Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08
TN HONOR OF GRANT.
Chicago's Bronze Statue of the Old
Commander Is Unveiled.
JUDGE GRESHAM'S FINE TRIBUTE
A Magnificent Demonstration at the Park
and on the Lake.
MIMIC NAVAL SQUADRON EVOLUTIONS

trian statue of General Grant was unveiled
in Lincoln Park to-day Nearly 100, ,OO'
people, on shore and in all descriptions o
lake craft, were spectators of the scene.
On either side in tiers, up the green slope
behind the speakers stand, distinguished
guests to the number of 500 had been givel
place. Among them Mrs. General Grant
her white hair showing beneath her widow
bonnet, was the cynosure of thousands o
eyes.
Massed to the front of the platform and t.
the immediate right and left, in one i'm
mense solid square, leaving no vacant incl
of driveway or grass; were close upon q, OOC
uniformed men-glittering infantry, cavalry
and artillery, both regulars and militia
grizzled veterans of the Grand Army OF the
Republic, bright-plumed knights of Pyth
las and seemingly countless similar organi
cations.
THE NAVAL SPECTACLE.
Beyond this living panorama could bt
seen, in leviathan evolutions through the
choppy waves, an imposing fotilla of nearly
200 vessels Three abreast was the order in
the marine display, and noble sight 1t was
as the squadron made its way along, almost
within hailing distance, all decorated in
regulation style. From bow to stern, up
over the mast tops, there hung line OF
| fluttering flags. On the inside, next to the
shore, the tugs, small yachts and little pas.
| senger steamers were ranged.
Next the United States steamer Michi,
| gan, in the lead, were the other armed Gov
tha 4,,p Toh
| from Milwaukee, and the beautiful Fessen-
den. of Detroit. Then came the sturdy
| Chicago freboats, and to the seaward the
great lake carriers, mammoth black-hulled
liners and the graceful white schooners,
breasting forward like harbingers of peace.
As they .churned along the lake
shore the picture was a striking one,
the maneuvering of the Government boats
especially causing constant manifestation
of enthusiasm among the spectators lining
the waters edge.
THE PRELIMINARY PARADE.
Perhaps never in the history of the city
has there been so gallant parade. First
came General Miles, then his chief of staff,
General Stockton, and his aides. Along the
line of march Inspector Setback had thrown
a file of policemen, and they had all they
could do to beat back the pushing, eager
crowd. The procession was composed
mainly of soldiers and marines, military and
civic societies and the Grand Army of the
Republic.
Upon the arrival at the monument at a
prearranged signal the young son of Potter
Palmer loosed the cord binding the bunting
that concealed the 18-foot bronze horse and
rider ON the great pile of stone, and, as
every curve of the noble steed and soldier
a,,% ba of ho
sprang into view, the great plaudit and
salute arose that was American from the
heart When the last rumble of the last
gun had ceased, Hon. w. c. Goudy, as
President of the Lincoln Park Commits
sioners, made graceful speech of accept
ance, and Mayor Hampstead Washburne
accepted the monument on the part of the
citizens
Judge Walter @. Gresham's oration was
the feature of the days exercises. although
the preceding speeches had been long. An
outburst of applause greeted the arising of
the distinguished jurist and orator. He
began:
JUDGE GRESHAM's ADDRESS.
'1t is hardly necessary on this occasion
to enter upon any minute account of the
life and deeds of the man to whose memory
this beautiful statue has been erected.
Wherever history is read, in whatever
nook and corner of the habitable globe,
there exists an intelligent interest in the
strength and perpetuity of our institutions,
the name and tame of the illustrious soldier,
who was at once their product and their
preserver, have preceded aught that may
now be said of him.
"In this audience, at the metropolis of
the State in whose borders the war found
him poor and obscure, and gave him an op-
portunity for career, are many who knew
him intimately, and there are few incidents
of his public or private life that are un-
known to them.
'tBut without dwelling indiscriminately on
a mass of biographical details, there are
some of them which are entitled to our
special attention and will bear frequent
repetition, because they serve to illustrate
personal characteristics which made him, in
cratic Republic, and are worthy of our con-
slant emulation. Many of these traits of
character are strictly individual, and are
interesting only because they belong to a
striking and distinguished personality.
GRANTS UNAssUMING MoDEsTY.
"He was remarkably free from that vanity
and conceit which have been the weakness
of many great minds, and which seem to be
like him, from humble antecedents to a
lofty eminence. He had none of the strut
of the First Napoleon, as it was revealed in
his private letters, his turgid addresses to
the armies of France, and his egotistical as
sumption that he was man of destiny; and
none of the boastfulness with which Caesar
announced his victories
'Taere is nothing of the braggart in any
of his official reports or dispatches, there is
no arrogance, no regard for dramatic effect
no parade of himself They are plain and
simple statements of fact without any waste
of words.
"Even with the Confederacy at his feet
as final testimony of his skill and prowess
as military chieftain, he was not betrayed
into anything like exultation, and stopped
the jubilant firing of salute in his COM
mand as soon as the sound of the cannon
reached his ears. The glittering uniform of
the conquered leader of the Confederate
armies contrasted strangely with the plain
and much worn habiliments of the con-
queror.
THE PART OF A STATESMAN.
'tIn that supreme moment he ceased to be
the leader or the Union army only. and
thought and acted with broad and enlight-
ened craftsmanship and patriotism for the
whole reunited country.
"He thought of the feelings and sensibili-
ties of the vanquished, and of making the
road toward patriotic citizenship easy for
them. He thought of the waste lands and
impoverished communities of the South,
whi ch were again under the old flag, and
auickened a returning sense of obligation to
it, bv restoring to every Confederate soldier
the horse or mule which had belonged to
him, and might be used again in making
and garnering the crops on which he and
l.; family would depend for their euufonanoa