Show b earth the fond mother has proudly opened her bosom to clasp his mortal frame within hera cheri t ashing embrace tonight to night ajie stars i 3 will shinei pori ins those same eternal stars which shed their light upon waterloo gettysburg the warriors form Is left to us the war warners nors Mi soul has gone to that r greater land t S stand with outstretched arms the mighty captains of the past if thought and worth and rani bold place among earths soldier tributes A ito that bright domain he is the 03 alea der I 1 B kiil around him group a staff of the grand immortal heroes hannibal frederick ka for he was the all conquer ing one with simple sublime soul who could subdue sel and in the moment of grandest victory could yield to peace the power of conquest fi washington gave liberty to half theland lincoln bestowed free dom upon the rest but Grant from the shattering fragments of ameri ca recreated tho nation and united it forever more ten thousand years hence should earth survive that day when this proud country shall have taught the world the great equality aman each land shall hold its monument to grant J kings will bo forgotten in the i whirl of centuries marble pillars will crumb lento dust men will call the roman glory only a legend but the men whom god endowed to create and preserve columbia in her unity will never pass from human memory and within each patriotic heart through aall the ages yet to will bloom an immortelle for washington lincoln grant gane ii ESTMA has 1 found repose the silena earth t GRANT WAS one of the most mag nani moua victors ever known in mill J lip was grants dearest personal friend amone all the men whom he knew in public life hero was in the wilderness in may he said 1 I pros poso to fight it ont anthia line if it takes all bummer said recently it Is ulysses S grants little phil sheridan is the foremost military man of the whole world F at the request of tho tn massachusetts will deliver in tho near future an eulogy upon G rant ane with grant used to split leather is now owned by adnan in connecticut shw jom ewhen will ba worth its weight in bold HENRY WATTEE great demo paper says G rant wag mag Bani moua as be was victorious and was not ashamed to be justas the was not afraid to fight INITIALS and his pluck won for him the name of unconditional surrender every opposing general whom he met knew mos sorrowfully ithe meaning of those words WAS the coolest man cyer been upon a battlefield battle field when shells 1 flashed in his face he would bently lent ly away at his chigaras ci garas unconcernedly cern edly asif be were watching a TUB dado is infinitely a greater than waa general our dead heros lip were rarely if ever soiled by profanity his most violent oaths were judas estand dog gone it of tho stew hall where the clay of grant reposed in states sta teis this inscription the tread of his armies shook the world his preserved liberty her diadem and perpetuated to coming generations americas example of a free and ins vulnerable government 4 above joined issue with johnson ho brolo to andrew tn 1803 this is republic acro lh will odthe peo pie is their voice neav bo heard A writes of tho dead cicro only a little while ago general grant belonged to alo victorious north iff days he was thi foremost citizen 0 the united states a n south albie GRANT he could obey and lie command he fulfilled tho orders of promptly and effectively whence biad reached the top he exported the same faithfulness fr oin his subordinates JAMES G wrote of grant one peculiarity of general grants military career was his constant readiness to fight he for no long periods of preparation lost no opportunity which promptness could turn to advantage WHEN ULYSSES SG EAST was appointed lieutenant gendral Gen cral and placed in command of all the armies of the union ho ex cruised military control over more soldiers than las any other general sinco the invention of firearms fire arms THE DEAD heros name as ho was christened was ulysses hiram grant the congressman who appointed him to point made a happy mastake and called him ulysses S and grant was always unable to get he authorities to make the change from sto II 11 ask or the heros staff says of liim the only time I 1 ever saw gendral grant show any exhilaration mas when news was received of Sheri dans victory in winchester valley on cedar creek ho came out of his tent threw hisham up in theair yelled like an indian and then went backi into tent he knew that that was the beginning of the end ane LAST appearance made by general grant in life at a public event was in new york on memorial day 1884 he was then walkine on crutches when be entered his carniago car riago to witness the review lie was accompanied by phil sheridan As soon as they were seated general grant placed a cigar between his lips and said now P henry give ino a light alais R general grants chances for very ill advised third term and yet during the hottest part of the ism political campaign when the enemies of the plumed knight were striving hardest to overthrow him the dying general hobbled on his crutches up the stairs of the fifth avenue hotel to give sympathy to blaine and to shako hands with him ONE oy the manliest acts bf that long life of manliness was grants recognition of fitz john porters claim to justice for twenty years porter had been under a ban grant himself bad often declined to consider bia case but at last when the facts were all made plain alo great hero did not h estat to say 1 I was mistaken I 1 regret the cruel wrong done to general porter I 1 hope he may be reinstated i THE A OT and courier says it was as general of the armies ozithe united states eliat uen grant was joyous and honor ablo remembrance y ali 0 north and by the act of north and south alike lie died as general of alie armies of the united states by his act the whole distance between and bridged over the north had no thought aavo of the man of appomattox and alie south had ho thought save of him