The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-02
RECALLED by GRANTPAaEANE Mt.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady stnnton's "Reminiscences
or the Last Tribute TO Napoleon.

or the Last Tribute TO Napoleon.
The approaching pageant on April 81, in which
as II nation We arc to pay our last tribute of re-
spect to Gen. Grant, who carried our civil war
to n successful termination, recalls to my mind
n similar event which took place in Paris fifty
six years ago. when the remains of the great
Napoleon arrived there from the island of st.
Helena. / was on my wedding trip, having
Just attended the Worlds Anti.Slavery
Convention in London, to which Mr.. Stan
ton was a delegate. A party of Friends
from Philadelphia, who also attended the
convention, were In Paris at tho same time.
Together We visited tho points Of interest day
after day, and at our hotel in the evening, with
"Galignani's Guide " In hand, planned work for
the morrow. We were much amused with the
notice taken OF the Quaker gentlemen of our
party by the soldiers wherever we went. Their
coats being OF the military cut OF the time of
George Fox, the founder of their sect, they were
supposed to belong to the army of some country,
and uniformly received tho military salute.
much 10 their embarrassment. Though opposed
to war and all its paraphornalia, they took Il
deep interest In tho national excitement and tho
pageants that hcrnldcd tho arrival OF Napoleon's
remains to his native land.
The hearts Of that enthusiastic people were
stirred ii to Their Io very y d i%o HS,o We teS wI,ncSTfS I'D tho
the reception, and tho wild excitement OF tho
old soldiers who had so long inourncd tho sad
fn,S Of t he H. ch did,; and WALL WE listened ned with deep
so soon to find HIS last resting place under tho
same root with themselves; Al that time each
| as Ic plonsed, in which many scenes from their
great battles were Illustrated. One represented
Napoleon crossing the A~ips-the mountains
the cannon. the army, the General on horsehack
all pcrfec; IN miniature. Another, rcprGscntcd
ocross The bridge at Lodi, 4 third represented
a scene among the pyramids IN Egypt Eapoie9n.
| SphipN spnnIinuly lpht In lnIn fhnnghI nyar
some problem ofhunan. destiny.
But all these scenes in wood and stone have
prosaic purposes. The old soldiers, TOO. arc all
gone; mono remains to repeat the stories OF these
o ( MI the members of our party who spent so
m4ny happy dgys itGgG,hGr ! alone remain and
person in ,hiB city who will have been present
on both these occasions.
Nppoloon, in his viii. expressed the wish, that
Eratided. fie rests, on The bank of the Seine
Whose wwalsrs wash the shores OF the greatest
Den. Grants last wish wns that his resting
Il was he wanted room for Ms wife by his side.
In hia spacious mansoloum his wish also will DO
On the bank Of The Hudson, whose waters
wash the shores, of the greatest city of the
AmpT poInt T tiS Insi r e lIInf% nl%sa Of 'nS @nr Sonb
TO coming generations who viii read the history
There is great similarity in some points in
these events, as there was in The characters Of
these silent men. As Gen. Horace Porter has
project for u monument, TO Gen. Grant to com.
plction, II seems peculiarly fitting that he should
this time. making him a. link, as II were, be.
tween two great events In this century. His
rare executive ability and persistence In this
matter shows q capacity for public responsible
tics that may prove Beryiceable TO our Govern
ment should any necessity arise for serious In.
ternRtional negotiations.
ELIzABETH CABY STANTON.