Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-10

marched away, the dignitaries rode away,
and the long chapter was ended.
AFTER THE oBsEovrEs.
New IoaE. August Sth.-The hotels
We're crowded tonight with many jistin-
guished persons who took part in the
Grant obseqUleS. When Colonel Fred Grant
was met By General Fitzhugh Lee, the lat
ter uttered an exclamation that showed he
perceived Il strong likeness in the son to his
father. Everybody expresses The opinion
that the demonstration of The day was the
grandest the country had ever seen. Vice
President Hendricks said he did not know
there were SO many people about New York
lie added AIS well that ends we'll" The
Grant family will return TO ut. McGregor
IN day or two, and remain there during
the rest Of the summer.
After returning from TIE funeral Presi-
dent Cleveland and his Cabinet went to
their Aotei, remaining only short time,
when they took the train for Albany. Vice
President Hendricks remained in the city.
THE DAY AFTER THE FUNERAL.
New YORK, August 9th.-The members
of the Grant family remained in their
rooms at the Fifth Avenue Hotel all day.
and received 30 visitors. They viii return
to Nj McGreEpr tomorrow or Tuesday.
Several cergymcn spoke from their pull
pits on General Grant today An audi
ence Of over 5000 people filed the amphi-
theater at the Manhattan Beach Hotel this
afternoon and listened with evident inter-
est TO a beautiful biography Of General
Grant, delivered by Rev. Robert Laird
Collyer.
JAMES G. BLAINE's EULoGY.
AUeUaTA lMe.), August sth.-Appropri-
ate Grjnt memorial services were heldhere
to-day. Al the exercises held in the gran
lite church this afternoon the following
eulogy was delivered by Hon James G.
Blaine; Public sensibility and personal
sorrow over the death Of General Grant are
not con!irel Ia one continent. 4 profound
admiration for his great qualities, and still
more profound admiration for his great
services, have touched the heart Of the peo-
pie wiki true sympathy, increased even to
tender emotions by the agony Of his closing
days and the undoubted heroism with
which he morally conquered last cruel
fate The world in It's hero-worship is dis
criminating and practical, if not indeed
selfish Eminent qualities and rare
achievements do not always insure lasting
fame. \ brilliant orator cnchainS his
hearers with inspired and inspiring gifts.
but if his speech be not successfully at
tuned to some popular recollection his
only reward viii be the fitful applause of
his audience. \ victorious General in the
war OF mere ambition receives the cheers
of the multitude and ceremonial honors of
the Government, but il he brings no boon
sto his country his fame viii find no
abiding place in the centuries that follow.
The hero for the ages is he who has been
chief and foremost in contributing to the
moral and material progress to grandeur
and glory Of the succeeding generation.
Washington secured the freedom OF the
colonies and founded new nation; Lin
coin was the prophet who warned the
people of the evils that We're undermining
our free Government, and the statesman
who was called to leadership in the work
of their eytrpation. Grant was the soldier
who, by victory in the field, gave force to
the policies and philanthropic measures
which Lincoln defined in the Cabinet for
the regeneration and security of the re-
public. Monopoly of fame by the few in
this world comes from an instinct, perhaps
from a decp-seatcd necessity of human
nature. Heroes cannot be multiplied.
The gods of mythology lost their sacred
ness and their powers by their numbers.
The millions pass into oblivion. The units
only survive.
As long as the American Union shall
abide with its blessings of law and liberty,
Grants name shall be remembered with
human
beings is abhorrrd. and the freedom of man
assured, Grant shall be recalled with graft
tude. and in the cycles Of the future the
story Of Lincoln life can never be told
without assnciating Grant in the enduring
sPienlor pf his own great name. General
Grant military supremacy Wts honestly
earned without faction 5 praise and without
eXtraneous help. He had no influence to
earn his promotion except such as was at
tractcd by his own achievements. lie had
no potential friends except those whom his
victories won TO his support lie rose more
rapidly than any military leader in history
from the command of single regiment to
the supreme direction ola million of men,
divided into many great armies, and oper-
ating over an area rs large rs the empires
OF Germany and Austria combined. lie
exhibited extraordinary qualities i'm the
field
Bravery among American officers is a
rule which has happily had few exceptions,
but, as an eminent General said, Grant
possessed q quality above bravery. He had
an insensihility to danger, apparently un-
conscious OF fear. Besides that he possessed
an evenness of judgment 10 be depended
upon in sunshine and storm. Napoleon
said: The rarest attributes among Gen
erals is -o'clock-in-the-mor courage.
mean he added, unprepared courage,
that which is necessary on unexpected
occasions, and which, in spite of most un-
fOreseen events, leaves full freedom for
judgment and promptnsss Of deciSon.' No
better description could be given of the type
of courage which distinguished General
Grant. His constant readiness to fight was
another quality which, according to the
same great authority, established his right
as commander. Generals said the
exile at st. Helena, are rarely found
eager to give battle they choose their posi-
tons, consider their combinations, and
their indecison begins. Nothing added
this greatest warrior of modern times, " is
50 difficult as to decide
General Grant in his services in the field
never once exhibited indecision. and it
was this quality that gave him his crown
ing characteristic as military leader. lie
inspired his men with a sense of their in
vincibility and they we're henceforward
invincible The career of General Grant
when he passed from Il military 10 civil
administration was marked by his strong
qualities. His Presidency of eight years
was filled with the events of magnitude in
which, if his Judgment was sometimes
questioned, his patriotism was always con-
ceded. He entered upon his office after
the angry disturbances caused by the sin
gular conduct of Lincoln's successor, and
quietly enforced a policy which had been
for four years the cause of embittered dis
putation.
His election to the Presidency proved in
one important aspect the landmark in the
history of the country. For nearly fifty
years preceding that event there had been
few Presidential elections in which the fate
of the Union had not in some degree been
agitated either by threats Of political NAL
contents or in apPrehensions of timid pa
trlots. The Union was saved by the victory
OF the army commanded by General Grant.
No menace Of its destruction ever has been
heard since General Grants victory before
the people. Death always holds a flag OF
truce over its own. Under that flag friend
and foe sit peacefully together, Passions
ale stiilcd, benevolence is restored. wrongs
repaid, justice done. 1t is impossible that
the career 50 long, so prominent, so posi-
tive as that of General Grant should not
have provoked strife and engendered en-
nifty. For more than twenty years from
the death of Lincoln to the close of his
own life General Grant was the most
conspicuous man in America-the one to
whom leaders looked for leadership, upon
whom partisans built their hopes of vic
tory, to whom personal friends by tens of
thousands offered their devotions. 1t was
according to the weakness or strength of
human nature that counter movements
should e-sue that General Grants pri-
macy should be challenged; that his party