Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-28


 hurled to the earth by that kcial cyclone. Then we saw not the great S6ldier, crowned with glory; not the able Resident invested with the authority ana greatness of fifty millions of free citizsHs; not the feasted guest of the monarcM of the earth, but the mighty manhood, the personal nobility and strength of the -man, U. s. Grant, who, stripped of wealth and in the grasp of a ma liz 1ant disease. refused to surrender to dis asteA-or-disease; declined the charity of wealthy creditors: arose on the fatal field, like one of the wounded gods of Homer, for one more herculean effort, and drawing his pen, now mightier than the sword, held death at bay, while he wrung from the jaws of defeat the crowning victory of his match less career.
 For nine months he was the dying hero around whose chair sixty millions of fellow citizens watched and waited and prayed. He received more expressions Of love and atfec- tionate reverence during his heroic struggle for life than were ever bestowed on any other man of earth. More prayers were of fered for him with deeper sincerity; more loving interest clustered around his sick room; more admiration was challenged by his heroic patience than ever centered in any other dying man. He was loved as no man of this age save Lincoln. And when on July 23d, 1885, the long expected end came, u great wave of profound sorrow rolled over this continent aye, the world! Mount McGregor will henceforth be our Mount Pis- gah, whither our Moses, our deliverer, went up to die There, surrounded not only by his loving family but also environed by the universal sympathies of the nation and the honor of the civilized world, the prince and great man, aye, the sincere Christian, passed on to his rest at peace with God and with all mankind. The first citizen of America is now citizen of heaven. The invincible warrior has fought his last battle, won the
 
 honor. Funeral honors more imposing than were ever seen on this continent attested the spontaneous affection and mourning. Amid the suspension of business, the hush of schools, courts and amusements, a whole continent was swept into his funeral train muffled drum, the deep bass of cannon, the tolling bell, the moans of the gentle Pacific and the sobs of the stormy Atlantic to voice the dirge of her sorrow as she bore her greatest and best beloved son to his sacred sepulchre. The Riverside Park of the metropolis of the land that he saved may possess his tomb and monument, but U. 5. Grant, the hero, the chieftain, the President, the citizen, the man greatly admired, the friend greatly beloved, has his real sepulchre in all our hearts, where he is embalmed with fragrant affection.
 The concluding portion of the discourse was devoted to an analyzation of the qualities of character and manly virtues of the great general. These in brief were as follows:
 First-He was great in amiable qualities. His good nature was remarkable. His char acter was never marred by violent temper, irritability or impatience. He was master of himself. Without etfusiveness he was the soul of kindness. Under censure he was never bitter, under calumny never vindic- tive. He could suffer wrong in silence and patience. He would not speak evil of any even his enemies. He would do good for evil No saint was swifter to extend forgive ness. His charity to the poor was large and free During his unspeakable sufferings no word of complaint escaped his lips. He had the simplicity of majesty. Mounting faster and higher on the dizzy wings of mili- tary fame than ever other soldier rose, he continued as humble as he was great. His dazzling promotions changed not his simple manners. He was the model of the best American citizen. Honors never inflated him. His generosity of soul was a perpetual stream. His a character of singular purity and integrity which climaxed in do- mestic life of ideal beauty and virtue. In fact his sense of honor was so strenuous that he could not do a dishonorable act. Mil | lions might have been his if his honor had been bribable. But no man dared to ap- l proach him with price.
 \ Second-He was the prince of patriots. ! For love of country he offered his sword and | services; for love of country he fought to ! | inj justice in the early war, but would not re- ! sign; for love of country he refused in 1864 | to be used as candidate against MT. Lin | coln's reelection; for love of country he | twice resisted the madness of Andrew John | son, incurring the risk of insubordination, | and only his frmness saved the country from being plunged into 8 new revolution. l It was patriotism that induced him to yield | to the demands for third term, based or | the patriotic plea that he of all men, could ! complete the work of harmony betweenN ortE | and South. But what he was not permitted I to do as President God enabled him to do as ! a dying patriot. From his sick room anG 1 death bed went out the mystic cords that ! drew all men North and South into closer ! union. When Generals Buckner and John ston of the Confederate army reverently acted I as bearers at his obsequies, and many other
 Confederates devoutly joined the funeral cor
 tege and the southern press rivalled the ! northern journals in generous and enthusias-
 tic admiration of the and the soldier
 there was fulfilled, as his last great service O I patriotism, his divine prayer, ''Let us have | peace" Peace has come
 l Third-He was the greatest soldier of tn,
 age The whole world comedies him the frs f rank Even foreigners, with all their par ! tiality for their own heroes, accord him pre-
 eminence. His military genius is seen in tn
 fact that he never consulted books on war
 fare, but carried the whole science of war il ! his brain, and struck out original plans in nev ! emergencies. He never was defeated-nevel ! lost campaign. During the last year o ! the war he commanded million of men | four thousand cannon and six hundred ships ! more forces than were ever under the com 1 mard of any other general since the intro | duction of firearms; and operating over ! vaster territory, he wielded all these separat | armies and naval movements with such con I summate ability and unity that he won N
 significance than any of his famous com
 peers. He was equipped magnifcently fo I this military pre-eminence. His intellec ] was large, his perception clear, his judgmen i accurate, his courage unrivalled, his self ! control and coolness perfect, his purpose di
 rect and steady, his equality to every emer | Qency sublime, and his determination as in I vincible as death. His indomitable will wa
 absolute monarch of all his splendid abili ! ties. His determination was destiny. Sur
 he was right, only Edeath could relax hi | grip. Convinced he was wrong, he quick,
 changed. Such man could never be con | quered-he must be annihilated. And b,
 inspired his troops with the same energy O
 purpose. He made no speeches to his men | but they saw him in every battle at the iron
 in personal courage, and the sigh
 of his blue overcoat, just like their own, wa | enough to thrill them with heroic eathusi | asm, The night after the battle in the Will
 
 Hancock's veterans lay exhausted, and wheI
 the men discovered it was Grant, and tha
 his face was turned toward Richmond, the,
 knew in a moment that they were not to re
 treat across the Rapidan; and they rose il
 the darkness and cheered until the enem,
 thought it was night attack and opened
 fire. The men knew they were on to Rich
 mond this time under man whose bugle ! would never sound retreat, and the old Army | of the Potomac could never be conquered | again. And this sublime will power shone
 resplendent as on the battle field in the sicl
 chamber. His fortitude was the wonder o
 all. But it must not be forgotten that h,
 leaned on the arm of God. All his life h.
 was devout believer in God, in the Bible
 in the church and in divine providence. H,
 constantly attended church, and in late year
 regularly called his family to family prayers
 He would have publicly joined the churcl
 while President but for the solemn dread
 that he would be misinterpreted and thu
 cause reproach to religion. Last Apri
 he was baptized and then declared that hi
 resolve was fixed, if God spared his life, to
 throw all his influence, by his example, or
 the side of the cause and church Of Christ H. l would not 20 out riding for his health on th,