Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-29

paigns of modern times. 1t was my
great pleasure to assist in the passage
of an act establishing national park
| at Vickshurg, aud I congratulate thr
| legislature o. cur state upon it's re-
| cent magnanimous and patriotic rec
ord in making liberal provision fol-
| suitable monuments and memorials fol-
the gallant troops of Iowa who partici-
! pated in that memorable and mighty
siege"
| Referring to Grants memorable ut
terance, Unconditional surrender the
speaker said:
| Grant was the first to tell the enc
mics of this government what they haG
| to do, and he was the first to make
them feel he had power to compel them
| to do it. He had stepped out and tap
ped the confederacy on the shoulder,
and now 1T recognized his authority.
Its heart began to sink at the fall of
| Vicksburg. AS Grant went up the re-
| bellion went down. and within two
| years from the time America really
knew she had Grant the banner of
the stars was shining on the continent,
the Stars and Stripes were floating
over Richmond"
Speaking of the administration of
| General Grant as president of the Unit
ed States, Mr.. Cousins said:
Common sense and intelligence
serves well in any avocation. The per-
lis of peaceful era, the rocks that hide
their treacherous heads beneath a
tranquil sea require great courage and
fine Judgment. Providence has never
left America with victory alone. More
often than the people think, perhaps.
integrity and wisdom occupy high
places. In everything affecting our ma
tional integrity and prosperity the
Judgment of President Grant was eX-
ercised for the best, as verified by time.
When ponderous debt pressed hard
upon the national resources and perfid-
| ity proposed to do in peace what bleed
ing heroism would do in war; when
temptation made the proposition of re-
pudiation that would have stained the
honor Of the living and the dead; when
the weak and vacillating present pro-
posed to sacrifice the future by fufia-
ton let 1t be renembered-espe cially
in these times--that the craftsmanship
of him whose sword had placed the
scattered stars of states back into the
constellation of the union refused to
compromise the nations credit and her
honor, but left it as he left her flag
stainless and secure.
Then he became simple citizen
again, and that position had for him far
greater honor than he had yet received
Ii some Alexander had approached him
then, in that sweet sunshine of citizen
ship and asked him IL there was any
thing he could serve him with well
might he have answered. like Diogenes
of old, Only stand little out of my
sunshine The world now Joined
America to do him homage. for he was
Il prince in that great cause of progress
and freedom which belongs to all man
kind--mavelous career"
The following was Mr.. Cousins con-
clusions:
"F'rance will tell you now of an en-
reror who spent his lifetime trying to
subdue mankind, and almost touched
the pinnacle where he might have stood
end said, I am monarch of the world.
Eut the Waterloo of his destiny came.
and the man whose ambition it was to
chain the world became himself slave
in the midst of the murmuring sea. The
proud Corsican, whose cradle was an
island, dreamed that his sword would
enc day span the globe, and he awak-
efed from his dream Of despotism to
find himself banished from his own do
minion to that sad sea island which
became his grave.
I'm some future day I can hear CO.
lun1bia saying to the world, America
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and not subdue mankind. He drew his
sword and the chains fell from a race.
He said surrender, and the greatest re-
bellion of the modern world and of all
history was compelled TIC hear his voice.
His was the master hand that touched
the dashing. breaking ship of go and
sent her safely into the harbor of the
union. He was lifted by grateful peo-
Ile to the highest place OF civil honor
in the world. Then. in the evening of
Ills great and useful life. he travelled
Ground the globe and brought the prof
fered honors of the world and laid them
at his country's feet. For him fate had
nc Waterloo. 'Iis true, misfortune
touched him: but after European kings
and queens had called him the greatest
OF the living and even Italy had
granted him triumphal passage on
the consecrated soil of Cesar. IT'S true.
that at the last he drank the dregs OF
sorrow for those he loved and knew he
must soon leave; but even then made
Grant an unconditional surrender
He never yielded. Into the mysterious
realm pain, while working with unceas-
ing hands. his spirit passed and left no
fear upon his face"