New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-15
TRIBUTES OF SENATORS.
EXPRESSIONS OF SORROW IN CONGRESS
rtoorEYT SPEECHES In THE UPPER BRANCH By
MEssRs. IINwLEY, MORGAN, MANDERsoN'
DAVIS, PIERCE AND EvARTS-REso-
IUTIONS ADOPTED-THE NEWS
IN THE HOUSE.

IUTIONS ADOPTED-THE NEWS
IN THE HOUSE.
yo.,inyton Feb. 14-when the message Of the
President announcing the death Of General sherman
vas received I'm the Senate today. Mr. liawleY rose
and offered the following resolution;
Resolved. That the senate receives win profound
sorrow lie announcement Oh ,he Gta" nj ~ an
me- Pirn Tbat the senate rcnews it, acknowlcdg
ht" 90 c ,nnStlmabc services which he rendered
his country in the day Of II, extreme peril am"n' the
great los which the CQdnT mas ,",m a,u
Resolvcd 'That COPY Of those resolutions be for
waried to the family Of the deceased.
Mr. Iawey said Mr. President at TIN, hour. the
senate. the Congress and the people of the United
ctatos arc 6no family What we have been daily eX
ncctinr has happened General Sherman has received
and oheycd his last order. lie was great soldier
by the judgment Of the great soldiers OF the world
In time Of peace lie had been n great citizen glowing
and abounAnC with love Of country and OF all human
tv His glorious soul appeared in every look gesture
and word. The history Of our country Is rch
in soldiers who have set examples Of
sImnlc soIdierv obedience 10 the civil law
and of ,clfabncgaton. Washington Grant. sheridan
and sherman lead the list sherman was the last OF
Tho ilustrious who by universal consent inc
foremost figures in the armies ~ the Union IN the ao
war Among the precious traditions 10 pass I'M" our
history for the admiration - the ola and the hstrh'
ton Of the young was lHT IIl'l"'''P' '''-'' '''
harmonious cooperation. without shadow Of ambition
cr utide When General Grant called T. Washing
ton 10 take command o the armies Of the Union. his
great heart did not forget the men who stood by NM
Here Mr. IIawlcy read Tie letter from Grant to Sher-
man, written at that time expressing thanks I" MN
and Mcpherson the men. above all Others 10 whom
he owed hi. ,uccc,s ard Shcrmans lc'ter. in reply
! SAYING that General Grant ala himself ilJu>Uco al"
them too much honor
/ eli his remarks. his voice frequently
givlpc WAY from grief and emotion by reading the
following passages from Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress
! . After th, it was noscd about that Mr. Naliantfor-
| tJ1lth wa, taken with summons. When he under
stood it he called for his friends ana
! told them Of il. Then said he 4
am o,ne 70 nv fathers: and though with
! rreat difficulty got hlthcr, yet now | do not
n.ut me Of all the trouble have been at to arrivo
where am My word give 10 him that Shall sue
coed me in my pilgrimage. and my courage ara SIKH
/ - hin that can get them. Wy MARKS ana ''AN
/ carry with nc. to he a witness for me that nave
fought III, battle who will now be r'waidcr.' When
the day tina, he must - hence was come many accom-
,,,i.d him 70 the riverside into when h. went he
SAID: Death where is thy sting" And a. b"
went down deeper be said: Grave. where is th'
victory ,~ 30 be passed over and all the unmpetS
sounded for him on the oner side
VIZ Moran aid: "Ou tli, occasion Of National
( soleuiuty would lead the thoughts ana -ymphiMe'
of ser ale DtfA 40 Ni'-f 'hf "i ''" I'
t,ry when General sherman WIS. by choice greatly
honorable TO h, nature, citizen 81 the STATE oi
louie,u and presided over a college for the llStWr
fin, ~ S1utbcr, youth IN tho arts Of war and the AIT,
If pe,ca Tho wcr, NO wore DAYS than some We have
-,cn during the last half Of thi' century In those
days. notwithstanding IA" conditions Of the SOUTH IN
view 81 II, institutions inherited 'm the "der STALE
Of the East every American was a. welcome IN
Louisiana and The >outl H. he wa. cl,e"heir IN The
and lis returning Il
that cordial state Of feeling which vas Unh1ppy M
tcrruptcd by the Clvil War
our father, taught u that II was ihe mShe'l pa
triotl.m 10 defend the C0nsut on Of the country
Eut they had left within rs body guarantees oi an nsu
tuition that the viii Of the majority hnaly determined
should 10 longer exist and which put the conscince o
the ueople 10 the scverc-, test Looking back now
10 the beginning Of this century and to the conflict o
ouluon and Of material interests cngendcrcd by tloS'
brntac, we can sec that they never could have beer
stricken ont OF the organic law except by goblet %
arms The conflict came. As II was bound t. come
and American, became enemies, a, they were bound 4
I IN the settlement Of issues that involved mucl
NJ money such radical political results and the prid
of 3, great and nlustiouS race of people. The powe
,estci with the vlcOrs at the close o the conflict. bl
M, All the honOrs Of the desperate warfare Indeed. Tn
survivors are winning honorN enriched with justice
aud macuanlmity not less worthy than those who OF
the battle In their labOrs 10 restore the country to 1t
former feeling fOf irlt"ihdl REGARD ana 10 uhty o
continent and action and 10 promote It's welfare TIN
0s.litv ~ thc great General. who has just dcparte'
in The rlpenc,, OF age. and with history marked by de-
yo.on 70 a., Glg. the true and simple faith o. Al
American to hi, convictions of duty. We differed wit
him Ard contested campaigns and battlefield, Wit
him. but we welcome the history Of the grea
soldier Il, the proud inheritance OF our country. w
a. ,lts A. cordially and sincerely gave hin
,roleor,r in the south. Of our people. when on
com. Vcr. c,niidcd 10 his care in relation that OneX
IA Maternity had its influence upon the young mel
~ the country. The great military leader, on b0tl
side, OF our Civil War are rapidly marching acros, t
or,er to a land where history ami truth ana justice
rnu,t decide upon every mans career. when the,
meet there they will De happy 70 find that the homo
81 humaiT- action, is not always measured by thci
wisdom but by the motives In which they had thci
origin ] cherish the proud belief that the heroes a
the Civil War will md that. measured by thi, standard
none Of them On either side delinquent, and the