Mr. DELANO. Mr. Speaker, I should not attempt to trouble the House with a moments remar s were it not for the amendment which has been offered by the Gentfrom Pennsylvania, [Mr. Stevens] The great struggle through which we have passed for the preservation of the nations life has developed great virtues and merit in the American character; and among those virtues and that mbrit nothing stands out, in my estimation, more conspicuous than the merit of the common soldiers who have fought, under competent generals, the great battles that have secured our liberties. Sir, I should feel myself incompetent for a seat in this House if it were possible for me for a single moment to ignore the merit of those soldiers. Mr. Speaker, there never was such an army before upon the face of the earth. The sun never shone upon such an army. I pray God that the necessit for its repetition may never occur in the world. It was an outpouring of the loyal people of the country; the iving up of sons, of a the rs, of husbands, with all the comforts and endearments of pleasant and happy homes, all surrendered at the shrine of our countrys honor and glory and existence. I subscribe, therefore, to all that has been said upon this subject so eloquently and so well by the Gentfrom Kentucky, [MYand Melba xi I strike hands with him here today, an with other gentlemen upon this floor who think as he does, in a solemn, irreversible compact. to render to these gallant men, who have come forward voluntarily to save the nation, every benefit, every reward, every compensation, which it is in our power to give them. But, Mr. Speaker, I will not go on to speak of the great characteristics of the American Army. It is neither necessary nor fit. I know there is not a man here, nor within the extended borders of this Government, who does not re. spend to this sentiment, and is not willing at all times and on all occasions to acknowledge it. But, sir, this is not the only develoment that this war has made. It has broug t out the genius and ability of men in America for the ighest command in the field, and for the most skillful operations in military service. and, sir, in these developments no single man stands higher, shines brighter, or is more distinctly before the world than GenlGrant. Let the minds of members here today recur to the your 1864. Let them remember how then the fate of this nation quivered, as it were. in uncertainty and in doubt. Let them remember how this man of iron will. of modest deportment, and oflion heart, took these gallant soldiers, the volunteers of a free people, and marched through the Wilderness with them against the most compact and powerful army that the confederacy had. See him lending those brave men through the continuous battles of the Wilderness to Richmond, before it and round it, until, as he himself said, the shell of the rebellion was crushed and its hollowness exposed to the world and then behold this man, when Richmond had surrendered, mod estly refusing to go into the city with display, to be there 1st to take possession of the cita del that had so long resisted our conquest. Behold liiin, sir, allowing others to march in in triumph, because he saw that there was more work to be done, and that work he was determined to pursue to its final accomplishment. Leaving, then, the empty show and the place of honor, you see him fgiving up to subalterns the taking possession of the city of Richmond, while he goes on steadfastly in pursuit of his high purpose of making his wor successful, and compelling the leader of the armies of the rebellion to lay down his sword before him. That in one of the instances that evince the characteristics of the man, and that.raised him so high in the worlds estimation and now what do we offer him by this bill? We offer him, what I will not allude to, but what we have heard so well described, and what has been so happily depicted by the Gentfrom Connecticut, [Mr. Damned we offer him a small boon. s it in imitation of aristocratic or monarchical Governments that it is proposed to do this? No; it is in imitation of the great Ruler of all who bestows blessings and rewards upon the just and righteous, and punishments upon the others. I am not here today to imitate what other nations have done for their high chieftains and great military men. But I desire to show my gratitude, with the gratitude of this nation, in behalf of a great and a good man. Let us do it in imitation of divine authority, and not in imitation of man. Because other nations who have preceded us may have acted in the right way, that affords no reason for refusing to pursue a just path. One word more. I be e this House will not adopt the amendment of the Gentfrom Pennsylvania, EMr. Surveys There is another man and Iwi lsay, Mr. Speaker, other men in the recent military history of this country who deserve to be remembered. Though] concede to GenlGrant an elevation in great deeds and in great achievements higher than any other man in this war, God so ordered, and be but fulfilled his mission. But there are other names connected with the histor of America which, if they are not written so high upon the scroll of fame as that of GenlGrant, will be found but a little way below, and one of those names, I am proud to say, belongs to the State of Ohio. Need I speak of the man who went to At lanta through a field of fire and amid the hail of lead and iron, and who from Atlanta went to the sea, and 1 But I need say no more. His name belongs to Ohio and belongs to the nation, and I trust and believe that while the name of Grant lives the name of Sherman will not be forgotten and when the place now held by GenlGrant shall be vacated by his promotion I want the hearts of the American people to be permitted to speak out what they now feel, an that the name of Sherman shall take the place now occupied by that of Grant.