The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30

nero passed from the noise and windy
chilliness of the outside world into the
dim quiet of the tomb. For about 10
minutes she staid there, and then,
with her face hidden in her hands, she
left the scene which crowned her hus.
bands victories.
Soon after this President Mckinley
went aboard the Dolphin amid tho
booming of guns and reviewed the great
warships that lay in the shadow Of the
tomb. The dense crowds still staid in
their seats and watched the end Of the
land parade. A brown hue now per-
yaded everything and in the dusk SOL
diers, spectators, leafless trees and even
the tomb itself looked strangely SOM
Der In their coverings of dust. Then,
when the last company had passed out
of sight of the white roadbed the hun
dreds of thousands of spectators sought
their homes.
McKinley's Tribute to Grant.
The following is the text of President
McKinley's eloquent eulogy of General
Grant:
Fellow Citzens-A great life, dedicated
to the welfare of the nation here finds
its earthly coronation. Even if this day
lacked the impressivenesS of ceremony
and was devoid of pageantry, it would
still be memorable. because it is the ami
versary of the birth of one of the most
famous and best beloved of American SOL
dierS.
Architecture has paid high tribute to
the leaders of mankind, but never was
memorial more worthily bestowed or more
gratefully accepted by a free people than
ths beautiful structure before which we
are gathered.
N marking the successful completion of
tAlS work have Witnesses and
Elephants representatives of all branches
of our government, the resident officials
of foreign nations. the governors of states
ana the sovereign people from every sec
ton of our common country, who join in
this august tribute to the soldier and pa
triot and citizen.
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. Thorn
as and Hancock, Logan and Mcpherson,
Farragut, Dupont and Porter, and a host
OF others have passed forever from hu-
man sight. Those remaining grow dearer
to us and from them and the memory of
those who have departed, generations yet
unborn will draw their inspiration and
gather strength for patriotic purpose.
imperishable, great names immortal. Gen
eral Grants services and character will
continue undiminished in influence and
advance in the estimation of mankind so
long as liberty remains the cornerstone of
free government and integrity of life the
guarantee of good citizenship.
Faithful and fearless as a volunteer
soldier, 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 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 in
dlviduality, 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-
bodment 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. 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 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
ory is held in equal esteem by those whom
he led to victory and by those who ac-
cepted his generous terms of peace
The veteran leaders 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 a fraternal ma
tional spirit which has triumphed over the
differences of the past and transcends the
limitations of sectional lines. Its com
pletion which we pray God to speed, will
be the nations greatest glory.
1t is right, then, that General Grant
should have memorial commensurate
with his greatness and that his last rest
ing place should be the city of his choice
whose ties he was not forgetful even in
death. Fitting, too, is it that the great
soldier should sleep beside the noble river
on whose banks he first learned the art of
war, of which he became master and lead
or, without a 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 do to render
the edifice worthy of the man, upon a site
unsurpassed for magnifcence, has this
monument been reared by New York as
perpetual record of his illustrious deeds
In the certainty that as time passes
around it will assemble with gratitude
and reverence and veneration, men of all
climes, races and nationalities.
New York holds in its keeping the pre-
cious dust of the silent soldier. but his
achievements wha. he and his brave com
rades wrought for mankind. are in the
keeping of 70.0000o0 of American citizens.
who will guard the sacred heritage for
ever and forevermore.
Exercises at the Tomb.
The following was the programme az