The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-28

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his feet, were accorded him by the voice of
the north and south alike when the dark
waters rose to his lips. 1t was as general
of the armies of the United States that
General Grant was held in most joyous and
honorable remembrance by the north, ind
by the act of the north and south alike he
died as general of the armies of the United
States. By this act the whole distance be-
tween 1865 and 1855 was bridged over The
north had no thought save of him who told
the worn and ragged confederate soldiers of
Lees army that they must take their
horses home with them, as they would need
them for the spring sowing, and who threw
his soldiery honor into the scale when An
drew Jackson was hesitating whether he
should by arresting General r. e. Lee. VIC
late the terms of the confederate surrender
and the sanctity of the parole
Long ago in a message to the people or
the United States he used words which
seemed a mockery. There was then peace
which was worse than war, but peace mas
come throughout the land; peace in the
north and peace in the south. The country
is one again. In heart and thought and
hope. The great soldier who laid in blood
the foundations of this second and more
enduring union is now at rest. Let lis
have peace he saiASyears ago. and peace
his people nave. In their HedrlS ana minus,
in this time of peace there is naught but
regard and regret for him whom strife and
disuuet are no more. The good will OF all,
whether heretofore friends or not, was bis
in his agony and will abide with his name
forever
President McKinley's Tribute
president Mckinley, two years ago at
the dedication of the monument, beautiful-
" and truthfully said of General Grant,
8 no 1ipG great deeds are
imperishable great names immortal. Cen
eral Grants services and character Will
continue undiminished in influence and ed-
vance In the estimation of mankind SO long
as liberty remains the cornerstone of free
government and integrity OF lie the guar
anty of good citizenship
"But sorrow endureth for night and
10Y cometh in the morning. and now that
grief and mourning have claimed their
tribute, we meet tonight to celebrate the
birthday of Grant, the magnanimous, whose
memory we delight to honor and rever-
ence, recognizing him as one OF the ma
tion's immortals,' whose memory will be
cherished together with that of the father
of our country.
"Seventy-seven years. almost two-thirds
of the lifetime of the nation have come
and gone leaving their records of events
that fill the pages of history since q boy
destined to shine forever on one or the
brightest of these pages, first saw the hgnt
in small village in Claremont county,
Ohio. His colonial ancestor emigrated from
Devon. England to Dorchester, Mass, in
$780, removing after five years to WINDSOR,
Conn. Noah Grant, one of his descendants,
grandfather of the hero whose birth we
| celebrate tonight, served during the revolu-
| ton, and afterwards removed to Pennsyi-
vania where General Grants father and
| mother were both born, their respective
| families removing later to Point Pleasant.
Jesse Rout Grant and Hanna Simpson were
married in 1921. The next year, on April
81 son was born, Hiram Ulysses was
the name first given to this future hero.
His father had taken up tanning as his
means of support, and that he found 1t
a very lucrative occupation is proved from
the fact that he was able to educate his
children handsomely and divide quite an
ample fortune among them in his later
days.
How Grants Name Was Changed
always called by his second given
| name by some error ne was named by his
congressman to the secretary of war as
Ulysses Simpson, SO his commission for
/ West Point was made out and so his name
remained. Cadet Grant received brevet
| second lieutenant commission in 1913: served
| with peculiar distinction in Mexico, being
| in every battle save that of Buena Vista.
| On one occasion General Worth put COM
| pany with it's captain under the command
| of the young lieutenant, who, taking pos
| session of an old church, dragged field
| gun up into the belfry himself, loading and
| firing it, dislodged force of Mexicans
| from a parapet stubbornly held by them
| as one of the defenses of the city of Mexico.
| For his work he was specially commended
| by General Worth and breveted twice
| within five days.
Returning from Mexico, he received a
| furlough, married Miss Julia I. Dent in 1S4S,
| continuing in the army until 1854 when he
| resigned his commission, and took up his
| residence on a farm near st. Louis, in
| which city his wifes family lived. He
seemed to have met with little success in
| civil pursuits, and in 1860 removed to Galina,
| where he became associated with his
| brothers in the leather trade.
| ION the 18th of April, six days after the
| fall of Fort Sumpter, he had gathered a
| company, began to drill them and offered
| himself to the governor of Illinois. So mod
| est and unobtrusive was General Grant
| that his old service seems for a time to
have been lost sight Of. T. story of his
military career has been rehearsed over
and over. All are familiar with his sue
| cess in the west, and there first looms up
the generosity of his character. When
| seeking to establish the United States in
possession of Kentucky, he proclaimed:
Cared Naught for Opinions
4 have nothing to do with opinions and
shall deal only with armed rebellion and
its aiders and abettors.'
"At Vicksburg his order was: The garri-
| son will march out tomorrow. Instruct
your commands to be quiet and orderly as
the prisoners pass by and make no often
| sive remarks
"At Appomattox he quietly hushed all
| noisy demonstrations of victorious joy with
| the words: ...e-
:" The war is over; the rebels are oul
countrymen again, and the best sign of re
joicing after the victory will be to refrain
from all demonstrations in the field
"And his generosity to his defeated
countrymen has made its indelible mark OIL
the character of the American soldier, O,
| shown by their conduct in the war Will