gloom than its noon had ever known. Those on whose downfall the temple of his fame was builded will sow no thorns on his grave to prick the violets planted by his people there. Whatever were his faults, his errors and his failures, but yesterday he stood in the eyes of all the world the foremost figure of the Western Continent.

"Looking at the life and character of General Grant from the broadest national standpoint, it is true to say that no man since Washington has better illustrated the genius of American institutions or the temper of Americans as a people.”— Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser.

“Our special despatches bring the not unexpected news of the death of the greatest and most illustrious man that lived in the world in the year 1885. Washington and Lincoln will divide with Grant the prominent place in the history of this country, but no man since the days of the great Napoleon has attracted so much attention throughout the world or made such a great military and civil reputation as Grant, and, when prejudices pass away and time brings calmness, justice and reason to pass upon General Grant's life, character and achievements, he will hold a very high place in the esteem of the citizens of this country, the citizens of the North, South, East, and West, and all of them will have great admiration for his character, a just pride in his patriotic services, and a profound respect for his memory."-Vicksburg Post.

"The silent, modest man, who was unknown twenty-four years ago; who had had a real baptism of fire' when, as a subaltern, he did a true soldier's service in Mexico; who retired soon after that war to take part as a worker in civilian life; who gave his service to his country when the secession revolt began; who grew to be a great soldier and the only one, after many better known had failed, who could lead the Union hosts to final victory; who was magnanimous beyond all other victors in his treatment of the defeated armies; who received the highest military and civil rank that was possible in the United States; who won the grateful love of the people even in the section of the country where he was the leader of invading armies—such a man has a unique and distinct place among the great men of the world."-Philadelphia Bulletin.

"With the clearing of the early mists yesterday morning passed away the soul of General Grant, the most distinguished of living Americans, the general commanding the victorious armies of his country, and twice president of the republic. Washington alone of all men in our history has equalled him in honors. General Grant was a great commander. The operations of war, in

which he was the leading figure of the Union armies, were colossal. The comprehension that grasped this tremendous situation and the fortitude that endured its awful disasters was of itself greatness. The clear-sighted sense that moved straightforward amid these bewildering scenes, undeterred and undeviating, was military genius."-Atlanta Constitution.

"As the mortal remains of Ulysses S. Grant lie in their casket, and solemn guns are booming the last salute for the dead commander, we, of the South, forget the stern general who hurled his terrible masses upon the ranks of our fathers and brethren; whose storms of shot and shell mowed down our friends like wheat before the gleaner; remembering only the manly soldier who, in the hour of triumph, displayed the knightly chivalry that robs defeat of its bitterest pang. Vanquished by his arms, in his chivalric kindness we were doubly vanquished at Appomattox."-New Orleans Times-Democrat.

"The foremost man of the nation has closed a career second to no other in the history of the republic."-New York Tribune.

"He has passed from the home of endearment and sympathy into the pantheon of memory, and must be ranked with the illustrious great, whose genius is consecrated by noble services of patriotism."-Boston Advertiser.

"In our opinion not only is his one of the few immortal names that were not born to die, but his is one of the still fewer names that are entitled to immortality upon earth. He is not only one of the immortals but he is one of them by right. He was an Agamemnon, a king of men. He was so pervaded by greatness that he seemed not to be conscious that he was great. He was magnanimous, modest, faithful to his friends, just to all men as far as his surroundings permitted, above simulation or dissimulation, self-poised and equal to every occasion. He was one of the greatest of generals; there was nothing small about General Grant, no punic faith, no perfidious element, no jealousies. His chivalrous spirit would not permit him to ask Lee or his officers for their swords, or Lee's men for their horses. Go in peace' was the substance of his treatment of the heroes who surrendered at Appomattox Court House. His fidelity to his not assumed, but presumed or supposed obligations, his loyalty to truth and justice, caused him to forbid that General Lee should be arrested or annoyed by Federal authorities.”— Richmond Dispatch.

"General Grant was a great soldier. In the opinion of many, he was the greatest soldier developed by the civil war. Reputations are made by success, and he was successful. He started at the bottom of the ladder and climbed to the top steadily, and he remained there. Even if history should not give him the first place among the soldiers of the civil war, it will rank him with the greatest soldiers of the world. No one will say, now that he is dead, that he ever turned away from those who had any claim upon him. There are those who were against him in the war to whom he reached out a helping hand when the war was over, when they sadly needed help. He was popular with the soldiers because he knew how to appreciate soldierly qualities. His magnanimity at the Appomattox surrender showed that he was as generous as brave.”—Savannah News.

"The death of General Grant will be honestly felt as a national affliction all over the wide Union, without reference to section or party.”—Columbia (S. C.) Register.

Although the death of General Grant was long expected, the event is not the less deplored. We can only share with his mourning countrymen in a sense of the loss of one whose career was so notable, so honorable to himself and so useful to his native land."-London Standard.

