The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-28
HARDING PRAISES
IDEALS OF GRANT
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has so recently done in joining other
nations IN lifting the burdens of
armament and promoting under
standings which make war less
likely.
81 know he would have approved,
Yecause we surrendered no inde-
perdence, we gave up none of our
ratNyality for which we fought, but
We have furthered the assurance of
peace"
Extracts OF Harding's Speech.
MY countrymen: The military
hero OF the republic; a commanding
figure in the militory history of the
vorld tho surprising exemplar of
ragnanlmity of all times; the most
striking example of the possibilities
| Q. American life; the confident, re-
lsntless commander in war and the
modest and sympathetic petitioner
| .lr peace after victory.
All these may be said, most be-
. aUngly, Of the great American
whose hundredth birthday ami
vrsary we are met to commemorate.
| to whose undying fame we add fresh
tribute OF memory today. l have
poatered again and again, what dis
tac,lon or what tributes, or better,
vha, attribute and achievement OF
Gen. Ulysses $. Grant appeals to me
most He looms majestic in the
heni,ot all-his fame is secure.
one must revere his military
genius, In the very glow of surpass-
Ing triumph he could not be un-
gracious or inconsiderate.
He felt the assurance OF the ma
ton preserved, and yet the one
sweeping utterance from his great
heart was Let us have peace"
Undoubtedly the task Of industry
was llghtened because OF Grants
moderation. At the height of the
struggle he would accept the capitu-
lation OF Fort Donelson only on con-
!. ditons o: unconditional surrender; I;
but when the fighting was over he
changed from severity to moderation
and generosity.
Scctionalism only Memory.
He saw union follow disunion,
but Il was not his to live to see
complete concord where discord had
iolrished. Geographical sectional
Ism is only memory now.
I do not mean to say that every
Where in our land we are all in
| ."'f'NNN "NNpAh dbouI
o. government or the basic prin-
clAs upon which society is founded.
But the sectionalism OF Grants
az! Lees time has been effaced and
ne geographical divisions which
hniered the formation of the union
shd later threatened its disruption,
1aye given way to the far lesser
cvlslons which have challenged all
CIVILIZATION and which make the
iefment out OF which all progress
comes. The contentious which beset
are not ours alone; they are the
EHIants to civilization throughout
we world. They are not to be ig-
nOred and will not hinder the
public.
Grant was himself the supreme
sAample Of American opportunity.
sdnulng before his humble birth
pace amid the surroundings OF his
,soseure boyhood life. one doubts IL
\ m,ee,quarters of century ago any
vIs should have sought here for the
'ltary chieftain OF a century. We
80 not a few even today who
s,'sN small-town vision to be pitt
'uNy clrcumscribed.
.o Rugged In Democracy"
:, urant had even less of likelihood
~ semlnence than his unpromising
my. l unprophetic beginning. But
WE was the inheritance of quality
sl ne dwelt and grew rugged in the
"vvuom OF democracy.
"a. ne believed In union and the
sos supreme. He brought to the
,wea ra service preparedness to COM
Nuu' s,urdiness of purpose, pa
gse Vuce and forbearance, great
T.",eIosily of soul and a confidence
'T 70 be shaken. All conquering
command and magnanimous in
% triumph, the world saw the
'1'er and the man, the soldier
'-SVSed and the man beloved.
bsa aoher military leaders hitherto
ars.1 S mounted to lofty heights in the
ls,'s OF human history. 1t is use
M. 70 contemplate, but II is befit-
vss 70 recall that General Grant
to., ,ot making conquest of terri
op% expanding empire. He was
t,s, N'king TO preserve. He did not
T,,. T 70 enslave; he only battled to
n th Lincoln, whom God inspired
N estow freedom. He did not seek
IA Pallsh or destroy; he was fighting
wave eave and reunite. In his heart
bs no drastic terms of surrender: (:
Gayed the blessings OF peace
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