Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-04-28
7HB GRANT CRYPT
Laying of the Cornerstone
 By the President.
cHAUNcEY M. DEPEw's oRAT1oN
Riverside Park Thronged With Hundred
 Thousand People.

the Great Stone Was Lowered Into
 PInoe-Little School Children strew Flowers Upon the Tomb-A Distin- guished Party Present.
 NEW YORK, April 28.-The President | of the United States yielded shining | gold trowel yesterday at the laying of 1 the cornerstone in Riverside Park. The l widow of General Grant, the children of her children were there to witness the ceremony-a ceremony simple almost to severity, About her were grouped men great in the affairs of the nation, and men of note in all walks of life. As the moment drew near when the | stone should be placed in position, the mighty throng of persons on every side | became very quiet. There had been music, 8 prayer by Dr. Hall, briefand concise speech from the lips of General Horace Porter. Workmen manned the windlasses on either side of the 12-ton lump of granite.
 With heads uncovered they waited for | the President uo scatter the mortar, when they would receive the signal to l lower the stone.
 The President stepped down from the platform, where he and other distin l trowel placed in his hand, he stepped over to the southwest corner of the | foundation.
 The crowd, which was equalled only by that which saw the body of the dead General placed in the tomb, be- came so still that the chirp of robin | calling to it's mate from the trees just behind the stands was heard dis tinctly.
 The President stood on the foundation, directly in front of the stone and the bed of cement beneath it, and the wind~ lass began to creak. In a moment the stone was in place.
 The cornerstone had been laid. The President stepped upon small stand } that ad been erected in the front and made q brief address.
 Chauncey M. Depew, who for some time had been looking as if he were pre- pairing to rise, stood up, giving the audi } ence the signal for another tremenduous outburst of cheering. He said, in part:
 MR. PRESIDENT AND FELLOW CITIZENS: } The predominant sentiment of General Grant was his family and his home. As son, husband and father his care and devotion were constant 7 and beautiful. While visiting the capitals of the Old World he had seen the stately mauso- lcums of their great soldiers, or statesmen, resting in the gloom of cathedral crypts or the solitude of public places. The perpetual ccrc- monul, the inhuman coldness of these splen- did tributes chilled and repelIed him. He had shrunk all his life from display and he desired to escape it after death. To lie in the church. yard where slept his father and mother would = have been more in accord with his mind. But r he appreciated that his countrymcn had a claim upon his memory and the lessons of his life and fame, He knew that where he was buried they would build q shrine for the study and inspiration of coming generations. He selected New York because it was the metropolis of the continent and the capital of tbfr trv m n mOOn condition spot must be chosen which did not permit his = wife to be by his side at the resurrection She . had been the love of his youth, the companion ' and cOniidant of his maturer years. She had mndc the humble cottage at Gaena, the camp, the White House and the stately city residence all equally his home- He would have no mOnu- a mcnt, however grand, which separated nm 4 from her during the unnumbered years of the , hereafter.
 ? The memory of our heroes, our patriots, and u our men of genius is one of the strongest of n the bonds which hold together our Union, and J. Ipcrpctuate our power. But the altais' upon 7, which the fires of patriotism are ever burning, if are North, South, East and West. Every State Cherishcs the remains of it's citizcns. whose H. : IIustrious achievements the glory of the Icountry and the pride of their commonwealth
 whose works and lives are ever living lessons of love and devotion to the flag and Constitution !, of the United States
 New York, in accepting this bequest ol General Grant, has assumed sacred trust
 Upon no municipality and its citizens was ever
 devolved more solemn duty. Let the monu-
 ment which will rise upon this cornerstone be worthy of the magnitude of the Metropolis
 and the grandeur of the subject. General
 Grant needs no stately shaft or massive pile tC
 perpetuate his memory. The Republic IS ms
 monument, and it's history during what must
 always be it's most critical and interesting
 period will be the story of his deeds
 General Sherman once remarked: l lay
 awake all night wondering where the enemy
 are, but Grant don't care where they are ol
 what they arc doing" This was because hay
 ing once preDared his plans with reference tt
 every known contingency he had so complete ly calculated the resources of his adVersarlei
 ana of his own that he could not contemplat'
 disaster and never Encw defeat.
 When General Sherman and all the able off
 cers about him protested against the perilou
 movement to get below Vicksburg and attacl II the other side because his army would be cu ,d of from it's base of supplies, "The North wil If cut off our supplies unless we succeed, h' ,r said and the Fourth of July, 1863. become on I of the glorious days in the annals of war. Flo oi ~ thirty days he led the Army of the Potoma o1 through the Wilderness, hurling it against tn 'o entrenched positions of the enemy by day an
 moving it by night to assault fresh defcnses il
 the morning. The country shIddered wit
 horror at the carnage and called TOT ms fe
 moval, his officers were affected by the uni
 yersal distrust of his movements the mangle
 columns of troops recoing from the shot am
 shell which ploughed through their ranks iron
 imprcgnable Notifications, sometimes retuse
 to attack again. But the response of the con - hdent and mperturbable commander was tn
 ever recurring order, By the left flank, Tor
 ward. and to his countrymen, "l will fight
 out on this line if it takes all summer" Crit
 cislng Cabinets hostile Comgressmanr doubtin
 Generals and distrustful people all surrender
 ed with Lee at AppomaLtoN.
 5, On resuming his seat after the abl
 address if was several minutes befor
 quiet could be restored, the repeated s. shouting and clapping of hands bein
 almost deafening.
 When quiet was restored Dr. Joh
 Hall pronounced the benediction and tn ' services ended by the firing of salut V of uwenty-one guns from the U. ;.
 Niantonomoh stationed in the Hudson. - After some more music and the cere
 mony being ended, MT. Harrison an'
 party shook hands with those neares Ia them and returned to the hotel. ln As soon as the party had left over 2u a schoolboys passed in procession ny tn