The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-31

demonstrated. No incident to my
mind is more striking than that which
occurred in Mexico when Hon. Joel r.
Polnsett, of South Carolina, was the
United States minister at that court.
1t was Immediately following an cleo
ton which was bitterly fought and
the defeated party were desperate in
thelr disappointment. The excited
pepulace took possession of the artil-
Iery barracks and planted batteries
along the streets, and the streets flow
ed with blood. While the firing was
going on the widow of a viceroy of
Mexico, who lived in the adjoining
mouse to that of our minister, tremb-
mig with fear and almost overcome
! with excitement, sought his home and
appealed to him for protection and
/ WtilIe engaged in assuring her of full
protection at his hands, shot was
llreo at him which passed through his
coat and lodged in the shutter of his
balcony window.
QuelIing Il Mob.
The maddened mob, as he dlsap-
peared, then cried out to fire in the
window and break down the gates. At
the very moment when passion was
running highest and men had become
naddened with desperation, ready to
batter down the gates and walls sur
rounding the house, Mr.. Poinsett di-
tected the secretary of legation to
throw out the American flag, which
ne did and then the minister and Sec
rotary, in full view of the excited
crowd, stepped forth on the veranda
beneath its folds. Instantly the
shouts were hushed, the fury Of the
mob began to abate and the muskets
dropped by the soldiers side, which a
moment before had been pointed with
deadly intent on the home and per-
son of our minister Dread and aw-
full silence fell on the warning multi
tude. The minister announced that
he was the accredited representative
Of the American government. The
leaders hastily and confusedly con-
guards We're placed by the insurgents
about the minister's house to protect
1t and him and all who sought pro-
lection under its roof and within its
walls. Why? 1t represented the dig
nifty and the power of the United
States and commanded instant respect. |
When our flag was unfurled it did |
what an armed force could not have |
done without bloodshed; it was the |
voice of command; it represented the
force of the United States. A shot |
fired at the flag was a. shot fired at |
the United States, and as the wild mob
respected It's power, it respected the
Tag which symbolized 1t.
LET all of us unite in securing con-
tinued respect for the glorious old
banner and hold fast to that time ma
tional spirit which in the past has
been quick to resent any insult to ii"
Grants Career.
Governor Mckinley eulogized the
character of General Grant, "the hero
Of Belmont, Shiloh, Donaldson, Vicks-
h. \ arc
and Appomattox," said the
orator. He may well be called the
unconditional VICTOR
General Grants career from the time
he left his shop in Galena until the
tine of his death at Mount McGregor.
was hurriedly but graphically out
lined.
General Grant" said Governor Nc
Xinley, stood in his civil station bat
ling for the logical fruits of war that
hey may be firmly secured to the
living and to their posterity forever.
His arm was never lifted against the
light; his soul abhored the wrong. His {
'eto of the imitation BILL his organiZa-
ion of the Geneva arbitrative COM
mission to settle the claims Of the
United States against England; his
lis constant care to have no policy I
gainst the will of the people; his en-
orcement of the constitution and its
in every part of the
ountry; his faith at home and abroad r
marked his administration as strong,
wise and patriotic. Great and wise as
is civil administration was, however,
he achievements which make him one
f the immortal few whose name will {
ever die are found in his military
areer. Carping critics have sought
D mar it; strategiSts have found flaws
d it, but in the presence of his sue
essive, uninterrupted and unrivalled
ictOries, it is the idlest chatter which
one should heed.
And Lincoln.
with no dispara cement to othA-s
NO names rise above all others in
merican history since ,ya4.-....,- -,
braham Lincoln and Ulysses S.
rant. Each will be remembered for :
hat he did and accomplished for his =
ice and for mankind. Il
General Grant needs no monument g
perpetuate his fame. It will live and is
row with increased lustre so long as a
oerty lasts, and the love of liberty :,
as a place in the hearts of men. Every
ldier's monument in the north now II
anding or hereafter to be erected. a
i'll record his worth and work, as O,
ell as those of the men who fought -
7 his side. His most lasting memorial .
i'll be the work he did, his most en- d
lring monument the Union, which he 81
Id his associates saved and the price T
SIS liberty they secured. Ii
I'VE are not a nation of hero wor- %,
ippers. We are nation of gener- G,
IS free men. We bow in affectionate %
and with most grateful IN
arts to these immortal names, Wash b
gton, Lincoln and Grant, and all who B
ere associated with them. and will G.
ard with sleepless vigilance their -
ghty works and cherish their men, al
les evermore." WI
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