Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-08-14
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txrrrable Taste"

pfoa,dont Grant were lecorou.lv oh
served here. a. they we're IA almost
.,ely city aud village throughout
the tIlted States All business was
suspended, h,ga we've displayed at
hall mast, tho streets were drsped
~ black. procession was formed
aud marched 10 the time 81 solemn
music 10 the town hall where ud-
dresses were delivered by orators
appointed Tor the occasion.
After all this wo had supposed
tha, tho funeral was over. and that
~ fsr rs this quiet community was
concerned, at least, the dead hero
would lie permitted 10 rest in pence.
but our contemporary. tho Courier.
seems disposed 10 still prolong the
affair aud wind i, up with n wake.
And accordingly i,s last issue. in the
true Irish spirit. sails into Governor
Newell. tho principal orator Of the
day, with its editorial club for what
II is pleased 10 term the execrable
taste" 81 Lis speech upon the occa
sion. Without pretending to give
the Objectionable language used by
the speaker or any portion OF il,
which IL alike the iulo ~ law and
fairness when man IL 10 be held ne
couniable for words spoken 10y him,
our learned and patriotic coniempor-
airy informs its readers that 1.-The
speaker Gov. Newell proceeded in
q manner which We hope TO never
see equallsd 10 review the record OF
not only Grant. but oil the Generals
who we're ever engaged in the late
rebellion" and that his speech
throughout was in execrable taste
aud should serve 10 rsleeate him TO
abscurity In this Territory ~ we feel
sure Il will"
Those who heard Governor Newell
upon the occasion referred TO will,
Of course. DO able 10 determine for
themselves whether tho Courier's Sc
we're judgment is justified by any.
thing 10 did say. whilst those were
not present must. We are confident,
perceive that In assertion OF fact 10
reckless ~ "ths record Of all the
the Generals who were engaged in
the late rebellion" would make o
bigger book than General Grants
Personal Memoirs. and take Q much
longer time 10 60 over than was oc.
cupisd by Governor Newell in his
speech.
We had the pleasure Of being pre-
sent during the entire memorial SET
vices, ssd confess that ihs matter Of
which The Courier complains ~ DO.
Ing Questionable in Governor New
ellis address. In our estimation. con.
slitutsd one Of liz chief points Of ex.
csllsnce. No ono who heard him
can. We think. say that his admira-
ton Of General Grant was qualified
or stintsd in Ito expression. As .
soldier ks ranked him with the great
sst Generals the world hes produced.
aud - . Statesman no gave him
credit for more sasaciiy than was
possssssd BY Lincoln and bis whole
Cabinet combined. We frankly id
mit thai u one period In The course
Of Biz spsseh. when he had attributed
ths success Of the Union cause 10
Gen. Grant. and 10 him alone, we
began 10 feel end the impression
continued 10 grow. that be was per.
hsps Too fsrvid In bis lauda,ionr,
whsa happily he intsrpoIatsd the
qualification that there may have
bssn SOME others who had contrib
utsd some slight assistance in the
great work Of preserving the Union,
and among them he mentioned the
names OF Lincoln, Mcclellan, Sbsr-
man. Meade. Sumner. Ksarnsy. and
finally included even the men who
fought In the ranks. And II our
memory serves us. hs went NO fer No
70 admit that some Of the most
prominent Generals on the Union
side we're Democrats at tho begin
ming of the war including Grant
himself. who. ~ he said. Al i,s close
was nominated for President by the
Republican party for the reason
that they knew the Democratic would
take him up u they did not.
Funeral orations and sulogies.
however, ere not supposed or OF.
psc,sd TO he impartial contributions
10 history. aud II can scarcely DO con.
sidsrsd In very good taste 10 be cap
sious concerning the remarks Of those
vho speak over the open grsvss Of
the dead 90 long % they cay nothing
I'll OF them. Gov. Newell simply
gave his estimate Of the services and
character Of General Grant, and no
one who heard him can say that il
was not . very hsstsring one. I,
does not. however. necessarily follow
that those who commend the general
tone and substance Of his speech as
having been appropriate TO the oc.
easion. therefore concur in the views
he may have expressed. either gen.
orally OF In particular. for that mat