The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-28
EULOGY OF GEN. GRANT.
General Joe Wheeler Pays Ills Former fot
q Beautiful Tribute.
GRANTS GREAT GENIUS AND MODESTi
was Magnnnimous to Defeated En-
emy-Thc whole Country oMurned
When He Passed Away.

Pittsburg Pa, April 27-Politics gave
way to patriotism at the annual banquet
of the Americas Republican club In honor
of the birthday OF General Grant tonignt'
and instead OF the names OF such promi-
nent republican leaders among the speak
ers as Mckinley Harrison, Reed ana
Sherman the army and navy had the can
and the guests OF honor were General
Joseph Wheeler and Admiral Winfield 3.
Schley.
The dinner was held at the Hotel Semen
ley and In many respects was the most
successful ever given by the club. Covers
were laid for $50 people. Preceding the
dinner the distinguished guests held a
reception. which lasted more than an
hour. and it was long after the time Axe
for the banquet when the guests fled into
the banquet hall to the inspiring strains
of THE Stars and Stripes Forever" Hon.
c. L. Msgee was chairman at the dinner
table and Clarence Burleigh, city attorney,
was POSTMASTER. Major General Wheeler
responded to the toast, Grant" as fol-
lows:
Calm and beautiful the morning OF
July 20, 1885, dawned on Mount McGregor
All nature seemed subdued. The rays of
the risen sun rested upon the green hills
and mountains 81 Vermont upon the
placid waters Of Saratoga lake and upon
the cottage where the life Of the greatest
man Of the Nation was slowly ebbing away.
| Ulysses S. Grant was in the immediate
presence of the foe whom none may con-
| quer. the only foe to whose might the
great warrior had ever succumbed. For
nine long months had he gazed undaunted
into the face of death. keeping him at
bay with one hand while with his pen in
the other. he bravely finished the work
/ that would make provision for the beloved
wife and children he should leave behind
him.
"A few moments after 8 o'clock the
silver cord was loosed, the golden bowl
broken and the spirit of the patriot war
rior had returned TO the God who gave
It, and ere the sun had 81. nbed midway
to the zenith. the electric wires had told
he people in the uttermost ends of the
earth that General Grant was dead. In
every city, town and hamlet in our land
heads were reverently bowed and sorrow
and sympathy were expressed in every
countenance
When the announcement OF his death
reached Charleston, s. c., the News and
Courier of July "a said:
Happy he was IN one sense in the
time OF his death; had his life ended but
few years since. the mourning for the
great leader would have been more or
lees sectional in ltc manifestations by
ing as HI now dies, tho grief is as wiie-
spread as the Union ard the sorrow Is
as National as his fame. Only a little
While ago General Grant belonged to the
victorious North. In his last DAYS he was
the foremost citizen of the United States,
OF North and South alike. Nowhere was
the discriminating regard for him more
tender than In the States which I sed to
be described as 'latsly In rebellion The
country is reunited In apirlt rs N word,
and the successful seneralssimo of the
Union forces Is mourned by South and
North together. It needed one thing to
give him the sembanoe OF content It
needed a solemn declaration Of confidence
in him, as 4 soldier ma of admiration Of
such. This acknowloig amant, which bad
been denied him again aud again, while
the waves OF misfortune were yet At his
feet, were accorded him by the voice OF
tho North and South alike When the Gsrk
waters rose to his llHs, t WIS AS gruecai
OF the armies of jhe Tn S,I.cs ,h.t
Genera Grant was held In mos. Joyous
and honorable remembrance ny the North,
aud by the act of the North and South
alike he died as general of The armies of
me United States BY this act ne whole
distance between 1860 and 1885 wcs htdg-
ed over. The North had no thought save
OF HIM, who told the worn AID rncCed
Confederate soldiers OF lees Amy that
they must take thu horses home with
them, as they would need them Ter the
spring sowing and who threw his soldiery
honor into the scale when Andrew John
son was hesitating whether ne should by
arresting General X. +. Lee, vlolste the
terms of the Confederate surrender and
the sanctity of the parole
Long ago in \ Message to t;,e .-.nrle
OF the United States he used words which
seemed mockery. There was then a
/ peace which was worse thar war but
peace has come throughout the land peace
in the North and peace in the South. The
country is one again, III heart ar 4 thought
| and hope. The great soldier who laid n
blood the foundations of his second and
more enduring Tn, N is now at rest Let
US nave peace, nc siil. years ago md
peace his people have. In ,nei; net rts
and minds, in his lime OF peace, ;here
is naught but regard and regret for him
/ whom strife and disquet are no more. TIE
good Will Of ALL wharhrr heretofore friends
or not, was his in his agony and will abide
with his name forever
4 President Mckinley. two years ago at
I the dedication ot the monument, heautifi-
ly and truthtuly said of General Grant:
great life never lies, erea, deeds
| are imperishAbls. great names inin oltal
General Grants services and character will
/ continue undminished IL infle and ad-
/ vance in tho estimation OF mankind so
I long as liberty remains the corner stone
| OF free government and integrity OF life
/ the guaranty OF good citizenship
But sorrow endureth for a night ana
Joy cometh In the morning. and now that
! grief and mourning have claimed their tri-
butte, We meet tonight TO celebrate TIE
/ birthday of Grant, the magnanimous.
/ whose memory we delight to honor and
/ reverence, recognizing him as one II the
| Nations 'lmmortals,' whose memory viii
/ he cherished together with that of the
| father of our country.
! Seventy seven years, almost two thirds
/ Of the life time OF the Nation. have come
and gone, leaving their records OF events
1 that MI the pages of history since a hoy
/ destined 10 shine forever on one Of the
| brightest of these pages. hrst saw the
| light in small village in Claremont coun
! ty. Ohio, His colonial ancestor emlgrated
from Devon, England, to Dorchester Mass
/ In 1880 removing after Ave wears ia Wind
sor, Conn, Noah Grant. one OF his do
scendants, grandfather OF the hero. whose
birth We celebrate tonight, served during
the revolution, and afterwards removed
TO PENNSYLVANIA, where General Grent,s
father and mother were both horn tboir
respective families removing later 10 Point
| Pleasant Jesse Rout Grant and Hanna
simpson were married In 1921. The ncvt
year on April p, son was born. H,ron,
/ ulysses was the name first given 10 mi
| future hero. His father had taken nm ~
ming as his means OF support, and that
he found II very lucrative occupation ia
proved from the fact that he was able