The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-04-28
HARDING LAUDs
GRANT S SPIRIT
Tribute Is Paid to Former
President in Commem.
oration Address

memcrating the one hundrcdth an
/ niversary OF the birth here OF the
great military leader.
II sometimes wonder" the pres
idcnt said. 10 the magninimity oi
Grant, the dogged. persistent un
/ alterable Grant In warfarc-tht
! Unconditional Surrender Grant
would not be helpful In the world
! today. The great world struggle
which We might reasonably desig'
nate the civil war OF western civil
iation. and In which We SO credit
ably and helpfully participated. left
peoples and nations prostratc, hard
ly knowing which way to turn for
restoration. cannot help but be-
lieve that something 81 the spirit
with which Grant welcomed VIC
tory. something Of his easerness to
return to peaceful ways. would have
speeded the restoration and has
tened the return TO prosperity and
happiness. without which there can
be no abiding peace"
Pays Glowing Tribute
Harding paid tribute to Grant
as the military hero OF the
republic. a commanding figure in
the military history Of the world:
the surprising example OF magma
nimi,y OF all times: the most strik-
ing example OF the possibilities lin
American life: the confident and
relentless commander in war. and
the modest and sympathetic petit
toner for peace after victory"
1T Is 81 years since Grant gar
landed victory with magnanimity.
It is 81 years since he laid down
the wearicd autobiographer's pen
and made his one and only sur.
render. His fame Is secure. The
republic has not forgotten, and will
not forget.
What OF the republic itself? Il
will not be unseemly 10 say ,ha,
American example and American
conception OF justice and liberty
sincie then have influenced the
world little less significantly than
Grants service to the union shaped
the course OF our land.
Democracy Triumphant
"A score OF new republics have
unfurled their flags and democracy
has opened new avenues OF liberty
and made justice more secure. Civil
ixation meanwhile has made such
advances that there has seemed q
pointing the way. And
yet that very civilization. more ad-
vancing than entrenched. was
by the world war. and
In wars aftermath established or
der has been assaulted and reyolu-
ton has threatened throughout the
world. In our own land the enc
mics within have been more threat
ening than those without. Greed
and anarchy have menaced. But a
calm survey gives every re-sssur-
ance. Twenty centuries Of modern
could not have been
builded on foundations which are
false. A century and q half OF
gratifying Amerncan achievement
dates from the sacrifices Of the
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"
Declaring at the outset that he
had pondered over the attributes OF
the character OF Grant. the presi-
dent said the union leader 'looms
naestic In the blend OF them all
his fame is secure"
"Irt Us Have Peace"
In the supreme moment OF VIC
tory, with the union saved at un-
utterable cost. he seems to have
surveyed the many disappoint-
ments. the measureless sacrifices
and the indescribable sorrows. He
felt the assurance OF the nation
preserved. and yet the one sweep
Ing utterance from his great heart
was let US have peace
Many years later. when his life
was ebbing. and he struggled to the
end OF his memoirs. all the Amer
lean people knew OF his brave fight
and the inevitable outcome. and
the man OF magnanimlty found him
self the recipient OF a genuinely |
nationwide sympathy.
"He saw union follow dislinion,
but II was not his to live to see
complete concord where discord had |
! wish he somehow
might know that in the more than
4 third OF a century since his one
and only surrender. the indissolu-
BILE ties OF union have been more /
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