St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-23
THE HYMN.

Ahu SlN1l Wcii WIFI HGllou udll(l,
Smote at the beauty of the land.
And many chieftain came and went,
With thought perpleXed, I'll content
To lead his troops. with faltering breath,
Deep in the glitterng tolls of death.
And many household ope'd its door
To one whose lips should move no more;
The arrow ranking in its breast
That sped that SILENT solemn quest.
But whenever greatest need was near,
We heard a sudden cry of cheer,
That rolled and deepened. Could it be,
1t was the shout of victory?
For, on the field q master hand
Marshaled and led the patriot band;
And, in an order grand and bold,
The din was hushed. the strife controlled.
Unblest the hands that loosed afar
The dreadful engineery of war,
Thrice blessed he who marched amain
To bring us holy peace again.
A conqueror crowned for deeds of might,
But happiest in the victor's might,
When the strong arm that dealt the blow
Might lift and help the PROSTATE foe.
Rest with thy laurels. generous chief,
Lamented with a nations grief,
Remembered with such grateful praise,
AS heraldS thee to distant days.
Released from struggle to sweet sleep,
May loving hearts thy vigils keep,
While Faiths sure promise seals for thee
The last surprising victory.
The speaker began with brief sketch Of
the life on Gen. Grant, alluding to his lack
of success in early business pursuits and his
| connection with the war with Mexico. He
referred to the need Of the North at the
gsOf
| iron mould who had but the words in vo-
cabulary," victory or annihilarion," and
added three great names were rising into
sight-Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan, and
| larger than either, Grant. With his advent
the armies, with some repulses, went
steadily Forward from conquering to con-
| quer. Aside from all military qualities he
| had one absorbing spirit. The Union
Trust company saved, the Rebellion must be
beaten, Confederate armies must be
| threshed to chaff as on summer threShing
floor. He had no political ambition,
| NO IMAGINARY REPUTATION TO PRESERVE
OF gain, great genius for grand strategy,
a comprehension of complete and vast ar
mics, caution, prudence, an mdomltable
will and real downright fighting quality.
| Thus, at length, Grant was really borne.
He had laid in the nest for as long time
| DIS dll lllduIllG GSS. uG OI Wal
Matched the egg, and the eagle came forth.
The speaker then referred in detail to the
condition of the armies, the motives ruling
the commanders and soldiers Of both sides,
the many fierce battles in which thousands
We're killed, and many more thousands
wounded. and added: Into this sulphur
Gus war Grant entered almost unknown.
1t was difficult that he could
obtain command. Once sent
forward, Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg,
Chicamaugua, the Wilderness, Spottsyl-
vania, Petersburg, AppomattoX, these were
his footsteps. In four years he had risen
without political favor from the bottom to
the very highest command, not second tc
any living commander in the world" Re-
viewing his military career as whole, Mr.
Beecher said: ''He never lost courage mol
equanimity with million for whose move
ment he was responsible He yet carried a
tranquil mind, neither depressed by disaster
or elated by success. Gentle of heart, fa-
miliar with all, never boasting, always
modest. = = When his work was
done and the defeat of the Confederate
armies was final, this dreadful man o1
blood was as tender toward the late adver.
saries as woman toward her son. He i'm,
posed no humiliating conditions, spared the
feelings of his antagonists, sent home the
DIsBANDED SOUTHERN MEN
with food and horses for working thei1
crops, and when revengeful spirit in the
executive chair showed itself and threat
ened the chief southern generals Grant
with holy indignation interposed himself
and compelled his superior to ralinquish hi.
rash purpose" The speaker dwelt to some
further length upon Grants military career
refuting in passing, charges which attribu
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upon what some called reckless waste O.
life of his own soldiers and the butchery O
his enemies, and in concluding his remarks
upon the military life of Gen
: Grant said: ''All summer, al
, autumn, all winter, all spring and earl,
summer again he hammered at Lee
with blow on blow until at Appomatto,
the great, but not greatest Southern gen
, eral went to the ground. Having brough
the long and disastrous war to close
: in his own heart, Grant would have chosel
to have rested upon his laurels and lived il
the retirement of early life. 1t was not t.
be permitted, and he was called to the pres
idency by universal acclaim, and it fel
upon him to conduct the campaign of re
construction, even more burdensome thai
war" After dwelling upon the variou
acts of Gen. Grants national administra
3 Beecher summed his administration caree
3 as follows: "On the whole. if we conside
the intrinsic difficulty of the question be
l longing to his administration, the storm
l days of politics and parties during his eigh
years, it must be admitted the countr,
= owes to his unsellish disposition
to his general wisdom, to hi
UNSULLIED INTEGRITY.
, if not the need of the wisest yet the repu
tation of one who, pre-eminent in war. wa
eminent in administration, more perhap
by the wisdom of noble nature than b
that intelligence which is bred only by ex
perience. Imperious counsellors and col
7 rupt parasites dimmed the light of his pc
n litical administration. Mr.. Beecher dwell
S upon the retired life of Gen. Grant, refer
: ring to his business reverses and equanim
o ity which characterized him subsequently
t and after speaking briefly of his fatal sick
2 ness, concluded as follows: ''AS man b
S was without vices, with absolute hatred o
: lies and an ineradicable love for truth, o
: perfect loyalty to friendship neither en-
: vious of others or selfish himself
n with zeal for public good un
feigned, he has left to memor