The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-28
GRANTS MEMORY KEPT GREEN
A BOSTON CLUB CELEBRATES HIS
BIRTHDAY WITH A BANQUET.

- WIN NNHNAACA NhGGNA On MS
ing and His Address Frequently
and Loudly AppIauded Through
Out-SenhtOr-Eiect Foraker and
John VI. ThurSton of Nebraska Also
Among the Guests.
Boston, Mass, April 27.-The seventy
fourth anniversary of the birth OF Gen.
Grant was celebrated by the Middlesex
Club this evening by a dinner at the Ho-
tel Brunswick. More than $50 members
and guests were in attendance. The guests
Of the evening included Hon. John NJ.
Thurston of Nebraska, Lieut.. Gen. James
Longstreet Of Georgia, Hon. j. B. Foraker
Of Ohio and Hon. James Hoyt OF Ohio.
The menu was long and elaborate and it
was nearly o'clock when ex-Gov. BraclS-
EFT, president of the club, rose amid ring
ing cheers and raped for order After
some preliminary remarks, he introduced
Acting Governor Wolcott who said, in
part: THE sunny south, with all the ola
differences of opinion obliterated, never
since the early day Of the republic more
warmly beloved than it Is to-day, sends
us as her representative one who was
thirty years ago our gallant foe, and is
tonight our gallant friend. 1t is a most
happy custom to commemorate by special
services the days that mark the births Of
men who, by high service, have deserved
well of the republic"
The president then called upon Lieut.
Gen. Longstreet to speak for Grant, the
Soldier" The om confederate officer was
received with repeated cheers and was
frequently and loudly appauded through
out his address, which was heard with
profound attention.
In the course of his speech, Gen. Long
street said: Modest as a maiden. the
heavy blows of the strong arm Of an Ajax
were ai there was TO tell the story of
the work that pushed him up, until at the
end of two years he found himself above
all officers that had held superior rank
commanding armies Of a million soldiers,
spread out over lines OF thousands Of
miles, yet humbly submissive to the gov
ernment he so ably defended. If another
record marks such an epoch, l fail to
"Of all the union commanders he was
the great leader who accurately surveyed
the great field of war, the elements of
sTength ana points of error, and consid-
ered the vast means so necessary TO solve
the problem. He realized the Importance
or covering the granaries Of the south, and
applied his early energies and talents to
holding Kentucky and Tennessee, moving
swiftly to the capture Of Fort Henry The
soldier had the comprehensive mind of the
statesman. He knew that the south had
neglected factories, and only applied its
energies and labors to improve agricul-
ture, and bent his mind and power 10 the
safe blockade of our seaboard cities.
knew Grant as a cadet, and from
boyhOod to Mount McGregor, served IN the
Fourth United States Regiment of Infan-
try with him on HIS entrance into active
army life and We were together In Worth s
division OF Scott's army In Mexico, where
he was known and esteemed as one of its
most gallant and promising young lieu
tenants.
THE first notice we had of him in the
late war was his affair al Belmont in the
autumn Of 1861, when | remarked of him
that he was the man Of the north, who,
II he came to be known, was most likely
10 conquer, and to-day / may say that no
one but the subtle Lincoln could have
found him.
''His affairs at the wilderness were not
as successful as he would have had them
but, nothing daunted, the resolute SOL
died thought that his policy could be
blows; that his line was the shortest way
to the end-the end that he had resolved
to wrest from the terrible Lee. leaving the
cost TO speak for Its work. He stood alone
as the man for the time When IL was
ended the war with him was over His
heavy blows were changed to pleasant sa-
lutations. Incapable OF malice, his gener-
Gus heart offered all that his enemy could
ask as terms for surrender, with abun-
dance Of provisions for the hungry sol
diers and transportation TO their distant
homes.
Nor did he forget us at Mount Nc
Gregor. In his memoirs he says: Il feel
that we are on the eve Of a new era,
when there Is TO be great harmony be-
tween the federal and confederate.
cannot stay to be a living witness TO the
CORRECTNESS Of this prophecy, but feel
versaly kind feeling expressed for me
al time when II was supposed that each
day would prove my last, seemed to me
the beginning OF an era to let us have
peace.
IF he could have been In Chicago in
May Of last year and witnessed the un-
yelling Of monument over the dead con-
federate prisoners Of war and could have
been with Us at the dedication of the ma
tional park at Chickamauga In September
last to witness the assembling Of Gov.
Morton, Gov Mckinley, Gen. Alger, Gen.
GrosVenOr, Gen. Bates, Gen. Gordon and
multitudes Of those of the blue and gray
In cordial, fraternal greetings, he could
have known that the prophecy was not
a delusiVe hope, hut a happy fruition.
mrrored in the expressions of all his
countrymen. God grant the peace prayed
for in his generous heart may spread her
gentle wings to rest lightly upon his hap
PLY united countrymen, and may their
deVout supplcations ascend like incense
for peace for the faithful soul departed.
Alleiulia."
The president next introduced Senator
J. B. Foraker Of Ohio who spoke upon
Grant, the Republican" The senator
was greeted with cheers and unlimited en-
thusiasm, and mis- address was warmly
as a possible presidential candidate was
the signal for a wild demon tration of en-
thusiasm, and when, a moment later, he
mentioned the name Of Mckinley the au-
dience expressed its respect for the speak X
ers preference by a second demons stra-
ton. almost as enthusiastic as the first.
The president then read a letter and
telegram Of declinatiOn from Gov. w. o.
Bradley Of Kentucky and Congressman
Charles Emory Smith. In their place he
presented Senator J. NJ. Thurston of Ne
braska. Senator Thurstons was the speech
Of the evening, and the enthusiasm was
great when he leaned forward and ex-
tended the hand of fellowship TO Gen.
Longstreet, while the air rang with the
cheers OF the whole assembly. At the
close of his speech the old confederate
general stepped around to his chair and
publicly congratulated him upon the inn
press!on which he had produced in his
first address to a Boston audience.
Washington. April H.-Gen. Grants
memory was honored with speech, story
and good fellowship tonight at the Union
League Club, Philadelphia; the Americus
Clum Pittsburg; by the Grant Banquet
Association at the Hotel Waldorf New
York, and in many other cities OF the
north and west.
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