The New York herald., 1922-05-31
LET Us HAVE PEACE
NOW, MILLER'S PLEA
Governor Before G. A. r. at
Tomb Eulogizes Grant as
Great in Character.
FIFTY OF POST REMAIN
General Never Planned Re-
treat Cited as Lesson
From His Life.
FIFTY OF POST REMAIN

Gov. Nathan Miller. in an eloquent
appraisal of the character or Grant.
made his Memorial Day oration a plea
for peace and for national. international
and communal magnanlmity. helpfulness
and good WILL
The Governor was the orator at the
memorial services of the U. s. Grant
Its tribute occurred, as always, on the
plaza beside Grants tomb in Riverside
Drive. Standing beside the granite
mausoleum above the portal of which is
carved the immortal prayer of him
whose body lies within, the Governor
echoed the exhortation of the great sol
der who, having crushed the power
or the enemy, sent them home to till
the soil of their Southland, and spoke
the healing words: Let us have peace"
Gov. Miller said in part:
1.-THE veterans of three wars to-day
decorate the graves of their fallen COM
rades. A nation pays reverent tribute
20 her heroic dead. and the spirits Of
bid us sacredly to guard the institutions
which their sacrifices preserved and
their blood consecrated.
Although these services arc not prin-
cipally in honor Of him whose memory
liz here enshrined. yet 1t is natural that
on this spot on this Memorial Day, just
past the celebration of the one hum
dredth anniversary of his birth. our
thoughts should turn to the great cap
tain, the man who, judged by his
achievements, was the greatest captain
Of his age"
"Man of Great Character"
From his life and from the lives Of
those who followed him, said Gov. Miller,
Americans may well learn their lesson
of devotion to the Union, which they
offered their lives to preserve and which
so many OF them sacrificed their lives
to save. He continued:
Measured by all the tests of charac-
ter, Ulysses S. Grant was a grea. man.
Unable to bear the sight even of human
suffering. he could himself sumbit to
lain, to humiliation that must have tried
his soul, with a stoicism that COM
manded the admiration of all. With a
tender regard for the feelings of others.
he bore his own wounds in silence.
How came it that this kindly, mod
est, tender, sympathetic man could when
the need arose summon an iron will, a
resolute determination to the furtherance
of his plans? 1t was because in his
character were combined those attributes
which in their aggregate make great
ness.
1T is said Grant never planned re-
treat. That was not recklessness. 1t was
tecause he carefully planned his cam.
raigns in advance. II checked at one
pont, he was prepared to push in al
another. His courage was the courage
CT knowledge. His confidence WAS the
I @ n - oh tt.a.f fat T.
ure OF a subordinate or some other mis-
fortune movement might miscarry
but he was always prepared by the next
r1oye TO repair the error And that next
move was always an advance toward
is objective never retreat to base
IN order to prepare to start anew"
Applause From Veterans.
This sentiment was greeted by the
warm applause OF the civil war veter-
ans OF the Grant Post, now mere
andfui Of grizzled old men. but zeal
cusly proud of the fame of their leader
The Governor again aroused their plaud-
its when he went on
Kindly, modest, sympathetic tender
hearted. true. brave. fearless. resolute
esourceful-those are the qualities oi
greatness. Grant combined them all In
his personality and his exhibition oil
those virtues both in his military career
and afterward on frequent occasions
tells the story and teaches the example
of his life In battle calm, resolute, do
tcrmned; In victory magnanimous
solicitous for his fallen foe; in private
life, modest, kindly, at times, perhaps
too trustful where trust was not de-
served
"These are the qualities which the
spirit here enshrined bids us emulate
to-day. And his word, spoken in tho
hour of victory. Let us have peace hat
n peculiar appeal to us to-day--a
greater appeal perhaps than when those
words first were uttered. Our problem
still is the same. though It has attained
worldwide scope. To bind up the
wounds. TO assuage the harsh memories
to repair the ravages OF war-these
still are our tasks.
Let us have peace Let the animosi-
ties, the bitterness. the seeds Of discord
the causes OF conflict yield 20 a better
understanding, broader brotherhood
between peoples. between nations and
between all elements of the community
Let the just, the true, the magnani,
nous spirit OF Grant pervade our peo.
I pie. and let the significance of his words
| sink deeply into our hearts-Let US
/ have peace ="
As the remnant OF the Grant Post