Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-05

his home He would have no monument.
however grand, which separated him from
her during the numbered years of the
hereafter. Al Arlington, he would have
lain among the soldiers who had followed
and revered their great comm ander. but
at Riverside he will await the last triumph
| with the partner of his life and the mother
| of his children.
The memory of our heroes, our patriots
anu our men Of genius is one of the strong
est of the bonds which hold together our
union and perpe uate our power. But the
affairs upon which the fires of patriotism
are ever burning are north, south, east
and west. Washington is at Mount Yer
non, Lincoln at Springfield, Grant at
! New York, Sherman at st. Louis, and
| Jackson at the Hermitage jefferson is
| at Monticello, and Adams at Quincy. lrv-
| ing rests among the scenes immortalized
by his pen at Sleepy Hollow, and Long
fellow amidst the inspirations of his muse
at Cambridge. Every state cherishes the
remains of It's citizens, whose iIlustrious
achievements are the glory of the country
and the pride of their commonwealth,
whose works and lives are ever living les
sons OF love and devotion to the flag and
constitution of the United States.
New York in accepting this bequest of
! General Grant has assumed a sacred trust
| The whole country are enlisted in the
army Of reverence and sorrow, but be ap-
pointed New York the guard of honor.
| Let the monument which will rise upon
this corner stone be worthy Of the magni-
tude of the metropolis and the grandeur
of the subject.
! A phenomenon of our times, and one of
the chief dangers to law and order, is the
growth of the school of despair. The
concentrated contemplation of accumu.
lated wealth, and the hopelessness of &C
quiring it, paralyzes industrial energies
and true ambitions, and plants the seeds
OF socialism and anarchy. But Lincoln,
from the poverty Of the Kentucky Co bin,
and Grant from the narrow gifts of log
house In the Ohio wilderness, became the
| central figures and the representative he
roes of our age. They are types of the
glory Of American citizenship.
! Only under free institutions are such
examples possible The avenues o. pref
erment and opportunity must be open
alike to all. These great Americans illus
trate the processes by which masterful
men forge to the frost, and the less capa-
BILE or industrious find their places in the
ranks In every village and hamlet In the
land. The schools cannot create heroes
They train and discipline faculties which
only opportunity can reveal whether they
are the gifts of a great commander.
| The civil War demonstrated that OuT
country was singuiarly rich in excellent
brigade, division and corps commanders
1t developed three or four officers capable
OF initiating and conducting military opar-
atlouS with i'm mense forces and on a large
field, but only one general. The intellect
| which tired of the routine of soldier
life IN times of peace, which could not be
reused to the successful management of q
farm or d surveyors Office, which indiffer-
emily comprehended the duties of a
clerk or junior in a merchants firm,
was clarified by grave peris and expanded
under greater responsibilities. Grant at
forty was an unknown and unimportant
citizen In western town, and at forty 1.-TWO
he was the hope Of the army, and the hero
of popular Imagination. Grant was the
most independent OF generals, and the re-
suit placed him in the front rank of great
captains OF the world. He rarely held
councils of war, and never adopted their
conclusions. He sometimes acted directly
against the unanimous judgments of the
assembage.
When all his officers were of opinioa
that sally in force from the fort was to
be guarded against, he made up his mind
from the full haversacks found on the con-
| federate dead that the enemy intended to
retreat and by ordering an Immediate as.
sault captured Donelson and gained his
| first real victory. Criticising cabinets,
hostile congressman, doubling generals,
and distrustful people, all surrendered
with Lee at Appomattox.
No man can be truly great unless he is
also magnanimous Grant was the most
| self sacrificing OF friends and the most
generous of foes. Unconditional sur
| render, | move Immediately on your
works, were the conditions Grant offered
BuckDer at Donelson, but in the darknes s
| of the night he entered the prisoner tent
and said. ''Buckner. you must nave lost
everything, take my purse. He had
been TT months making tolisome efforts
to break through the confederate lines,
but after the surrender Of their defenders
he refused to GO within them. A like
temptation had not been resisted by any
conQueror Of ancient or modern times.
The eliminating triumph of General
Grant was that he received and returned
the sword of Lee. The one act typifed
the victory and perpetuity of the union,
and the other that its defenders forever
after would be those who with equal and
unequalled courage, had fought to save,
aud to destroy it.
The tendriIs of loyalty and love stretch
from this monument to every soldiers
grave IN the land. The members of the
Grand Army of the Republic who have
gone before. and those who are here await
ing the summons, present arms today to
the memory of their old COM
msnder. This imperial city proudly
and affectionately assumes the custody
of his remains. The people called from
the absorbing 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.
Rev. DIR. Hall pronounced the bene-
dictiop, and the guns of the Muintono-
nah fired the national salute. School
boys to the number of l, 500 marched by
the tomb and scattered flowers around it.
Mrs. Grant ard one Of her grand chill
dren, with party of friends, occupied a
position of honor On the grand stand. AS
soon as the ceremonies were ever the
president and party took carriages to
Jersey City, and left for Washington at
$40.
Learn to Talk Plain.
Here are some sentences which rival the
celebrated peter Piper's Peck of Picked
Peppers" in testing the agility of the
tongue: