Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-12

To enter Richmond, the capital Of the Con-
1Iooeracy, whose spires had been in sight of the
temptation for weaker man. But his mind
was not on spectacular display or triumphal
marches over humiliated foes. 1t was bent on
pen pence es and pacIication know Of no scene in
our y! history so dramatic Us tho meeting between
Lincoln Lincoln and Grant at the White House three
Gays Gays, after the surrender at Appomattox. The
ena9s en Wh 10 had SO 1oysy sustained the
Gently responded to the confidence of the Presi-
don't, met for the last time in their lives Grant
returned with deep emotion the fraternal grasp
OF the only man In the country who fully un-
oeTstood and was in complete accord with the
peoIcy OF reconciliation and repose. Tho work
OF inc warrior was done and the labor of the
t1on; tomorrow it must be reconstruction
That night the bullet of the assassin ended
me! me lie OF our greatest President since Wash
ington, and postponed the settlement of sec
tional difficulties and the cementius of the
Union for many years.
Ihere have been many Presidents OF the Uni
ted States and the roll will be indefinitely ex-
tended. We have had o number of brilliant
Ct civil life could add nothing to the fame Of
that his career in the Presidency detracted from
his reputation. Such will not be the Judgment
OF the impartial historian He was without
familiar with politicians and their methods.
The spoils system, from which he could not
t escape, nearly wrecked his first administra-
otI.t LIS ulsGuhes were QUe TO u quality
which 81, is the noblest of human yirtues-loyalty
to friends. Even at this short distance
from scenes so vivid in our memories party
fancor has lost its bitterness and blindness
On great questions affecting the honor and
| credit OF the nation he WIS always sound and
emphatic, and the administration of Gen.
Grant will have place in the annals Of the
world for inaugurating and successfully carry
Ing out the policy of the submission OF inter-
! national disputes to arbitration The Geneva
conference and the judicial settlement of the
Alabama claims will grow in Importance and
grandeur with time. AS the nations OF the
earth disband their ornaments md are gov
erned by the laws of reason and humanity they
| Will reour to this benefcent settlement between
the United States and Great Britain and Gen
Grants memorable words upon receiving the
freedom of the city of London: "Although O
| soldier BY education and profession l have
never felt any sort of fondness for war and
| have never advocated 1t except as means of
peace"-and they will hail him as one Of the
benefac tors of mankind.
Gen. Grant was the product and representa-
tive of the best element of our social life.
Home and its associations have been the train
\ ing and inspiration OF our greatest and noblest
men. They have come from the class which
had neither poverty nor riches and which was
compelled to work for the support of the family
and the education of the children. It's members
are God-fearing men and loving, self-sacrifcing
women. 1t gave us Lincoln from the farm, Gar
field from the tow-path, Sherman from the
crowded house OF the brave and struggling wild
ow, Sheridan from the humble COTTAGE and
keeper of the Ohio wilderness. These men
never lost their sympathy with every human
lot and aspiration or the homely simplicity OF
their early conditions and training Grant
was clerk in the Custom House and Presi-
! dent OF the United States, q Lieutenant In