Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-05-05

! of Ulysses S. Grant fearlessly took it's
! flight. Lincoln and Stanton had preceded
/ him, but of the mighty captains of the
war Grant was the first to be called. Sher-
man and Sheridan survived him, but have
since joined him on the other shore.
The great heroes Of the civil strife on
land and sea are for the most part now
no more. Thomas and Hancock, Logan
and MCPHERSON, Farragut, Dupont and Por-
ter and Il host of others have passed for
ever from human sight. Those remaining
grow dearer to US and from them and the
memory of those who have departed gen
erations yet unborn will draw their in
spiration and gather strength for patriotic
purposes.
Grants Name Immortal.
A great life never dies. Great deeds
are imperishable; great names immortal.
Gen. Grants services and character will
vanced in the estimation of mankind so
long as liberty remains the cornerstone of
free government and integrity of life the
guaranty of good citizenship.
Faithful and fearless as volunteer sol
der, intrepid and invincible as commander
in-chief of the armies of the Union, calm
and confident as President of reunited
and strengthened nation which his genius
had been instrumental in achieving, he has
our homage and that Of the world; but
brilliant as was his public character we
love him all the more for his home life
and hOmely virtues. His individuality, his
bearing and speech, his simple ways had
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his Americantsm was so true and uncom-
| promising that his name will stand for all
time as the embodiment of liberty, Loyalty
and national unity.
Victorious in the work which under Di-
vine Providence he was called upon to do
clothed with almost Tmitless power, he
was yet one of the peDple-patient patri
otto and just. Success did not disturb the
even balance of his mind, while fame was
powerless to swerve him from the path of
duty. Great he in war, he loved
peace and told the world that honorable
arbitration of differences was the best hope
of civilization.
an exalted place i'll history and the affec-
lions OF the people. Today his memory is
held in equal esteem by those whom he led
to victory and by those who accepted his
generous terms of peace. The veteran lead
erS of the blue and the gray here meet
not only to honor the name of the departed
Grant but to testify to the living reality
Of Il fraternal national spirit VIII h has
triumphed over the differences of the past
! ana transcended the limitations of sectional
lines. Its completion, which we pray God
to speed, will be the patiOn's greatest
glory.
Memorial Comm surate with Greatness.
1t is right, then, that Gen. Grant should
have Il memorial commensurate with his
greatness, and that his last resting place
should be the city of his choice, to which
he was attached in life and OF whose
ties lie was not forgetful even in death.
Fitting, too, is it that the great soldier
should sleep beside the native river
whose banks he .irst learned the art of
war and of which he became master and
leader without a rival.
But let us not forget the glorious dis
tinction with which the metropolis, among
the fair sisterhood CT American cities, has
honored his life and memory. With all
that riches and sculpture can do to render
the edifice worthy OF the man, upon site
unsurpassed for magnificence, has this mon-
ument been reared by New Yorh per-
petual record of his illustrious deeds in
the certainty that as time passes, around
it will assemble with gratitude and rever-
ence and veneration men of all climeS,
races and nationalitfeS.
New York holds in its keeping the
precious dust Of the silent soldier, but his
achieyementS-What he and his brave COM
radeS wrought for mankind-are in the
keeping of 10000, 900 of American citizens,
who will guard the sacred heritage forever
and forever more.
Then the chorus and orchestra rendered
'"The Star Spangied Banner" and Gen.
Horace Porter, as president of the Grant
Monument association, delivered the for
NAL grafton.
This sketched the rise and progress Of
the movement which had eliminated IN
the erection of the memorial and gave
some financial and other statistics. Re
Spouse was made by Mayor Strong, who
accepted the monument in the name of
New York. The hallelujah chorus from
Handels messiah was given, and
with the singing of the DoXology by the
immense audience the exercises were
brought to a fitting conclusion.
Great Land Parade Forms.
Meanwhile the great land parade had
been forming down town, the head of
the column being stationed at Madison
avenue and Twenty fourth street. Upon
the conclusion of the exercises at the
moved to Fifty-ffth street, thence to
Fifth avenue and Fifty-ninth. thence to