Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-28

even in his own community. poor in purse. unas-
suming in daily walk and conversation, without
ambition a man who took hut little part in
national State or municipal matters. He was not
a dreamer, Dut in affairs he was not typical
American. lie was not what is known a busy
man. soldier by education, he was the quietest
and most unobtrusive of citizens. He was a
man apart: and to us now he seems to have been
at that time waiting unconsci0uslY for the very
opportunities which developed subsequently his
greatness and made him a soldier of remarkable
genius, a wise statesman in turbulent time and
most conspicuous personality.
among the great soldiers ofhistory Grant occu-
pies unique position. He was not as brilliant as
Napoleon. but he the superior of that
great captain in iaheXible determination. I'm
tried in military affairs almost unknown. but
undi~mayed by apparently insurmountabie diff
fculties, he accomplished results by the sheer
force of his indOmitahle will. He hated war, but
waECd it with ineNorable energy
Ii accept EmCrson's estimate of the charac-
Ter Of Napoleon, the grea! commander was des-
tituie of generous sentiments. Grant WAS the
soul Of generosity. he was true to the Govern
mcnr true TO his army and true TO himself He
did not know how to be dishonest. Napoleon
was unjust to his generals. Grant unjust TO
Self-reliaut. hut as modest a maiden; Napoleon
7T,1on,Iize ,.ifbpr mower or bonors Thap ooro1 ~
he lad was thrust upon him. The honors he won
were accepted with deprecatory modesty.
Napoleon, " saws Emerson, was 4 prodigioTs
liar. '' Grant was supcrativey truthful He
boic no malice. He was unselfish. In victory he
was generous.
Reasons of Success in the Field.
In the executive Office of the nation the great
man whose memory We arc now h0H0rlng eXhlb-
tied many of the qualities that had given to him
success in the field. He was as infeNible in his
devotion TO the principles of the Republican party
as he had been in his devotion duty as a soldier.
He did not. even for an instant turn aside from
he believed to be the path of patriotic poiti-
cal duty. In tnat high office he was a worthy
representative of the party that had elected him,
and as its representative he presided with nrm-
ness over the affairs of the Union in saving which
from destruction he had done so much with mis-
sword.
Mr. Chairman. l knew General Grant before he
wa, known to the country. and after he became
its idol. A gentlcr nature, more hospitable man,
> more courteous gentleman, 4 truer friend.
more devoted husband, kinder parent never
lived In the iuu course of time. Among his friends
he not the silent man. When with them.
his tongue was nimble and nearly always busy.
anu his conversation was elegant and rich in rare
Information, in apt Illustrations in details of all
Kinds. and in evidence of critical observation of
men and nations, policies and measures. In the
home circle he was knightly in his devotion to his
wife. and touching in his love Of his daughter
Mr. Chairman, CARLYLE has said that Great
men the fre-pillars in the dark pilgrimage of
mankind: they stand as heavenly sign, ever
living witnesses of what has been, prophetic
tokens OF what may still be, the revealed, EN-
bodied possibilities of human nature: which
greatness he who has never seen. or nationally
conceived Of and with his whole heart passion
ately loved and reverenced. is himself forever
doomed 10 he little, -
The example of such men as Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses :. Grant, William 4. sherman, Philip
sheridan. James A. Garfield. John A. Logan,
George Ii. Thomas. John G. Fremont all go be-
fore the American people ire-pillar in all the
hours Of gloom and nights of darkness. leading
them to the promised land of stable but free Gov
labor rewarded adequately of National pros
perty as broad as our borders. universal and all
CJnbracing-Of Government conducted in all its
departments on the principles of the party to
which you ana ami they belonged, and TO which
the Republic appealed In its darkest hour, and ap
peaed not in vain. [Grcat aDplausel
Looking to the Next Campaign.
Congressman McComas. of Maryland, spoke
49, IL.