Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-15

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-In the Senate
this afternoon. when General Sherman's
death was made known, Mr.. Hawley offered
appropriate resolutions and said among
other things:
The history Of our country is rich in soldiers
VINO have set examples Of simple soldierly
opedience to the civil law and self-abnegatiou.
washington, Grant, Sheridan and Sherman
Industrious trio who were, by universal consent,
the foremost figures in the armies 81
the Union in the late war. In
tue precious traditions to pass into
our history for the admiration of the old and
the instruction of the young was their friend.
ship. their most harmonious cooperation, with
CUT q shadow OF ambition or pride. When
General Grant was called to Washington to
take command of the armies of the Union, his
great heart did not forget the men who stood
by him.
Here Mr.. Hawley read the letter from
Grant to Sherman, expressing thanks to him
and Mcpherson as the men, above all others,
to whom he owed his success; and Sher-
mans letter in reply, saying that General
Grant did himself injustice and them too
much honor. Mr.. Hawley closed his re-
marks (his voice frequently giving way from
grief and emotion) by reading the following
passages from Bunyan's "Pilgrims' Prog
ress:"
After this it was noised about that Mr..
Naliantfor-Truth was taken with a m
When he understood 1t, be called for his friends
and told them oft. Then said he, Il am going
to my fathers; and though with great difficulty
I got hither, yet now 1 do not repent of all the
trouble 1 have been at to arrive where l am.
MY sword l given to him that shall
e eoSTssa R and in skill my TO Dilgr bIn ,S and e any
get them. My marks and scars I carry
with me TO be a witness for me that 1 have
fought bis battles. who will now be a rewarder.
many acco may snas ne si must .o go Pm nence wa come me
which, as be went, he said: death, where is
thy stingf" And. as he went down deeper, he
said: Grave, where is thy victory?" So he
Passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for
him on the other side.
MI, Morgan reviewed the history of the
Civil War. and said:
The power rested with the victors at the close
of the conflict, but not all the honors of the
desperate warfare. Indeed. the survivors are
now winning honors. enriched with Justice and
magnanimity, though less worthy than those
won on the battlehelds, in their labors to re-
store the country to its former feeling Of
fraternal regard and unity of sentiment
and action, and to promote its welfare. The
fidelity Of the great General who has Just de-
parted in the ~ripeness Of age. and with a his
tory marked by devotion to his flag, was the
con v~ictions Of duty. We differed with him
and contested campaigns and battleields with
him; but we welcome the history of the great
soldier as the proud inheritance of our country.
When a line SO narrow divides us from these
high courts in which our actions are to be
judged by their motives, and when so many
millions now living and increasing millions to
follow are to be affected by the wisdom of our
enactments, we will do well to give up
this day to reflection upon our
duties and Tin sympathy with this
to his memory. In such a retrospect we shall
find a n admonition that an American Senate
should meet on this side of the fatal line Of
other side to render justice to each other and
to make our beloved country as happy, com.
paratively, as we should wish the great beyond
to be, to NOSE great spirits.
Speeches eulogistic Of the dead General
were also made by Senators I Henderson,
Davis and others, and the resolutions were
then adopted.