The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-13
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The New York World thinks that ''the fact
that the funds for anational monument to Gen.
Grant have not been forthcoming is national
disgrace" In certain sense this is true. 1t
is shame upon all the people that the rest
ing place Of the dead leader of the armies of
the United States is not suitably marked.
But it rests more particularly upon the people
of the city of New York than upon any other,
for the reason that II was but natural to ex-
pect that they, being honored above all others
in having the ashes of Grant committed to the
soil Of that city should take an energetic
initiative in the matter of providinga suitable
monument to his memory. This not having
been done, the work has fallen out of sight,
just as might have been expected, and there
is little prospect of it being again taken up
soon. It is disgrace that this should be so,
and the disgrace should be wiped out as soon
possible by the raising of sum sufficient
to erect a monument such as shall
be credit to the American peo-
pie. 1t was made apparent at the time
Of General Grants death that the people at
large We're opposed to the idea of interring
the remains at Riverside; but after it had
been discovered that Grant had expressed
wish to be buried in the city of New York,
and after the widow had chosen that spot as
the one she preferred, there was nothing to do
but to give way. The people of the country
at large should have forgotten the disappoint-
ment felt, and should have heartily come for
ward in the business Of at once raising the
money necessary to erect a monument there.
This they would have assisted in had the city
most highly honored shown disposition to
do its share. With hundreds of millions con-
centrated on the island of Manhattan, the
amount asked for could have been contributed
at once and not felt by anyone. Or, had the
citizens Of New York evinced disposition to
do anything like their duty, the funds would
have been raised without delay by the help of
contributions from all parts Of the country.
1t is shame upon the great city of New
York that it has not done its duty promptly
and periodically in this thing.
The ripening days Of the year are again at
hand, and humanity begins to swelter and to
lose patience. The average citizen is not so
constituted as to become reconciled to the in
evitable heats Of summer There is DISPOSE
ton to swear and to get mad and hotter than
the weather is responsible for. Many man
in the densest shade that he can seek out,
tricked out in linen and mighty little clothes
Of any kind, viii spend his time objurgating
the weather and in making himself as uncom-
Portable as possible, whereas, if he would settle
down to decent resignation he would get
through the hot spell with half the discomfort
he endures. The secret of the spirit that
adapts itself to the situation is to know that
all the changes of the seasons are
but part of the wisest plan for
the happiness and comfort of mankind
that could be devised. It is contemplate as
we'll as ungrateful to complain of the weather
impatiently. It were asking too much that
man should not wish it might moderate
little at times, but that is not like the peevish-
ness that so many give way to when the
weather is hot. The man who works himself
into a bad humor because it ia hot in the
summer is the same man who does the same
thing because it is cold in the winter. Some
poet, possessed of very little Of the divine
aflatus but vast deal of common sense, has
said:
Mans fool
When it's hot he wants il cool,
When IFS eo0l he wants IL hot;
Always wanting what is not.
As rule
Mans fool.