Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-23
srecnKa,s EsIeGT ON GIANT.

BosTox. Oct- 22--An immense croso
assaulted N fremont Teuple soniGhs
70 hear Henry Ward Bsechers eoiogy
on General Grant The SPEAKER began
with brief skstch OF the NE OF effanf'
allcdina 20 his lack OF success IN early
business pursuits and his connection
ith the war With Mexico. He referred
"a tue need OF the North sf the opening
of the var Of the rebellion for Uan
Of iron mold Who tad bot ivo words IN
nis vocabulary, Victory or annihila-
ton and added Three great sanes
we're rising 70 sieht, Sherman, Inomas
sra Sheridan, and larger than eif1sr,
Grant. with his advent the armies,
With some repoIses, went steadily for
ward from oouquering to conquer ASIDE
FROM all military qualities, be had
one absorbing spirit-the Cnion must
be saved; the rebellion must be beaten
the Confederate armies must be thresa-
I'd 10 chat as ON q summer thfeshin2
fioor. He had no political ambition,
no imaginary reputation 10 preserve or
gain. bot great genius for grand STRAIT
egv, q comprehension of the complex
noveaents Of vast armies, csstion.
prudence and silence, while preparing,
az endless patience and indotnitsole
will. and q real downright fighting
quality. Thus at Length Grant Was re-
aily born. He had lain in the nest for
long as an unfertile egg. The
| broodine of war hatched the eeg
and an eagle came forth.
The speaker then referred in detail
to the condition Of the armies, the mo
tiyes ruling the commanders and sol
iiers Of both sides, the many fierce
| battles in which thousands we're killed
and many more thousands wounded,
and added: Into this sulphurous
storm Of war Grant entered almost IN
known. II Was with difficulty that be
l could obtain command. Once set for
ward. he advanced by Dsnelson, shiloh.
Vicksburg, Cnickamauas, the Wilder
ness, Spottsyivania, Petersburg and Ap-
pomattox. These were his footsteps,
| In four years he had risen withsut pc
| litical favor from the bottom TO the
very highest command. not second 20
any living Commander in the world"
Reviewing his military career as a
vhsle, Mr.. Beecher aaid, HE never lost
courage or eqnanimity. With millions
for who's movement be was responsible,
| he yet carried Q tranquil mind. Neither
distressed by disasters, or ela.ed by sue
cess, gentle of heart, familiar with all,
never Boosting, always modest, his work
was done, and the defeat Of the Con-
federats armies was final This dread
full man Of blood was as tender towards
| his lats adversaries a. Q woman toward
her son. He imposed no humiliating
conditions, spared the feelings of his
antagonists, sent heme the disbanded
0o-sk -. x,~r 18th <r.,SA . "A 9TH horoou
for working their crops, and when a
revenoeful spirit In the executive chair
showed itself and threatened the chief
Southern generals, Grant with holy in
diRnAtion interpOsed himself, and COM
PEELED his superior to reilnquish bis
rash purpose"
The speaker dwelt at some further
length ON Grants military career, re-
futing passing charges which attributed
bis suecess TO lnok. and criticisms on
what some called his waste Of the life
Of his own soldiers and the butchery OF
his enemies. In concluding his remarks
ON his military life, he said: All sam
mer, all the autumn, all the winter. all
the spring, and carly summer again. he
hammered Lee With blow on blow, until
ct Appomsttox the great, but no great
| er. Southern general went to the ground
Having brought the long and disastrous
war to close, in his own heart Gran,
| would have chosen to have rested upon
his laurels and have lived Q retired mil
itary life. 1t was not to be permitted
He was called to the Presidency by uni
versal reclamation, and it fell upon hia.
to conduct the campaign Of reconstruc
| ton, even more burdensone than war.
After dwelling upon the various act'
of General Grants national admins
tration and his recos struction policy
be summed mp his administrative ca
reer as follows: "On the whole, il one
consider the intrinsic difficulty of the
questions belonging to his administra
ton, the stormy state OF politics anc
parties during his eight years, it mus
be admitted that the country owes tS
his unselish disposition, to bis genera
wisdom, his unsullied integrity, If no
the need of the wisest, yet the reputa
ton Of one who was prominent In VA
was eminent in administration. more
perhaps by the wisdom of a noble ma
ture than by that intelligence which /.
bred only by experience. Imperioui
counselors and corrupt parasites
dimmed the light of his political ad
rninistrstion."
Mr.. Beecher then dwelt on the retired
life Of General Grant, referring to hi
business reverses and to the equsnimity
which characterized him subsequent
and after speaking briefly of bis fata
sickness, concluded as follows: "a
man be was without vices, with abso
lutte hatred Of lies and radical love Of
truth, Of perfect loyalty to friendship
neither envisus Of others nor selt1sf
himself, With zeal for the public good
unfeigned, he has left to memory only
such weaknesses - connect him 10 hu
manity, and such virtues a. will rani
him among the heroes. The tidines oil
bis death, long expected, gave q shock
to the whole world. Governments
rollers. eminent statesmen and scholars
from all civilized nations, gave sincere
tokens Of sympathy. For the houl
sympathy rolled as wave all over ouI
land. Il closed the last furrov of war
IL extinouished the last prejudice; II
efsced the last vestiee Of hatred; and
cursed be the hand that brings them
back. Johnston and Bnekner were on
one side; Sherman and Sheridan upor
the other, of bis bier. He has oome te
his tomb. q silent symbol that liberty
had conquered slavery, patriotism. 70.
bellion, peace and var. He rests in
peace. No drum or cannon shall dis
turb bis rest. Sleep, hero, until another
trumpet shall shake the heavens and
the earth. Then come forth to glory ia
Immortality
Orr Ysa OarSA.-From the Portland
Standard: The dock at the foot Of D
street, at which the bark Coloma ID
moofed, presented very busy spectacle
today. The Chinese were busting to