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TRIBUTE TO GRANT By Hoc. Clark Howell at a Ban quet In New York City. “GEN. GRANT AS PEACE FACTOR” Occasion Was Annual Birthday Dinner of Grant Memorial Association. The Grant Monument Association of New York, which built the impos ing million-dollar mausoleum to Gen eral Grant at Riverside Tar'k, on the banks of the Hudson, held its annual birthday dinner in the banquet room of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel Saturday night, April 27th. About three hun dred guests were present, and the af fair was a brilliant one. General Greenville M. Dodge, one of the vice presidents of the associa tion, presided as toast master. Iha first speaker of the evening was Con gressman C. B. Landis, of Indiana, who responded to the toast “Grant.” Mr. Landis was followed by Hon. Ciark Howell, of Atlanta, Ga., editor ©f the Atlanta Constitution, on “Grant’s Life as a Peace Lesson.” Ex-United States Senator William E. Chandler, of New Hampshire, spoke on “National Hopfulness” and Gen eral Joe Wheeler on the “Progress of Our National Domain During the Last Third of a Century.” The speech of Hon. Clark Howell was a feature of the occasion. He said: "I am not unmindful. Mr. Chairman, that In paying: tribute to the man In honor of whose memory we are assembled here tonight. I am environed by circumstances that, under some conditions, would em barrass the frank utterances of my own sentiments and clothe my words with import not their own. “I come to speak with you of the lessons learned from the life of a leader—and I am of the people against whom his le gions were led to victory and around wh-om the withering: embrace of his iron arm was closed in the grip of war. There ts scarce a valley in the southern states **iat does not shelter In its bruised bosom reluctant monuments to the triumph of that great soldier—General Grant. "But 1 have not come to speak of the accomplishments of war, which have rightly placed his name among those of the great warriors of the world. I am not here to paint a picture of the mighty tide that swept on andi on under his mas terful direction until all who opposed were overwhelmed in the culminating flood' at Appomattox. It would ill become me to exult in the memory of his trium phant leadership of victorious hosts as they returned to joyous homes under the streaming: banners of victory'. "It is natural and proper, Mr. Chair man. that those who shared his sympa thies and dangers, that those and the sons of those who followed his famous lead in well fought battles, should keep for ever bright the luster of his military fame, and should keep forever living the memories and Incidents of his war re nown. "Those who offered their bullet-ridden bodies as bulwarks in the vain effort to •tem the conquering tide of his cohorts bore testimony to his genius and his courage. There is not today in the frag mentary ranks of the beaten heroes who once wore the gray a single soldier who would raise his arm to still the cheers those victories have won. But above the din of successful arms, be neath the garlands of glorious victories, beyond the glad ..uzzas of a preserved nation welcoming Its martial heroes borne, the dirge of those homeless heroes who. after surrender, buried their aban doned hopes with a cause forever lost, bids me turn from this phase of that momentous life to another that is not trumpeted by th raucous blast of war. but which Is sounded In the sweet and soothing songs of peace. There is no one familiar with the history of our coun try who la not aware of the mighty part played by General Grant in the epoch of the civtl war; but there are few even among hie own -eople who realize the Intense Influence his life exerted in the epoch of peace There Is not a school boy in Irnoe.-breeche* who cannot tell you what General Grant did to prevent the successful dissolution of the union; there are few etatesmen who can tell you how njnch he did to procure its peaceful restoration. “No service this great chieftain ever rendered our common country in his *nost brilliant military achievements can equal the great good accomplished by him in his consistent campaigns for -•-ae tical peace. If there was genius in the pen that sreote the terms of uncondi tional surrender to the falling garrison at Fort Donelson there was greater ge nius still exemplified in the letter that made possible the peace conference at Hampton Roads. If there was grandeur in the scorching sword that swept Vir ginia as a sea of flame, yet grander still the hand too generous to take the strick ened sword of a great but vanquished foe! If there was glory in the thunder of the voice that threw the columns of a mighty army into the shock of war. far greater was the glory of the tongue that framed the message, born of love, crying to a dissevered people, 'Let ue have peace!’ 