The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-08-13
Memorial Addresses.
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ment: hut which little facts ant
incidents will never find theil
: way into history. This love. o.
sentiment dwells in the Sou
rather than in books, and is trans
mitted to posterity only through
the blood of the ancestor. Those
Of you will appreciate my mean
ing who have passed through
those anxious and uncertain
|years of the war, when our proud
country was broken asunder and
the tive sections engaged in aw-
ful conflict: that threatened the
obliteration of republics from
our continent, and from the face
of the earth. 1t was in the midst
of this awful gloom that had set
tied down like a pail upon the
spirits of our people, that the
immortal Grant appeared, sur
rounded by halo of hope and
promise. You saw the hope re-
allied, the promise redeemed,
the sunlight of salvation stream
dewn::upon the saved and unbro
ken republic, while all the people
shouted for joy. You who have
seen this, wonder not that he has
been called the savior of his
country.
Grant was great in virtue as in
deeds. interrupted he lived,
uncorrupted he died. Enjoying
the highest distinction and honor
that a grateful nation could be-
stow, he never forgot his simpli-
city, his integrity, or his honesty.
Honored and feasted by all the
kings and princes of the earth,
he returned to his native land
more deeply in love with its
principles of equality and free
dom. Uncompromising with an
armed enemy, he was nobly gen
erous with a conquered foe
Sprung from the loins of the peo-
pie, he returned to their hearts
for sepulture. Living in the his
tory of our country, abiding in
the affections of our people, his
name will ever stand high in the
niche of fame, beyond the reach
| and corrosion of the flood of
years.
Grant was a man that was
proud of his country, and his
country is and rightfully is proud
of him. AS for me, l am prond
that l am of the same nation
with him: proud that l was born
in the same great State; proud
that my name is upon the rolls
of that great proud army that
marched with him, fought with
him, and conquered under him,
and which was the great shuttle
used by him in weaving that part
of our history upon which rests
our country's present integrity.
and his immortal fame; proud
that l was a member of the same
brigade with the old 21st Him
oise, the regiment which ha as
Colonel first led to the frcn! and
to the field Of his future fame. /
am proud that have seen him
upon the field of his glory. and
that | have voted for him for civic:
honors. These are all souvenirs
in my memory, cherished as val
liable relicts gathered from the
ruins Of great epoch in onr his
tory. But of all these interesting
recollections, none viii! be more
sacred than tho incidents of to-
day; the recollection that par
ticipaied in these the last sad
rites; that | was present when
the drama ended-when the great
black curtain of death rolled
down, shutting off forever the
scenes beyond. leaving us only
the memory of his greatness. the
fruits of his hcroism. and tie ex-
ample Of his patriotism. This
generation is proud Of him as be-
ing lis greatest contribution to
| The immort;ils Of history; proud
that in him it has added one to
| that gIittering galaxy of immort-
al patriots, comprising Franklin,
Washington, Jefferson and Lin
coin.
We honored and loved him liv-
ing. we honor and mourn him
dead. l is proper that we should.
1t is duty which nature pays
without demand. When the
news flashed hither from the
summit Of Nj. McGreger, snap
ping the slender chord of hope
that bound him with tie living,
he fountains of grief nnbidden
burst from the soul Of every pa
iriot and lever of our united re=
public. When the deep toned
bells rang ont in grief across the
broad continent, th ir slow and
solemn cadence found sincere