Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-07-30
Tributes to Gen. Grant.

Tributes to Cen. Grant.
The last of the two greatest Amer
leans of their generations is gone. ~.
Y. Times.
The tender, simple. and profound
sorrow of this hour is that of q nation
that has learned the value of his work,
and has arrived at a just appreciation
of the man, the soldier the statesman,
u. S. Grant. Chicago Inter Ocean,
He had none of the small traits that
disfgure many great names. He was
not vindictive nor unforgiving. Even
when trusted friends betrayed him he
would not lift a hand to crush them
when the opportunity came.-Al6anS
Ecening Journal.
In the face Of tue heroic death OF the
Old Commander and the recollection'
of his career which it has evoked, the
man who few years ago could not say
enough that was despicable about hin
seem to be mighty small potatoes and
mighty few in a hill.-Det. Journal.
What an instructive story is present
ed in the chronicle of the life which il
now endedl What lessons and what
warnings! What encouragement fol
patriotism, for fidelity, for weariles'
defense of the great interests of man
kindly Y Sun.
That in the long agony OF wasting
death he should strive to make rec
ord, Just alike to his friends and hi
enemies in the struggle of which III
was so great a part, is scarcely less
subject for admiration than his mill
tary career So. Louis Republican.
His character and entire career furn
ish a sufficient guarantee that he at M
time was actuated by an improper aHi
bition. The cordial and effective sup
port which he gave Garfield during the
campaign was the characteristic gen
crosby of q great man. - Chicago Irt6
Grant was essentially The man VIII
performed without rhetoric; who
fought without buster; who gained
victories without apparent thought o
celebrating himself; who conquered
without arrogance; and who received
the encomiums of his countrymen
with responsive affection rather than
with a sense of personal advance
ment. = Cincinnati Enquirer.
In choosing men for military needs
and duties he had been marvelously
gifted. In political life he had not the
same uneriing keenness of discrimlna
ton. Sometimes he chose the wroue
man. But what rare and grand nobili
ty of nature; never sought to avoid re-
sponsibilty for such mistakes, and new
er once attributed to others an ill.suc
cess resulting from the unworthines
of his chosen agent.-Ne10 York Trio
Une.
1t is as a great soldier brave, sim
pie, generous and victorious-that III
will be best remembered. 1t is as ;
soldier, even though his sword strucl
down her cause, that the south love
to remember him. As a dauntles
man standing alone, but determined
between the helpless south and tn
angry north, he held. as he deserved
i'm all his trials the deepest an'
fullest sympathy of orr people. "A
Iantd Constitution.
Thousands of gallant men wht
fought under the great union general
and other thousands as brave who die
hattie against him, will join in heart.
regret for the dead chieftain. Ever
soldier heart in this wide land will pra.
God that the generous measures n
meted to his foe in time of victory
may be remembered and meted again t.
Ulysses s. Grant in this his hour of de
feat and judgment. -NeD Orledn
Times Democrat
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