| Show gen va graul As the years roll round and cycle after cycle is completed the memory of the men who saved the republic in the 60 B will become more aafred until the nation will honor them as the grecians Grec ians honored their warriors orB first they were great men and then they became the gods of battle today the nation is honoring the memory of gen grant he was born sixty three years ego aud would not be an old man today were ho alive he was a remarkable man in his lifetime and was a typical american no royal birth or scarlet robes gave him prestige but worth of true manhood such as mado aim aromia erinc as H citizen and noticeable as a neighbor his brills trills of character chara oter however were brought out by aba rebellion had the civil war not come gen would perhaps have distinguished himself in hi a county a prosperous tanner or business man with a remarkably clear judgment on public affairs his neighbors would all beve gone to him for advise and in case ot riots or other minor disturbances he would have been called to head ahe law ID ing than ri Gran that type of citizen haf would probably have lived and diol as a good man and all would bava honored his memory in his locality when death carried him away in the broader field of human action which the war brought on he abill carried his wide traits of chalao ter with him ahn the time oame for decisive action gen grant was the fearless soldier who took the count rys ds detiny tiny in bin hand with full faith of ultimate triumph like napoleon he could see nothing but victory where others would fear defeat and he carried the stars and stripes far above the clouda of doubt brother officers thought gen grant waa at times playing a game of chance what scared me like the devil gen sherman once jokingly aadil never to disturb him that remark of course had referenda refe renoa to army vera when gen grant was promoted io lead the union forces he at ones began a final campaign of either victory or defeat fortune favored him and at bouce gen grant became one of the greatest living americans napoleon met his waterloo aad his faults were remembered against him such is life there is nothing succeeds like success the world too often batoh the triumphs and disappointments in the carcena of men without gebing geeing the men themselves and their true greatness gan grant however ws great as a man and he made a great record it is well for oar country to draw patriotic inspiration from the lives of such citizens |
