The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-04
EUL0GY ON GEN. GRANT
DELIVERED BY HENRY WARD BsscHsr
IN FREMONT TEMPLE
Another Name IL Added 10 the Ron !.
Thes. Whom the World win Not Will
ingiy Let Die"-BesntifuI words
ndiy spoken--National News.

exercises at fremont temple under the
auspices of the city government At 9 a,
o'clock prayer Yves offered by Rev. b + y
Hamlin and an ode by Julia Ward Howe "
was sung by the choir. A poem by Louise a,
Quincy was read by Professor Moses T. ly
Brown, OF Tufts college. The motetto {.
'sGone Through the shadows was rendered. a
by choir of wornenfs voices Mayor 0'Brien a
at this point. in brief speech. presented the
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher as the eulogist of /
the day. " Beecher was received with !
generous applause
Another name is added 10 the roll of /
those whom the world viii not willingly let j
die. A few years since the storm-laden
clouds filled his heaven, and ohaoquy, SIAN
der and bitter lies rained down upon him.
The clouds are all blown away; under ii Sc
rene sky he laid down his life and the nation
wept The path to his tomb is worn By the
feet of innumerable pilgrims. The mildewed
lips of SANDER are silent, and even criticism
heSitates lest some incautious words should
mar the history of the modest. gentle, mag
nanimons warrior. The whole nation
watched bis passage through humiliation
and misfortunes with unfeigned sympathy +;
the whole world sighed when hls life ended. 1
AT his burial the unswcrdeSf hands of those +
whom he had fought lifted ais bier and bore /
him to his tomb with love and reverence.
Grant made no claim TO ssintship. He
was man of like passions and with as
marked limitations as other men Nothing
| could be more distasteful TO his honest. mod
est soul while living and nothing more un-
/ becoming to his memory than lying exag-
| gerations and fulsome batteries. Men with
out faults are apt to be men without force.
| A round diamond has no brilliancy. Lights
| and shadows, hills and valleys give beauty
| to the landscape.
THE faults of great and generous natures
l off r-ff e~Aa3DaSS II tina shadows
which their virtues cast Three elements
enter into the career of great citizen, that
| which his ancestry gives; that which oppor-
| tunity gives; that which his will develops
Grant came from a sturdy New England
stock. New England derived it from Scot
land. Scotland bred it at a time when Cow
enanters and Puritans We're made-men of
iron consciences hammered out upon the
anvil of adversity.
From New England the stream flowed to
Ohio, where it enriched the soil till it
brought forth abundant harvest of great
men When it was Grants time TO be born
, he came forth without celestial portents
and his youth had in it no prophesy of his
manhood His boyhood was wholesome, ro-
bust, with vigorous frame; with a heart
susceptible of tender love, Vet it was not so
cial He was patient ard persistent he
loved horses, and could master them. That
T Is GOou sign. OIdut usttl uu VI
circumstances; opportunity must seek him,
or else he would plod through life without
| disclosing the gifts which God hid in him.
The gold in the hills cannot disclose itssif
, 1t must be sought and dug.
, ''Sharp and wiry politicians, for some
reasons of providence, performed a generous
. deed in sending young Grant TO West Point
He finished his course there distinguished a'
| | a ekiIlful and bold rider with an inclination
TO mathematics but with little taste for The
: theory and literature of war, but with sym
, pathy for its external and material develop
: mepts. In boyhood and youth he wa:
4 marked by simplicity, candor, veracity ant
; silence After leaving the academy he saw
service in Mexico and afterward In Cahfor
mia, but without conspicuous results
s.Then came clouded period, a sad life o
t irresolute vibration between ssif-indulgenc
D and aspiration. Through intemperance he
], resigned from the army, and at that tim
a one would have feared that his life woul
end in eclipse 1t was later in his life tha
Grant DESTROYED the enemy that biteth hk
a serpent and stiDgeth like an adder
length he struck at the root of the matter
!, Others agree not to drink, which is gooC
\ Grant overcame the wish to drink, which
better. But the cloud overhung his reputs
. ton for many years aud threatened his as
Q tendency when better days came. OF a
his victories many and great this was II
l. greatest that he conquered himself
n ''His will was stronger than his passion
He was good sabaltern, poor farmer,
l. worse tanner, worthless trafhcer III
n out civil experience, without literary gift
II too diff lent to be ambitious, too modest
n put himself forward, too honest to be po
ff tician. he was of all men the least likely
:, attain eminence, and absolutely untitte'
apparently, for pre-eminence, yet God
providence selected him Ordained w
Grant with the ointment of war, black al
- sulphurious His opportunity was comm
IL ALREADY the clouds afar Off were gatht
ing He saw them not. No figures we
near future the insulted flag; the ga
Ie ments rolled in blood; million men
10 arms. the sulphurious smoke of bait
Or CORY heaps upon desperate battlefields;
< army of slowly moving, crippled hero'
,a praveyartis populous as cities; they were
N in the clouded horizon, though he saw the
IN not.
