The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-07-29
GENERAL GRANT DEAD.
The Nation Mourns the Death Of its
Greatest Citizen.

at sos, at the family cottage, Mt.
McGregor, N. Y, the great heart of
that glorious and illustrious Ameri.
can, General Ulisses S. Grant, ceased
to beat. The nation was prepared for
the news, and yet when the shock
came il was awful to the many mil.
lion admirers of the distinguished man.
His end was peaceful and quiet; to
the last be bore his sufFerings with that
same bravery which has ever made
him great and distinguished. And
now General Grant is dead. Gone
from the scenes of his glory aud his
usefulness; gone from the weariness
and the pain Of his later sufferings
gone to the rest eternal. Dead, yet
to his country living and to live in
the benefactions he wrought; to live
in the glorions history he did SO much
to make, to live in the grand simple
ity of his character, which will grow
greater as time goes by to live in the
noble future of his country, with which
his name must be ever identified, as
having contributed SO much to make
it possible. Monuments will rise to
honor his memory wherever men de.
aight to honor greatness, but the
noblest monument possible to Grant
will be his country and her greatness
Grief! yes, millions of hearts will
grieve that he is gone. Millions will
weep over his late misfortunes and
his sufferings SO stoically borne. But
it will be with grief softened by the
pride they feel in having been his
countrymen and his contemporaries.
Since his death tons of kilograms
extending coincidence have been re
ceived by the family. From ocean to
\ ocean, from the uttermost parts of the
civilized world come words of sympa-
thy for the American people in their
great loss.
The following eloquent tribute from
the Philadelphia Press of the oath
inst., is only one among thousands
that have appeared in the papers of
this country, all in the same strain of
glorious laudation of the many vir
tues of General Grant:
The Republic bows its head in sor-
row at the death Of its greatest citi.
Zen. Heroic to the last, General
Grant fought his final battle with the
same unquailing courage, and the
same calm, grim fortitude which shed
their fadeless lustre upon his whole
extraordinary career. For months
the nation has hung over his bedside
and sadly watched his resolute and
unmurmuriDg struggle; and the sill
lent football of the unseen conquerer
came at last with less poignant
shock than when Lincoln met his sud
den summons or when Garfield Ian
guished on his bed of pain. Then
hA assassin's crime, new aud appalI !
ling in the history OF the Republic,
added its abhorrent blot to the sense
OF loss; then the grief of the people
was deepened by the consciousness of
an interrupted work. But the life of
Grant is not broken shaft it is a
finished and splendid column, crowned
with its full glory; and the nnfeigned
sorrow of the country at bis death is
toned with the grateful reflection that
he was permitted to fill out rounded
and complete career. He had fought
a good fight, he had finished his course,
he had kept the faith.
The nations loss is not measured
by the vacant place. For nearly a
decade Grant had been only private
citizen he welded no sceptre of au.
thority he exercised no sway 10 the
public councils; but he was none toe
less one Of the great reserve forces of
the Republic. He was everywhere
felt not merely by what he had done
but by what he was. Gladstone has
laid down the reins of government
Bismarck has practically completed
his colossal work but all men know
that England bereft Of the one OF
Germany deprived of the other would
lose an element of moral power. So
Graus belonged TO the order Of kingly
men, aud his impress on mapkind will
bo emphasized as all nations look to
America TO day, and feel that a pillar