The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-09-03
GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
No Falling out Hctwoen Com missioner
Cuinan and senator Ransom.

When the American colony at Con.
stantnoplc was called together for the
purpose of paying tribute Of respect
TO the memory of General Grant, Mr.
Cox, the American Minister to Turkey,
made an admirable speech, 10 lcB
iu't in sentiment than cloquan in cX-
preston. which was published in full
In the EdSioIH Eryrcw of August H.
Following are its concluding passlgcE
III II be said that Grant was so loyal to
his friends that his fame wa5 dimml |
by some alliances, was it not amply
comparative that he was generous to
his foes? These were innate qualities
in the man They cannot be cngraftcl
M On character by West Point, Wall
street or Washington. They were,
however. rounded, ma.nihel AMI cncr-
piscd by extensive intercourse with
men and events. Like his namc.snkc
Ulysses. he had seen many lands
The unglcs of his character were
worn smooth by the attrition of many
waves upon many distant strands. lie
was fitted, therefore, by his disposition,
training, occupations. travels. his hero.
ism aud nobility of character to forgive
the foe and forget the injury; 10 en-
balm the good. aud bless, elevate and
dignity that human nature which is
ever struggling out of the cloud into
the light, seeking ever upon the cross
of to-day, the crown Of tomorrow!
Does not our American pulse beat
stronger and our patriotic love grow
warmer by the contemplation of the
character of such an Americana If in
life he was such lever of power, in
death his grave is the fulcrum of that
reserved force which, In our future
battles fer law and liberty, will be felt
rs that of no other American, unless 1t
be Washington and Lincoln! We read
of the meetings of Cars and En-
pCrors 10 determine questions of terri
tory and state; we hear of the mar
riages of princes and princcs3es and of
efforts for the permancncy OF dyna3-
tics; but far more significant anl illus
trious Is the departing splcndor
of the evening orb of the Western
Hemisphere. Modest mlgniic,nce.
unassuming pomp and sturdy strength
what qualities 10 allure other people to
America MS the Cynosurc of their hopes
and happiness, H. IL not fit in this
Oriental land, far from the sympathetic
contact of our fellow countrymcn at
home, that we rs Americana should
echo their sad refrain over the loss of
our chicfcst chicftans! The cuSto liau3
of his fame are not only upon the HUI
son and the Potomac. They are here also
upon the Bosphorus. His deeds be-
long no less to the North and South of
our own land than to the rcmotcst East
and the farthcSt West of our planet.
He belongs TO all and although with
half-mastcd flag and mourning drapery,
with muillcd drums and wrcaths of
ivy and laurel, he is borne to his
sCpulchrc upon the beautiful heights
near our great Metropolis; yet the
heritage of his renown is not theirs nor
ours only. 1t is the property of man
kind. The East melts into the West
and the West into the East before its
brilliancy. IL has no horizon. In
every army, in every land; aye, among
the hosts of the silent armies of
our own land which have pre-
coded him TO the unseen bourne,
there is bivouac of the dead around
his tomb and Gordon of scntincls
keeping eternal ward over hi, glory.
The Epic Muse has sung of the heroes
| of these classic and romantic shores
Troy is, within the jurisdiction of the
Ottoman. Greece still peoples these
lands. Jerusalem and its holy places
are not unrealitics to us. Here is the
historic house of IIomeric heroes
The Paynim and Christian, knightly
Saladins and chivalric Gcolfrcys, and
more recently Captains of modern
armies have met in deadly encounter
to aggrandisc power, reconstruct boun-
daries, glorify patriotism, or vindicatc
faiths. Their deeds in majestic ca.
dcnce rise and fall to the music of lu.
cent waters, under the blucst of skies
and the most witching of associations.
Nowhere else have there been sung
sweetcr lyrics or grandcr cpics in honor
of men of war and men of peace.
Here the Had and the Odyssey rose to
the swelling of the voiccful sea, but no
strain of poetry, no burst of clolucncc
has ever given to the holy air of the
Orient a name more rcvcrcd, pltri-
otism more exalted, or sacrifices more
pure than those which are symbOliZcd
in the laurel wreath and civic crown
upon the dismaniled domestic altar of
the soldier, statesman and man-
Ulysses 5. Grant -
Wv
The White House rs at present cir
cumstanced, says the Washington cor
respondent of the Kansas City Times,
is only n public office or lpplrtmant.