The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-08-11


forever to mankind and whose name and
fame and grand noble deeds are ali that
will hereafter be left 10 bequeath to on.
prosterity.
4 thank them not only as a citizen, bat
b. cause even rs Grant wts a soldier, toe
was a soldier in the late war, but not fol
that So much as or the fact that while be
wore the blue ] wore the gray, and il al
lords me IN opportunity as a representa-
tive OF that class TO say to you and to the
world th>t / in common with them can
honestly pay tribute To G-neral Grant as
one o: the grta'est Statesmen, soldiers,
citizens and patriots, the world has ever
now united nstion We bow our
heads In the dust OF humility
ard grief over the loss of
true friend, but never an enemy, and me
10 whom We gladly pay tribute for honor
and WORTH" The coicneI proceeded to
speak IN feeling terms of The noble de IDS of
Gen-rsl Grant IS soldier, his bravery,
his maen animi;y, his honorable adherence
to every promise, snd his stern demands of
tho-e who sought to override The promises
he had gwen, tbst they should comply
with every requirement Of The cartel nf sur.
render. Tracing him from his boyhood.
Col mel Hoy gave short biography Of
Gpnersl GranI's lie, his struggles, his con-
qn' sts and his victories down to The hour
of his triumphant death, closing with The
hope that his last earnestly expressed de-
sire that peace, harmony, unity anG fra
ternal fellowship should soon spread their
Protecting power am b-uign Influence over
h. whole uni ed ua'ion.
His address was followed hy quar- cite
~ the choir, led by Captain Henry, "A
Nations Fears IN Sorrow FALL" which was
mos: ELEGANTLY and fteiipgIy rendered.
JUICE W. sHIRK
hen addressed the meeting a. follows, in
brief:
Ladies and Gentlemen and FeloW Citizens:
In rising in support of the re>olu
r'Ous which have Just been read In your
h airing. desire to say no more
ple a-ant duty could have been
ssigued me nnder any circumstances thai
that of ming ing tear OF regre-, a word OF
euIogy ami the need IF praise in common
with YOU to the sac ed memory OF The N ,me
of General Grant. L. has been said that 81.
thu preseuce of dea,h fsul S vanish and
vir us slone survive" but whether this b..
rue or not, while cannot be said of Gem
eral Cir mt any more 'han AIRY other NOR
tai, that he had no fsulIs, yet Ia glancing
over his long and us. full life in The calu
reason of IN unpr JUDGED mind bent on'y
Oh knowing the truth, 10 must ne said his
faults were few ard his virtue many. 1t Ii
nete, indeed, that we should assemble here
% day TO pay tribute to the m"mory o.
one Sd grand and 20 noble and whose life
has been freighied with So much OF plrten
Us and 10 the world In the past, the
present and the future. We owe it 10 him,
20 ourselves, to our children, 10 our cnild
rsns' children, TO our country and To the
word / c3u.d say much to you, would
ike 10 say much, bit where so many have
beer s-lsce ed to address you, it is fitting
should be brei."
TIE judg- then pail most eloquent
trlbu TO General Grants militsry and
civil srrv ces, beginning al Fort Donaldson
where he said "his distinguished career be
gar, when defest after defeat had follOwei
in quick succession and IL looked as If The
Great God bal de ermined to wipe on;
from among the nations Of earth tine great
American unior, but In this hour of need
when the nation Law weeping, blee iiog and
humIliated, CID had heard their cry anu
raised up to them a savior in the person of
Grne-al Grant" Tracing him on through
tie war, and his sitter career, The Judge
closed by saying that with a life filled wi
victories. General Grant had never h. en-
fully sppreci ,ted at home, until he begun
has trlumpsge march sr0und The world
when IL was seen how the haugh,iesi potgn-
tst.s and the crowned heads of all the
world wed with each other in doing him
homage, and paying him honers. Then in
deei it began to be realized how true il
was that prophet was not without honor
except In his own land.
But General Grants greatest vicorie.
were even then to be achieved, it was
stIii resesved for HIM on his return to en-
qnor with love and kincness the people |
whom he had before corquered WITH the
sword, the people of the south. And when
tais WIS done the greatest ard
grandtst of all his achievements
was to lace and conquer death, the only
enemy To whom he had ever SURF ndered, |
and this he had done, dying almost God,
aud Deguealhing TO his family and his
nation a name snd fame which must last |
while time sh,ll last"
" as presented with beautiful bOquet BY
some of The ladies In the audience. He |
was followed by.
REV. J. B. FULLER,
WHO delivtr,d by odds the most eloquent
and ferSent adde's OF the occasion, In his |
usual imI re>sive and BEAUTIFUL styie,
which must be heard to lie appreciated.
He said il was simply impossible to add |
any thing to the many beautiful AID desrrv-
ed tributes already spoken to-day, out he |
WAS not willing to for,g the honor and |
privilege so kindly accorded him to speak |
a word of tribu to bis old commander, /
and to the memory OF one whose love and |
kindness and grandeur he hoped would be
b. queathed to coming generations, as the
sceme IF that greatness and patriotism and |
true manhood was worthy Of all imitation. |
II O. spoke Of tho sslf-sacrifina tho h.rleh;,.