The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-09-20
General Grant.

The following is an extract from Il pow
| erfnl and eloquent speech by Gen Il'lycr,
at q meeting of soldiers and sailors in New
York, few days since:
Thank God, the nation is saf,. so Long as
the army and navy stand by the President
or the United States i'll his efforts to re-
store the Union, and hold themselves pre-
pared to defend the rights of the States
and the people against the usurpation of
any Congress not organized in accordance
with the policy of the Constitution OF our
| fathers. lCheers.l
| A Noice-'What of Grant?" followed with
cheers.
Gen. Hillyer A gentleman asks me what
of Grant? What feeble human voice would
De heard in his praises amid the rattle of
| musketry and the roar Of artillery with
which his name has been tkundercd down
| by history from almost a hundred victo-
| rious battle-tields? Enthusiastic cheers
for Gen: Grant There is daily beauty
i'll his life; there is a grandeur of charac-
ter, coupled with an honest and modest
simplicity OF manner, which has given him
place IN the nations heart that no man
ever held before [Voices-.'That' so, y
and app!ause] until the partial eyes of
his countrymcn say:
around HIM hangs such u perpetual spell,
| Whatcr he does, none else did c'er 50 well
What could such q soldier be other than
the embodiment of maSnanimi,y? How
could such man feel aught but Christian
| charity? How could such citizen be loyal
to less than tho whole country? IAp-
| plause.l tell you, soldiers, that General
Grant, your late COMMANDMENTS Chief.
stands by the Prcsidcn. of the United
| States i'll his efforts to restore the Union.
lKcncwed applause / speak from 4 re-
| cord which all may see and read. The
| same spirit which Grant manifested u. the
surrender OF Lee has characterized every
act of Johnson in his treatment of the
| subjuSatcd South. When General Grant
| IN his final report, expressed the wish that
You might live III perpetual pcau, and har-
monv with that enemy whose manhood
however mistaken the cause, had drawn
forth such hcrculcan deeds of yaior. he
meant what he said. \ voice, "That's So I
One Of The first, if not the very first ap-
plications made by prominent Southern
man to the President of the United States,
was made by General Robert T.. Ice, late
Commander Chief of the Confederate
forces, and on the back Of that application
Is an endorsement u warm, earnest clo-
qucnt endorsement asking that TIA: par
don should be granted; and that endorse
mcnt is signed hv ''U. s. Grant, General
Commanding the Armies OF the United
States" IChccrs.l When the President
had prepared his first letter to- the p!oyi-
sional Governor of North Carolina before
he sent it or published it, he submitted it
" VII tlll ana crltl-
cism, and Genera! Grant endorsed every
word and syllable OF that letter. THAT
letter was the Keynote E." the subsequent
policy Of the President.
In the difficulty between Congress and
the President upon the veto OF the Freed
mems Hurcau Fill, Gen. Grant stood bv
the President. Congress adjourned, and
the representatives of the people asscm-
hled Il; Philadelphia and sent Il committee
to congratulate the President on their
endorsement of his policy, and whi!,: that
committee were III the performance of
their mission, Gen. Grant stood at tho
right hand of the President. Soldiers and
sailors of New York, survivors Of the war,
l submit to yon Tonight, VIII yoa stand
py the President of the United States?
Loud responses Yes, we will VIII
yon stand by the Admiral Of the Nav?
tocifcrous cries of ''wo Wilt VIII you
stand by the Constitution of your fathers?
Ives, yes. Will you stand by that Union
winch has passed through the rcbap ;ism
OF pinod only To come ont rcScncratrd AMI
glorltcd: ['Yes."l Will you stand by tn,
nag, with It's thirty-aix stars of equal mag
nitude and brilliancy, with plenty of room
Tor moro, but not a single star To spare?
loud cheers.
Ex-senator Wigfall is in London,