The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-08-19
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mans better nature, causing love and gratitude 70
swell az in the heart
bless the memory Of General Grant for thcsp
Heaven approved deeds. bless il in the name Of
God and hnnAauity-that Il may hoat down the
sEes ss blessing 70 man, and lesson % Soald-
b Great Gfseysl, who's greatness consists IN tyr
amy, cruelty and human hatchery.
Alexander made war for conquest; Napoleon was
amhihoaA and warrrd for glory and power; Cen
eral Grant may havc been a,nhitpns but ~ fought
for cessfiy and for fsfcs He said ale, rs have
peace, and frem that day 10 this. r-acr has iowa
rs Eiyer to all my eoaniEymep.
50. fellow eitEens, lei Us thank God that he sent
rs man, As meek Is Moses and as wen qualified |
for his work, as Noes VS. for his; had hin here
AZ the right time. ana put ann in the right place
70 Be his honore9 instrument 8 assist in making |
TIE United States what the Declaration % hide |
pendence declared; That life, liberty and the pur
suit OF happiness was mans natural right whether
he b white or black. rich " Pcor.
American Consul-General. :. II. Putnam. |
On the 18th Of April, 1851, the inioastiou Of a |
great gun burst upon the sir m CaarleSion Har- |
Dor. TWAS horne over the waves. flashed upon |
the wires and hurried upon the bounding train, |
until its echoes resoapded throughout the world. |
It's mighty voice prociAuaed 10 Christendom that
the disputes OF halt century in the greatest of /
patriotism. vas 10 be settled by the aroitra-
nent Of arms that the creates. evil var IN history
had burst forth in fury, and thai the millennium OF |
arbitration must await settlement by force. All |
about me see the veterans OF that contest and BY
the IRE which still burns m their eyes. dimmod rs
they may be By the centls touch Of time. read |
ne reInemhranee OF those stirring times Soon /
the fierce contest, like prairie IRE consuming all
within rs reach, burst forth Fhc men who fred /
the gun as Sampler marched their hIttalions upon /
Washington, the hrSt battle of the war, and would
have reached their goal had thar knowledge hsen
equal 10 their valor. Battle after battle came,
eaeh followed BY cry Of distress and rage from /
those Who loved the Uni0n for in each contest the
stars and bars were triumphant. The Coufeder-
fh, zt-ffa Ia
h0d not But soon cheer came TO Us from the /
beautiful Cumberiand. Fort DonaldSon, the key
70 the stronghold Of the rebellion bad surrendered,
and the wogld Was introduced 10 the young man
Who was 20 carve the road 10 victory and achieve
place IN history by the side Of the military COLOSSUS
Of the world
ULYSSES 5. GIANT.
Virksburg Mission Ridge. and the innumerable
tricmphs which contributed to the ehaplet which i
eneircled his brow, followed and then he led the
children o. the Union through the Wilderness into
the promised land, where the eagles perched upon
their banners. and the emblems Of rebellion lay
abiectly at their feat. II Is trite saying that /
circumstances make men, The history Of the i
world has furnished yeSiheation. From Joshua 10
him whose memory we to-day embalun, events have |
developed merit. But nowhere has there been 50
marked an instances rs IN the career Of the late
General of our armies. Who, in the early months
Of 1851, would have looked upon the worn and dis
appointed middle aged man officiating as clerk in
Galeua leather store, and by the most exhaustive
stretch Of fancy depict him as victorious General
Of armies as President Of the Republic, which in
this instance was at least grateful; as the honored
guest of all the civilized nations the earth. and
As the hero and idol Of free peoplel If arbitra-
hon had settled the questions Of the war, Grant |
would probably have gone to his grave us thou
sands OF waiting men have gone. But events pre-
ssnted his opportunity and he was equal 10 it.
Providence had reserved him for his nation S emer
gency. Bot the lesson has still further value, as
evidence of the advancement Of the ace. This un-
known man of GAIena became the hero Of his time
because the opportunities Of develOpmsnt were
given him. The cramped spirit of the past is Oh
solete, and the times demand the recognition OF |
merit rather than dependence upon class or race.
