Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-05-05
''WORLD NEEDS
SPIRIT OF GRANT"
President, in Address at Birth
place of General, Urges
Patriotism.
PAYS HERO HIGH TRIBUTE
Says, II know He Would Approve All
Republic Has Done in Lifting Bur-
dens of Armament and Pro-
noting Understandings"

Point Pleasant, O., April 29.-The
world today needs something of the
spirit of General Grant, President
Harding declared in an address at ex-
ercises commemorative the one hun
dredth anniversary of the birth here
of the great military leader.
ST sometimes WONDER the President
said, "if the magnanimity of Grant,
the logged, persistent, unalterable
Grant in Warfare-the unconditional
surrender Grant-would not be help
full in the world today. The great
world struggle, which we might rea-
sonably designate the Civil war OF
western civilization, and in which we
so credibly and helpfully participated,
left peoples and nations PROSTATE,
hardly knowing which way to turn for
restoration. I cannot help but believe
that something of the spirit with
which Grant welcomed victory, some
thing of his eagerness to return to
peaceful ways, would have speeded
the restoration and FASTENED the re-
turn of prosperity and happiness, With
out which there can be no abiding
peace
Mr.. 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 magnanimity of all times;
the most striking example Of the pos
csihil;+iao IN A,,,n,.;ooy, 1ifo. tho poflfi-
dent and relentless commander in war,
and the modest and sympathetic pc
titioner for peace after victory"
1--WE know his cherishment of peace,
intensified by his intimate knowledge
of the horrors of war;" the President
continued. Il can well believe he
would have approved of all that the
republic has so recently done in join
ing other nations in lifting the burdens
of armament and promoting under
standings which make war less likely.
/ know he would have approved, be-
cause we surrendered no independ-
ence, we gave up none of the nation
atty for which we fought, but we have
furthered the assurance of peace,
which was the supreme yearning OF
his brave heart.
1T has been 81 years since Grant
garlanded victory with magnanimity.
It is 81 years since he laid Gown the
wearied photographers pen and made
his one and only surrender. His fame
is secure The republic has not for
gotten and will not forget
"What of the republic itself? It
will not be unseemly to any that
American example and American con-
ception of justice and liberty since
then have influenced the world little
less significantly 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. Civilization,
meanwhile, has made such advances
that there has seemed a divinity point
ing the way.
"In our own land the enemies with
in have been more threatening than
those without. Greed and anarchy
have menaced. But a calm survey
gives every reinsurance. Twenty cen
turies of modern civilization could not
have been builded on foundations
which are false. A century and a
half of gratifying American achieve
ment dates from the sacrifices of the
founding fathers, and their firm
structure was preserved by the patri-
OTIS whom Grant commanded, and will
be held secure by the patriotic citizen
ship of the republic today and the
grateful Americans of the morrow.
Though he proclaimed the doctrine
of moral disarmament at Appomatox,
he believed in nation equipped for
righteous cause" Mr. Harding de-
clared. "But no aggression was in his
breast"