The Portland daily press., 1866-10-17
Gen. GRANT. Father at Cincinnn,i.


During Mr.. ,Johason's unfortunate tour
through the West, Gen. Grants father TOOK oo-
casion to pay his respects to the fresi''ns -,
The Democrats represented this, as they u.u
every other demonstration OF respect fof mr'
Johnson's high Office, as an endorsement OF ms
policy. Mr.. Grant has since spoken Tor hiili-
self The last Republican rally of the cam
paien was held in Cincinnati the night before
the election. Mr. Grant was on the piatiorii'
and was of course called upon for a speecn'
We copy from the Detroit Post the following
report of his brief but pertinent response:
When Col. Bennett closed, the audience o;4.ime
called out Father Grant, VINO w:'s M ne ta"na5
| on the stage. With some hesltatioh nc s'eppou
Afaar tbe cheering which had greeted the
old gentleman had subsidized, Mr.. Grant SAID;
81 am not in the habit of public speaking.
| hove never learned the art; and 1t Is family
' nrSe chairman has said Gov. Morton will be
| - in n few moments, and possibly may say
something that will keep you from going to
sleep Well, we have, you know, been engagg-
the greatest that ever disgraced a civilized IA
ton. We have fought through it and crushed
it out by the power of the sword. Cheers.]
"There is yet work to be done; there is an
other fixed battle to be fought, and that battle
is to be fought tomorrow. Applause. The
grand contending armies arrayed against each
other must be narrowed down to the Republic
can and Democratic parties. All, but says
some one, The johnson party! Sure enough,
bnt where is it? Laughter and cheers. The
truth is, it was only trick played off upon the
people in the Philadelphia convention, nine
tenths of whom were Democrats, and whose
| object was simply to transfer Mr.. johnson and
his friends into the Democratic party.
"The plan was laid, and what has been the
result? 1 believe that the Democratic party
has absolutely gained five votes, all told.
| Cheers. Raymond, of New York, is one
1 Doolittie, of Wisconsin, is another; Senator
Cowan, of Pennsylvania, is another; and in a
little village. on the Ohio river they CALI am
not good at recollecting names-ah, yes. Gin
cinnati, there are. two more. They got right
upon the plank fixed for them, creased theil
leather breaches, and down they went (Great
applause. ft s
"There were three or four more that had great
notion of getting on the plank. They went SC
far as to take the bounty, get one foot ON the
plank, and then they eased themselves down
gradually, until they could see the yawnine
gulf beneath them--the miry slime OF copper
head Democracy gulf filed with dead mems
bones-and they shrewdy concluded to take
the back track. [Great cheersl -a-iaia q
although these men have taken their boun
ty, and enlisted in that mean party-which
L lot SllOrG, tuey call tie NdLOudl OulOH DtIuO
cratic johnson party-they now come out anG
say they think the constitutional amend
ment is pretty nearly right, and we has
better sustain Congress. For myself, thinl
those men whose hands are reeking with thu
blood of their fellow citizens. ought not to b.
entrusted any further with the affairs of thu
government [Cheers] ai tiazU
Now, my fellow citizens, have never claim
ed any distinction for any services have eve
rendered. Accident, fortune, good luck, some
thing or other, has enabled me to raise up
son who has rendered some service to his coun
try. lGreat and continued cheers But ma,
say the services thus rendered by that boy o
mine have not only been fully appreciated, bu
they have been put down, perhaps, at more
than they We're worth. (Cries of mo, no, new
| er. AT any rate, he has received as mucl
credit, as much promotion and as many sub
stantial testimonials, or more than many Other
men who have done more" Voices, "No, no"
The old gentleman then kindly thanked thu
audience for their too cordial compliment il
calling him out 49,, - barr-e,.. tsl.lls