Evening star., 1885-07-25


on July 4,and he was informed that exhaustion
would doubtless be the final result of his dis
at a Sn Sh ns Sis to
when he wrote the date for his wife. The sue
| ceeding week was one of ease and quiet, that
| general had completed his book. with the ex-
ception of reading proofs. In accordance with
throat was Diminished, he Feeling feeling that that it les,
Mexiean editors visiting the United States
| called on him, and for them he wrote this last
| EXPRESSION of his ideas of public policy:
My great interest in Mexico dates back to the
| try. My interest was increased when four Eu-
ropean monarchies attempted to set up their
institutions on this continent, selecting Mexico,
| territory adjoining. 1t was an outrage on hui
man rights for q foreign nation to attempt to
| transfer her Institutions and her rulers to the
sent. They : were We % iearf1liy iI punished for their
crime. hope Mexico may soon begin an up
ward and prosperous departure. She has all
| the conditions; she has the people; she has the
soil. she has the climate, and she has the min
erals. The conquest Of Mexico will not be an
easy task in the future.
THINKING OF THE NATIONS WELFARE.
On July 10th Gen. Grant was visited by ex-
confederate Gen. Simon B. Buckner, whom he
/ captured at Fort DOnelsOn. The incident was
mace RmcHr remalkabe by Granite c9mmunlcation 70
sage to his cOuntrynen on their national glory
| and the value of their Institutions:
| ! have witnessed since my sickness Just what
| wished to see ever since the war-harmony
| and good feeling between the sections. have
always contended that If there had been no,
body left but the soldiers we would have had
that know who do not seem to be satisfied on
failed to accomplish as much as they wished, or
who did not get warmed up in the fight until 1t
was all over, who have not had quite fun salts
did not go into the war have long since grown
tired of the long controversy. We may now
|
against any foreign complication: believe,
myself that the war was worth all its cost us,
| fearful as that was. Since 1t was over have
visited every state in Europe, and a number in
the east. know, as did not before, the value
| Of our Inheritance.
Monday, July 13, can be set down as the day
of the invalid's last rally. His strength had SO
| improved, his spirits were SO buoyant, his ral-
lies of huInor SO frequent, his voice so clear as
to surprise the physicians and to deceive others
into the belief that actual convalescence had
| set In. But the former warned the family and
told them that this epoch of betterment was
| only phase of the disease, and did no more
than impede its march. Yet up to Friday last
the general was in such good condition that DIR.
| Douglas was willing to permit him to resume
| literary labor, but saturday, on the same for
four preceding weeks, was characterized by
Sunday was an auspicOus day, and the swell
ing at the root of the tongue was largely de-
| to the outlook on the mountain verge, and on
Tuesday the reaction began which has termi-
mated his life.
| GRANTS RELIGIOUS BELIEF.
| II have never doubted or ceased to believe in
the Immortality Of the soul,' were the words
| used by Gen. Grant last summer in answer to a
question put to him by DIR. Newman, his spir-
II have not been surprised" said q near rela-
| tive of the generals recently, '.at the patience
and dignity under suffering shown by the
general. Long as have known him, l never
heard an oath nor Il profane word pass his lips
LAS young soldier, and during the war, the
others exposed to all sorts of weather. he con-
| tinued, occasionally partook of spirituous
| liquor. He has been much maligned in this re-
spect. During the last few years he has been
| extremely temperate, limiting his use of slim
| ulants to an occasional glass of claret at din
ner."
| THE GENERALS CHILDREN.
| It is curious fact that the general and his
| wife, formerly Miss Dent, never lost a child
OF the four that blessed their union all are
alive and were gathered around his death bed
"Buck" Grant 81; Nellie lMrs. sartoris n %. g.
and Jesse Sc r. e Grant, the youngest, who is but "a.
married and all have children. Col. Fred.
Grant married Miss Ida Honore of Chicago, in
1874 or 5. They have two lovely children a
little girl OF 5, Julia, and little boy who bears
Ulysses s., jr., married in ss1 Miss Chafiee, a
| daughter OF the Senator. They have two chill
| dren, one girl and the other Il boy.
Jesse r. Grant married Miss Chapman of
san francisco, within three months of the
| marriage of his brother Ulysses >. to Miss
Chaf1ee. Jesse has IL charming little daughter,
| about three years of age
! Mrs Sartoris has three children. The eldest;
a boy of nine, is named Algernon, after his
| father. The other children are a little girl of
five and the "baby.' strong healthy child,
two years old.
The vigorous blood of the Grants asserted
Itself in the third generation, for they all have
the marked physical attributes OF the generals
family.
The general was devoted to his family, and
II was with tears in her eyes that his wife told
friend the other day, ain spite of all his sue
| cesses he never forgot me-