The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-05-04


would have speeded the restoration
and hsstened the return to prosperity
and happiness, without which there
can be no abiding peace.
Tribute to Grant.
Mr.. Harding paid tribute to Grant
as the military hero Of the republic;
commanding figure in the military
history Of the world; the SURPRISING
example of magnanimity of all times;
the most striking example of the pos
sibilities in American life; the conf
dent and relentless commander in war,
and the modest and sympathetic petit
TONER for peace after victory"
We knew his cherishment of peace,
| intensified by his intimate knowledge
OF the horrors of war" TIL !. president
continued, Il can well belie'e he would
have approved of all that the republic
has SO recently done in joining other
nations in lifting the burdens of arm
ament and promoting understandings
which make war less likely. | know
he would have approved, because we
surrendered no independence, we gave
up none nationally for which we
fought, but we have furthered the as
sursnces of peace, which was the
supreme yearning of his great brave
heart.
The Republic Will Not Forget
1T is fifty seven years since Grant
garlanded victory with magnanimity.
1t is thirty seven years since he laid
down the wearied photographers pen
and made his one and only surrender,
His fame is secure. The republic has
tnot forgotten and will not forget.
what of the republic itself? 1t will
not be unseenlly to say that American
example and American conception of
justice and liberty since then have
influenced the. world little less signi-
ficantly than Grants service to the
union shaped the course of our land.
"A score Of new republics have I'M
furled their flags and democracy has
opened new avenues of liberty and
made justice more secure. Civiliza-
ton meanwhile has made such adj
vances that there has seemed a divinity
pointing the way. And yet that very
civilization, more advancing that en-
trenched, was threatened by the world
war, and in wars aftermath estab-
lished order has been assaulted and
revolution has threatened throughout
the world. In our land the enemies
within have been more threatening
than those without. Greed and anarchy
have menaeed. But a calm survey
gives every reinsurance. Twenty cen
turtles of modern civilization could not
have been builded on foundations
which are false. A century and half
of gratifying American achievement
dates from the sacrifices of the found
ing fathers, and their firm structure
was preserved by the patriots whom
Grant commanded, and will be held
secure by the patriotic citizenship of
the republic today and the grateful
Americans of the morrow"
Though he proclaimed the doctrine
of moral disarmament at Appomattox,
he believed in nation equipped for a
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"
Zone must revere his military gent
us, even though its development was
nf IL &c
self" he continued "No one would
have picked him in youth or early
manhood, or in his early career as a
regular officer, for the great com
mander. Responsibility and necessity
set ablaze the latent genius. Donelson
was flash of daring, Vicksburg his
trophy of courage and unarterable de-
termination, Petersburg the revelation
of his genius. But at Appomattox he
was Grant the Magnanimous, who
spoke for reunion as he had fought
for union, and turned from grim war
rior to the ambassador of peace. He
could neither hate nor humiliate, and
in the very glow of surprising tri-
umph, he could not be ungracious or
inconsiderate.
"In that supreme moment of victory,
with union saved at unutterable cost,
he seems to have surveyed the many
disappointments the measureless sacri-
fees and the indescrible sorrows. He
felt the assurance of the nation pre-
served, and yet the one sweeping ut
terance from his great heart was, Let
us have peace
Lesson in Grants Note.
Undoubtedly the task Of recon
struction was lighted, because Of
Grants moderation, cannot but feel
that there is for US lesson in the
concluding sentences of the note in
which he proposed to receive the sur
render of the army of northern Vir-
ginia. These sentences read:
"'The armies, artillery, and public
property to be paCke 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
their private horses or baggage. This
done. each officer and man will be al
lowed to return to their homes not to
be disturbed by United States au-
uthority SO long as they observe their
paroles and the laws in force where
they may reside
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