'ln the living reality of practical ne un km and of perfect peace, no man can Measure the mighty power that fra ,e rnal message wrought in shaping the destiny of a country then emerging from fhe chaos and confusion of a civil war. If spoke the patriot spirit of American union. Without it a union of states ■welded in the forge of war and held to gether only bv the sword! An empty mockery of union In all save name! A tinion without sympathy of sentiment: without unity of heart; without a com mon Inspiration. The north a Russia an d the south her Poland. England in the northern heart, and Ireland in ours. "To those who are familiar with the People of the south and with the condi tions leading to the four years’ war it Is unnecessary to protest that the van quished south could never have played Oarthage to a conquering Rome. Her People had breathed the Inspiration of in dependence from the hills that cradled Washington and Jefferson and Patrick Henry. Jealous in the preservation of what they believed constitutional and hereditary rights, they were prodigal in all that was required to maintain those rights. “These southern ancestors of mine had much cf the spimt now better known as northern enterprise and thrift. Finding that the genial climate of the southern slope was better suited to the successful adaptation of negro s’every—an institu tion inaugurated by their northern breth t'aiv—they did not hesitate to adopt th# traffic, r.or to utilize on southern planta tions the slaves who had proved unprofit- property in northern fields. “Nor weie the statesmen of the south less slow to profit bv the political ex ample established bv their contemporaries of the northern states. They witnessed with observant eve the birth of the doc trine of secession as It sprung from the liens of New England and first claimed life In Hartford, the Charleston of the first accession. They listened with grave attention when Quincy, of Massachusetts, in the halls of congress fifty years prior to the southern secession, made the first formal declaration of the right of seces sion in opposition to the admission of Louisiana and west Florida as states, that ‘if this J>1!1 passes, it is virtually a dissolution of this union: it will free the state® from their moral obligations and as it will be the right of all. so it will be the duty of some definitely to prepare, for a secession—amicably, if they can. vio lently, if they must.’ I mention these events. Mr. Chairman, ir. no sp rit of pride that the south had no corner on the secession market, and in no spirit of regret for the failure of the prin ciples once advocated by the round-heads who were rocked In the ‘cradle of the revolution.’ and which principles were many years afterwards adopted by the cavalier convention of Charleston. I cite them merely as incidents that played their part in shau ng the convictions of the southern people concerning state rights and the right of secession—issues then offering ample room for honest dif ference. but which have been settled for •sui time to come dv tne covenant or tne cannon, sealed bv the nation’s blood. “It was the spirit of fraternity, em bodied in the immortal message of Grant that consecrated that covenant and established its sacred arbitrament beyond Jtrneal. It was this spirit that conquered forever the doctrine of absolute state rights; this spirit that conquered forever the restless ghost of secession; this spirit that converted the invincible followers of I>ee and Stonewall Jackson into loyal citizens of a reunited republic. Respon sive to the spirit of that message and stirred bv its generous impulse, they sought the broad shelter of the flag they once assailed, and Its sacred folds have healed the bitter wounds of war. “At Versailles, after Sedan, Germany stood in the glittering paraphernalia of an armored giant, with one hand on the throat of Paris and the other pointing to the hungry document demanding the most prodigious indemnity exultant vic tor ever exacted of prostrate victim. "Not so at Appomattox! Instead of ex aetior>t—liberality! Instead of Siberia— again the tranquil fields of home; again the music of familiar waters; again the chirp of the cricket on the hearthstone I and the melody of childrens’ prattle i around the mother’s knee! Instead of St. Helena—Washington! Not Washington as the stronghold o< sn armed foe. few as the common capital of a reunited ofcun try. where victor and vanquished met on equal terms of fellowship. Washington, the capital from which, a few years later, a federal major, as president of the United States, wrote one day the order making brigadier generals of the nephew j of Robert E. Lee atul the son of Ulysses j S. Grant! "Inevitable Appomattox! Better that it had come sooner, since it had to come; but better for the greatness of our coun try that coming late its bloody field of battle was consecrated by the covenant of the republic's peace! | "It was singularly significant of the love 1 of peace inherent in the