Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-08-05
HON0RS TO GRANT

the state of Iowa to Enroll His
Name for the War of the Rebellion,
Addresses His Old Neishbors.
At an important gathering in the city
of Muscatlne, Iowa, in honor of General
Grant, the following address was deliv-
cred by General Hugh j. Campbell, of
this city, who was visiting his old home.
We quote from the Muscatine Journal of
the oath:
Gen. Robertson's remarks were greet.
ed with applause, which WAS repeated on
bis Introducing as the orator of the ev-
ening, Col. Hugh J. Campbell.
1t was happy circumstance that
there should be in the city, on visit to
his friends and former fellow townsmen,
the young captain of the celebrated
Lincoln Wide Awake corps of the city
IN the campaign of 1860, and whose
name was the first to go down on the
roll of Co. A, OF the Iowa first, and to
whom was issued the first commission
toward the enrolment of the 100000
heroes who formed Iowas quota for the
armies of Gen. Grant. As the first vol
unteer of Iowa, wounded hero of Will
the close OF the war in the 18th Iowa,
Col Campbell could we'll speak for the
"banner city and county," and the Iowa
volunteers.
The colonel spoke eatempore and with.
| out notes. aud his address was substan-
tally as follows:
There was pleasure MINCED with the
sad Offices of the hour, to stand where as
young man he joined hands with 9th.
ers in marching forth to the defense OF
the republic, and it was an honor to be
| called upon to speak for the banner city
and county of the state on so memora-
BILE an occasion in honor of General
Grant. We say that General Grant is
| dead, and the men, women and children
who were gathered togethed to-day
throughout the land, are shocked
Death, how long we may face it, is al.
ways sudden. And SO the people who
have waited SO many months on those
daily bulletins, though knowing death
was inevitable, were unprepared wher
the bells of fate rang out the death knel
of the hero. Now, they pour out, with
hushed hearts 10 masses welded by {
common grief, to hear the voice of pravel
and eulogy.
l
Grant is now impossible. 1t will even.
tually be formed out of the great mass
of events and incidents filling the granG
measure of his career. With no preten
tion to perfect portralture of the man
if called upon to point out the salient
events of his military career, which
outline bis character best, the speaker
would name four incidents.
l,H i [ l
was reeling under the mortal blows @
the rebellion, and Bulls Run and other
fields had seemingly dlsgraeed the haI
beyond recovery, then those magic, iu
spring words of unconditional surren
der flashed over the land from Dopel
son and aroused the enthusiasm ut tL
north.
| 2nd. There followed that inspiree
march to the rear of Vicksburg, term
mating in one of The twin victoile
which hencefolth made twin 4th Q
July, and setting the Mississippi flow
ing "unvexed to the sea"
rounding the twin with halo of glor,
: equal to that of its elder brother.
3rd.. The patient, stubborn, dcgget
relentless. blood-dyed road through th
Wilderness which Grant hewed for hlm
self, in the spirit of his own words"
: propose to fight it out on this line If i
takes all summer"
4th. The scene which some historica
Salnters of the future will yet select a
{ the subject Of a national picture, equs
in pathos, dignity and dramatic interes
to that other scene of Washington dt
clining the frenzied offering of his i,
9 jured soldiers to proclaim him king
! that scene where Grant, in his eollet
muddy. travel-worn and road-staine
dress, under the tree of Appoma,
;, tox, stood before the splendid Lee
= clad in all the gorgeous insignia an
parade of rank and war. and lookin
with far-away eyes beyond all til
stirring scenes of conquest aroun
him of which be was tn
!, laurelled hero and central figure, an
: beyond all the suggestions of glory an
= fame for himself said to the fallen cor
. federate chieftain: General. your me
will need their horses for the fall plov
: ing, and have given orders that the
y y may retain them"
Now as the warp through which thes
;, incidents run as threads of the woof-
= underlying his whole career, there seen
y :. ed to the speaker these general charac
y eristics: lst, business like purpos
2nd. no acting on parade; Srd, hittit
hard and quick wherever opportunit
offered; last, the chief characteristic
the foremost figure of the war SCENE
j to be this-that, like his immortal che
Q the great Lincoln, was in peace, SO
= was in war, a representative typical ms
y OF his time and the people; neither be
y ter nor worse, larger nor smaller this
n the people he sprang from, he was er
9 phatica!ly type of the average Anne,
It can voluneer soldier whom he comman,
K ed. Not genius like Napoleon. not
d marshal like Moreau, not an organizer
Q victories in camp and senate like Cess
Q not conqueror like Alexander, not {
d enthusiast like Cromwell, but a pla,
d common sense. hard-headed, and har
g fighting American captain who felt tn
n his government had given him, bn.
Q ness to do and the men to do it wit
n and he meant to do it by the most dire
,, methods. But in these great qualltie
It he was greatest.
It A lesson not hackneyed or trite in i
" closing hours illustrated the noble
"a spirit of tho time. In the vay be h