Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-27
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PRESIDENT AT BIRTH
PLACE IN HOME STATE
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fathers, and their firm structure was
preserved by the patriots whom Grant
commanded and will be held secure
by the patriotic citizenship of the re-
public today and the grateful Amerl-
cans OF the morrow.
Not Man Of Aggression.
Though he proclaimed the doctrine
of moral disarmament at AppomattoS.
he believed in a nation equipped for
righteous cause" Mr.. Harding de-
| clared. But no aggression was in
his breast
Declaring at the outset that he had
pondered over the attributes of the
character of Grant. the President said
the Union leader looms majestic in
the blend of them all-his fame is
secure"
"One must revere his military
genius. even though it's development
was one OF those miracles of grim
would have picked him in youth or
early manhood. or in his early career
as regular officer. for the great
commander. Responsibility and nee
essity set ablaze the latent genius.
Donelson was flash of daring.
Vicksburg his trophy of courage and
unalterable determination. Petersburg
the revelation Of his genius. But at
AppomattoN he was Grant the mag
unanimous. who spoke for reunion as
ne had fought for union. and turned
from grim warrior to the ambassador
OF peace. He could neither hate nor
humiliate. and in the very glow of
surprising triumph he could not be
ungracious or inconsiderate.
I'm that supreme moment of victory
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ne seems to have surveyed the many
olsappointments, the neasurless sac
rinces and the indescribable sorrows.
He felt the assurance of the nation
preserved, and Yet the one sweeping
u from his great heart was
Undoubtedly the task of recon
struction was frightened because of
Grants moderation.
Lesson In Grants Words,
Il cannot but feel that there is for
us lesson in the concluding sentences
OF the note in which he proposed to re-
eelve the surrender Of the Army of
read:
The. armies. artillery and public
property to be parked and stacked and
turned over to the officer appointed by
me to receive them. This will not en-
brace the side arms of the officers nor
done. officers and men will be al
lowed to return to their homes, not
to be disturbed by United States au-
thorfty so long as they observe their
paroles and the laws in force where
they may reside
ITO that he added the verbal agree
ment with Gen. Lee that every man of
he Confederate army who claimed to
own horse or mule should be permitted
to take the animal home. Gen. Lee
nh tH,-N
have happy effect upon his army.
In making such conditions, in
thus recognizing the vast difficulties of
consolidating the peace won through
years of suffering and privations, there
spoke the great. true heart of the man
who could see into the future and real
ize its problems.
MANY years later, when his life was
ebbing and he struggled to the end of
his memoirs. all the American people
knew OF his brave fight. and the inev-
table outcome, and the man Of mag
a genuinely nationwide sympathy.
HE saw u,tion follow disunion, but
it was not his to live to see complete
concord where discord had f1ourisheds
wish he somehow might know that
in the more than third of century
since his one and only surrender. the
indissoluble ties of union have been
more firmly riveted, and in the shared
burdens and triumphs of American
progress we have indeed continued at
peace at home. Geographical section
alism is only a memory now. and
Mason and Dixon's line remains only
historical record, where an am
biguity in the federal Constitution
was wiped out. and the nation re-
sumed the onward march on it's
destined way.
Wounds Slow Healing.
Seemingly, 1t. was long time in
which to re-establish a concord so
manifestly essential to the nations
greater achievements, but the UNDER
standing Of the magnificent Lee was
not universal throughout the south.
the magnanimity of Grant was not
manifest throughout the north.
Wounds had to be healed, and par
tisan politics temporarily profited
more in irritation than in healing.
But the war with Spain consecrated
north and south to a common cause,
and the sacrifice and nationwide
service in the world war revealed the
common American soul. Grant, the
great nationalist, who appraised
union and nationality above all the
frightful cost and suffering, would re-
joice to acclaim the Republic of today.
"I do not mean to say that every
where in our land we are all In COM
plete accord about fundamentals Of