. amid the uniyer.
sal sorrow of all our people, that
the time was approaching when his
great antagonist and conqucror
would be equally hoIored and
equally mourned Yet such seems
10 he the tact, and is this change of
popular sentiment not susceptible
of explanation : Much of it must
he attributed to The march of time.
which always allays the passions
and preiudiccS Of fable men; much
to the tact that everybody has come
To know at last. that Grant was not
only very great man, but also q
very good man; much 10 his uneX-
1mplcd maenanimity in the hour
Of victory; and also very much to
the fact that we are all satisfied, if
not glad. that the Union was pre-
served. and proud that we can to.
day call ourselves citizens of the
United States, with her sixty mil
lions of free Inhabitants, the greatest
and best Government that The sun,
IN all his course, looks down upon
Any other view must subject our
aduIation OF Grant to the charge OF
lnsinccriA if not hypocrisy.
Thus it comes about that the
Southern people. under the molly.
ing influence of twenty years oil
peace, while duly honoling the great
military heroes and civilians of the
! Contedrracy, and treasuring Will
nnb"unded pride the courage and
patriotism Of her heroic soldiers
vet to-day join sincerely in scatter
ing flowers on the grave OF tn,
magnanimous Chiettian who did It
much to preserve intact the Govern
meHt of our fathers.
All CLASSES even the children, now
take deep interest in the wonderful
history of this man. He came o
hardy and warhke stock-th,
Scotch Irish of Pennsylvania-tc
which so many of our IIlu>Lripu,
soldiers and statesmen, North ant
= South, owe their origin. His anccs
) tors roughC in the old French anc
Indian wars and his paternaI
grandfather fell at the storming 81
Ticondaroga.
Born sixty three years ago in 8
, log cabin, in the frontier WILDERNESS,
of Ohio, amid the privations 4"
poverty, the light OF no au>piciou,
star shining on his cradle or his
youth, TO indicate the coming glory
Of his marvellous career, We soon find
HIM slender, modest, delicate boy,
at the Military Academy at West
Point. On this turned all the won
derful events Of his life. Congress.
. man llamer, who sent him thcr,
from the back woods OF Ohio, i'm.
mortalized his own name.
Graduating with credit as a
Lieutenant of infantry, he is station
ed on the frontier of Texas, till the
breaking out Of the Mexican war, in
nearly all the battles of which he
~ anu 1I tIlG
capture Of the capitol he was brevet-
ted Captain for gallant and mcrito-
rious services in the sLormlng of
Chapultipec.
With the return of peace his oc
fcupation seemed gone. Reeigning
from the army he retIreS with his
family to little farm near st. Louis
and engs ges in the hard and worthy
occupation of hauling wood with an
OK team TO the city.
In the meantime he Lecame q
candidate for an Office he was well
qualified TO fill, that of County Sur
v"yor, and was defeated. This was
til" onl Y office, except that OF Pres
ident, which he ever ran tor.
The great civil war found him
a poor man, clerking for a small
stipend at tan yard in the little
interior town Of Galena, Illinois
Providence seemed to be reservino
him for the coming slorm-for an
epoch If tremendous import.
You know all about his career
dnring the four years of the war.
and / will not undertake to narrate
ii. -Four years of sangunary bat
Ties and at last came the final scene
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