Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-10

Is tnIs ali lnet we can QOY Is II all we ought
10 d02 ! think not. 1t has been the custom in
all ages and in all countries for the nations to
erect monuments in memory of their illustriOus
dead. What more fitting or appropriate than
that the Capital City OF this State should have
her monument erected 10 the memory of the
honOred dead, and to that end I, as Governor of
California and resident of Sacramento during
my term Of office, most earnestly urge upon the
people Of sacramento to take the matter IN hand
without moments delay. To defer action
upon the subject until the zeal of the people has
cooled viii result in non-action and indefinite
postpOnemcnt. We cannot expect to compete
with the great cities of the East In elaborate and
costly structures. We viii leave that for the
time when Sacramento shall have become the
Queen City OF the western slope.
Let Us OF Sacramento raise what we can and
are able and if this should not be sufficient, let
us appeal to the next Legislature to supplement
our efiOItS by liberal appropriation. The
money thus spent Will not be wasted or spent in
vain II no better plan is suggested. let the Ex-
ecutiye Committee call q mass meeting in the
Assembly Chamber to devise ways and raise
means to accomplish the desired end. If we let
the matter go by default, feet certain it viii be
a source Of regret by every man and woman in
this liberal, lovely and prosperous metropolis
Following Governor Stoneman Miss Re
becca Joseph read the following
ORIGINAL roEN
Send low your heads and bow your hearts in
grief
The blow has fslIn. but tears can give relief;
Let not an idle word or thought disturb
This holy hour nor seek with pride 70 curb
The OyertOwing soul that would portray
How much we mourn this sad funeral day;
That would with solemn pageantry express
How much we loved our chief III this far West
It's true the streets with eager crowds are filed
But hushed the shout all gaiety is stilled-
The soldier tramp, the CLEAN Of musGetry,
Bring not the glad ONE news OF victory.
The city, clothed in solemn garb of woe.
The nations loss and heartfelt sorrow show;
While sound OF mutiled drum and mounful air
With tolling bells the grieYious tidings bear.
Hes dead-thc soldier SCARED by many wars:
Hes dead-the hero brave for freedoms cause !:
Hes desd-the statesman who, in peaceful
years,
His welI-loved country led to smiles through
tears.
He's dead-,Ae man whose gentle, child-ike
So free from guile, rode safe through ev ry shoal
Hes dcad-the man whose brightest virtues
shone
Beside the hearth. no: in the world alone.
Toll on. yc bells. toll on. for Grant is gone.
10 higher realms his soul sublime is borne,
His valiant heart thrills BOT with life. nor CLOVIS
With JOY, TO kno" that friends. who once were
Sow join the universal hymn that sounds
From east 70 west, from north 10 southern
bounds.
Ilis eyes see not how DROPS the flag to-day.
That lldg upheld through storm ana bloody fray.
Ii droops for him whose grand and noble life
Was marked for peace, though mostly spent I'm
strife
lie loved not war; lis giittring pomp possessed
For MIN no charm, nor stirred with pride his
breast.
To him the battlefield was not The place
Where smoke and fire Victors fame should
trace.
re viewed il only as the sacred means
With which to fill urland with peaceful scenes.
The smiling fields Of waving grain and corn,
he thriving cities Yet but IN their dawn
The Golden state with all its wealth Of land
lie fought for these with cleaning sword in
hand
When ruin lowered DER our country head.
And ghaStly crime 10 cruel wrong was wed
lie willing leii his peaceful country life,
Threw down the plough, and sIrang into the
strife.
See yonler swarIhy brother mournlul stand.
With face upliltcd and with trembling hand.
FOR MN Grant faced the storm of hate and war,
For him and millions Drayed the lannon's roar.
Weep on. ye of the once dowu-trodden race,
For none eau take your gallant hero place
He stripped the chains from OF your bleeding
soul.
And bright the sun Of freedom Ger you rolled.
When hate was crushed and ranking discord
uuciied,
Behold how twice the nations fate he held
Aud when his high and noble task was DER,
Mark his triumphant march on foreign shore
Their gates the gen rous cities opened wide.
And Kings and Queens made him with them
abide,
While wealth and honor at his feet were flung.
And wing countries with his praises rung.
Now, mark the change-the victor strength is
gone:
Through narrow aisles of pain his soul is borne
But brave in spirit, as in days of war,
He srasps the pen and writes his history DER.
Across the page q dark ming shadow glides,
And Death comes swift with fast increasing
Ills hand grows weak-the mighty foe has won
o, rest thee, Grant, thy work on earth is done,
The reading of the poem was followed
by the
BENEDICIIoN By FATHER GRACE.
Feli0tr Citizens: Perhaps never before was there
such unanimity displayed 10y "A great people in
honoring the living or the dead as we find to-
day i'll honoring the remains Of him who may
be appropriately called the Savior OF the Union.
The pageant does honor to the hero and the
country alike. When this nation was distracted
BY civil war, and in danger of being divided
and thus becoming an easy prey to the enemy
ot liberty, the genius OF one man consolidated it
and made II what it is now-thc foremost ma
ton of the earth. Successful in every battle
General Grant was nevertheless COnsiderate and
generous towards the fallen. His death l.
looked upon as q calamity, but ! find IL to be
also Il blessing, in this sense, that people who
were gradually becoming one III heart and in
icrcst are now thoroughly united IN sympathy
over the ashes OF The most hOnored and most
eral Grant is simply imptrishable, and the ct
tcctS Of bis work must endure while nations
have 4 being. Though he was an American he
belonged not TO America alone; his memory, his
achievements, are the heritage Of humanity
May then this great nation, to which the de-
ceased hero gave a second BIRTH always abound
with tile blessings OF Providence; may the peo-
pie grow richer and happier rs the years roll
on; may peace and plenty be their store; may
fraternity and equality continue their escutch-
con; may liberty, undimmed by the ages fire
IN may thtg Gfarl
and Stripes be ever Us respected and feared as
they are now; may the benefits purchased at the
cost of Il cruel war never Leave US; may America
ever be the " home Of the free and the land of
the brave and let not the large heart of such
Il great nation be unmindiul OF him who led her
through the Red Sea Of carnage, firmly yet
gently, to the promised land of peace and pros
perity; NAV the blessing OF Almighty God, in
whom we trust, be upon this land and abide
with it to the end Of time. Amen.
The services having been concluded the
vast audience gradually dispersed.
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