The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-10
MONUMENT TO GEN. GRANT.
GIFT OF A cAIcAeoAN TO eALENA
Imposing Ceremonies Attending the Unvsil-
inS-Chauncey n. Depew Makes an Iu-
teresting Review of the Generals
Life-The Confederate Monument

GALENA, ILL.,, June 3.-An immense
throng today participated in the cere-
monies attending the unwilling of statue
to Gen. Grant and the dedication OF Grant
park in the center of the city, in which
the statue stands. The statue is the gift
of II. H. Kohlsaat of Chicago. 1t is of
bronze, eight feet in hight and standsupon
granite pedestal ten feet high. 1t repre-
sents the old commander standing bare
headed and with his military coat I'M
buttoned and thrown back. With a
touch of incongruitY, in view of his dress,
the inscription on the base reads: Grant,
Our Citizen"
The ceremonies began with parade.
The statue was unveiled by little Pauline
Kohlsaat, daughter OF the donor. Ex-Gov-
ernor Hoard made a speech on behalf of
the donor, formally presenting the statue
to the city of Galena. 1t was accepted by
Park Commissioner Mcclellan on behalf
of the city. Then the Hon. ChauEcev
Depew made the address of the day. He
began by saying:
Thirty years ago your city of Galena num-
bered among its citizens man so modest that
he was little known in the community; a mer-
chant so humble that his activities were not
felt in your business. Three years later his
fame illumined the earth, and the calculations
OF every commercial venture and of every con-
structlve enterprise in the country were based
upon the success or failure of his plans.
de was then supporting his family a
thousand dollars year. and before the third
anniversary OF his departure from your city he
was spending four millions day for the pres
ervation OF the union. One of the patriotic
meetings, common at that period all over the
North, was held here to sustain President Lin
coin IN his call for 10000 men to suppress the
rebellion. The srdor and eloquence of John A.
Rawllns so impressed an auditor whom none
OF the congressman and prominent citizens on
the platform had ever met, that he subsequently
made the orator his chief OF staff and secre-
tary OF war. Some one discovered that Capt.
Grant, graduate of West Point and veteran
of the Mexican war, lived in this city, and he
was invited to preside at the formation of
military company. He was so diffident that few
heard his speech or three sentences, but in that
short address was condensed all the elOquence
and logic of the time. You know tho object
for which we are assembled. Men are needed
to preserve the union. What is your pleas
ure" he organized and drilled that COM
pany, and led 1t to the governor at Spring
field. BY that march Galena lost a citi-
zen and the republic found its savior.
Mr.. Depew reviewed Gen. Grants ca
reer and closed with these words:
Through the verses of great poets runs IA
miliar strain, through the works of great COM
posers oftrepeated tune, and through the
speeches OF great orators O recurring and char
acterisiic thought. These are the germs which
exhibit the moving forces of their minds.
During the II propose to move immedi-
ately upon your works" Unconditional sur
render" 81 shall take no backward step" Il
propose to fight it out on this line il
it takes all summer" are the beacon
lights of the plans and strategy OF Grant the
soldier. At Appomattox, "The war is over"
"The rebels are our couutrymen again" at the
threshold of the presidency, Let us have
peace" on his bed of agony and death at Mt
McGregor. when his power of speech was gone,
writing to a confederate general by his bedside.
Much as l su Ter, L do it with pleasure, il by
that suffering can be accomplished the union
OF my country" ere the indices of the labors,
the aspirations and the prayer of Grant the
statesman and the patriot.
Mr.. Depew was followed by Governor
Fiier, Judge Crabtree and others. When
the meeting broke up thousands visited
Grants old home.