Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-09-11

70 tot lDeEfsaDie. when be came tn
count the ships Necessary 90 Transport
as to James river.
l will not yield to the temptation "a
trace the wonderful career of our com
rade through bis later life, which in it,
phases ssrpasses any which history, an
cient or modern, records. ssreiy Pin
tarch gives no parallel, nor does Sparks.
To compare Giant With Alexander.
Hannibal, Cesar, Napoleon or Welltne-
ton, seems TO me folly, for he vas not
similar to any sne of them any more
than the period of time in which thew
existed resenbled ours. No. each epoch
creates its own agents, and General
Grant more nearly impersonated the
Amsrican character of 1915 than any
other living man. Therefore, he viii
stand IS the typical hero in the great
civil war of America in the nineteenth
century. Nevertheless, vs may coptinps
TO gather chsplets to strew on his grave,
as loving tokens Of oar remembrance.
You must all recall that at our meet
ing at Cleveland, in October, 1883. re-
ported TO you that General Grant had
told me be had something special to say
to rs OF the Army of the Tennessee, in
consequence Of which you elected him or
ater for the next annual meeting at Mn
nesonka. in 1854. He intended to come,
bat at the last moment his health and
physician forbade, and We had to choose
a substitute. Again was he chosen for
our orator for this occasion, and BY the
record be Is still the orator, but be is
nov dead, and must speak to us bv his
substitute, General John b. Sanborn,
vho has kindly consented TO fll the
~ nd i A. a.
special matter he wished to reveal to Us
viii De found fully elaborated in bis
forthcoming memoirs.
The newspapers of the day have been
30 full of all details of the funeral that
It were superhuous fer me to say more
than that it was one OF the most com-
Plete tributes OF the living to the dead
which this country ever witnessed. Be.
morning of Tuesday, August &th, it CON
tinued without interruption to 6 O'Clock
IN the afternoon of Saturday, August 8,
1885, to the spot selected BY his 500,
approved by the entire family, and 40
cepted by all Who had a right 70 be cos-
suited. This spot is on the banks of
the Hudson. at the upper end of River
side Park; not q park IN the sense
vet in the rough and susceptible of
Infinite establishment, which will re-
main as the granite rock on which il
stands. till earth shall give up its dead.
and time shall be no more. Ii the spirits
of the dead have the privilege of con
templstlng their own tomb, then will
Gen. Grants be content, for from the
pedestal he can look upon the old revo-
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his very feet, the beautiful Palisades
Just across the river. TaaPan Zss and
the highlands above, the mighty city of
New York with it's busy hsrbor.i and
Long Island Sound scross the peninsula.
| Am well aware that some Of our own
comrades would have preferred Wash
ington city as burial place of the dear
General, bat let Us examine the facts
aud precsdents. President Washington
is buried at Mount Vernon, Jefferson
at Monticelio. the Adamses at Quincy,
jackson at the Hermitage, Harrison at
North Bend, Polk at Nashville, TAYLOR
at Louisville, Lincoln at Springfield,
Garfield at Cleveland. So, also, Of the
army. Scott Is buried at West Point.
Meade at Philaaelphis, Thomas at
Troy, Mcpherson at Clyde. whilst all of
busts in the National Capital. So may
it be With Grant. Eioh town and even
hamlet may have Whatever monument
they are willing to erect, but il seems to
me they should all unite and build a
strong, solid, simple monument,
characteristic Of the man, over his
grave. "Ou the banks of the
Hudson" aud then, like Shakespeare.
inscribe on 1t ''6eoo friend. for Jesus
sake, ferbear to dig the dust enclosed
here; blest ye man that spares these
stones and aocurst be he vt moves my
bones" Grant needs no monument to
perpetUste the memories of his virtues,
His weaknesses lie buried with his
bones, bat II ONE or more monuments
are to be erected to crafty the living.
let them be like ehimself-strsne, simple,
durable and in good taste. Better imi-
tate his example, "aocept the situs-
ation." and erect one good monument
on the banks Of the Hudson, where he
nov lies buried in psaos and at rest
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