"Yesterday the greatest and most successful soldier that the United States has produced breathed his last. In no portion of the United States have the financial disasters marking the close of General Grant's career been regarded with more sympathy and regret than in England. Beyond all others he was best fitted to cope with the tremendous crisis which made him, and when the grave closes over all that is mortal of Ulysses Simpson Grant it will be felt that he leaves behind him no man cast in a simpler, sincerer or more heroic mold.”—London Daily News.

"He has filled a large space in the history of his country, and as the dust of current controversy settles down and the mists of contemporary prejudices clear away, he will, we believe, be universally recognized as one of her chief worthiesone who had a great work to do, and who, upon the whole, did it in a manful, honest and honorable fashion."-Toronto Globe.

The pulpit drew inspiration from the occasion and turned its texts and sermons into eulogistic lessons. Brighter exemplar of the virtues of modern militant life they had not had, nor character so crowded with the traits that distinguish the age's manhood and assure its triumphs. Organized bodies everywhere were moved to resolutions of sympathy and solemn expressions of respect and admiration. The most marked and tender of these were framed and promulgated by the Grand Army Posts of the country, whose three hundred thousand veterans felt the old General's loss almost as a personal affliction. One set of resolutions that have the significance of history was that of the United States Christian Commission, passed in Philadelphia, July 27th, 1885.

"Whereas GOD in his wisdom has removed from this world by the hand of death the Great Commander of the Union Armies, General Ulysses S. Grant, we for ourselves, and representing the surviving Mem

bers, Delegates and Helpers of the Commission, desiring to place on record our high appreciation of the character and services of the illustrious General, and to express our sympathy with his family in their sad bereavement, do pass the following resolutions:

"First. That in the death of General Grant, whose name and fame are imperishable, our nation has lost one who was divinely appointed to perpetuate its freedom and unity by the edge of the sword, but who, when the bloody work was done, returned it to its sheath, and strove to heal the wounds of war by the kind words and actions of peace.

"Second. That, passing over his high renown as a military leader, as a statesman, and as a patriot, we desire to bear testimony to the great services which, as head of the army, he rendered the Commission, by helping its delegates in every possible way to reach the wounded on the field of battle, in the camp, and in the hospitals, often overstepping strict military rules in order that they might readily accomplish their benevolent work, proving that great kindness of heart could be associated with the stern demands of war.

"Third. That it is a great gratification to us to remember that the last appearance of General Grant upon a public platform was at our 5th ReUnion held at Ocean Grove, N. J., on August 2d, of last year (1884). Those who were present can never forget the boundless enthusiasm of his reception and the tears which he shed as the vast audience cheered him to the echo showing that his great soul which often seemed so unmovable was melted down by the mighty power of love.

"Fourth. That while life lasts we will cherish his memory-all the more sacred because of his long and very painful illness-and hold him up to our children and to the whole country as a bright example of manly courage, patient endurance, and marvelous magnanimity."

On the day of his death, July 23d, 1885, the President of the United States called his Cabinet together, and issued the following proclamation:

"The President of the United States has just received the sad tidings of the death of that illustrious citizen and ex-president of the United States, General Ulysses S. Grant, at Mount McGregor, in the State of New York, to which place he had lately been removed in the endeavor to prolong his life.

"In making this announcement to the people of the United States, the President is impressed with the magnitude of the public loss of a great military leader, who was, in the hour of victory, magnanimous; amid

disaster, serene and self-sustained; who, in every station, whether as a soldier or as chief magistrate twice called to power by his fellow countrymen, trod unswervingly the pathway of duty, undeterred by doubts, single-minded and straightforward.

"The entire country has witnessed with deep emotion his prolonged and patient struggle with painful disease, and has watched by his couch of suffering with tearful sympathy.

"The destined end has come at last, and his spirit has returned to the Creator who sent it forth. The great heart of the nation that followed him, when living, with love and pride, bows now in sorrow above him dead, tenderly mindful of his virtues, his great patriotic services, and of the loss occasioned by his death.

"In testimony of respect to the memory of General Grant, it is ordered that the Executive Mansion and the several departments at Washington be decked in mourning for a period of thirty days, and that all public business shall, on the day of the funeral, be suspended, and the Secretaries of War and of the Navy will cause orders to be issued for appropriate military and naval honors to be rendered on that day.

"In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

"Done at the city of Washington, this twenty-third day of July, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and the independence of the United States the one hundred and tenth.

"GROVER CLEVELAND, President."

This first official paper was followed by similar ones issued by the Governors of the States, all expressing the same deep sense of loss, the same sentiments of praise and respect, and designed to give organized direction to the final honors to be paid him. As an historic sample, we give that from the Governor of New York:

"Ulysses S. Grant, twice President of the United States; the defender of the Union; the victorious leader of our soldiers and General on the retired list of the army, is dead. To the last he was a true soldier, strong in spirit, patient in suffering, brave in death. His warfare is ended.

"After the close of his official life and following that notable journey around the world, when tributes of esteem from nations were paid him, he chose his home among the citizens of our State. He died upon our soil, in the county of Saratoga, overlooking scenes made glorious by