Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-28
Ground Broken for the lmnos-
inc Shaft in Riverside Park.
NEW YORK IN HOLIDAY DRESS.
Can g.,ace Porter Delivers the eulogy and
Commander Freeman Breaks Dirt.
.,--f,,- of CITIZENS. Blaze of Trumpets,
prt,inC Drums, Booming Cannon
,fclodv of Children's Voices,
Eloqusnce of Orators

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s'--'....-.. u orators. ground was broken
,.-rta monument 10 be reared at
t.. g.rE 70 the memory OF Gen.
g. .-a .1r. the hillside gathered the
.-- che Grand Army Of the Repub-
H. .- number Of other bodies rang
..5 around the tomb paid rev
-. p. III. memory of him whom all
,..... ayl. ~-. lille IN Ale.
oL lie hudson river decorated WIN
.---..s IL. anchored opposite the tomb
--..-arr, I..-.ltc ard a, > O'Clock her
- ....... an.3 10 belch forth salute OF
49,. ... runs rThiCh were tired at inter
r-. -..r- -acOLts.
d. VA. uArig"n near the mound were
-. .r..- r..,. members Of tie monument as
.s.- -i.e mem D.-s Of Alexander Ham
F,.r INST Grand Army OF the Republic
r.H.- members Of the various Grand
a--.. .usrs and others who had been Sc
le.... for the yceas!on.
-F.r. 10 regular ceremonies COM
...,....t LAWSON " Fuller, al the head Of
....rgn nom ShalJcring Arms insti-
I'M. .au Il drum aud file corps playing
.'s-.4r..L. marched past the tomb with
e.gs dropping Each child carried bou-
r..r OF f9gL.t-ule-nOts, which were cast
L. -. .aa tomb
The Marine band played an overture,
ar.. which Rev Or. Clark Wright, chap
Id. % the department, offered prayer and
..ar.s sung The Star Spang!ed Ban
u.r'
Commander Freeman presided. In few
g.r-.....a words he introduced Gen. HOr-
81. Porter orator Of the day.
Gen PGKTEE'7 ADDRESS.
Tl.nt following Is u syuopsis OF the address
delivered 10y Cen. Horace Porter:
t.a-. Of the conspicuous characters in
L.4r... have risen 10 prominence by grad
u. advances. but Ulysses ). Grant came
J...r. the people with sudden bound.
Almost TIC first sight caught of him was
Il ,l. blaze OF MS camptircs and the flashes
o.h-s -uus those wiutry DAYS and nights
+. front Of Donelsou. From that time until
,---rYwuing triumph at AppomattoX he
va Z. leader whose name was the harbIn-
6. VI victory.
lbs rise FROM IN obscure lieutenant TO the
Command If the veteran armies of the great
rpgb.ie: his transition from frontier post
d. the Lutr1iGcu West to the executive
mansion Of the nation; sitting at one time in
little store in GaleHa, not even known to
tie ruagressman from his district; at an
cher time stridiug through the palaces Of
-.. old world. with the descendants of a
,as u kings rising and standing uncovered
,r his presence. his humble birth in an OBJ
srare town scarcely known to the geo.
crapher has aeouiliug illness and cour-
.sgyus death in the chief city of the country
Dr. had saved. with nations prayers
t,aa.4.t ia his behalf from every pulpit
did every iiUes.de in the Land. These are
ygr u The features OF his marvellous
..r..r which appeal TO the Imagination, ex-
c-as men wonder and fascinate all who
C-lte
STUDY OF his LIFE.
Gen Grant possessed IN striking degree
o. he characteristics Of successful
t.a.er HIS methods in warfare bore
t-s stamp Of originality and ingcu-
Es lis success depended more
gp.u his powers of invention than
.ipratiuu. The fact that he has been COM
i4r.l -. times 10 nearly all the great COM
-aule,S Of history IS the best proof that he
".s Ike none OF them. His SClf-reli-
alec w. one Of his most pronounced traits.
lie assumed the gravest Responsibilities
with their attendant risks without asking
sgyngc 10 share them. he had fertility
or resources aud 4 faculty Of adapting the
means "a hand 70 the accomplishment of his
purposes. which contributed IN no small de-
E.a- 10 lbs success. Both his moral and
physical COURAGE We're equal 10 every emer-
r.a.. .a which he was placed. Never un-
y-.y e..-eC uy victory or depressed by de-
lr.', DEE Was calm amidst excitement, pa
'n-' under trials, and never in his life ut
t'rd 4- oath or imprecatiOn. His habits
were SIMPLE and he enjoyed u physical con-
6,'Iiian which enabled him TO endure every
!rlm OF fatigue and privation incident to
1Ie'ars service in the field. While pos
s'--Ls e sensitive nature and a siugularly
tender hear. BE- never allowed his sensihili-
ir, 10 interfere with the stern duties of
h-" his achievements in actual battle
f- nI their 5ri.hLucy the strategy and
grand ia..rs employed in his campaigns,
:. '4- extraordinary combinations effected
".- .~y ~h... and holiness exhibited in NOV
Ing .-rEe armies into position cntitle him to
ss much credit rs the qualities ne displayed
u. .-e immediate
Fur>tNrE or THE ENEMY.
m 3r Nni was his career as a soldier
1871. 81 -rs '.a APT TO overlook the SUE
'.-s.r b" 'eyed is statesman, but when
r-- -" are events of his presidential
q. .."r magnitude IS such that they
.-a'H uom drison with those of any
"-'i magistrate since the formation
9. .a- -...r ucut
@-.-t se Of his eight years of honest,
o--..s, .agJr Le left no unfinished work to
LIN over % MS successor. There was
.' ".-.r cur uorierS, peace with ali
".Es, aui The name of America stood
+- De-. .- '.n honor roll of nations than it
''.7 H.i stood before.
jas -." llIgi generosity TO friends, his
rs 30 foes will be remembered as
d. -..a.. Qualities are hOnored.
j. -7' b. aae word which describes bet
..-. .Hr H'Aer the prcdominating char
a -.-.' e.. his nature. that word is loyalty.
vas oval 10 his friends, loyal 10 his
.E "la. 70 his country, and loyal to
MS trait naturally produced
effect upon those who were
----- .-.u relations with him, and was
a.. " &c chief reasons why men became
.. ,--y attached TO him. Perhaps no
- man taan Gen. Grant ever had SO
r. PERSONA. friends who loved him for
e"1 sIhe, whose affection only
,E..'1st with time, whose attachment
= 81 Faued in its devotion, whether he
VS. NsE. 4.1 general or president, or
r. SIMPLY PRIVATE CITIZEN.
T. "''s created for great emergencies.
- . 40 l-r very magnitude of the task that
- Forth he power which mastered it.
- urinary matters he was an ordinary
- 70 Iomeutous affairs he lowered as q
--. When performing the routine du-
- q company post there was no act to
& -Gl CONSPICUOUS above his fellow
- u-t when he welded corps and
-s 'he great qualities of the com
atl 14shed forth. and his master
az " genius stamped him as the fore
Rs. s-lier Of his age. When he hauled
1,t From his little farm and sold it in ST.
= -, us fnanciering was hardly equal to
- %. Tie small farmers about him, but
i, '.l d message was to be sent by presi-
- 10 Congress that would puncture the
s~r4c-es Of the infationists and throttle by
90. 80 ne attempt of unwise legislators to
r-'rp4e The finances OF the nation, a state
,t slS vas produced so profound in its rea-
wig hat it has ever since commanded the