The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-04-29
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bran shes of our government, the resident
officials of foreign nations, the governors
of states, and the sovereign PEOPLE from
every section of our common country who
joined in this august tribute to the patriot
and citizen.
First of the Great Captains to Go.
Almost twelve years have passed since
the heroic vigil ended and the brave spirit
of Ulysses S. Grant fearlessly took its
flight Lincoln and Stanton had preceded
him, but of the mighty captains of, the
war Grant was the first to be called.
Sherman 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 Porter
and host of others have Bassed forever
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.
Great Lives Never Die.
A great life never dies. Great deeds are
General Grants services and character
will continue undiminished in influence
and advance in the estimation of man
kind so long as liberty remains the corner
stone of free government and integrity Of
life the guaransy of good citizenship.
Faithful and fearless as a volunteer sol
dier, intrepid and invincible as COM
mander- in chief of the armies of the
Union, calm and confident as president of
a reunited and strengthened nation
which his genius has been instrumental
in achieving, he has our homage and that
of the world; but brilliant as was his pub
lie character, we love him all the more for
his home life and homely virtues His
individuality, his bearing and speech, his
simple ways, had flavor Of rare and
unique distinction and his Americanism
was so true and uncompromising that his
name will stand for all time as the en-
bodiment of
Liberty, Loyalty and National Unity.
Victorious in the work which under Di-
vine Providence he was called upon to do;
clothed with almost limitless power, he
was yet one of the people-patient, pa
triOtic and just. Success did not disturb
the even balance of his mind, while fame
was powerless to swerve him from his
path of duty. Great as he was in war, he
loved peace and told the world that hon
orable arbitration of differences was the
best hope of civilization.
With Washington and Lincoln, Grant
has an exalted place in history and the
affections of the people. Today his mem
DRY is held in equal esteem by those whom
he led to victory and by those who &C
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veteran leaders of the blue and gray here
meet not only to honor the name of the
departed Grant, but to testify to the living
reality of fraternal national spirit which
has triumphed over the differences of the
past and transcribed the limitations of
sectional lines. Its completion, which we
pray God to speed, will be
The Nations Greatest Glory.
1t is right. chen, that General Grant
should have memorial commensurate
with his greatness and that his last rest
ing place should be the city of his choice,
to which he was so attached in life and of
whose ties he was not forgetful even in
death. Fitting, too is it that the great
soldies should sleep beside the noble
river on whose banks he first learned the
and leader without rival.
But let us not forget the glorious dis
tinction with which the metropolis
among the fair sisterhood of American
cities has honored his life and memory.
With all that riches and sculpture can Go
to render the editice worthy of the man.
upon site unsurpassed for magnificence,
has this monument been reared by New
York as a perpetual record OF his illus
trious deeds. In the certainty that as
time passes, around it will assemble with
gratitude and reverence and veneration,
men of all chimes, races and nationalities
New York holds in it's keeping the
precious dust of the silent soldier; but his
achievements-what he and his brave
comrades wrought for mankind-are in
keeping of seventy millions of American
citizens, who will guard the sacred herit-
age forever and forever more.
AZ the conclusion of the presidents
address, Colonel Grant advanced and
shook him warmly by the hand. The
two men stood in the foreground of the
wonderful picture. The spectators ap-
plauded.