:" ssIet us look upon the scene. This con
~ nent Law waiting for ages for tie seed
, nc civilization At length a sower came fol
no to SOW While he sowed the good seed
Gu liberty and christian civilization an enen
IN darkling, sowed tares They sprang up a
i'd grew together. The constitution Grad
lie, both slavery and liberty While yet
yh snarled in youth, quarreled when b
nd grown and fought when of full age.
hi final catastrophe was inevitable. The sol
like a aueenly beauty, grew imperious
exacting: the north like an obsequious SUI
knelt at her feet to receive contempt 8
mockery.
e .sBoth parties. Whig and Democrat, DIR;
- of the cup of her sorcery. 1t killed
90 Wing party The Democrat was toug
III and was only besotted- Ii a wise mode
tion had possessed the south, if they
conciliated the north, if they had met
Sir lust scruples of honest men, who hating
lrt, yery dreaded the dishonor of breaking
ury compacts of the constitution, the Sc
asy might have held control for another I
utn dred years 1t was not to be. TOD SCI
ted strong delusion upon them Ihey
,e,s SEEKING to medicate volcanoes anu
-aro | earthauakes by administering political
his nine.
niS ssTbe wise statesmen were bewildered
-; politicians were juggling fools, Inc SC
2 1tr had builded herself upon the rock Of slav
nei 1t Law in the very channels OF civlllza
ora like some Flood Rock lying sullen Off ]
ord Gate. The tides of controversy rushed U
ell. it and split into eddies and swirllng p
ain, bringing violence and disaster. The I
rds, wouId not move. 1t must be removed
for wa. the south itself that furnished the !.
sts. neers. Arrogance in counsel sunk the "a
ther violence chambered the subterranean
art sages and infatuation loaded them
+ is dynamite All was secure. The hand
~ fred upon Sumptor exploded the mlne
tore the fortress to atoms. For one
nc &c ment the waters rocked with wild confu
NC then the way of civilization was ops
un The south fought for slavery and ind !
and da,,ca The north fought for union, and
I De political success after the war.
afer sThus for two years not unmarked
tick great deeds the war fingered Lincoln
Iiect and sorrowful, felt the moderation OF
my generals and longed for man OF iron
than wbe had but two words in his military
nave cabulary-victory and annibilation.
"a or was coming; be was heard from Henry
Douelson. Three great names were risl
!. 90 Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan, and Ia
= ~ than either, Grant Thus at length q
was really born He had lain IN the
went for so long as an infertile egg. The ol
pa ing of war Matched the egg and an eagle
anu forth.
ram ssIt is impossible to reach the full mea
ss by of Grants military genius until we su
olph the greatness of this most extraoroi
ano- war of modern days, or it may be sai
as a apy age Into this suiphurlous storI
rship war Grant entereo aaliioss s.si
mand. Once set forward, Donelson, 81
yRR.n yicksburg, Chattanooga, the Wilder
,ii NJ snotfsvlyapia. Petersburg, Appom
Ike these were his first steps. In four yeal
ngry had risen without political favor from
wing bottom to the very highest command
Har- second to any living commander IN a
refer world. His plans were large, MS
ented couraged will but patient to obduracy'
come was not fighting for reputation nor y
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