Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27
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T0day Savs Harding

umph he could not be unsracious o. in.
I'm that supreme moment of victory
With Union saved at unuttefablc cost,
he seems 10 have surveyed the mAny
diaappointments, the IfSRasurelcss sac.
riAces and the indescribable sorrows.
He felt the assurance Of the nation pre-
served, and yet the one sweeping utter
snce from his great heart was Let us
have peace.
Undoubtedly the task Of reconstruc-
tlon was llehtened because Of Grants
moderation. ] cannot but feel that there
10 for us Q lesson in the concluding
sentences of the note in which he pro-
posed to receive the surrender Of the
Army Of Northern Virginia. Those
sentences read: I
r" The armies; artillery, and public
property to be parked and stacked and
turned over to the oflcer appointed BY
brace the side arms Of the oficers, nor
their private horses or baggage. This
done, each oficer and man will be al.
lowed to return to their homes, not to
be disturbed by United States authority
30 long as they observe their paroles
and the laws in force where they may
reside
Saw Into Future
ITO that he added the verbal agree
ment with General Lee that every man
Of the Confederate Army who claimed
to own horse or mule should be per.
mitted to take the animal home. Gen
eral Lee observed that these conditions
would have a, happy effect upon his
army. In making such condition, in
thus recognising the vast dimculties OF
consolidating the peace won through
years of suffering and privation. there
spoke the great, true heart Of the man
who could see into the future and real.
ize it's problems. {
MANY years later, when his life was
ebbink, and he struggled to the end Of
his memoirs, all the American people
knew Of his brave fight and the inevl.
table outcome, and the man Of mag.
nanimity found himself the recipient OF
genuinely nation wide sympathy.
''He saw union follow disuni0n, but
it was not his to live to zee complete
concord where discord had fourished, l
wish he somehow might know that In
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 prog.
ress. we have indeed continued at peace
at home.
Geographical scctionnlisn is only a
memory now, and Mason and Dixon g
Line remains only historical record,
where an ambiguity in the Federal Con-
stitution was wiped out. and the ma .
ton resumed the onward march on its
destined way.
Seemingly. 1t was n long time in
which to re.establish q concord 20
manifestly essential to the Nations
greater achievements. but the under.
standing Of the magnificent Lee was
not universal throughout the South,
the magranimity Of Grant was not
manifest throughout the North. Wounds
had to be healed and partisan politics
temporarily profitcd more in irritation
than in healing.
The Great Nationalist
''But the war with Spain consecratet
North and South to a common cause
and the sacrifice and nationwide servic,
In the World War revealed the common
American soul. Grant. the. great ma,
tionalist. who appraised union and ma
tionality above all the frightful cos
and suffering, would rejoice to acclaim
the Republic today. ,r.
| II do not mean to say that every
where in our land we are all in com
plcte accord about fundamentals Of gov.
ernment. or the basic principles ipor
which society Is founded. hut the sec.
tiOnalism Of Grants and Lees time ha,
been efaced, and the geographical di
visions which hinder,d the formation o.
the Union and later threatened its dis.
ruption. have given way to the far les.
menacing divisions which have chal.
lenged all civilization. and which max,
the ferment out Of which al progress.
comes. -
1--WE are today incontestably one peo
pie. with common purpOse. uniyersa
pride. nation wide confidence, and on,
nag. The contentious which beset II!
are not ours alone: they are the irri
tants to civilization throughout tn,
world. They are not to be ignored, bu,
they, have never halted the human pro
Icssion and will not hinder the progres.
Of this firmly founded Republic.
Grant was himself the supreme ex
ample Of American opportunity. Stand.
ing before his humble birthplace, amit
the surroundings of his obscure boy.
hood life. one doubts If three quarter.
on century ago any one should hay,
sought here for the military chieftain Of
century. We have not q few. ever
today. who think small town vision r.
be tpitifully circumscribed. And vet thi,
little Clermont County furnished II
Ulysses =. Grant and Henry G. Corbir
two of the thirteen lieutenant general,
who have been commissioned in all oul
history.
Cnprophetic Beginning
| Grant had even less Of likelihood tt