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HONOR GRANT MEMORY |
Galena Holds a Celebration of Sew
enty-Ninth Anniversary of
the Hero's Birth.
THE TOWN is CROWDED WITH GUESTS.
Rev. DIR. Gunsnulus, of Chicago, the
Orator of DRy-Pays Rare Tribute
Warrior and Stntesman-Letters
of Regret from DistinEuished
People Read.

ninth anniversary of the birth of Gen.
Grant was celebrated Saturday. The
occasion was the tenth of the series
The train from Chicago arrived at 1:ls
p. IN. and brought the speaker of the
day-Rev. DR.. Frank w. Gunsaulus-
and a party of distinguished guests,
who were escorted to Turner hall by
the Platteville state normal band and
the 4. d. Kittoe post, G. A. II.
The address delivered from the
stage of the hall by DIR. Gunsaulus was
pronounced one of the finest orations
given from that platform and warmly
received by an audience of immense
size. The city was decorated in honor
OF the event, which was participated in
by the leading citizens of the towns
and villages within radius of 100
miles. Letters of regret from Mrs.
Gen. Grant, Mrs. Sartoris, Admiral
Dewey, Chauncey NJ. Depew, Senator
Allison and other prominent Ameri-
cans, were read in connection with the
exercises. which included special
musical features by Miss Clara X.
Sheean, of Chicago; Marion B. Green,
OF Dubuque. William Rippin, presi-
dent of the Grant Birthday associa-
ton, delivered address of welcome.
DR.. Gunsaulus' Address.
Rev. Frank w. Gunsaulus, the orator
of the day, in his address said:
We are worthy of the memory of Grant
oniy when We have his magnanimity
straightforwardness. heroism and sense of
Justice toward the oppressed OF every race
!! is oemoralizing for US to parade our
shallow skepticism as to the value Of
emancipation and the necessity Of honest
Suffrage for the negro in the presence
OF this great name and seek to simulate
contentment as to the condition Of the
Ireeo men when the thunder of his uncom-
promising righteousness fills our ears.
Justice must be done to the negro who
mas the ballot In his hands and the fran
chlse must be protected. or we must at last
SINK into abysses of hypocrisy with Grants
monument casting shadow over us.
Need of Emulation.
Our American life needs now as never
before to emulate the man who was as
genie as ne was strong, who never knew
how to boast and who believed in the sim
phclty OF righteousness. 1t was Grant who
prevented the republic from breaking Its
moral contract made by the grsenback.
ana II Will be the American spirit such
as we then saw incarnated in Grant at a
moment when dividends were counted
more precious than honor or manhood,
which shall now redeem our pledges to
the negro who was as effective as the
greenback In helping to purify our flag.
Word for the Negro.
when Grant sent Sheridan to Louisiana
to carry justice to the negro. his was a
republicanism which must always believe
that flag worthy of respect will protect
its citizens, black or white, from outrage
and wrong. 1t will require stern hero
Ism at the north to beat back wave of
supercilious and unmanly prejudice
against the negro which will as practical
~ deprive him Of his civil rights as that
same prejudice once enslaved him at the
south. 1t Is great day when Wise, of
Virginia. who has In his blood the mem.
Org OF that Wise. Of Virginia. who hung
John Brown, stands courageously against
the apparent decadence of the Union
League club. of New York city. and helps
to bring 1t back to the standard under
which 1t fought in the days of Grant and
Lincoln.