Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-31
MIR. LYNcH's VIEWS
upOm General L. >. Grant as
They Are.

which contemporary has tried TO twist
out of all true proportion, the following
orstion is here reproduced. 1t was de-
livered at San Fernando on the day of
the Great Heros funeral, aud by invita-
ton of the people of that place. 1t ap-
peared in the next issue of the HERALD
in August, 1886. His estimate of the
dead General is here given correctly:
MIR. Joseph D. Lynch, the editor OF
the Democratic HERALD, had been in
vited by the leading citizens Of San
Fernando, a Republican stronghold,
irrespective of politics or creed, to de-
liver a commemorative address upon
General Grant in the Methodist Church
at that place. On his arrival yesterday
he was met by committee consisting
Of the Messrs. Griswold and Shang and
escorted TO the headquarters of No.
2l4 A. o. U. w. A procession was
formed at the headquarters and Mr..
Lynch was escorted to the Methodist
Church, which was tastefully drsped in
mourning. The building was filled to
its utmost capacity and an organization
was effected by the election Of Col. III.
c. Hubbard as President After music,
vocal and instrumental, Mr.. Lynch was
introduced aud spoke extempora-
neously substantially as follows:
Mr.. PRESIDENT. LADIES AND GENTLE
MEN OF SAN FERNANDO: l am highly
sensible of the compliment of being
called upon by a community so mark.
edly intelligent and SO distinctly Repub
lican as this to say a few words com
memorative of the solemn event whicl
il now being celebrated with impressive
ceramonials in all sections OF the United
States, and which has been recognized
IS momentous and epochal in all qua.
ters of the world. This day is sacret
in all parts of our country. For the
time being men have surrendered theil
partisan prejud.ces, their long cher
ished opinions, to do honor to the mem
ory of the man who is now conceded by
0SGIY DEiuH W ntN
been the leading agent in the rehabilita
ton of the Union OF the Fathers. In
more particular manner men who wor
both the blue and the gray are pressing
to the front TO do honor to the match
less commander, who knew how, in th
moment of victory, to be magnanimou
to his fallen enemy. The former, hi
old comrades. are to day m ,rching re
sponsive TO the cadences of the "Dyin!
Warrior. The poet, with anticipativ
felicity. has portrayed what is takinl
place to-day in the great and small
cities, the towns, villages, highways an
byways of the country. 1 shall repea
enc of these patriotic refrains:
"But when the warrior dieth,
His comrades in tue war,
WI b arms reversed ahd mufiied drums,
Follow his funeral car.
They show the banners taken,
They tell his battles won,
And after him lead his masterless steed,
While peals the minuts-gunl
This tribute of freeman to died popt
lar leader will go down to history une2
ampled for the magnitude of its demon
stration-unsurpassed in the warmth {
its sentiment.
HONOR TO THE ILLUsTRIoUs DEAD.
II is by all means right that natio
should honor its illustrious dead. GeI
eral Grant ia now undergoing an apoth'
osis, and who would seek to arrest i
His is amongst the few, the immortl
names that were not born to die. Will
they are to-day engaged in interim
his mortal remains at Riverside Parl
New York, doubtless to be surmounte
by a splendid monument or enclosed i
preteutious mansoleum, he is reall
entering the Pantheon of great Amer
cans and of the great tribunes of free in
sti,utions. Rash and unthinking woul
be the act of the man who should see
to arrest process by which great pee
pies give themselves guarantees of pei
gpetulry and significance in the affairs G
men far greater than can be hoped fo
from merely material progress. Tn
greatest part OF the significance of Greco
and Rome, the nations which occupy tn
largest space in the history of the world
is to be found in the record of their wal
riors, poets. orators, artists and states
men. The world is all the better for tn
occasional apotheosis of man who he
iigniied his country either by grea
deeds in the field OF battle or grea
achievements in the arenas of imaginl
ton and intellect. As plainly as wa
ever foreshadowed in the case of an,
map, General Grant is destined to b
oae of the score or two of public char
acters, who are independent of the ca
prices of history. Centuries from nov
it will require no mere index learning t,
suggest his name to the student of his
tory. His fame is destined to expan,
Just as sense Of the value and precious
ness of a preserved union shall grow
amongst the people of this country anG
amongst all peoples interested III th'
maintenance and diffusion of government
of the people, by the people and for tn,
people. His weakness aud faults viii
fade out of view in the splendid and mas
culine outline which he will cast ovei
the memorable war OF the States. Right
" or wrongly, he will go down to pos
terity as one of the phenomenal charac
ters OF all ages. J, who saw his faulr.
as clearly as anyone, think that on,
might as we'll try to arrest the Niagara
Falls as to seek to deny to General Gran
his preeminent niche in the American
temple of fame. Those who questioned
the justness of this allotment of distinc
ton, accorded to one Of the plain people,
may find consolation in the fact that the
most unstinted measure of honors accord
ed TO Grant will for ages be stimuli.
20 patriotism. Poetized and idolized as
he is bound to be even more fully in the
future, the hero of Appommattox will
be thus potent for good in the coming
time.
GRANT AND OTHER coNoUERoRs.
To understand the role played by
General Grant between the States, Ie.
gard must be had to the exceptional cir.
cumstances OF the ''late unpleasant.
ness." He figured upon scale of IN
precidented magnitude. Most of the
ceIehrated connuerors with whom his.