Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-28

high upon the scroll of fame and settled the
lie of man SO deeply in all patriotic
never fails to do credit to himself or give
pleasure to his favored hearers. (Cheers.1
No orator, however gifted, can over-praise
General Grant. tCheers.] The most i'm
pressive and costly memorial that an arch1-
tect can plan or wealth can execute is Justi-
fled when the name OF Grant Is inscribed
upon it. tCheers.l This stone, which has
now been laid, accompanied by this mag
nificent expression OF public interest. Is
only the topstone of a foundation. 1t speaks
to us of a structure imposing and graceful
steady progress. without check or tardiness.
till the capstone is set amid the plaudfts OF
the liberal and patriotic citizens of this
great city. Thus his fame grew, from Eel
mont to AppomattoX, in whose honor this
dome is builded. am glad to see here what
seems to me to be the double assurance that
the work SO nobly planned will be speedily
consummated Your distinguished citizen
who has assumed, as a labor of love. the bur-
den OF conducting this great enterprise,
learned from his beloved chief to exclude
tile word failure from his vocabulary. Loud
cheers, during which the President resumed
his seat
Chauncev Depew's Grafton.
Music followed, and then the orator Of
the day, DR. Chauncey NJ Depew, delivered
his address, saying, during the course Of his
remarks:
citizens, whose NIustrious achiev ements are
the glory OF the country and the pride OF
their Common wealth, whose works and
lives are everything lessons OF love and de-
United States. New York, in accepting this
bequest OF General Grant, has assumed q
sacred trust. Upon no municipality ana Its
citizens WAS ever devolved a more solemn
duty. From the tenderest motives, he took
from the National Government the task
which 1t would most loyalty and lovingly
have performed, and intrusted 1t to this
great CITY. The whole country are enlisted
in the army of reverence and sorrow, but ne
appointed New York the guard OF honor.
General Grant needs no stately shaft or
massive pile to perpetuate his memory. The
Republic is his monument, anu Its history
during what must always be its most critical
and interesting period will be the story OF
his deeds. But this memorial will continue
for coming generations an object lesson,
teaching the inestmabie value of the Fed
eral Union and the limitless range OF Amer
lean opportunity.
Grant claims upon the gratitude of his
countrymen are many. He will have peculiar
remembrance for having, with President
Lincoln, Immediately recognized that the
founded it. American liberty is entrenched
in the indissoluble union of sovereign
States. and cannot exist with subject prov
lnces. Above Belmont and Donelson, above
Shiloh and Vicksburg. above the campaign
in the West and Appomattox in the East.
rise the inestimable services which he rem
dered in the peace and reunion OF his coun-
try, when he threw himself and his fame be-
tween President Andrew Johnston's scheme
of vengeance and the Confederate leaders
he had paroled, and when again he threat
ened to draw his sword to prevent trans
fer by the same President to the same lead
ers, of the power they had lost. and the
Government they had tried to destroy.
The tendrils of loyalty and love stretch
in the land. The members of the Grand
Army of the Republic who have gone be-
FORE and those who are here awaiting the
orV e Of their R old commander. ma The Imperial
City proudly and affectionately assumes the
custody of his remains. The people called
from the alb b,orbinC cares of life by his natal
day and this solemn ceremony, take up
again their burdens with lighter hearts, and
brighter hopes for their children and their
children's children, because of the career
and the deeds of Ulysses S. Grant
Close of the Afternoons Ceremonies.
Rev. DR.. Hall then pronounced the bene-
diction, and the guns of the Miantonomoh
thundered forth national salute. A novel
feature of the programme was the part
taken by school boys, to the number of
1,500 or 1900, who marched by the tomb
and scattered flowers around 1t. Mrs.
Grant, with one of her grandchildren and
party of her friends. occupied position of
honor On the grandstand. The Chinese
Minister at Washington, with members of
his staff, was present at the express invita-
tion of Mrs. Grant He has subscribed $500
to the fund. .
The cavity beneath the stone contains the
following articles:
Constitution of the United States, Declara-
tion of Independence, Articles of Confedera-
f,1n 9 the BlDie' printed ny r the amerlean ernSt
Memorial Day pamphlet, May 80 and 81, 1856,
containing among other things list of con-
tributors of flowers, prayer by the Rev. q S.
gan; a copy of Mayor Grants proclamation,
dated April s, 1892, to the citizens OF New
York, calling attention to the Grant Monu-
medals and coins from United States Mint,
as follows: One Major General Grant by
joint resolution of Congress, December II,
1868, q U. S. Grant Presidential, one Pacific
Railway, head of Grant, one Grants Indian
piece, one Let Us Have Peace one WASH
ington and Grant medalette. one Lincoln
and Grant, one Grant reception, December
16, 1873; one Grants birthday, 1880; one
Grants birthday, 1892; one complete proof
set OF United States gold coins, one COM
plete proof set OF United States silver coins,
copies OF New York City and Brooklyn daily
afternoon papers April %, 1892, and of New
York City and Brooklyn daily morning pa
pers April q, 1892; various illustrated pa
pers.
As soon as the ceremonies at the Grant
tomb were over President Harrison, Miss
Dimmick, Secretaries Noble and Wana-
maker, Vice President Morton, General
Morton, General Porter, Lieutenant Parker
and Superintendent Ely, of the Pennsyl-
vania Railway, took carriages and were
driven to the ferry. They crossed over to
where the Presidential party took a special
train for Washington at $50 o'clock. Sec
retary Noble stopped off at Philadelphia to
attend the Grant dinner in that city.