The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-05-02
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Governor. and legislatures as expires.
sions OF Me new life and order OF
things, Fromthis position during his
eight yeara ofaPreside life he new.
er receded; never once did he com.
promise; be, did not even give-the
faintest promias OF compromise ON
any question il AFFECTING the South,
Grant knew; hS was a man OF unusu-
al vision: he Had been soldier, and
the movemantssof an enemy on the
field are not 90 very different from
those OF An Anenay IN the state. When
the white South! victorious over Hayes
and McKinleEa,xand over Roosevelt,
made their ,Av&etened overtures to
Grant. he brushed it aside. He stood
for the right and for the union, He
knew full wsllthat II he gave the least
comfort to- thu whites of the South,
they would taks 1t as a license for
murder. and aiiberty to forcibly wrest
the control OF the government from
the Republican, party at the South.
Grant believed with Wendell. Phillips,
and with all the great men of all
periods; the Hscredness of the 1ndi-
vidual rights ot man is inviolable. Up
on this rock hSstood firm. and moved
not. ~,
When the Negro voters of the South
were Threatened, very promptly he
sent soldiers toS'protect them. Some
men have said this was despotism,
The student of history knows better;
1t was the highest craftsmanship, In
no. other way could the government
have been preserved. Proof Of his Wis
dom may be found in the, records OF
the bloody, days at Clinton and at
Vtcksburg, and in the state of South
Carolina, the very year after Grant
left the Executive Chair. Hayes was
what Grant was not, and Grant WAS
not a coward: puerility never claimed
him for its child. He met questions
as they arose. and dealt with them &C
cording to his light; to Grant the
day was complete; he very wisely con-
tended that if4nnen did not know what
Justice meant the first thing to do
was to teach them what it meant
Call Grants name in the South to-
day, and gray-haired white men will
sheer and -ntfer indecent language.
Why? Because the bearer of that
name did his duty The wisdom Of his
courage men acknowledge In this day.
If Hayes had@followed in the steps
Of Grant the Negro would not have
been disfranchtAed Hayes was built
upon weak foundations. Against the
protests of Conklins, IN order to gain
the seat to which Tilden was upon
the returns elected, he hargained awav
the rights Of they Negro in the parlors
OF the old Worhaaey Hotel In Washing
ton: And HIS 'HHt Ut that very time
was Negro. Before Grant would
have agreed to withdraw the Federal
troops from the South, he would not
nave given the seat to his opponent,
but he would have appealed to the
people, thence to the sword. Right
and Peace were his notices; his sin.
gle motto was Right The recognition
ne gave to Negf0es and white men
alike in appointments to high Office at
the South was IN line with the wisest
men OF all ages. The way to prepare
men for responsibilities is to place re-
sponsibilities upon them. II can
promise you nothing" said Daniel
OConnell, unless my people are CIV
en- part in their affairs" His course
In the elections Of Louisiana was lust
and wise; If the ,Aaccid North cou1d
have seen the present day 1t would
nave restrained It's curses, If not OPEN
~ congratulated him upon his cour-
age and craftsmanship. Who shall
say that he was not correct with refer
ence to Hayti? It may be that the
Haytians,' the black Cubans and the
American Negroes shall yet shake
hands in common defense, and march
abreast! - -
Grant was a soldier whose prowess
shames the boasted glory Of the Alex.
anders and the Caesars; the first great
soldier holy cause has ever claimed.
he inspired men; he was an intrepid
leader; the map of Ceasar's campaign
IS out a primer to this mans plans.
He had an eagles eye, a heart like O.
hon. and a prophecy. like those who
fought with spears breast to breast in
the time OF the son of Nun. He sleeps
beside the Hudson, and the waters
.of that majestic stream sing Of his
glory for all time as they sweep on to