Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-30
AN EUL0GY ON GRANT
DELIVERED IN BOSTON THURSDAY.
The City of Culture Pays Her Final Honor
A Panegyric, beautiful and Musical,
by Henry ward Beechcr on the
Hero at Riverside Park.

BosToN, Oct 22.-The city of Boston paid
its formal official tribute to the memory
of Ulysses :. Grant this afternoon in II
manner befitting the occasion. The eXer-
cses were held in fremont Temple in the
presence of II large audience which filed
every part of the great auditorium.
Mayor OBreu presided. Howard NJ. Dow
played appropriate music upon the organ,
while the audience was being seated and
then in con junction with the large orches-
ira performed Chapin's funeral march.
Prayer was offered by Rev b. f. Iamil-
ton of the Eliot church, after which the
choir rendered 1.-The Magic Flute" an ode
which Mrs Julia Ward Howe had written
for the occasion Then n medley, written
by Rev NJ. J. Savage, was sung by the
choir Henry Ward Beecher was then in
troduced by Mayor o. Bren and delivered
an eulogy on Gen. Grant.
The Eulogy by Henry Ward Beechor.
Another name is added to the roll of
those whom the world will not willingly
let die. \ few years since Storm-clouds
filed his heaven and obloquy, Islander and
bitter lies rnined down upon him.
The clouds are all blown away, under a
serene sky he laid down his life, and the
nation wept. The path to his tomb is
worn 10y the feet OF lnnum Prable pllgrlns,
The mll1eWed lips Of Islander are silent,
and even criticism hestates lest SINE in
cautious word should mar the history of
the modest, gentle magnanimouS war
rior
The whole nation watched his passage
through Illuminating miSfortunes with
unteigueu SNnpathN' the Wnole ,Worlu
sighed when his life ended AT his burial
tho unSNybr1pl hands of those whom he
mad fought liited ms per ana hofe MN TO
ms TOMB with loNe ana reverence; -
Grant made no clam TO Sa'htShlp lie
was man OF Ike passions, ana WIN as
marked LIMITATIONS as otner men Nom
ing c2u'd De more GlSIaStei,ll 10 ms non
est, modest Soul Whlle liVlhG' ana noun
ing more nnbecomiug to his memory, than
lying eNagSerations and iulsome flat
terleS
Men without faults are apt TO be men
without iorce. \ round diamond mas no
orlinancN: lIGhtS ana swallows mis- Hnu
valleys, give beauty To the landscape me
faults of great and generous natures are
often oveI+rlpe goodness, or the swallows
which heir virtues cast.
Three clements enter INTO Tine career OF
great citizen;
MAJ Wnlcn his ancestry gives;
m,hPt Whlch opportunity gives
Ihn' Whlch nus Will develops;
Grant came from sturdy New Eng
land Stock New thGltnd derived 1t from
Scotland, scotland preu H. at 'lfhe Wleh
Covenanters ana PurltahS were made
men OF IRON consequences hammered oui
upon the anvil OF adversary. from New
England the stream nO"ei 10 thc ONO,
where 1t enriched the sou tlll 1t Drought
forth abundant harvest OF great men
When it was Grant 5 1lmc TO he born, ne
came tort u without celestlai portehtS anu
his youth had IN 1t no prophecy OF ms
manhood HIS ooyhood was WhoieSoihe'
robust. with vigorous frame WIN IL
heart susceptible OF tender love. he yet
was not social lie yet was patient aiQ
persistent re loved horses, ana could
master them. Ihat Is a GOOD sign.
Grant hhH 10 arr Oh creaoihS c!rcum-
stances; opportunity must seek MN, OF
else he would piOt through me Wllhou'
disclosing the gus when H4d ma III MN
The -pld IN the mus cannot disclose ltseii'
1t mN~t be Sought ana aug
a sharp and Wiry politician, for some
reason OF ProNipence' pcrlorlneu gen
erouS deed, IN senulnE young ufanU To
west Point lie nhls4eu ms c2ursG mere
dlstinGuI~heI rs a SKlltfui ana boll rlder
with an lnclinatl"n TO hiathehlatlcS, put
with llttIr taste lof the theory ana iltera-
ture ct war, pV, WIN sympathy Tor liS eN-
ternll pnd material developments IN
boyhpoI ana youth ne was narheu oy
slnlpHtltE' CANTOR N'IdGi'y anu Si'ence'
vice III MrNlcO' ana ailefWafu III Cdillor-
MIA, hli without coi9plcuouS results
Then came clptdca period, SAL Ire
OF ir"-olute vibration between Se!i-lll-
diligence ana ASPIRATION through lhtenl-
perance: ne resigned from the army;
and at that LIme one would nave feared
that his life Nodli ent N eclipse Her
CUES 'ruNhci ,Wo 7rrpeh'9 Sent 10 Destroy
hun IN MS cradle, II VA Later III MS ne
that Grant "rNtlHytu the enemy tha'
"bltrth Il &c Il serpent ana 5IihSelh Ike
an adder
At l"n@th ne struck at the root OF the
matter, othtr9 agree hot TO urlnk, whlcil
Is good, 'FrAnt oNerclme the "tSh to drink
which '~ better, but tn cloud huh{
over ms reputation lor many years, ana
Threatened MS arctn fancy when better
day. came. Oh al hls victories, many and
great, tbs was the greatest, that he con
quered himself. HIS VIII was stronger
than his passions.
Poor, mucll 7illl tered, ne eSSaytd farm
ing. Carrying wood for sale TO st; Louis
dld not seem to he mat for which ne was
created neither dld planting crops, OF
raising cutie.
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