The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-07-26

town for that purpose until after the
burial of the exPresident.
ST. LOUIS. July PA very large pub
lie meeting was held at the Merchants
Exchange. this noon. Eloquent
speeches were made by both Union and
Confederate soldiers, paying high trib-
ute to General Grant as soldier and
man. Resolutions highly eulogistic of
the General and expressing deep sympa-
thy for the family in their bereavement
were unanimously adopted The Mer-
chants Exchange will be draped for
thirty days.
MOUNT MCGREGoR, Jnly 25.
While in conversation to day with
correspondent of the Associated Press,
DR.. Douglas read the following remark
able document written byGrant IN Doug
las presence on July ID: 81 ask you
not to show this to anyone unless the
physicians you consult with. until the
end particularly, l wInt it kept from
my family. II Known to one man the
papers will get it and they (the family
will get it. 1t would only distress them
all beyond endurance TO know it. and,
by reflex, would distress me. have
not changed my mind materially since
/ wrote you before in the same strain.
Now, however, 1 know that gain
strength some days but when l
do go back. it is beyond where
[ started to improve. think
the chances are very decidedly in
favor of you being able to keep me
alive until achange of weather, towards
winter. Of course there are contingent
cies that might arise at az time that
might carry me off very suddenly. The
most probable of this is choking. Under
these circumstances, life is not worth
the living. 1 am very thankful (for
thankful" ''glad" was written but
scratched out and thankful" substi-
tuted) to have been spared this long,
because it has enabled me to practically
complete the work in which l take so
much interest. / cannot stir up strength
enough to review it, and make additions
and substractions that would suggest
themselves to me. and are not likely to
suggest themselves to any one
else. Under the circumstances
l will be happiest at the
most pain l can avoid. If there is to
be any extraordinary case, such as
some people believe it to be, it will de-
velop itself l would say to you and
colleagues, to make me as comfortable
dence that should go now, am ready
to obey his call without a murmur. [
should prefer to go now to enduring
the present suffering for a single day,
without hope of recovery AS [ have
stated, l am thankful for the Provi-
dental extension OF my time to enable
me TO continue my work. l am fur
Their thankful and IN a much greater
degree, because it has enabled me to
see for myself the happy harmony
which so suddenly sprung up
between those engaged but a few
short years ago in deadly con-
fiict. 1t has been an inestimable
blessing to me to hear the kind express
sions toward me in person from all
parts of our country, from people of all
nationallties, e,l religions and no reli-
gions, of Confederate and National
troops alike; of soldiers, organizations.
OF mechanical, scientific, religious, and
other societies, embracing almost every
citizen in the land. They have brought
joy to my heart, if they have not eff
fected cure, So, to you and colleagues s,
acknowledge my Indebtedness for
having brought Inc through the valley
of the shadow of death, to enable me to
witness these things.
(Signed) .. S. GRANT.
SAN FRANcIsco, July 25.-It has been
decided to have no parade here on the
day of Grants funeral. Memorial ser
vices will be held in all the churches
and the Mechanics Pavilion. At the
latter place Methodist minister will be
selected to deliver the Grafton, as Grant
was a member of-that church.