West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-21
ADORE
DELIVERED HERE on SATURDAY.
AUGUST sra AT TUE GRANT
MEMORIAL SERVICES EY
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Z ft'I'I' VIZ NtN' t''-.'.F tN~N.'HlfI 10 us
/ for our triou,o of respect ,o tho mnmorv
90 ono ofthe most fIus,rious citizens Of
our Rcpuhuc-,he cherished ;ncmory OF
= the moro OF Arpowat.cN
{ N honor 90 him whose courage Rnl
4 termination and military genius p,o-
served tous .u tho g'oouuest days ct our
country's history, QUA beloved Union as
( 70 Was handed To ms az Yorktown by
| Washington, and to mingl, our sorrow
! with, ana unrr our condolences to tue
family of tho u'ustriouS dead. have we
/ gathered hero at this hour, whom no, on
/ ~ thi~ hail. and these oar places Of bu.i-
ness, but the entire .uuutry is drsped i'm
mourning; and nay millions Of people
/ bow with uncovered beads and sar,ov fol
couutoIauce-, Co witness the ohseguics
OF the so,dlor-petript, Ulysses =. Grant
On tho morning OF TIVE 28rd of p,t
month, won't the sad message flashing
over Tho wires to every state m the TINS
ION, from Mt. McGrcgor:
"Goeruj Grant is dc1d r'
Thouev- was nor uuox pcgted .yetwhcn
~ camo, the proud and potri1t.c Amcri.
can heart S'ood stdl. The Amoricto rco
pie needed no Introduction To u,o man
| whose death was thus heraldcd 10 them.
His history was their history. aua uni
vorsal sorrow prevailed when his dotL
VAS proclaimed Tho people OF the
Unitei States knew him. aud loved HIM
VOL, tor in their hour Of greatest need,
and most imminont peril he stood brave
" by them.
say the American heart ceased to
beat, il stopped 10 think. The people
remem bored well who IL was that had 40
last sur ondored-" unconditional and
immediate surrender" when the awful
messenger ofDeath demanded is first and
last surrender.
They knew 1t was he whose youth and
strength aud manhood had been spsn, i'm
defense ofh,s country's honor. and whose
courage. decision and genius in war had
| made them ouco moro "A united people :;
"ho had laid down his life with that
m'uli0esS nni fortitude With which he
took mp bis sword aud fought the chiv-
airy end daring OF the South from Donel
son and Shiloh 10 Petersburg ana Ap-
pomattox. They know him as tho chief
tlin who "over throw rebellion greater
thsn the world had ever soen before. and
stamped ont every vestge Of resistance
on continent" aud SO the people went.
Sixty throe years ago, when James
/ Monroe " AZ President Of tho United
/ state, and John Quincy Adams. and
Niliam u. Crawford. and John G. Cal,
! uouu, were Nom ea of his cabinet
! when Webster was the Murat Of dobato
'ud Henry Clay iu tho mn glow OF bis
/ brilliant caI"cr, the man over whose do>
mise "e grievo, whose virtues wo cxlol
and whose mcmory We revere to-day.
was horn in Ciernont County. Ohio
The place ofAis birth was I'm close proN-
unity 70 tbc scenes of bis earlier cam,
paien~. 1915 childhood and youth were
'p' -u.rounled by aGiueuoo. AS a boy
/ snd 10. @ youth. he ievolo.,ed no greater
'''' '''' '''-S '''D'' H"Oio qn"'ii'e' 'h'n the
geucrliN u boys. Quick to perceive.
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/ d" l'S'' moro e nothing 80 becomes
'''' ~ '''''s' '''iIness an' humiIity;'
/ 7' wa WIN ''nfr"I Grant Twenty
| "'' Fefr" ago. "'t'r heing graduated at
"''' ''"' Mii'rY Academy, having
7''' '-'N'D le.T" OF niii'ry Hie'in camp
'''' '' '''"e h''l"H fought bIayely
-"''-'H '"' ~" "i'h MeXir", h'ine 300
livery '"'"kr'"'''' save one US. GRAM,
'N'' ''oa''V i'I'y years ri ago. was cons
f''""'''Y unknown 10 hls c'uuiymou.
s''' Q" hi- "'li'tfy comrades who know
'''' courage 'hn Hhlu ID hi5 chosen profes-
al''''
N.''''I P'''oiniIy 10 ibe town oi"aIena.
''.'i'''7 as o." hun'I' Dat respected CHI
"'h pursuing an honest though unoston-
/ HuouS GAZING oulOYing that hHpDiu se