Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-11

10 enter RIclmopd. the capital o. ti1e Qon-
b3sislcfs 10 long would have been resistisss
Temptation for q weaker man. But his mind
was not on spectacular display or triumPhal
peace and medication. know Of no soene In
our history 30 dramatic as the meeting between
Lincoln and Grant At the White House three
days after the surrender at Appomattox. The
Prssidant. who had SO Loyalty sustained the
General, and the General who had so maRnih-
Gently responded to the confidence OF the Presi-
dent met Tor the last time In their lives Grant
returned with deep emotion the fraternal grasp
OF the only man In the country who fully I'M
derstood and was In complete accord with the
policy OF reconciliation and repose. The work
Of the warrior was done and the labor OF the
statesman begun Yesterday IL was destruc'
tion; tomorrow 1t must be reconstructon
the life OF our greatest President since Wash
ington, and postponed the settlement on sec
tional difiicultes end the cementing OF the
Union for many years.
There have been many Presidents OF the Unl-
ted States and the roll will be tndehnitely ex.
tended We have had number OF brilliant
soldiers but only one great general Lne non, n0nors ns
General Grant, and IL has been often argued
that his career In the Presidency distracted from
his reputation; sqcn vii. not Rs sne ss withoat
experience OF training for public life and I'M
familiar with politicians and their methods:
escape. nearly wrecked his first adnlintstra-
tfon His mistakes were due TO quality
which 10 the noblest OF human yirtues-ioYalty
to friends Even at this short distance
from scenes vivid in our memories party
rancor has lost its bitterness and blindness.
On great questions affecting the honor and
credit of the nation he was always sound ana
emphatic and the administration OF Gen.
Grant will have place in the annals OF Ine
world for inaugurating and successfully carry y
| ing out the policy of the submission ot inier-
| national disputes TO arbitration. The Geneva
conference and the judicial settlement OF the
Alabama claims will grow in Importance ana
.AarrW xuff1 lima A
earth disband their armaments ana are gov
erned by the laws of reason and humanity they
| will recur 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 a
soldier by education and profession, 1 have
\ never felt any sort of fondness for war and
| peace"-and they will hail him as one OF the
| benefact tors of mankind.
| Gen. Grant was the product and representa-
| tive of the best element OF our social lie.
| Home and its associations have been the train
| ing aud inspiration of our greatest and noblest
| men. They have come from the class which
had neither poverty nor riches, and which WAS
| and the education of the children. Its members
are God fearing men and loving, self -sacFthotne
| 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;
| Grant from the home of the country store
keeper of the Ohio wilderness. These mel
| never lost their sympathy with every human
| lot and aspiration or the homely simplicity o.
| their early conditions and training. Grant
| was clerk in the Custom House and Presi
| dent OF the United States, a Lieutenant II