Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-05

the fiery and repeated assaults of Beau
regard and saved that first and bloody
day frcm utter defeat. That being the
first opportunity to remove the ''crazy-
cloud" which Cameron cruelty caused
to gather and remain above him from
the middle of Oct, 186l-and he did
remove it. Beauregard did not water
his horse in the Tennessee that night,
as he swOre he would.
From that time no cloud ever dark
ened the splendor of Sherman's genius,
nor did envy ever weaken the strengh
of the grim, dauntless hero.
have been thus explicit that those
who loved him 80 well and mourn him
so sincerely may realize in full the
trials suffered, the difficulties over
come, the obstacles surmounted and
the true greatness achieved by him
who led the boys '.from Atlanta to the
sea-" You know well his career, but
watch him again as be goes from Shiloh
to Memphis earning the rank of Maj.
Gen. on the way; from Memphis to
Arkansas Postal Vicksburg, before
and after the glorious 4th Of July 1868;
remember Chattanooga and Knoxville
and look as he stands by the bedside of
his diving boy, Willie. in Memphis,
watching his young life ebb away, sti-
fling his father grief as the life light
goes out, and when the military funeral
is over, grim and stern as ever taking
up his duties-on to Knoxville, through
the Meridian campaign. from Nashville
and Chattanooga TO Kenesaw, the bat
ties about the mountain, the capture of
Atlanta, from Atlanta to the sea,
Savannah and Poc"taligo, the Caro-
linas, GoldsborOugh to Raleigh, and
home at Washington, the war at an
end. Now, turn back memory's leaves
to that Grand Review in May, 1865.
Look again on that beautiful morning
of the Oath -''Sherman's day''-and
view his magnificent army as it passes
in the order of the corps-sixty-fve
thousand men just in from march OF
two thousand miles with the grandest
results through peril and labor that was
ever achieved by"sn earthly army
treason beaten and a country saved.
Then see the boys in blue quietly re-
turn to their homes and civic duties
and their hero leader to greater honors
from a grateful nation-the position of
Lieutenant General in July, 1852 and
of General in 1869.
But alas, he too has left his renown
and hOnors so glOriOusly earned and so
worthily and modestly borne, and gone
OH that march that ends only and at
last in the invisible realms Of an end
less eternity, there to join the comrades
who have gone before and await those
who will follow him.
His body lies restingly in its silent
abode in the city beside the great river,
there in time to return again to the
dust from which it came; and ere long
when a few generations shall have
passed away all that is mortal of him
will have perished and his last earth
place be only known by the monument
placed there by the loving hands of his
grateful cOuntrymen. But that which
made him what he was can never be
forgotten, can never die. The influence
of his grand spirit SO potent for good in
his earth-life will reach down through
the ages and cycles to come till it's
wavelets reach the further shore and
time shall be no more.
This shall resist the empire of decay,
When time is Ger and worlds have passed away;
Cold in the dust the perished heart may lie,
But that which warmed it once can never die.''
Let us learn d lesson from the life,
the deeds and the virtues of him we
mourn. Let US, like him, be patient,
hopeful and brave in the performance
Of every duty remembering always that
fright is right, and God is God"
Let US strive so to live that in the
beyond we will meet and salute our
commander now gone and mOurned,
and when our life end comes may we,
like him, lie down and sleep with the
silent brave, blest with the wishes of
all we leave behind.
"How sleep the brave who sink to rest,
By all their country's wishes blest!
When spring with dewy fingers cold,
Returns to deck their hallowed mold,
She there shall dress a sweeter sud
Than fancy's feet have ever trod.
BY fairy hands their knell is rung
BY forms unseen their dirge is sung;
There honor comes pilgrim gray,
To bless the turf that wraps their clay;
And fire dom shall awhile repair
To dwell a weeping hermit there"
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