New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-05
SFrTTnNALISN EYTINGl ISL y
N KINLEY'S POLICY INDOFSEp ~ lF'E
SONS OF THE AMERICAS
EENf,I I-TION

WASHINGTON July A special committee from me
Empire State Society OF the Sons o.! The American
Revolution TO-DAY presented 10 Preslleht '-0r'''
engrossed resolutions indorsns his action IN ''''
ting out secticnaisn Nv the var appointment. q
rep.esentati,,es If tho North and South Maor-''@n
cr,l " { Butler q sou,n Carolina. ana BEigadeT-
General Frederi,k 7 Grant Of New-Tork lhe So
ci4t. was represe ned ov Colonel John Calhoun
,ic.-president and T.. James King. cha7l7in ~
Nev.-York a sword Is 10 be presented &" genera
Grant. and a. O'Clock this afternoon morse WI
all eccoutrcncnts was presented - General bu''1
at camp Alge- IN addressing The Presl'en'. '"o -
himself 4 member ~ the general sooi"'v the com
mit.te said
lIr President: - vog as Command Chiei ~
all our ftrcos on sea and land oTins ne
lean Revolution You have enieared ;oursfI ~
tie American peope by Meeting every fe'uanus 49,
leadership and stltef-,sni r ~ crucial petlpd N
our history ana ty your patro'io leadership in blot
ting OFT sectional Ines
kr,u what war means haze stood firmly F
edarant for nnnora hlo neaoe. and pntu rHs'" W.
no longer possible without diihonor
Your compren ensve sense ~ duty your MOI
courage. your magnificent pose. your "nHgA1ehs'
Ing kindness navo alded 20 lie Nation invoice -
wealth and worth AID when tho 6onhio' ~ wal -
Joined YOU announce tnat the var vi0 :" V'g@d on
our mart on hisa r'lne o, Hherality toward CON
mere and ri humanity toward b"llls"renfs. Will"
you do not "avcr IN ''nsnpma'ni me 1ssTsS'd,'
prepar atoms :or arriving oar IN" d~Hoe'7'"N 81
pressed purpose Of tae Nation -....,,. ,,,., ..
You. -ir President ~ TIE EerDhi'. nave NJ
nrei your signature 20 Two documents that WI!
ler1 immortality 20 your fame as ruHr ana VIII
place your 1Ooy" thai ~ nnoi" pr"'"S'iohs -
hereditary n0narchs
You signed tho ioin' resolutions ~ Congress a.
about noon on April p 49, tho emancipation proc
lama,ion OF The Western Hemisphere from the last
bondage clutch ~ med oval ci-itz3'iop. fNrfni
mating three hundred wears - intolerance. rapac'y
and cruelty T. ono ~ -" pivotal points IN tne
hstorv %. he race The proclamation vas ssnei
by your firm hand IN whose Voins courses the HOOD
OF ar ancestry which helped for rs our civil
and religious liberty. and b. he same hand that
welded sword which helped - make Lincolu's
emancipation proclamation effective IN hTeakins the
chains ~ millions Of hondsnen and ~ preserving
the integrity OF the Union .. the sovereign states
on Junc = 1855. vou sigr"d tne enactment dong
away NTH ali -" disab'lt's incident 10 the Civil
War
Since then with patriotic near' Beating ~ vour
pen point you have sned commission after com
mission In tIA military ana naval serri'e With al
ternating inpart'sity o, men Who faced esc1 Other
IN the Civ'l Var. f.f no nov. under 'hn ora ~
sign q TIE Republic. All ffc~ he one foreign n"
tho liherfi~s enjoy and tho institutions Ne
cherish. Va ara 'o-day recognizing ana atce7'g-
stng 'hn h's'or.r import RI ir-o ~ Tres" appoint
n.ents made ana commissions signed nv vou pI'ier
and Grant names hat need only - 10 men.
'iorC1 n the coarsde sh'p - rNr9o- v0Ir a~'s
ard his c-cas'rn memoTatlA
The President expressed h.s sincere gratitude ,o-
~ action ~ tho organization