Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-07
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.evenoe and fetrdh,tion IN oaibst AN ,enemv

i.t 'ENj "i yi7Gq slf bus tnJbi-9II 9dt 1IOGi
, revenge and fetribution against IAN enemy,
with whom you have been ,reconeiled -
They, know not the heart or honor of 2 solT
dief. [Voices-,,tSThats so."1 Mr.. Gresley,
in theIIri6ahe,this m6rhib g Gays that mill
itary life has tendBnGy to blunt the sensi-
bilities of the soldier Laughter and hiss
es for Greeley.l We know that war has its
lights as wen as its shadows, that Valor Is
not the only virtue that 1T develops, that
love, and9charity,7 and magnanimity, and
all the Christian virtues have their fullest
fruition in the soldiers life. [Cheers,l They
cannot understand why Grant, and Sher-
man, and Sheridan and Meade, and Farra-
gut and Porter, and every man most Illus
tri0us in the history of this war, is ready
fSouthern brother, and bid hin come back
again to his fathers house, and bid him live
againin peace and union.9 Applause. l4H
ThaBklGod, the nation is safe SO long Ias
the army and navy stand by the President
of the United States in his efforts to re-
store the Union, and hold themselves pre-
pared to defend the rights of the States and
! The people against the IlsurpatiOib of any
| Congress not organized in acc0rdance with
| the policy of the Constitution of our faith
ers, [Cheers.l '''''' VI, ''',L- ~, y" q
| = A tNoIcE-What of Grant? Followed
with cheers,pG sI G.' 6'usH IUilJ 3ij.'+
4 Gen. HILLYER-A gentleman asks me
what of Grant? What feeble human voice
would be leardin his praises amid the rat
tie of muskeJry and the roar of artillery
with which his name has been thundered
down by history from almost a hundred
victorious battle fields? Enthusiastic
cheers for General Grant. There is daily
beauty in his life; there is "A grandeur of
character coupled with an honest and
modest simplicity of manner, which, has
given him place in the nation's heart that
no man ever held before-[ Voices-'That's
so" and applause l-until the partial eyes of
his countrymen say .m9E div gIs
Around him hangs such perpetual spell, .'
Whateer he does, none else aid e'er SO we'll.
What could such,a soldier be Other, than the
embodiment of magpanimity How could
such man feel aught but Christian char
typ How could such citizen be loyal
| to less than the whole country? [Ap-
| plause.] LteU g0u, soldiers, that Gen, Grant,
| yOur late C0n1mander-in-chieE, stands by the
| President Of the United States in his efforts 90
| restore the. Union. Renewed applause.l i
speak from a record whitehall may see and
read. Thesame spiritlwhieh Grant maHi-
| tested at the surrender of Lee has charac-
| terized every act of Johnson in his treat
meht of the subjugated South. When Gen.
Grant in his final report expressed the wish
that you might live in perpetual p 'aee and
harmony with that enemy whose manhood,
Ehowever mistaken the cause, had drawn
forth such herculean deeds of valor, he
mel ant what he said. a voice, ."That's
SOIL One of the first, if not the very first
application made by prominent Southern
| man to the President of the United States,
twas made by Gen. Robert e. Lee, late Com
mander-in-Ghief of the Confederate forces,
and Oh the back of that applicatiOnis is an
| ihdorsement-la warm, earnests eloquent
| fhdorsement--askin and urging that that
pardon should be granted; aud that in7
/ Idorsement is signed by us. Grant, Lieu-
tenant General Commanding the Armies, OF
the United States. Cheers!] When the
/ President had prepared his first letter to
| the Provisional Governor of N1rth Caro-
| lima, before he sent it or published il he
| submitted it to General Grant tor his opin-
| ion and criticism, and General Grant ill-
dorsed every word and liable of that let
ter. That letter was the keynote---,raqs
rat this juuctuIe the bo9mipg of the
| cannon eXtinguished the candles on the re-
porters' table, which were hastily supplied,
after which General Hillyer recommended
his speech ] That letter was the keynote to
the subsequent policy of the President. La
the difficulty between Congress and the
President upon the veto of the Freedmen's
Bureau bill General Grant stood bvat athe
President. Congress- adjourned, and the
representatives of the people, assembled at
Philadelphia and sent a committee to con-
gratulate the President on their indorse-
ment of his policy, and while that commit
tee were in tie performance of their nlis-
sion General Grant stoOd at the right hand
of the President. Soldiers and sailors of
| New York, survivors of the war, submit
| to you tonight, Will you stand by the
President of the United States? Loud
responses" Yes, we will.nl Will you
stand by the ommanaer-in-Chiet.o of your
armies z. [YoiGes-"We WILL Will you
stand by the Admiral of the navy" Vo-
cifereus' cries of"We WHIP Will you
stand by the Constitution of your fathers
[" Yes, yes"l Will you stand by that I'm
ion which has passed through the rebap-
| tism, of blood only to come out regenerated
| and gIorifed? ["Yes!"li Will You stand
by the flag, the old flag, the, red, white and
blue flag, with its thirty-six stars OF equal
magnitude and Ibrilliancy, with plenty of
room for mor9s but MT a single star to
Spare ?n loud cheers .... W. ''