Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-06-24
Gen. B. r. Governs Tribute to Gen.
Grant

The following is an extract from the
| Memorial Day address of General B. r
Cowen, delivered at Delaware, Ohio
The intimate relations that existed be
tween General Cowen and the dead Com
mander for several years. and the fact
that Gen. Cowen is so well known ir
this section. gives peculiar value tC
his tribute:
Since our last memorial assembly one
bias gone over to the silent camp who
was at once our leader and our comrade
1t was my privilege to be associated
with him iu an intimate, confidential re-
tz9iOn for six years. and l embrace this
opportunity to place my humble tribute
beside those which " i'll to-day be brought
10 honor his memory wherever the day
is observed.
Thoroughly equipped for the exalted
positions he attained, he was modest and
unassuming to degree, utterly ignoring
the arts and pretenses. the mock dignity
and high sounding phrases 50 frequently
affected by men who fancy themselves
great simply because great responsibili-
ties have been thrust upon them. 1t is
for this reason doubtless, that there are
men who effect to believe that Grant
was an accident of the war, as there are
men who prefer the pompous humbug to
the modest hero, and can see no merit
where there is no pretense.
Accident has elevated men to dizzy
heights of power in war and peace, but
such accidents speedily correct them
selves. the 0eneiciares being short lived
and their last estate far worse than their
first.
Grant was no accident. Although to-
day, as it were, he was an unknown
Achilles sulking in his tent on the banks
of the Tennessee, and tomorrow the
glorious leader of conquering army.
yet was his elevation no accident, nor
did It make him great.
His grandeur be derived from heaven
alone,
For he was great ere fortune made
him so:
the sun,
Made him but greater seem, not great
er grow"
His promotion was but the opportuni-
ty to make that greatness manifest.
During fourteen of the most eventful
and stormy years of our history, Grant
was the great central figure in the eyes
of the nation and of the world. During
that time he was in the very focus of
THAT fierce light which beats upon a
throne"
and his every act was mercilessly scru-
t;nized. To say that he made no mis-
takes and had no weakness, would be to
say that be was more than human, which
he was not. But during that time as
soldier, President and citizen, he deport-
ed himself with such wisdom, skill. cour.
age, patience and forbearance, as to mer-
| it the confidence, the admiration. the
worship, which has been bis and will be
while patriotism has name and home
among men.
AS man of the people, he never grew
above nor away from the full sympathy
of the masses of his countrymen in al
that pertained to their daily life anG
dearest interests. nor lost their fulles
confidence in his integrity and patriot
| ism.
As a soldier, he lead our armies tht
rugged road to victory and established {
lasting peace.
As a victor, he granted terms to tht
vanquished more liberal than ever before
known to history.
AS statesman, he gave to interna
tional Jurisprudence its most importan
and benefcent precedent.
AS citizen, he was ever mindful o
the highest duties of citizenship. and hi
utterances to the last evinced that spiri
of kindly. forbearance and liberalit,
which had marked his whole career.
As an author, although engaged in al
unequal struggle with the grim tyraHt
Death, yet with steady hand and brail
and undaunted heart he wrote histor
of his campaigns that will stand in mil
itary annals beside the Commentaries o
Caesar.
The gentle comrade, the gallant an
successful soldier, the generous conquer
or, the wise statesman, the model citizeI
the Incompatible author. has struck hi
tent, crossed the great divide and pitch
ed it with the larger army of the deat
there to await the final reveille and th
last assembly"
His life did much to sweeten the BIZ
terness of defeat and soften the asperi
ties of partisanship.
His death has added deeper signif
cance to this day, enriching its memorie
and hallowing its observances.
: Lord, keep bis memory greeni
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