, 1869-04-18
GENERAL GRANT AND BIS
WIFR
vnnr n Frcnchmnn say. OF The,

What n Frcnchmnn Says OF Them.
Frvps tAe Pn44s Libssr
should have been s0Hy to bid fare
well to the Cniied States without gosn& 70 salute
the great nan, and so requested the Senator
nom Massachusetts,, Nj. Charles Sumner, to pre-
sent me 70 htn- Circumstances were very fayors-
bic 70 me. Two days attefwas1 met the General
al the house Of tho Senator from New iork, Nix.
Morgan, who had Invited some Of the foremost
ne Ct as ds,s 81 T. asa he n
found in the Unted statea thirsJ-tvo reig1ons ADD
nair6ie dteh4 the Americans have scarcely made znY
EevertheIess, We remained at Seuator No1Xana
house for three long hours At the tahle, ~ 1t be-
hooves guests invited to this kind Of sen+oncial
During the whole OF sha1 tlrne the Rrea. man OF
the day. whom people tried 10 make talkative, anl
who, for ttat reason, perhaps, no longer drinks
except 1t very rare intervals G,aDe, no doubt,
thought Of all The past dinners which he haA been
made 70 undergo md M of those "nsca M wslv Jct tn u
Prnssian Minister, for the purpose of rendering
this melancholy feast more cheerful, said to tho
future President thai, a he inauguration oo tho
dent TO embrace the prettaest girls OF Washington
! shall DO III Congress permits it. replied tho
Tenure-of- ONCE Law, which bad been pa&seti
against President johnson, anh which renders the
chief of The Union dependent upon the senase for
portion Of his oHcfI1 actA
It was at the end of this dinner party that I had
the honor Of being presented 10 the General He
held Lut LIS hand to me- according to the american
fashion. and sat down BY his side should haEu
probably remained sitting There Up 70 the present
time, had waited On the GenerG to speak frs-
Sol opened the conversation, and tod bin nad
recently visited the Pacirc Railroad the country Of
the MoTmous, the silver mines Of Seyada, aud tho
gold difgtnGs In California gave him TO unLer-
stand how much Interest ! hsd taSen N IL ne
freely expressed the admiration which entertall-
ed for America In certain respectA
The General, drawing all the wElie q teT ctont3
IN hfz rt0Nr and ktDNIrN fh6 cOfEH& Which D3a
been served 70 him, interrupted me repeatedly fox
the purpose Of Informing me That be bad also
our conversation not nbrc Of hts fsee vtbrsted:
hs mask remained inpeuelabse;h bis eoCnfenances
with she rough. angular features vas natd and e
Ii neTyt4eti. :" lie Is = 11nn who never laughed
airce his birth aid Washington lady OF him-
gazcd In profound emotion as The head had
ssnte oi .o,1h and taiens, md should people ha7e
been mistaken In rega1d to hin, "a soma persona
have aseer1eds
lrstse!c.s eyes, with the dense, c1nse-cropped
beard with The bronze, slightly red faea, II by NO
means IN ordinary man; he y perhaps M man man q
large and square; It indicates meditation calm
ness and even Little obattnacJ- THIS Preslaens
Of the EniteA States poasesses ne nEss % merit q
rarely met with, 30 Indispensable TO those Nho
govern nations, and which Motley, The historian
States, pri1es 70 highly in The cha1acter of 10
great Stakeholder, WullRra the Silent.
When had taken leaTe OF tbs General, Ind
The honor Of being presented TO Mrs. Grant II
an poor Western woman, she SAID 70 me:
"for:unc has ove1taten Us; We did not run Afrer
IT. admired fhts simple woman. with her bur
ghcf-llke manners, hut tul OF common sense md
/ tact, and whom her sudden elevation had not
caused to lcsc her balance I was told her nus-
hand consulted her when the Presidency was o.
| fercd to him.
| Grant, who ia not get fo1ty-six yeaM OIL, hss
taie., .nasmuch % he preferred = I1e Of Quietu1s
% The political agitaslnns which he fotesaw. II
the people come 70 you, !ou C.. 1:..ay fefnse, y
.:., ~ - nm ..ras :fu!nInensE E 81 dus;
| accepted the proposed candidacy. A touchine
harraouy tn this democratic famllJ, where ths
good sense OF the wife cones to the Asa'staocs Of
1 The husband II an enjoying my last hours q
! repose,' said Mrs: Grant 10 me. "SeII month
uentN wife win begin; then shall have no mo1a
leisure, but shall be constantly occupied. want
| to do my whole 11ty.
Such Is the consort Of the nlustE!ous eittsen
whom the popular ~ Ia p!aeed y re nsaM ., =
hsr , na,tsa:' an, -; worthy Of The country witch
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