Show 7 i IN N MEMO MEMORY Y OF GRANT A Splendid Equestrian Statue of the C Great General Unveiled in Chicago The Ibo bc superb equestrian statue erected erect erect- erect ed ad by the citizens of Chicago to the honor bonor honorof of the tho late General U. U S. S Grant was unveiled un veiled on the tho in the presence of an In immense im im- mouse mense menIe concourse of people The Tho care cere cere monies were vere at once impressive and ing lR Business In ia the city cit bad had been boon almost wholly suspended Tho The government and municipal offices were ware closed an and the employed classes Casses generally r were ivere given a holiday The Tho result was WIS an ar L outpouring of people from tho the heart of the thc C city such as aa has been seldom seen een here It It was estimated that nearly people people peo peo- pie were at the park parl The parade larade was one of the grandest an anin and andin I in many i respects aspects one of the tho most peculiar this city ctr has ever seen Some of th the I novel features were the tho appearance in line lino lne 1 of the ex Confederate ex erate soldiers soldier roside resident t in Ia C Chicago members of the Southern society and 1000 uniformed letter carriers carien The C military display was the tha finest over wit witnessed wit witnessed ness d here the soldiers of ot Fort Fort Sheridan I taking a prominent part and attracting r universal attention General Nelson 0 O. O Miles Mies was the chief chiet marshal marshal Sweeping out out the be famous Lako Shore Shor C drive drive- the procession passed tho the splendid I residence of t Potter lotter Palmer where from I un under er a I canopy voer the gr grand nd entrance Mrs Grant reviewed tho the concourse concourse After the Invocation Colonel Edward S S. S Taylor in an eloquent address made t the S e presentation in benal of the tho monument t association to the commissioners of Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln cola park In trust for b-a fo the tho people of ot Chic Chica- go At At a prearranged signal Miss Mis Mar Mary r rI Strong the tho daughter of the late General Genera I William E. E Strong loosed the tho cord binding binding bind bind- ing lug ing the bunting that concealed the foot 18 I bronze bronzo horse and rider on the great pile pUe o ostone of stone and as every curve of the noble steed sted and soldier stood out and the tho stern tern face of the dead sprang prang into int view the tho great reat plaudit and salute arose that was a greeting greeting greeting greet greet- ing from froni the heart heart Judge Walter Waler Gresham was the tho orator of the day and delivered a fine tribute to Grant the soldier and citizen It I the course of his address he be said i Although educated at West Point be he I was not nota a professional soldier Instead of liking war wal he it it as the the greatest of human calamities and his temperament in in a dined to peace Ho lie en engaged encased aled in our last laS war var because he recognized it was the only only means of maintaining the Union and securing securing in ing unbroken peace It I was a causa cause for which he ho was willing to make any sacrifice sacr flee fice fc even oven life le itself He could not have ha led in any war of conquest for ho he was the friend and benefactor benefactor rather than an oppressor or destroyer of f the the people Ambition Abiton never nover stifled his sense lense of duty or love lov of truth and justice or tarnished his name with wih acts of cruelty or tyranny N None ono welcomed the return of peace with more mOle cordiality and none saw the quiet disbanding of his army of bronzed and hardened vetra veterans ns and their resumption of peaceful pursuits with wih emotions emotIon of greater pleasure when the str struggle le was over Even with the Confederacy at it his feet feet a a of his skill and prowess proWess proW proW- ro ess as a military chie chieftain he was not be into anything like exultation an and stopped the jubilant firing of a salute in his command as soon as the sound of the cannon reached his ears The glittering uniform of the tho conquered leader of the tho tho Confederate armies contrasted strangely with wih the plain and much worn meats ments of the but Grant was more intent upon the results of the conference confer ence between theta them than upon his own appearance in it And it i was IS not not the re re- re suit suIt of a surrender of the tho Confederate armies and final cessation of f hostilities upon the North or upon partisan politics that occupied his hi mind In that supreme moment he ho ceased cased to t be the leader of the Union army only and thought thought and acted with wih broad and enlightened statesmanship and patriotism for the whole reunited countryMen countryMen country Men like Grant Grant who have from the tho people with wih strong and resolute character character char char- acter unspoiled by luxury minded clear-minded and level beaded able to see men mon and things as they really realy are undeceived by outward show and conventionality are arc worth worth more to t our Nation Naton than all al its is mere cunning self seeking sol politicians its is political th theorists or its it plutocrats In war and peace pac these qualities He lie le at at the tho foundation of all al true character A nation naton not only needs such men but they are Indispensable indispensable indispensable in In- dispensable to it it In times of peril peri it It may perish without them The statue sets north and south upon an al Immense arch It I Is now the most rag object that the lake mariner along the north shore of bf the city Below it It runs the tho great geat north shore seawall and drive which when whoa completed will be the grandest embankment t in the word world |