Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-04-28
WARM TRIBUTE
To GENERAL
GRANT
PRESIDENT PRAISES
FAMOUS PREDECESSOR
Taft Speech at Philadelphia
Designed to Correct Unfor-
tunate Impression Created
by Remarks a Year Ago,
IBy Morning journal specla, 1easss wire,

Philadelphia, April President
Iait today was the PRINCIPAL speake
at the Grant birthday dinner of the
! Union League club in this city ana
paid striking tribute to the sol
/ dlcf president. incidentally he said
a defeat at times would not hurt the
| republican party Mr. Taft was
sharply criticised a year ago because
OF references to General Grant and he
took advantage of tonlghts oppor-
tunitN to express anew his admiration
| for General Grant as man, soldier
| and a president.
/ After making complimentary ref
erences to the Unibn Leagues patri-
otto support Of the union army during
the war Mr. Tart said
1T is not for me. in the presence
of gentleman who knew him, who
served with him, who ran the risk of
life and death with him, to decant
upon his life, his peculiar virtues,
or attempt to picture his character at
length 20 this company
But there are certain things with
respect to General Grant that today
come back with reference to our pass
ing life. They said Grant had not the
military genius that other generals
displayed in the war. TO nv mind
his mind and brain represented the
very genius of the war to suppress
the rebellion, because it was his mind
that grasped the thought that until we
had fought it out with our brave
opponents and met them in tho field
and fought them as soldiers. until we
convinced them by our strength that
the battle was hopeless, we could not
expect to have Il united country.
"Thc spirit shown by Grant and
Lee at Appomattox is today. | trust
triumphant Between the two lead
4 Il. 1.
surrender were signed but ii was inn
possible under the conditions that the
spirit should control ana make itself
imH ediate2 manifest between the
sections The conditions were such
that we now rejoice in as We find be-
tween the two sections no remaining
bitterness is a spirit that as between
The two great commanders existed the
day that they shook hands and signed
the terms of surrender
"It is a matter that ! have very
much at heart ! believe il IS possi-
bio to make the two sections even
closer together We are all in the
same boat in more emphatic sense
than we ever were before in the his
tory Of the countrY-l mean business
boat and they Of the south, especially
their business men are trembling in
the balance of doubt as to Just where
they are politically. | look forward
into the next decade not with hope
that the south shall become rcpubli |
can. for staunch as | am in my sup
port of the republican party, | think
a good opposition is necessary to make
the republican party. if it is to con- !
troll the government. useful to the |
people and defeat at times would |
not hurt it, What | am looking for
ward to is division in the parties
i'm the south SO that there shall be
tolerance of political opinion there, so
that in their state government ana !
their national affairs, there shall be
one more than one political creed To
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