alio told the worn confederate soldiers of leea army that they must take their homes home with them as they would neau them for the sarini sowing grant wrote to confederate general buck ncr commanding at fort donalson yours of this date proposing an armistice arid the appointment of commissioners toa ettle m tho terms ot just received ko terms except unconditional and immediate Burr ronder can bo accepted I 1 propose to immediately upon your works I 1 am respectfully your obedient unconditional surrender grant wrote to confederate general at your note of thia date juit received proposes an armistice of hours for the purpose of arranging terms of capitulation through commissioners to be appointed etc the of you propose slopping slop pinc by thia cacao can bo ended any ame you may by an unconditional burvender Bur render of alie city and garrison men who have shown so much ons durance and courado 09 those now in vicksburg will also challenge tho re of adversary an and I 1 can assure yon will be treated with all the respect duo them aa prisoners of war I 1 do not favor the proposition of appointing to arrange terms of capitulation because I 1 bavo no other tarm than those indicated above ja liao een erected upon alio street in san francisco A port riat in oil dead hero 1 in the ceci tre of the arch at the top by a wreath of laurel leaves and below it is at rest alio columns boar the following sentiments 1 today to day fa with sorrow for his death anlie In lie the savior of the republic in memory its proudest heritage V stand fast stand firme tand sure let us have peace jousts of the dead captan are to be seen on brackets one about midway on each of the tall pillars while standing upon their tops are four im morta urns the entire structure is cohered with black crape relieved by white rosettes while the urns ana draped with black velvet HAMILTON said of grant that helas a good hater when he thought he had good cause but that ho was too busy to cherish ion and soon became generous and forgiving grant was not indifferent to public criticism but was not very much excited by it fish relates one instance in which a certain person was appointed by grant to con acy a message because a hostile journal had boastfully eaid that he should never again bo for this purpose in respect to granta knowledge of men fish bays that it was generally accurate but he was apt to form his conclusions rapid ly and sometimes they were riot as sound as if they had been founded on more extended knowledge ho never halfway half way gave hla friendship or confidence to anyone and when he had unreservedly placed his conn dence in a man he was loath to withdraw it WHEN of the house of represents of alio critical campaign below vicksburg he need these words grant did not take with him the trappings and paraphernalia so common to many military men As all depended upon celerity of movement it was important to be encumbered with as little baggage as possible general grant took with him neither a horse nor an order lynor a servant nor a camp chest nor an overcoat nor a blanket not even a clean shirt his entire baggage for six days 1 was with him at that tim ewas a toothbrush tooth brush he fared like the commonest soldier in his command partaking of his rations and sleeping upon the ground with no covering except alie canopy of heaven at the conclusion of this speech a bill was passed empowering the president to appoint a lieutenant general ulysses S grant was the man selected THE orders issued from the headquarters of the grand army of the republic at washington say of the departed one measured by the number of engagements in which ho participated by the physical difficulties met and overcome by the numbers engaged in actual battle uns der his leadership by his masterly comprehension a nd quick adaptation of tho changing and therefore untried conditions resulting from improvements in arms by the fastness ness of alio strategic combinations he wisely conceived and successfully guided and by the results achieved abr bia couns try for his countrymen for liberty and law every where he was the peer lees soldier of ills own age and without a superior in any other ilia title to a high place among the statesmen of all time was established by the BUS premo wadom which in the day of linal triumph dictated those terms of surrender which in the compass of an hour well nigh healed the wounds of four years of war THESE AKE bome of granta sayings the only cyrs a general can trust are his own 1 ido not believe in luck in war any more than in luckin business A general who aiu never tako a chance in a battle will never win one 1 I would deal nations as equity able law requires individuals to treat with each other the humblest soldier who carried a musket is entitled t as much credit for the results of the war as those who were in command if our country could bo aasved or ruined bythe efforts one roan wo should not have a country and we should not now bo celebrating our fourth of july with a people as honest and proud as the americans and with so lucli common sense it is always a mistake to do a tiling not entirely right for the sake of expediency there had to be an end of slavery thon wo were fighting an enemy with whom wo could not make a peace wo had to destroy him no convention no treaty waa possible only destruction the truth is I 1 am more a farmer alian a soldier I 1 take or no interest in military affairs and although I 1 entered the army 35 years ago and have been in two wara in mexico as a young lieutenant and later I 1 never went into the army without regret and retired without pleasure when I 1 was in alie army I 1 had a physique that could stand anything whether I 1 slept on the ground or in a tent whether I 1 slept one hour or ten in the twenty four whether I 1 had one meal or three or none made no difference 1 could lie down and bleed bleep la the eatn without caring but I 1 waa many years younger and I 1 I 1 could not hope to do that now |