Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-04-27
WORLD TODAY NEEDS
SPIRIT OF GRANT,
SAYS PRES. HARDING
IN ADDRESS AT POINT PLEASANT,
ONO, CHIEF EXECUTIVE PAYS
HOMAGE TO FORMER lLLusTRL
Gus CITIZEN.

Point Pleasant, ohio. April p Tn,
world today needs something of the
spirit OF Gen. Grant, President Hard
ing declared today IN an address nj
exercises commemorative the one
hundrrdth anniversary of the birth
mere of the great military leader.
sometimes wonder" the DrpeE
drnt said, "ll the magnanimity of
Grant, the logged, president, unalter.
ing Grant in warfare the uncondi.
uonal surrender Grant would not be
helpful IN the world today The great
world struggle, which We might rea.
Sohably designate tde civil war of west
tfh civilization, and in which we so
cleditably and helpfnly participated
leIt peoples and nations prustratp.
hardly knowing which way to turn for
restoration | cannot help but believe
that something Of the spirit with which
"raht welcomed victory. something of
ms cagerness to return to peaceful
ways would have speeded the restora.
ton and fastened the return to pros.
perlty and happiness, without which
there can be no abiding peace"
Military Hero
Mr.. Harding paid tribute 10 Grant
as the military hero of the republic:
commandmg figure In the military
history Of the world: the surpassinr
example OF magnanimity of all times.
tho most strikink example of the pos.
siblIitles in American life. the con
ildent and relentless commander I'm
war aud the modest and sympathetic
petitioner for peace after victory"
We know his chorishmcnt of peace,
intensified by his intimate knowledge
Of the horrors of war" the president
continued, II can well believe he
would have approved Of all that the re.
public Mas so recently done in Joining
other nations in lifting the burdens Of
armament and promoting understand.
lngs which make war less likely.
know he would have approved, because
we surrendered no Independence we
gave up none OF nationality for which
We fought but we have furthered the
assurance of peace. which was the
supreme yearning Of his great brave
heart
Fame is Secure
1T is fifty seven years since Grant
garlanded victory with magnanimitv
1t Is thirty seven years since he laid
down tde wcaricd autobiograpbor's
pen and made his one and only sur
render. His fame is secure. The re.
public has not forgotten and will not
forget
What of tho republic itself? It
VIII not be unseemly to say that
American example and American con.
ceptlon of justice and liberty since
then have influenced the world little
less significantly than Grants service
TO the union shaped tae course of orr
land
"A score Of new republics have I'm.
furied their flags and democracy has
opened avenues of liberty and made /
Justice more secure. Civilization
meanwhile has made advances that
there has seemed a divinity poinfinr
the way. And yet that very civilization. |
more advancing than tntrpnchnd was |
threatened by the world war, ana in |
wars aftermath established order has |
been assaulted and revolution has |
threatened throughout the world In /
our own land the cnomies within have I
been more threatening than those |
without. Greed ana anarchy have |
mcnanCcd But calm survey gives /
every reinsurance Twenty centur. |
les OF modern civilization could not |
have been huilded ON foundations
which are false. century and a half
of gratifying American achievement
dates from tn" sacrifices of the found |
ing fathers, and their firm structure
was preserved by the patriots whom
Grant commanded, and will be held
secure by tho patriotic citizenship Of
the republic today and the grateful
Americans Of tho morrow"
Though he proclaimed the doctrine
oi moral disarmament at Appomat,ox
he believed in nation equipped for
a righteous cause" Mr.. Harding de-
clared, But no aggression was in his
breast"
Looms Majestic
Declaring at the outset that he had
pondered over the attributes OF The
character of Grant, the president said
tao union loader "lOoma majestic in
the blend Of them all-hs fame is Sc
cure"
one must revere his military genius
even though its development was one
Of those miracles Of grim war itself"
he continued. mo one would have
picked bin in youth or early manhood.
or in his early career IS a regular Of,
ficor fer the great commander Re.
sponsibiIity and necessity set ablaze
the latent genius. Donelson was
flash Of daring, Vicksburg his trophy
of courage and unalterable determine
ton, 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 warrior to the
ambassador Of peace He could nei-
Their hate nor humiIate, and in the
very glow of surprising triumph. he
could not be ungraCious or incOn.
Let Us Have Peace"
in the supreme moment of victory,
with union saved at unutterabe cost.
le seems to have surveyed the MANY
disappointment the measureless sac.
'ifiCes and the indescribe sorrows |
he felt the assurance of the nation
preserved, and yet the one sweeping
ltteranee from his great heart was.