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with that OF all their countrymen, should
desird in some special manner to signalize
their affection for his person and their APP
probation of the great services he had rem
dered to his country and to his age
Accordingly. September "a. 1880 the then
commander-in-chiefo of the G. A. r. ad
dressed circular letter to the posts and
departments of the order suggesting the
creation of a fund by voluntary subscrip-
ton no more than 10 cents to be received
from any contributing comrade, for. as
monument. which avoiding all exaggera-
ton or mere motive of display, shall be In
keeping with the simplicity of the life and
character of our great leader: of such in
trinsic excellence as shall commend it to
the care of the nation and thus through
all succeeding generations be our memorial
as well as monument to his fame
AT the succeeding national encampment
the project was laid before it, met with its
hearty commentator, and steps were taken
to facilitate its accomplishment By drec-
tions of succeeding national encanlpments
the work was continued until the finished
result was brought within the shelter Of
the Capitol. and is now presented for your
acceptance.
The fund contributed represents the Of
ferfngs of more than 10000 of his comrades.
most of whom had served in the field under
his command and all of whom had hailed
him as their comrade in the later day Of
peace In their behalf. we who now sur
vive commit this semblance of his PERSON
to the care and keeping of the nation whose
walls he helped to make stronger, rejoicing
in the knowledge that the memories 1t will
invoke are of good will today, and will be
of concord through all coming time"
The letter was signed by the committee
of the G. A. r., consisting of Gen. S. S.
Burdett of Washington, Gen. r. b. Beath
of Philadelphia. Gen. Russell A. Alger of
Detroit, Gen. Selden Conner of Augusta,
Me; Col. f. S. Grant of Mddleport, Ohio.
and Horace S. Clark of Nation. Ill.
The Speaker then had read the resolution
H0lSa
he said had been adopted without single
dissenting voice.
Mr.. McCleary's Tribute.
Representative McCleary was then rec
osniZed, and he delivered an address that
was fitting tribute to the great soldier.
Mr.. McCleary spoke of the great career of
Gen. Grant as an important factor in Amer
lean history and of the wonderful meaning
of the success of his achievements. He did
not speak at length on his military career,
leaving that to others who had known that
phase of his life more intimately His words
of praise for the spotless career of the
statesman as well as soldier called forth
approving applause.
MIR. Richardson's Tribute.
Representative Richardson of Tennessee
spoke at some length on the history of the
great commander. When he referred to the
admiration of himself and other confedcr-
ates for the commander of the Union army
he was loudly applauded. in which applause
Mrs Sartoris and her daughter Joined.
He said in part:
LAS an ex-confederate soldier I revere his
memory, and demand and have just right
to demand to share in the honor and glory
which cluster like jeweled diadems around
his name. and render him conspicuous
above his contemporaries as an Ameri-
can soldier and citizen. Confederates
can and do honor him because in battle he
was foeman worthy of their steel. He
said on one familiar occasion, We will fight
it out on this line if 1t takes all summer
This sentiment showed his lion heart and
iron will, and for this we honored him.
When the day of Appomatox came. and the
bravest of the brave under Lee laid down
their arms forever he said, Let the men
take their horses and go to their homes.
They will need them with which to raise
crop for the women and children If MANY
honored him for the one sentiment / have
quoted many more loved him for the ten
derness he displayed In his victory, and for
that touch of nature which made them feel
that they We're akin. and that their con-
queror was a true American soldier The
magnanimity then displayed~by him to the
confederates won for himself from them
their warmest gratitude. His magnanimity
VIII always be remembered by confederate
soldiers, and will stand conspicuous in his
tory SO long as nobility of character shall
be appreciated by mankind"
MIR. Warmers EulOgy.
Representative Warner Of Illinois spoke
of his personal recollections of Gen. Grant.
from the first time he met him, when the
general was but a captain and stationed at
the state capitol of Illinois, until the time
he knew him In the White House He was
always the same kind, courteous lovabe
gentleman. Time only approved the wis
dom of his civil administration and his
strategy as general. He had malice to-
ward none and charity for all. To all who
Knew him he was always the same Ulysses
S. Grant. He spoke of his early struggles
against poverty and the manly way in
which he had overcome adverse circum-
stances.
Mr.. GrOsvenOr's Praise.
Representative Grosvenor spoke of the
splendid military genius of Grant. His
ideas of strategy, he said, were worked out
with the same tenacity Of purpose that he
afterward showed in the Wilderness
At one time Grant had found more suffer-
ing in his army than had been experienced
by all the 10000 soldiers in the late war
with Spain during that entire war Since
the civil war there had been great changes
in military tactics, but there had been no
man who could claim any pretense of be-
ing the equal OF Grant as soldier If the
achievements of Grant are compared with
the achievements Of the British in South
Africa against the Beers, his acts will shine
out like meteors.
81 think" said Gen. Grosvenor, that the
strategy of Grant in the Wilderness and at
Richmond will live faultless long after
Wolseley, who has deprecated him, has
been relcgated to his proper place in his
tory.
He looked upon Gen. Grant as not only
the greatest soldier but as soldier far
greater than has been produced In this
world. judged by critical study of what he
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