The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-08-16

By Reverend Anthony simpson. DeliV-
cred at Elko. August 8. 1885.

"know VI not there IL n Prince N
great man iallen?"
These words have been used many n
time as the text Of funeral discourses or
eulosieS pronounced upon those who
bave held conspicuous places amongst
mrp. but I ain sure that never has the
question been asked since the world be-
gan, when such "a universal response in
the affirmative would be given as is Civ
EN- by the whole civilized world in Tho
DEMONSTRATIONS Of appreciation # the
greatness of him whose memory we
honor to-day, General Ulyssls Simpson
Grant.
1t is not my purpose to preach n SER
mon. or pronounce nj elaborate eulogy
upon hun. The world is full of his
praise, aud anything that ] might say
upon this occasion would oply be to re-
echo what you are hearing every day.
A Primes and a grsSt man has fallen.
No one at all acquainted with the life Of
the great Captain will deny this. al
though We may differ. and doubtless do
ditTrr 'as to what constituted his great
ness.lI shall not enter into any dis
cussion al TO this, but shall content my
self with simply pointing out sornr Of
the prominent traits in his character,
which challenge admiration and ARE
worthy Of imitation. OF his s-rviccs to
our county / need not even remind you.
They alone demand the grateful re-
membrance not only of the North,
whose cause he SO thoroughly es-
pouSed. and whose armies he led to
constant victory, but of the South too,
whose conquered hosts, than whom no
Drawer men ever girded on the sword.
were. by the fortunes of Wnr and the
hat Of God compelled to yield to the
verdict Of wars arbitnment. They
could have met no more generous foe.
and l am sure nothing was more crate.
full to the Generals feelings. nothing
touched that noble heart of his during
his distressing illness more than the ex.
pTessions Of sympathy which came to
him from those whom he had met in
arms against him Oh the bH;tle-f Id;
and no praise that I could give him
could be half so great as the express
sions Of appreciation which the ex.Con-
federntes nre giving now, as they vie
with the North To do honor to tl.c great
soldiers name and memory. There
must have been something grnnhly
noble III the man OF whom the Chairman
Of hn rx-ConfedeTate soldiers meeting
frankly sud. lie was n gallant sol
der, n patriot in the full sense OF the
term, and although he had been their
enemy. fet in the hour Ut victory he
had proved himself ihelr best friend
and d most generous bcuciNCtoT, whom
Thy remembered with gratitude ami
desired Ia honor as tn dead hero OF
their commou molhcr land. Aud amid
III" nations grief at SO gr.Rt a loss
tAcsc com : the Pheasant thought. for
which every true American ought to
thank God, that W, can do honor to tac
name Of Grant, not only without oilcnsc
to those who s. b~rnVcIy :ou ,ht for the
lost cause, hut with their hearty aud
dcmoustratIvr Sympathy. Thi, fact
alone IS one % the grludest cuiogirS
that could he pronounced uIon the dead
Hero. IIc not only conquered with
ur:mS, but with that great, generous.
yet simple rntGsc Of his, which made
out 81 enemies warm and ndmiriug
friends, ~ dat to-day, MOI only in thi,
assembly, but all over these now Tor
ever, | trust. United States, the Blue
and the Gray forgetting, or at least
burying the dead past, unite in gener-
Gus. manly rivalry to do honor to the
dead. md express their sorrow over the
nations loss.
1t was with II feeling Of mingled re.
lief and sorrow TINT tidings were Ie-
ceived that he whose last days were so
full Of suffering, had passed beyond the
reach Of pain. The grief is one thu;
reaches 10 all parts Of the country.
North and South, in city. town and
country village: tolIiug bells, and days
at hnli-irnst proclaim the universal sor-
ros. Nor j. all this mer~ outward
show; it is the demonstration Of q feel
ing that reaches every house and every
heurt ~ profound as it is universal:
and the reason Of all this is that Gener.
nj Grant IL recognized rs truly u grea;
man..
cannot brlieye Il was n mere chance
or happy accident that brought him Ia
the front In the troublous times Of our
civil war. II certainly was no through
powerful friends Or personal fnvUri.ism.
wh9t he was he owed only to God and
10 himself, aud the abilities with which
he Yns endowed. At the beginning Of
:hc war he was simply Capt. Grant.
with 10 more distinction han hundreds
OF other Captains and Lientennnts. lie
n no pet, nobody recognized him as
possessing great military talents. or
predicted for him remarkable success;
bur he had hardly taken command OF n
regiment before lac showed his courage
and his capacity first Mt Belmont, No..
and still more conspicuonsly nt II.
| Donaldson. In tie most critical mo.