Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-24
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Glen Grant spenIxr..

% "A committee of Radicals in Cincinnati
has elicited, from General Grapt a response
striknHy Similar to Chat whict, commit
tee Of Radicals In Chicago elicited from
Gen. Grant. ,foH1t jNsFf la foF
. The committee of fRadicalsinC Cl icago wait
led upon Gen. Grant TO advise him against
/" y"tompryqnqliiSSipgy himself' by continuing
ANY longer with the Presidential, party.
The committee of, Radicals in, Cincinnati
awaited upon him to congratulate him upon
having left that party, and. TO elicit from
him some expression or action comforting
ITO the disunion fanatics, n.y. ,.,--,.
y 1t was originally General Grants design
ito leave the. Presidential tourists at Chi
cago, and proceed hence to visit his aged
parents, who live In Kentucky, opposite to.
4 the city of Cincinnati. But when THE COM
Jmittee Of Chicago Radicals went to him and
urged the propriety of.his quitting in orr
der to avoid Compromising himself" Gen.
Grant changed his mindQt-oQt0' s'rf.7N ~oA
What GehA Grant said to the committee
of Chicago Radicals may be inferred from
what he said to the committee of Radicals
/ iu Cincinnati. Exactly what it was
will be known In good time. Its efect1
upon the Chicago Radicals was as startling
AZ the effect OF his response to the Cincin-
natl committee was appalling to. the
Radicals of that city. 1t ''inspired" in
/ bilC VI JllOpOul Oid SiNN'A
Republican newspaper concern of this city I
a significant warning to Radicals that
the detection of General Grant might &
be expected. That warning proclaim
ed that that "defeetion" would "only
be deplored for his ot1n sake" That "the
pfodigious power of Grant lies in the pop
aLdr confidence in his lore Of freedom and eQtdt .
riyhtS. When that confidence is JOUstted' I
he will become as weak as common men;
L.
vanish like mist" Ordinary typography
was,not adequate to express the full signif-
icance of the warning which the poor old
morning black Republican newspaper con-
cern of this city sought to ,imprsss upon
| the minds of its readers; for which reason
certain passages were printed as above IN
italics. ~ 'hjt- 1-.H.Il91 .l.n'. 8
The committee of Chicago Radicals left
| the presence of General Grant quite chop
f,Illen," and with very large fleas In their
ears. Gen. Grant, as before stated. changed
! his mind. Instead of leaving the Presiden-
| tia party and proceeding direct to Cincin-
na.i, as he originally intended to do, he
| proceeded with that party to ST. Louis, and
thence to indianapolis, whence, Instead OF
| making the detour to Louisville, he went to
Cincinnati. Hardly had he arrived there,
when another committee of Radicals was
after" him. He went to the theater to avoid
| them. They pursued him thither, and founo
him. When they had made known to him
their object, General Grant proceeded TO
| make the longest speech that he ever made
i'll his life. We reproduce it from the re-
port of Radical paper, viz: .rt.
"Eggleston and Others went into the the
ater, and Grant addressed them very firm
ly In these words: i am no politician. The
President OF the United States is my Com
mander-in-chief. | consider this demon
straton in opposition to President johnson,
q and [ cannot and will not meet you. III
you have any regard for me you will take
your men away to their homes. am
| greatly annoyed at this demonstration, for
l came here TO enjoy this theatrical per-
uformance. | will be glad to see you all to-
morrow, when the President arrives
/ The committee of Radicals in Cincinnati
retired from the presence of General Grant,
feeling very much as the committee OF Rad
icals in Chicago felt when they retired from
the presence of General Grantto report
the failure of their mission, and the 'deiec-
ton" of the man they were sent TO capture.
j. We again call upon the poor old morning
/ black Republican newspaper concern III
this city to present to its readers the re-
I sponse made by General Grant to that
committee of Chicago Radicals. Let us
4 have full report of General Grants speech
on the occasion, that it may be compared,
as to length, with the report OF General
Grants speech to the committee of Raql-
Gals in Cincinnati, Chicago Times, Sept. IL.