The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-08-15
THE GRANT ODszoUtEs AT MAUcH

under the auspices of Chapman Post,
No. G1, G, A. r., and IL VIM. L. Full
ton Camp, No 81, Sons of Veterans. at
about noon ali the principal business
places in the borough were closed aud
Sunday quiet reigned. at o'clock the
Post and Camp members met at head
quarters, and shortly before o'clock
they marched to the Court House. The
attendance was large, Notwithstanding
the fact that many Of the citizens OF
Mauch Chunk had gone to New York to
witness the grander funeral services In
the metropolis, The enclosed portion
of the court room was filed by the
members of the Post and Camp aud by
the n. z. Church choir, The audience
comfortably filed the room.
Post Commander Thomas Slnex pre-
sided. The services opened with prayer
by Rev. S. A. Heilner, pastor Of st.
Paurs N. Z. Church, and the N. L.
choir, under Prof. Eli Sensinger's S
guidance followed with vocal music.
The first speaker was Hon. VIM. N.
Rapsher, who spoke substantially as
follows;
FRIENDS AND FELLOW CITrzENs.-
Gen. Grant the heroic, brilliant, and
successful soldier, the statesman end
civilian, lies cold in the embrace OF death.
| As the Poet says, "Life's ftful dream is
/ ,fa 1,a gl .a,,5 rfrall - u. !,
we have supreme example in which we
can fully appreciate Youug's suggestive
observation that Death loves q shining
mark, a signal blow" Inc death of no
other living man would cause such wide
spread and universal mourning,-not
only in hts own native country, but
throughout the world, He was recog-
nize1 by the nations Of the earth as the
"Great Captain Of the Age"
Whether Julius Caesar, Alexander the
Great, Napoleon, Wellington or Won
Molkte were in any respects his super-
iors, we must leave 10 the future
historian. To form just and proper
estimate as to this, we must take into
consideration, not only the results Hnd
victories achieved by each Of those grcu;
Generals, but The conditions andlCharaC-
l
powers Of the Governments under which
they severally achieved their victories
and gained such imperishable fame.
Gen. Grant was under a Republican form
Of government with no arbitrary power
and continually subjected to the sevcreq.
popular and official criticism, When
General Grant became the Commander
in Chief of the army, there was great
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| fined TO any political party and tEs Coy
ernuent was EOaded on all sides 10 push
| the wer to q close, or in some way Sc
cure peace. In those dark days Of the
| war, the life and perpetQity OF the Union
| hung tremblingly in the balance. But
| the immortal Lincoln had set his heart
| and judgment upon the hero of Nicks-
burg as the great man of the hour, to
| lead the grand armies OF the Union to
victory and glory.
In fact there is scarcely 4 critical epoch
| in history In which the circumstances of
the time did not produce or raise up
| man equal to the emergencies OF the
hour
President Lincoln thought Gen. Grant
was the man then, and he committed no
error.
Lincoln stood shoulder to shoulder
with Grant, and under his generalship
victory in due time perched upon the
! banners OF the Union armies, hydra
| headed treason was crushed, iniquitous
! slavery wiped from the fair face of the
| land, and our Union OF these States pre-
| served, one and indivisible. Tho hearts
of the people were gladdened and there
was exceedingly great rejoicing.
/ n lap H. baf ftr-a nt4,,r
and feel sorrowful when Gen. Grant is
being laid in the cold and silent tomb,
! though
''Ihs grave shall with rising flowers be drest
! And the green turf lie lightly on his breast;
! There shan the morn her earliest tear bestOV,
| There the nrst roses OF the wear should blow
The fruits of Gen. Grants victories
are Of the sublmcst and most important
character, hence his fame in history will
not rest upon mere empty bubble, or
upon successful military strategy. vCgard-
less Of the magnitude Of the cause at
stake.
The principles involved were Of the
most supreme importance.
l would not undertake to define and
set forth those principles and issues
as well as did Daniel Webster He
| said:
when my eyes shall be turned. to behold
fol the last time the sun IN heaven, may l
| not see him shining on the broken and dis
| hOuored fragment OF 4 once glorious Union,
on states discovered, diScordant, brlllger-
! ent,-On Il land rent with civil ieud, Or
] drenched, it may be. in lratenal bluGu:-
| Let their last feeble and lingering glance
rather behold The gorgeous ensign III the
| republic now known and houured through
out the earth, still full high advanced Ms
/ fFlulipg thar L.
| nal luster, not stripe erased or DCllultG,Qur
! a single star HbsCured. bearing for lt~ motto
no such miserable interrogatory as What IS
Nor those others Of delusion and folly,
| Liberty Grg' and Union cJteTWard'--but
| everywhere, spread al over In characters
as they tioat over the sea and over lhc laud,
| and in every wind under the whole heavens,
that other sentiment, dear to every American
heart, t,-'Liberiy ard Union rOU and forever,
one and tHseparc5js.'"
These few sentences from one of Web
ster's great speeches eloluentiy and
clearly define the issues of the late war
for the Union, and the chief corner stone
Of all the troubles that caused those
issues was human slavery. We can
well be thankful that the foul and un-
natural incubus Of slavery is lifted from
our land.
II view o. lItSc ldCLS J UILllN bG4--NJ Q
that Gen. Grants place IN history viii
grow brighter and brighter as the ages
roll their ceaseless rounds in the eternal
cycle Of time, until his name in history
stands engraved upon the ''highes-
niche in Fame's Proud Temple"
do not intend 10 60 in detail over
the early life and trails Of the dead hero,
nor will recount to you his military
career in the war with Mexico, nor will
l attempt 10 give you list OF his brilli-
ant victories and military achievement
in the West, ending with the fail Of
Vicksburg and the opening OF the
Mississippi River, the great artery OF
commerce, because thar IS something
which You are all familiar
Neither shall describe the trials and
disappointments which be suffered and
the patience, skill and military strategy
which he displayed IN his great cam
paign and march, "On the Richmond"
because you remember II all,-and you
can not have forgotten how treason was
| crushed, slavery destroyed, and the