Show ANOTHER QUESTION I i The manner in which the question of a I monument to the memory of General Grant has been discussed has not been I j j I the most kindly nor the most respectful re-spectful that could be j and the same may be said as to his final resting rest-ing place The work that Grant did I belongs to his country and his history I i for a quarter of a century is the history in i great part of the country but when he j ceased to be of this world the choice of j his final resting place is a question that i may properly belong to his immediate family That he was a great and a public man does not deprive his family of their I i rights and when General Grant expressed i his mind as to where he would choose j I that his grave might be dug should put that question for ever at rest j if the people peo-ple respect his memory they should likewise I like-wise respect his wishes But there is another question in connection I con-nection with the burial place of General I Grant which is that that place shall remain re-main safe and inviolate Modern civilization civil-ization and enlightened Christianity are not a sufficient guaranty against attempts to rob the graves of distinguished men that money may be made by restoring the remains It is four years ago this coming month since General Garfields remains were conveyed to the cemetery at Cleveland and even now a military guard is posted over them It will have to be the same with Grants remains It may be said that no such danger exists and that such crimes are too heinous to be committed They are heinous and of a most revolting nature but still they exist ex-ist It is but a few years since the body of A T Stewart was stolen that the robbbers might reap a rich reward for its return The family of Stewart never offered the reward i re-ward and they did well in not offering one It would have been sin encouragement encourage-ment to the robbers of the dead and what I assurance could the family have had that the remains returnea to them were those I for whom they had love and respect All will recall the attempt to violate the tomb of Lincoln some years ago and which happily miscarried It is possible that such attempts will be made on the I tomb of Grant for human ghouls still exist ex-ist and sometimes infest Gods acre I |