Remarks to-day should be too brief to allow an
analysis Of the character Of the great General
whom
oUB NATION MnUESs.
Neither Is it necessary, As be WAS as open as an
open book. II too much fr1nkness is \ fault he |
possessed il, and every trait OF his character was
as Transparent as crystal. His patriotism was the
absorbing element OF his character. The perpetu-
ity Of the Union and honor of his Government
we're the ruling motives IN his action. The grand
est human virtue was MS chief weakneSs-an at
iaehuent to friends, 50 ferTent as to blind him to
their faults To this more than all else, may be
attributed s1ch Just grounds OF criticism as at
tached 70 the administration. But the noble
ness of the act Of placing himself as shield be
tween his friends, whom he believed to be pure,
and ealumny, Is one which true men must always
admire. ID would have been impossible for him to
eonduct two administrations through these truub-
lOus times without mourning the penalty of abuse
obscured by csinnny. The beautiful evening
star which spsrkles like diamond In the Gorgeous
aftsEglOS Of your setting sun Is sometimes hid
dsn b. passing cloud But tue mist dissulves
and the star remains with its lustsr uniimmed.
The greatness Of this remarkable man was most |
furcibly sIsmplihed in the days Of his suffering
and in tue scenes preceding his death. No hero
ever made nObler tight than he. Not merely 4 |
own objects, but for his devoted family and |
friends, for time to work and make renewed con
trlbution to their happiness, welfare and rsputa-
ton With the terrible cancer eGtins its SLOW way
to his yitals, and the
GRIM AKsls CT DEATH
constantly stretched to ree-iya him, be worked /
with the ayidity of NAN whO had his fortune and
fame 10 carve, rather than as the great captain /
who stood upon the pinnacle and looked down upon
the trsHsitOry honors with which admiring world
had crowned him. But be felt that his people
entitled 70 record OF the wonderful events IN /
which he had been 80 marked a participant, drawn /
from the only brain IN which they were stored /
There we're errors of history to correct rgputaOns
we're ID be liberated; falsehoOd vas TO be IN 1
masked, and for this great work he pleaded with |
the attendant ply sci n, aud the Physician who \
alone dispenses fe for time TO completes his york.
And let the country reiOiee that his prayers were
answered, and death grimly waited till the close.
Probably no American was 50 widely appreciated /
as General Grant. His fame extended to the full /
limits Of civilization and his abilities
Admitted thrUugOut the world. The remarkable |
and continuous ovation which commenced in Eng |
this fact. Not even Washington o. Lincoln 20 /
fully filed the ere and hear Of the nations. In /
no other American has been 20 thoroughly eEem- |
pli6ed the characteristics Sf oar Rep1blic- Its /
humble beginning and its present are shadoEed in /
the public life Of Grant, and ths Americans here
assembled, domiciled as tier are two thousand !
miles from their quandon homes
II THGs LTTTLE EIsGDOH
which, in rs beauty, seems TO have been gift of
the Gods and ruled gently that they scarcely I
know that they are ruled at all, feel their hearts
bound with pride as they drlW the same lesson /
from them great General and their mighty RspGb-
lie But II IS given unto all 70 die Sometimes
feel that had Almighty poEsrs I would make |
exceptions 10 the general course There are men l
and women Of s1cd perfect mold tdat they shO1ld /
live forever and people continents Bat It's not |
the law, and as H4unibal and AlsIaudeE ard Ceslr
and Frederick and Sap0lsou aad wellington all |
faded IN thsir bodies from esrtE, 50 has Grant. and
like theirs his name vii Be iHsmoEiai. Bring |
flowers. sweet flowers, bat they can add no fr1- |
GRANGE TO his memory Pie stone upon stone over
his decaying rsInairs. bat his sep1ieher : IN the
hearts Of his eJGutrymen.
Grant and Gordon