The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-03
GEN. GRANTS BIRTHDAY.
The Seventy-Ninth Anniversary o.
Gen. Grants Birth Cele-
brated at Galena, III.
4 NUMBER OF GUESTS FROM cAlcAso.
Among Them was Rev. Frank w
G~umsauIus. who WINS the Orator
Of the Day, and who Dwelt Upon
Inmate Honesty that
80 Grants Chnrncter.

Galena, Ill, April 2s.-The seventy
ninth anniversary OF the birth of Gen.
Grant was celebrated here. The oc-
casion was the tenth of n series and
In every respect was successful. The
speaker of the day. Rev. DR.. Frank
w. Gunsaulus, and G party of distin-
guished guests arrived from Chicago
ct lis O'Clock and we're escorted 10
Turner hall.
Rev. Dir. Gunsaulus' address WA
warmly received by an immense audi
encc. The city was decorated Ia
honor OF the event, which was par
ticipated in by leading citizens OK
towns and villages within n radius o!
100 miles. Letters of regret were read
from Mrs. Gen. Grant. Mrs. Sartoris.
Admiral Dewey, Senator Ckauncey NJ.
Depew. Senator Allison and Other
prominent Americans. VIM. Rippin,
president of the Grant Birthday asso.
citation, delivered the address of wei
come.
Rev. Frank w. Gunsaulus. the ora
tor of the day, in the course OF hin
address. said:
I'VE are worthy of the memory o.
Grant only when we have his magnanir.i
~. straightforwardness.. heroism AM
sense of Justice toward the men al
every race. 1t Is demoraiizing for us -
parade our shallow scepticism as TO thf
value of emancipation ana the necessits
Of honest suffrage for the negro IN tn
nrrHanr, ~ this Uraaf ma me and seek ~
simulate contentment as TO the condition.
Of the freedmen when the thunder OF his
uncompromising righteousness fills Gun
ears. Justice must be done TO the negrt
who has the ballot In his hands and thu
fran -hise must be protected. or we must
az last sink into abysses OF hypocricy
with Grants monument casting a shaG-
ow over Us. Our American life needs now.
as never before. to emulate the man who
was as gentle as he was strong, h
never knew how TO boast and who bs4-
lieved in the simplicity of righteousness.
1t was Grant who prevented the republic
from breaking it, moral contract made
by the the greenback and IL will be ths
American spirit such as we then saw in
carnated in Grant at a moment when
DIVIDENDS were counted more precious
than honor OF Tanhood, which shall now
redeem our pledges to the negro who was
~ effective as the g~reenback in helping
to purify our flag.
when Grant sent Sheridan to .Louisi-
ana TO carry justice TO the negro. his was
q republican ism which must always be-
lieve that a flag worthy OF respect viii
protect its citizens. black or white. from
outrage and wrong. 1t will require a
stern heroism at the north TO beat back
a wave OF supercilious and unmanly
prejudice against the negro which will -
practically deprive him OF his civil rights
rs that same prejudice ones enslaved hin
at the south. II is a great day when
Wise. OF Virginia. who has in his blood
the memory OF that Wise. Of Virginia.
who hung John Brown. stands courage
ously- against the apparent decadence -
the Union League club or New York city
AMI helps t. bring ii back to the stand
ard under. when IL fought in the days OF
Grant and Lincoln. II was mercantilism
which was willing to permit Lincoln and
Grant 10 be Ineffective against the slave
power nearly forty years ago. II is now a
sodfen and greedy commercialism which
chokes the conscience OF the republic. and
nothing but the lore Of justice in which
the sword or Grant was sharpened ana
ground viii save our nation and our con-
stltution as before. So long as state SOW
treignty may annul constitutional amend
ments and destroy the liberty or threat
en- the ballot OF an American citizen, be
ne black or white. we are utterly un-
worthy Of the memory OF Ulysses :.
Grant. His spirit alone makes ~ a ma.
uon."