The Newtown bee., 1897-05-14

ston from overwhelming Buel and talk ing Cincinnati"
 4. To his prompt decision he added 8 remarkable perseverance. At Vicks- burg he shut up thirty thousand peo- erful grasp, starved the Confederates into surrender and prevented relief.
 HIS PERSISTENCE
 gave him the victory on the Fourth of July 1863. The city surrendered with 0,000 men. I have in my posses sion an interesting relic of that siege. It shows the straits to which Grants re- lentless perseverance reduced the beleeg- ured foe. It shows, likewise, the opinion that Southern eople had of him when hemmed in by his armies. And it shows in vivid light the triumphant outcome of the siege. That relic is copy of The Vicksburg Citizen, printed on wall paper of a very inferior quality, and dated July 4, 1863. It was printed with brief ex- planatory note, from type which Confed- crate printers had set up the day before. If could quote from that sheet, it's deg peration and it's hate would startle and amuse yousall. Never did people feel the power of sustained and quiet perse- verance more than they. From Spott- sylvania, Grant, amid heavy losses, still firm in his purpose, telegraphed to Wash- ington: 1T propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer" The great general taught Christian people lesson. The forces of the church and the armies of temperance must fight on, and as our noble general said concerning his cam paign, "hammer continuously against the armed force of the enemy and his re- | sources, until by mere attrition. if in no other way, there shall be nothing left to him but submission" So he fought un- til at Appomattox the great general of the Confederate armies surrendered, and the war was at an end. (The First Con- necticut cavalry, of which I had been chaplain between two and three years, was the escort of Gen Grant on that mem- orable oceasion.) We have in his career one of the best illustrations ever given of ! that trite but all.important motto, "Per- severance conquers all things"
 MAGNANIMITY IS ANOTHER TRAIT | that was prominent in Gen Grant, and is now gratefully remembered. When Lee and his command were in the generals power, he would not humiliate the van- quished foes in the terms of surrender. l He refused to take Lees sword from him, and told the soldiers they might keep their horses, as they would need them now to blow their fields. Even the south ern journals applauded the noble 1 thoughtfulness of the victorious general. It was not the least of Grants victories 1 that he conquered the hearts of southern men. In due time by the concerted ac- 1 tion of North and South, the successful leader of the Union troops was restored to the position he had resigned, and per- mitted to die as the recognized comman- der of the armies of the United States. l Sons of Southern Veterans took promi- nent part in the ceremonies, last Tuesday, at the tomb. In all these touching ex- hibitiens on the part of the South toward Gen Grant, we have gratifying fulfil ment of his wish so often quoted: II de- sire the good will of all, whether former l ly friends or foes."
 Gen Grant is honOred still further be- cause of his ever prominent desire to promote peace, happiness, ,and prosperity after the war. ssLet us have peace," the motto engraved on his tomb, will be much more often quoted as an exponent of the man, than either of the watch words, aFight it out on this line, " or un- conditional surrender"
 He is honorsd because he was friend of the oppressed. The colored people have reason to remember his efforts for their welfare, both during and after the war.
 Not few remember Grant because of his unswerving fidelity to his friends-an amiable quality indeed. though it some- times led him into grave errors and diff culties.
 His fame doubtless is increased by his fortitude in suffering. It was sadly sublime spectacle-that agonized hero unmurmuringly enduring the pain and weakness of most dreadful disease, and severe mental torture caused by finane ial disaster for which another's villainy was responsible, fighting brayely to the last, toiling with amazing industry at his lit Herary task, and through favoring Prov idence spared to complete the work.
 We render him greater honor on ac