The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-04
THE GRANT MEMORIAL.
Speech of President Mckinley at the
UnveiIing of the Equestrian Statue Of
the Late General Grant.

the Late General Grant.
President Mckinley did not in
tend to speak. In response to loud
and persistent calls from the audi
ence, the President rose, bowed aud
resumed his seat. The cheering
continued and became deafening,
and finally the President arose. In
the course of his speech he said:
M'KNLEY's EULoGY OF GRANT.
"Lincoln issued the proclamation
of emancipation, but it took the
guns of Grant to give-life to that de-
cree. He will be remembered for al
time, aud his name forever cherished
as the soldier who preserved the U a
ion of the States. He had sacred
attachment for the soldiers.
"The last time that the public ev-
er looked upon his face in life was
on the occasion of the parade of the
Grand Army of the Republic in the
city of New York, only little while
before his death and against the pro-
tests of his friends and of his physi-
clans he was carried to the window
OF his house to look for the last time
upon his comrades. 1t was scene
never to be forgotten, and attested
his undying love for those who had
followed him from Shiloh to Vicks-
burg and Appomatox.
che not only achieved great VIC
tories in war and great administra-
tive triumphs in peace, but he was
permitted to do what is given to few
men to do-to live long enough to
write with his own pen the history
he had made in command of the ar
mics of the United States.
"And what splendid history it is;
what record of achievements. It
should be read by all the boys and
girls of the land, for it tells, in his
simple and honest, but most iorce-
full way, the trials and triumphs and
hopes of the army over which he was
supreme commander. Aud when he
had finished that work he laid down
his pen, and, liAe good soldier,
said to his Master, Let thy will be
done.
"He is gone who was so great;
but nothing can bereave him of the
force he made his own, and we know
he is far advanced in state and wears
a brighter crown than any man can
give him. He brought the flag of
our country hack without single
star erased. and it is glorious fact
to know that the Union which he
saved by his sword and the peace for
which he prayed in his last moments
are secured, and that North and
South together brought, now own
the same electric thought, in peace
common flag salute, and with free
and unresentful rivalry, harvest the
fields whereon they fought loud
applause).
"And it is gratifying to lis to know
as lovers of the great warrior, that
the men against whom he fought in
that great civil struggle and their
descendants carried with the men Of
the North and their descendants,
the glorious banner of the free at
Santiago, Ell Caney and Manila.
CHEERS and applause).
"And that we have Union today
stronger and grapder than ever be-
fore-for it is union of hearts,
North and South, union indissolu-
BILE and union never to be broken.
And it is gratifying to us to know
that the flag which Grant and his
mighty army made glorious has lost
none of it's lustre and rs it has been
carried by the army and navy of the
United States on sea and land in two
hemispheres. So long as we perpet-
uate in heart the memory of Grant,
SO long will this Nation be secure
and enduring. Goodnight"