The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-06-01

ership which is bold to maintain its
rights and defy fate itself to the combat.
Grant of that democratic instinct that
will sacrific all in the discharge of duty,
and whose patriotism at white heat
takes on the fervor of religion and is re-
sistless.
1.-The meeting of these great leaders, at
the close of the conflict of these mighty
forces, is subject for a painting such as
history has seldom offered.
Grant says that at this meeting, in
stead of a feeling of joy, he was oppressed
by sadness which almost overcame him.
Contrast his feelings and conduct with
what Alexander's or Caesars or Ma
poleon's would have been under similar
circumstances.
GRANTS MAGNANIMITY.
after a few minutes of friendly con-
versation, Lee suggested that the terms OF
capitulation ought to be in writing.
Grant, as he says, sat down at the table
without thought as to the words he
should use. Out of the fullness of heart
the mouth speaketh. Fast as pen could
fly the terms were written in Grants own
hand. They were magnanimous even be-
yond Lees expectation. Lee said the
stipulation that the officers should retain
their side-arms and horses would have
good effect, and accepted the whole. Lee
suggested that most of the horses in use
in his army were the private property of
the men. Grant replied, They may
take them. They will need them in put
ting in their crops Lee said his army
was famished. Grant made an order for
the issue of necessary rations. told Lee to
appoint his own officers for their diStribu-
| ton, and the chieftains parted.
when you reflect that civil wars en-
gender the fiercest passions, that at their
close it is the rule that vengeance follows
hot fHn
nimity of the terms of the surrender were
the browning glory OF their author and of
| the cause he championed. They are q
| fitting pendant To the most sublime utter
ance heard on earth since the Sermon on
the Mount, With charity for all, with
malice towards none, pursuing the right
as God giveth us to see the right The
war was substantially closed. Let US
pause briefly and estimate its cost. Alb
solute accuracy is impossible, but L
| believe that no one who has studied the
subject places the loss of life on both
sides at less than five hundred thousand
men. That is equal to five times as many
voters as were in California at the close of
! the war, or twice as many as there are
now. The national debt was increased to
about three thousand million dollars. IN
! addition, probably five hundred million
! had been paid from current revenues and
| by States and counties. If you take into
| consideration the destruction of property
| in the South, the expenses and losses on
! the Confederate side We're quite as large.
/ II you add the loss OF dlverting the labor
! of a million men for four years from pro-
| ductive pursuits, you win have a grand
/ aggregate of more than eight thousand
million dollars. That is a sum equal to
the taxable property of California to-day
multiplied by eight. 1t would take the
personal property and improvements of
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the expenses and make good the losses of
the war,
THE CoUNTRY's PROGRESS.
''Was it worth it? Five hundred
! thousand lives, eight thousand million
dollars on one side of the balance sheet,
| the results Of the war on the other, how
does the account stand? Since the close
of the war the country has progressed in
population and material wealth by leaps
and bounds. In 1860 the population OF
the country was thirty-two millions, in
Guiding three million slaves. Now it is
sixty -four millions, all free. Thank God
there are no slaves TO enumerate. At the
beginning of the war the estimated value
| of the property of the whole country was
sixteen thousand million dollars now it
is sixty thousand million. But great
population does not make great nation.
/ If it did China would be the greatest
nation on earth. Vast accommodations of
wealth have often been precursor of
national decay. While the increase of
general wealth has been marvellous, its
| concentration is appalling. 1t is easy in
! times of national peril to find men who
will fight and die for their country.
| What we want is a people who will live
for their country-for its honor and glory
in time of peace. We must make it a
part of the public mind and conscience
that no man., no corporation, is so great
as to be above the law; no indi-
vidual is so humble as to be
! beneath its protection. II we
shall succeed in this-if we and those
who come after us shall be true to the
great idea of country-to the principles OF
civil liberty and equal rights-then the
precious blood that was poured out in
the war will not have been shed in vain.
The gains TO humanity will be incalcula-
bic. II we fail, the heroes of that great
epoch will have builded monument to
their own honor and to our disgrace.
THE past at least is secure. The up
rising of people in a great cause is a
chapter in history which time will never
obliterate. Emancipation will never be
wiped out. The memory of the humbles,
soldier who fell in the ranks from sense
of duty is a heritage as precious to hui
manity as the fame Of the great leaders
who have emblaZoned their names on the
pages of history. America has given tC
the world two men matchless in purity
Of character and loftiness of purpose
Two stars have appeared in the highest
heaven in the constellation of great men
whose light, with ever-increasiug efful-
gence, will stream to the remotest age
Washington and Lincoln"
NOTES OF THE DAY.
A requiem mass was celebrated at the
Cathedral on Saturday morning for the
deceased members of the Young Mems
Institute, whose graves were also dec
Grated with flowers.
AT Changers Hall the Ladies of the
Grand Army gave lunch in the after.
noon to the Sons of Veterans.
Samuel Anderson, an old veteran. wa.
knocked down by a horse on Fourth
street and suffered severe and painful in
juries.
THEY HUSTLED"