The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-02

await the final transition IN the eTott0es OF tne
6s5f 6sd tb9 VIII the fTsgfSnt fu
Of an appreciative generation. ,lI
The silent chief whose work is destined 10 IN
fuenee posterity the latest syllable of recorde
time has gone to his couch, and neither the call
of his country nor the siren beckoning 0t eartnll
glory will e'er break the Soundness OF MS sleep
upon this nither SIDE eff eternity. The mortal re
mains of Ulysses S. Grant repose in peace beneath
the weeping vault of yOnder tomb. Inc ravagei
OF time will reduce them 10 ashes, and the lapse
of ages will transform those ashes to other forms
OF materiality, and at last the mere personauJ
of Grant will be extingulshed and forever lost 70
human gaze.
Matter immortal, and shall spirit die
Above the nobler shall less noble lie?
Shall man alone, for whom all else reviveS,
No resurrection know? Shall man alone,
Imperial man, be sown in barren ground,
Less privileged than grain on which he ieels! q
But, my friends, the supreme work. that our
now sleeping hero performed will endure untA
the wrecking OF the human race shall leave thS
planet q mere cOunterpoise OF the other mlgIH
worlds that pursue their caaseless roll around the
blazing orb OF light and day, waiting their ap'
pointed time to cast themselves into theirlsirei
arms.
Men and women of America In our genera.
tiOn a man has lived great enough as mllltafT
leader TO subdue a force OF insurrectlOn tnst
could have annihilated any army of the w0rlt
from the time OF Cyrus down TO that OF NapOleon'
A man has lived, who. weighed with the enOr'
nous results flowing from his work into the ramk
feation of the unknown future. was immeesurS
bly, greater than Cyrus, above Alexander, grandy-
than Caesar, supreme over Pompey, Hanuloa4
and SCipiO, towering among ChaTlemagne. tls
Prince OF Orange, Frederick the Great WeliDg
ton and Napoleon, and whose name Is not 70
be mentioned in connectiyn with those O.
Miltiad6s and Sulla. In all authentic mill
tary history the work of but one individual az
proaches that of Grant. Two names should pe
chiseled upon the majestic column that, leapine
from the banks OF the Potomac rearS Its graceiu
head far into the clouds, the living embaSsadol
from a grateful people to the borders OF the un'
discovered country, to which both soldiers have
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liberty One us father and the other its lates
defender. Oh mighty agent of a grateful people
we are here to do you honor. Oh. INSPIRED
genius, we come to render testimony of the bene
fcence of your work. Noble citizen, kind hus
band, loving father, good friend, great captain
chosen agent, the work thou hast done Will sn1It
from the armament as new star to light the com
ing generations Its raw shall pale the ricl
troopers of the night. and forever flash with uni
diminished fire in presence of the God OF day,
Until another year shall reawaken the tiower
thee with the faithful spirits that guard thy rest
and smile about thy tomb. g.
The rest of the programme was as follows
"BeetbOven's Funeral March" by Arbucklek
Bar d salute to the dead, Battalion of Ma-
rines United States Navy; salyo by First
Battery; minute guns and salute by the
North Atlantic Squadron; hymn, "MT
Country, 'Tis of Thee" by the Ampion So
ciety, and benediction by Bishop w. l..
Harris.
At the conclusion of the exercises those
organizations which did not desire to return
by the steamer were dismissed. The Others
marched back to the wharf at One Hundred
and Twenty-ninth street by the same route
over which they had come to the tomb. They
then boarded the steamboat Grand Republic
and were landed at Brooklyn.
The west end of the grand stand had been
reserved for members of the Grant family
and their friends. The familiar face of Cd
onel Fred Grant, his wife and two little ch j.
dren, Julis and U. S. Grant, Jesse Grant and
wife, with their little daughter Nellie
L. S. Grant and wife and child. and Mn.
Judge Dent. all of the Grant family were
dressed in deep black. Seated with thsm
we've Mr.. and Mrs. Potter Palmer and Mrs
II. H. Honore, of Chicago; w. C. Andrews
and wife, Mrs. General Logan, General
Navjo, General Rufus Ingalls, and DR.. and
Miss Logan, of Illinois; Mrs Governor Alger
of Michigan; u. S. Grant, son of 0rville
Grant; General James B. Frisbie, of Cali
fornia, and DIR. Shrady. Hon. Roscoe Conk
ling occupied a seat on the speaker stand
The most noticeable group upon the plat
form was composed of General Sheridan
General Schofield, General Daniel + Sickles
and Engineer Melville, of Jeanette fame.