man that its first public manifestation appeared when the fortunes of war had almost crowned his arms with the laurels of success. The Hampton Roads conference afforded the first formal expression of any effort to harmonize the warring sections. For four long years the best blood of both sections had drenched the fair fields of the south when that conference was called to put an end to further fruitless sacrifice. The unfortunate failure in the purpose of the conference between President Lincoln, o t the federal government, and Vice Presi dent Alexander Stephens, of the confed eracy, Is familiar history to all; but few' know that to General Grant is due the fact that the actual conference was made .possible. "The official records of the war have but recently established the important part played by General Grant In prevent ing an untimely abandonment of negotia tions and in paying the way for the ac complishment of an official conference. Seward had been sent to Fortress Monroe early In February, 1865, to meet Stephens and Hunter and Campbell, the confed erate commissioners, under well-defined limitations from President Lincoln to con fine negotiations to what he termed ’the three Indlspensables.’ Major Thomas T. Eckert had preceded Seward on the asm* mission and under similar restrictions. "At the preliminary conference the con federate commissioners requested a con ference with President Lincoln at Wash ington, and Major Eckert replied that the conference could not proceed except un der the terms outlined in his Instruction. The confederate commissioners, unwilling to negotiate for peace under prescribed limitations, declined to proceed with the conference. "President Lincoln in submitting the correspondence to congress said that at this stage: "‘I was about to recall Reward and Eckert, when the following telegram from General Grant to the secretary of war was shown me.’ "The telegram read: “’I am convinced upon conversation with Messrs. Stephens and Hunter that their intentions are good and their desire sincere to restore peace and union. I have not felt myself at liberty to express even views of my own or to account for my reticence. This has placed me in an awkward position, which I would have a-voided by not seeing them in the first instance. I fear now their going back without any expression from any one In authority will have a bad influence. I am sorry that Mr. Lincoln cannot have the interview.’ “Of this President Lincoln eald to con gn-ess: " ‘The dispatch of General Grant changed my purpose, and accordingly I telegraphed him as follows: "Say to the gentlemen I -will meet them personally at Fortress Monroe as soon as I can get there.’’ ’ "And he did get there, and at once, and tne wnole story ot that conference in tne rolling waters of Hampton Roads, within hailing distance of the scene where iron clads first met in battle in the encounter of the Monitor and the Merrimac, affords the most Interesting recital of o„ur un written history. “I have heard from Mr. Stephens’s own lips how the southern commoner, a dwarf ir. staiture. but a giant in intellect, upon reaching the cabin of the boat stopped to unwind the coverings which protected Ills frail body ffom the bleak sea winds, and hew. after gloves and comforters and scarfs and greatcoats were removed, lie was met by President Lincoln with the characteristic greeting: "Well. Stephens, that’s the littlest nubbin I ever saw from such a quantity of shucks.’ "I have seen the half regretful pathos in his wonderful eyes as he told how Lin coln. animated by his strong love of country, had said to thee commissioners: ‘Let me write the one word, "union." at the head of our agreement and you may supply the rest.’ "The conference wias fruitless of practi cal results on account of arbitrary limita tions of power in prescribing the condi tions of peace. But Mr. Stephens be lieved to the day of his death that had the commission been clothed with plenary power, peace would have been accom plished on a basis of union, and of mu tual concessions in other details of dif ference. "Perhaps so: perhaps not! Perhaps it was best that the war should drag its THE WEEKLY NEWS, CARTERSVJLLE, GA. ECZEMA 'S ITCH IS TORTURE. 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Pcsrhaps it was best that an issue born almost with the republic itself, and that had baptized its devotees in the blood of brothers, should only find its fitting death on the bloody battle field. But long after the echoes of war have died away ar.d the efforts of the conference are for gotten. the world of peace w-11 do rever ence to the memory of the great soldier who. almost on the eve of final victory, sheathed his dread sword and stretched out his sword-arm with open hand to strive fee peace! in the midst of the mad lust of war. leaving for a time the leader ship of exultant cohorts drunk with vic tory. himself to gain all by prolonging the conflict for pronounced conquest, ins voice, attuned to the roar of battle, was raised for peace. "And so, Mr. Chairman, while the bet | t’e-seairred bosoms of our southern val j leys bear unwilling testimony to the deeds ! of this great soldier as he marched be neath the flag of Mars, every hill that trembled to the thunder of his guns gives back the welcome echoes of hia greeting: ’Let us have peace.’ “The hearts of her people have caught and held the inspiration of the clarion call of fellowship and union. which, growing in strength and volume as the years go bv. is now the grand oean of a nation’s peace. "When the recent call to arms brought volunteers to offer their lives in the com mon cause of the union against Spain, the patriotism of our people found quick expression in the response they made to the drum-beat of the republic, ami the sons of federals and confederates alike poured out their heart’s blood in the com mon cause. Non© questioned the loyalty and patriotism of his comrade in arms, and northern boys and southern boys marched shoulder to shoulder under the Stars and Stripes to the mingled strains of ‘Dixie’ and ’Yankee Doodle.’ Under the trcpical sun of Cuibx and the Philippines, they have borne between them th© sacred ark of the nation’s covenant, brave and true and patriots alike, moved by the common impulse of their country’s love and the eternal glory of its mission! "The peace that General Grant com manded has come at last, and it is an abiding peace. "It is the peace whose sacred benedic tion cast the halo of its glory across the continent, when from amid the solemn forest sentinels of Mt. Gregor, the angel of death gently touched the summons of the Divine Commander. But it did not j come until the music of a reunited na tion’s voice, attuned to the melody of sorrow, had fallen upon the eager ears of the Strieker, hero. "Picture him as he sat, wan and hag gard. surrounded by silent nature, arrayed in all the glories of summer splendor, waiting—waiting the inevitable. The wind* that had swept the historic battle fields of the south were laden with mea- ; sages of peace and sympathy from those ’ who but a few years before had been en- i emies. "What visions must have come to him then! There, trooping up from the mists of the valley came the blue legions which had followed him across the Potomac; ; and here, down the hillsides, like an ava lanche, swept the grey. There was Sher idan and Thomas, and Meade and Me- ; Clellan, and yonder—Lee and Jackson, ; and Gordon and Longstreet. The peal of i musketry and the roar of cannon rever berate In the valleys and the mountain ! brooks become torrents of blood. The clash of arms and the fierce fire of the : conflict shakes the world! "But now the smoke of battle lifts, and the scene changes! There are green val- | leys and happy homes where peace and ] contentment reigns. High above all floats ; the stars and stripes—the emblem of a united country—stronger now than ever, j and more deeply rooted in the affections i of her people. “The peace he would have has come, ! and resting as quietly as a babe on its mother’s breast, the listless eyes of a hero in war and a patriot in peace are closed I and his soul takes flight to the great j hereafter to join the united band of other | heroes of both sides as comrades in ever- I lasting glory and eternal companionship. “And when, a few days later, he was lowered to his last rest by hands which had been raised against him in war; when veterans who wore the grey stood in tears beside t..ose who wore the blue, it proved, indeed, that past issues were but ghosts of dreams and that— ‘Brave minds, howe’er at war, are secret \ friends; Their generous discord with the battle ends; In peace they wonder whence dissension | rose And ask how souls so like could e’er be I foes.’ “The peace of a prosperous people per meates the land and lights all sections of the nation in its holy glow. Mason and Dixon’s line marks no more trace in the geography of our common country than does the equator mark the silvery sur face of our southern seas. “ ‘Let us have peace!' A happy and contented people repeat the benediction and cry back to the great heart that now is still In the peace that passeth all understanding, ’Thy peace is come!’ ’’ If yon hare somethin; to sell, let the people know It. Aa advertise, meat in this paper will do the work. Start The New Century Right! Don’t fry to get along with those old fashioned, out of date farm .mplements. What’s the use, when our prices on up-to-date implements are so low ? EVERY for quality and durability, has been given the machinery which we sell and recommend, “Tried and true” makes are the only ones good enough for our customers. QUALITY UANTITY. That is the problem which has long confronted us. You see there are so many goods which may look all right but which are really inferior. We Have Solved XT. 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