St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-09

planning silence, enduring the most malig-
nant criticism, while his generals were
everywhere praised for movements con-
Quoted or victories Won on plans which he
had infinitely laid out for them. What great
warrior was ever so free from the brutal
spirit of mere conquest? He hated war;
He simply accepted it as dreadful neces-
sity on the road to lasting peace. The clos
ing words of his letter of acceptance when
nominated for the presidency were, LET
us have peace" In his dying chamber he
graSped the hand of him whose sword was
the first he had won, and said, Il have wit
messed since my sickness just whatI wished
10 see ever since the war-harmony and
good feeling between the sections" On
Easter Sunday he sent forth this tender
message: Il desire the good will of all,
whether hitherto my friends or not" This
spirit had possessed him all through
the war, and eliminated at the moment of
ITS TRIUMPHANT CLOSE.
This was a most critical moment
Many of the best men in the coun-
try were saying. in no vindictive spirit, but
with sOberest sense of justice and calcula-
ton of what the future safety of the nation
demanded: Let Us make treason OdiOus.
Let Davis and Lee and twenty more of the
foremost rebels be hanged for treason. Let
Southern property be cOnfiScated. the old
Southern state lines be obliterated and the
whole section be parceled out into terri
tories, to be governed by martial law"
Not so, Grant; to the immortal honor of
his Saving common sense" political fore
sight and peerless magnanimity. be
il said. 1t almost seems rs though
he had foreSeen this day when
Johnston and Buckner should help to lay
his ashes in the tomb, and South should vie
with North bitterly to bewail the tTueSt
friend of both. l have thus indicated what
seems TO me the chief elements of Gen.
Grants greatness, colossal common sense,
lofty military genius. superb pluck and peer
less magnanimity. Every nearer will Judge
for himself concerning the justice of the de-
liberate Characterization have given. Pass
ing then from his public career, il would be
most unjust at once TO his memory and TO
your intelligence il | should fail to speak of
his domestic life. The home is the nursery
of civilization and the bulwark OF the state.
Let intelligent, virtuous, happy homes be
multiplied through all our borders, and the
republic is safe. The SacredneSs of
marriage vows, the preciouSneSS of we'd
ded love, the delightful endearments of
father and mother, son and daughter,
brother and sister, in homes worthy the
name, are the strongest bonds of the public
welfare. Twice within the recent years
this great nation has held mOunful watch,
for weary months beside the death-bedS of
its presidents, and in both cases the lifting
up of illuStriOus sufferers to the sympathetic
gaze of the world has revealed the secret of
model homes. Grant was one of the most
chivalrous and loving of husbands, and one
of the tendereSt and happieSt of fathers.
During all the engrOSSing occupations of
his public life, his wife's sweet testimony
was, He never forgot me-"
HIS RELIGIOUS CHARACTER.
Ny final topic is Grants religious char
acter. 1 am persuaded that his steadfaSt
faith i'm God and i'm Providence, in the
Bible and in prayer, had not little to do
with his practical virtues and with his great
achievements. Born in a simply and
devoutly religious home, early taught the
great Christian virtues, he never lost the
impress of this cody nurture. As his
career drew near its close his virtues were
most severely tested, and shOne forth
Respondent. 4 broken limb made him
hopeless cripple, through no fault of his
own. His large fortune was swept entirely
away, and he endured the shame of bank
ruptcy; and at last a most dreaded, pro-
tracted and distressing disease slowly
Slapped his life, allowing not the shadow of
hope of recovery. All these things
he bore with a meellneSs which would adOm
a saint, and an unfiinching fortitude beft-
ting a martyr. The general and president
we knew before; the last two years have
shed the splendor of a mellow and unfading
luster on the great qualities of the man.
The great warrior and statesman. patriot
and friend, died as the Christian dieth. He
is gone from us. Let his ashes rest i'm the
great metropolis which was his last and
greatly loved home. The whole wide
spread country which he loved is his sepul-
chre. Nay, The whole earth is the tomb
of the brave"
Down the track of ages his memory will
be fruitful in this and all lands. God save
the republic which he has so gTandly de-
Tended, and raise up successive generations
of heroes to aid in saving il. God grant us
such life, as genuine if not as great, and
as serene a departure.
The delivery of this magnificent eulogy
was marked by alternating deep silence,
profound impression and applause, ard
when he spoke of letters between Grant
and his wife scarce a dry eye could be
found, while sobs were frequent. But elO-
Quent and grand as it was, the Grafton was
minutes. The rendering of Last Recollec-
tons by Sidwelfs band was followed by the
reading of CampbelrS Memorial Ode by
Miss Clare Louise Thompson, and Sleep,
Soldier, Sleep, by the quartet.
Address of Gen. Eea.
Gen. John p. Rea was introduced and
spoke as follows:
Standing 10y the open grave of the idolized
commander of the grandest army ever mar
shaded upon the battle plains OF earth speak
ing for the men who fought under his stand
ard. who followed him into battle and on to
victory. can do little more than utter the
simple words-they loved him. All OF
him that mortal lies in the cold
icy letters of death. But so grandly did he
live: so heroically did he act his part; so ma
jestically did he move across the earth; so
thoroughly did he impress his nobility and
his genius upon his country, upon the world,
upon the age, upon the great current of hui
man progress sweeping out into the ages TO
come; so dazzling is the radiance that fingers
behind, marking forever the pathway that he
trod; so much OF him was immortal, that but
little was left TO die.
GRANT THE COMMANDER
was the product, the rich ripe fruit OF that
mighty uprising of freemen IN defense of
land and liberty in 1851 The army of the
Union quickly discovered in him the essence
of its power Ii made him its leader. He be
came the concentrated abstract and epitome,
the very incarnation of its enthusiasm, its
love- its loyalty its fidelity, its patriotism. its
endurance, its courage and its life.
Scattered in peaceful homes all over this
redeemed republic. the remnant of his old
army has never ceased TO love him. A pOr-
ton OF the life of every one among Us accom-
panied the old commander, rs a guard OF
honor, when he Travelled down into the valley
of the shadow and under the impenetrable
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him till the reveille of eternity is sounded.
That magic guard is swelled, too, from the
ranks of his former foes; for swift as was his
sword TO conquer armies, his great soul was