The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-07-23

cease and both the companies aud
communities realize handsomely upon
their Investments.
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JEFFERSON DAVIS AND GEN
ERAL GRANT.
IN tho invigorating atmosphere oil
McGregor, the weakening warrior; in
the braciug breezes Of Beauvoir, tho
invalid statesman. On tho northern
mountain tho one; ~ the Southern
seaside the other. And thlther the
world journeys as though IN loving
pilgrimage 10 some glorious Mecca to
tsnderly twine gsIlands about decay
ing shrines. To NcGregor wealth
and fashion wend, attracted by adj
lniration, adulation, or affection. To
Baauvoir, though less attractive OF
location a. this reason, others 60,
prompted by curiosity, or urged Ihero
TO press hearts or shake hands with
the grand old chieftain, yet unpar-
donoj, but who, like the Douglas, GU
mobiles whatever seat no occupies.
And yet to so many of us it seems but
little while sgo since tho man at
MoGrcgor was the iron-bound leader
at Appamattox with the tougher ilbros
of robust physique that no weather
could nurt and no balls from blazing
batteries disturb, and whose voice the
whole country hoard and needed.
But to-day, with tho soldiers saddle
exchanged for tho invalid's chair, q lit
tie speck OF capcerous sore holds in
solemn silence the tongue that vas
wont to command millions, and in its
difficult retreat is entrenohed victor
over victim it Keeps IN undeserved
distress. Disease for him has ordained
the banishment from his home as en-
phaticPliy as British decree he'd in
exile tho plotting BoNAPARTE at St.
uelenG.
Turning to the other extreme of
their common country we SEQ a silver
haired soldier and statesman, patriot,
and gentleman,in the sweet serenity of
his seventy and seven years, his man
ner as gentle as girls, and his voice
as soft and smooth as the notes from
the strings of harp. Poor in purse
but with a.world OF wealth in intellect,
character and career, experience
and memory, and solaced by the sub
tie sweetness OF one Of the most
superior of her sex, twice every day he
watches at that summer seaside home
the flowing tide coone in, even as the
great wave of popular love wit
nesses the ebb of his own life
departing toward that shoreless sea
where there is eternal SUI eese of sor-
row, and no SANDER, no envy, no
venom.
The current of their lives have been
someWhat akin. Both were soldiers
by nature, and both were graduates of
the same school. Both served their
country in the Mexican war, and both
retired to private life when their dis
tinquished abilities had won renown
and property for the Union. Both
were heads of their armies respect.
lively, and both occupied tho positions
of chief rnagistracy OF their respective
governments. Both were authors.
And now, again, both are in private
life. Both have regulations world
wide, and yet with assurance OF his
toric Immortality, both are now so be-
seiged by the invading infirmitiss OF
humanity that it would appear as
though tho WEAKNESS OF lifo would in
spire the enjoyment OF death, for to
neither of them hp3 the approach OF
the relentless archer brought MUIR
muir. What Trey suffer, only them
selves know; yet, with no terror in
their bosCms, no protest on their lips,
they set an example beyond their
bravery on other fields, at once ales-
so1 to age and youth. Soon they
must both respond to the summons
from the same Commander, and 90 to
meet LEE and LINCOLN, and COM
mingle the laurel of victory with the
cypress of defeat, where pensions and
pardons await the most meritorious in
the scales of justice, mercy, charity.
State-rights nor Unionism will be
there. Nor will it be necessary TO
reconcile then the love one bears the
mother with that one feols for the
wife, or discuss the question when one
strives to be true to his bridal troth of
union should he be less true to the
mother who bore him? They will
meet beyond ali rivslries, reproach or
the pensionod; DAVIS
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