Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-27
WORLD IN NEED
OF SPIRIT OF GRANT
CONTINUED from page l.,
glow Of SURPRISING. triumph, he could
not be ungracious or inconslderate.

nol Uo ~uhSrdclOuS or lncOnslQerate.
Wanted Peace.
III that supreme moment OF VIC
tory, with the union saved at unutter-
able cost he seems to have surveyed
the many disappointments, the meas-
ureless sacrifice and the INDISPENSABLE
sorrows. He felt the assurance of the
nation preserved and yet the one
sweeping utterance from his great
mind was let us have peace =
II wish he somehow might know
that in the more than a third Of q
century since his n and only sur
render, the indissoluble ties Of union
have been more firmly riveted and In
the shared burdens and triumphs Of
American progress we have indeed
graphical sectionalisrn is only a men,
DRY one and the Mason and Dixon line
Gefnains only q historical record where
an ambiguity in the federal constitu-
ton was wiped out, and the nation
resumed the onward march on it's des-
tined way.
Seemingly 1t was q long time in
which to re-establish concord 50 man.
ifestly essential to the nations greater
achievements, but the understandings
Of the magnificent Lee was not uni
versal throughout the north. Wounds
had to be healed and partisan politics
temporarily profited more in irritation
than in healing. But the war with
Spain consecrated north and south to
q common cause, and the eac"ifce and
the nationwide service in the world
war revealed the common American
soul. Grant the great nationalist who
appraised union and. nationality above
the frightful cost and suffering would
rejoice to acclaim the republic Of to-
day = :.
One Purpose Only.
1--WE are today incontestably one
people with a common purpose, uni
versal pride, nationwide confidence
and one flag. The contentious which
beset us are not ours alone, they are
the irritnnts to- Civilization throughout
the world. They are not to be ignored,
but they nave never halted the human
progression and will not hinder the
progress of this firmly founded repub.
lie.
Grant was himself the supreme ex-
ample Of American opportunity.
Standing before his humble BIRTH
place, amid the surroundings Of his
obscure boyhood life. one doubts If
three-quarters OF a century ago any
one should have sought here for the
military chieftain Of a century. We
have not a few, even today, who think
small town vision to be pitifully cir
cun1scribed and vet this little Clear
mont county furnished in Ulysses
Grant and Henry C.. Corbin two Of the
thirteen lieutenant generals who have
been commissioned in all our history.
Grant had eve less Of likelihood
to eminence than his uhpromising and
unprophetic beginning. There was the
suggestion Of m~ediocrity in, his devel-
opment and even the steadfastness OF
his early manhood was stamped with
failure. But there was the inheritance
Of duality and he dwelt and grew rug
ged In the freedom of democracy. : :
1.-The seizure of opportunity more to
serve than to achieve made him victor
and the quiet CARRIED In failure at
Galena marched to the SURPRISING
heights Of military glory. All conquer
ing in command and .magnanimous in
his triumph, the world saw the SOL
der and the man, the soldier adored
and the man beloved.
Many an incident Of the war, many
revelation OF his sturdy character
showed that his face was set on the
one supreme achievernert-1nion and
the preserved arc OF the American
covenant Of liberty. He fought for a
preserved union and restored nation
and succeeding generations are rich
er because OF his example. One may
guarantee the security 81 this repub-
lie so long as leaders among men nut
the couhtrys good above personal and
political advantage"