The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-04-11
THE WORLDS HERO.
GENERAL U. s. GRANT.

All hail to the hero, the patriot and sage,
When fame fills the world as a warrior bold
How lovers of home will devour the page
That tells of his battles, in letters of gold
His battles, now over; fame, ever secure,
How gracefully age, with its silvery crown
Is decking his brow, whose name shall en-
dure
Through oncoming ages, as first in renown
This great imam of silence" who born to
command
The glorious army that FOLLOWED his call,
Transfused in each soldier by some magic
wand
His wonderful genius inspiring them all.
A leader by birth, he was chosen Of God
To grapple the serpent of slavery's power,
And WELD in it's might the Omnipotent rod,
That crushed out the life of this beast of the
hour.
His towering WILL was the strength of his
might;
And bending all others to his mighty plans
He entered with courage the heaviest fight,
And victory always obeysd his commands
His name is enshrned in the hearts of his
men,
Whose faith in their leader was simply
sublime.
They trusted him fully, nor doubted his KEN
To lead them in triumph to vctory's shrine
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Was won by this hero of modern renown;
And old Appomattox, a witness so true,
Records the achievement, his greatness to
crown.
His fame spread abroad, and the civilized
globe
With open arms welcomed this chieftan so
great;
Each nation assisting in weaving a robe
Of glittering honors to deck him in state.
Returning again to his own native land
A grateful Republic, his strong arm did
Dd'st open its heart, and extend its right
hand,
To welcome the hero, SO true and so brave.
But sad is the thought, that an envious eye
Should fall on this soldier and patriot, whs
By skill and hard SERVICE station so high,
And seek to supplant him, and thus gain
renown
And sadder yet still, that the people he
served
With so much fidelity, at every post,
Should join with the traitor, who richly
deserved
The silent rebuke which his perfidy cost
And yet there's thought that is stranger
yet still,
all
Should fail in their duty to sovereign will
Demanding his name on retired honor's
roll
His tirmness and courage on fields Of red
Have been his great strength in the conflicts
of life;
His trials and troubles, with patience he
bore
AS tranquil as when in the midst of the
strife.
Misfortune. though great, he encountered
with skill,
Refusing the aid of his generous friends
Relying on self and with consumate will
Devising his plans to secure needed ends.
And now we behold him in bodily pain,
So busy at work, in a labor of love
Wherein he will fight all his battles again
And make all his campaigns once more live
and move.
a pattern of industry, patience and skill,
He stands at the top of the ladder of fame;
And moulding all events, with trend of his
will,
Has rendered immortal his own honored
name.
When national justice, so tardy and slow,
At last wrote his name ON the roll he had
won,
A few craven traitors hearts overflow
With venom, to hiss when the grand deed
was done
They richly deserve the contempt of the
world;
And merit oblivion's shady retreat!
This brigade of seventy eight votes that
were cast,
And fell without harm, at the great hero S
feet.
The terms that he gave to their owl Gen raj
Lee
So generous that nations, in wondering awe
Admired, applauded in rapturous glee,
AS the granGest of acts the world ever saw
They failed to discover, the greatness of soul
That shown forth in beautiful majesty
there
Their 7utleness could not interpret the scroll
That bl2zsd with such manhood and virtues
so rare.
His terms, 50 pacific, as "let US have peace
SoPungent, as "I'll fight it ont on this line, y
Are watch words, whose echo shall never
more cease,
But mould the young manhood Throughout,
coming time.
All hail to the chieftain, our own noble
Grant,
Whose fame shall increase as the mists pass
away;
When impartial history shall wipe out tn,
can't
Inspired by treason in passions hot day.