The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

ness, Petersburg and Appomattox." said
the orator; he may well be called the UNI
conditional victor" General Grants career
until his death was hurriediy but graphi-
cslly outlined. General Grant, said Gov.
tmiiG nS fas he stood tood, In u his G civil station , ! hat bat
may be firmly secured TO the living and TO
their posterity forever. His arm was never
the wrong. His veto of the imitation bin.
his organization of the Geneva arbitration
coln n against sH sf Ensla Ihs his Strong Ss i bns
conciliatory foreign policy, his constant
care TO have no policy against the will of
the people, his enforcement of the Consti-
tuition and its maintenance in every part
of the Republic, his faith at home and
abroad, marked his administration as
as his civil administration was, however.
the achievements which make him one Of
die are found In his military career. Carp
Ing critics have sought to mar it, strategists
nave found flaws in IL, but in the presence
OF his successive, uninterrupted and un-
which none should heed.
with no Disagreement to others, two
names rise above all others In American
history since Washington-transcendently
above them. They are Abraham Lincoln
nng 9,ysSes sor , Jrant; E diS VII De re-
plished for his race and for mankin Gen.
Grant needs no monument TO perpetuate
creased lustre so long as liberty lasts. and
the love of liberty has q place in the hearts
OF men. Every soldiers monument in the
North now standing, or hereafter to be
erected, will record his worth and work,
as well as those of the men who fought by
be the work he did, the most enduring mon
ument the Union, which he and his asso-
ciates saved. and the priceless liberty they
shiperS. We are a nation of generous, free
men We bow in affectionate reverence
those immortal nqmQS-Na Chinpf0n Lin
coin and Grant-and all who were asso-
ciated with them. and will guard with
sleepleSs vigilance their mighty works and
cherish their memories evermore."
Gen. Horace Porter, the president of the
Grant Monument Associations, then, in a
the death of General Grant, New York
city. with its accustomed promptness and
nent inteerment of his remains. II is wisely
decided that the monument should be built
by voluntary contributions from the peo-
vidual interest in honoring it and in pre-
serving it. The sum of about $50, coo was
secured Immediately after the Generals
death. Then the. project Jagged for seven
years. In 1892 the monument association
was reorganized, and an additional sum of
s410.O % was secured Those who witness the
structure to-day can judge of its general
character and the perfection of the work.
manship. The funds on hand are deemed
ished in about a year. 1t might possibly
have been erected in three years, instead OF
four, but this would have been at the
risk of sighting portions of the work and
endangering the solidity and durability
of a structure which is built to last. not for
a generation or a century, but throughout
the ages"
The service concluded with readings from
the Ritual of the CT. A. r by officer of the
Day John G.. Stanton, and Commander
Herman Smith. When the doxology had
been sung and benediction pronounced by
Rev. DIR. Pardington. the vast crowd dis
persed. Just before the benediction was
pronounced there was loud calls for Har-
rison. The ex-President. amid loud cheer
ing, came forward, bowed his acknowledge
ments and retired. Governor Morton was
then called for, and also bowed.