Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-10-02
The President Speech.
FULL REPORT OF HIS REMARKS AT DIES
MONIES.


THE STAR first published in this CITY a
Geographic abstract OF the Presidents re-
marks at the reunion OF the Army OF Ten
nessee in Des Moines, but as the speech has
been, and IL is likely will be for some time
a subject OF comment, we lay before oar
readers the full text of il as il appeared i'm
the n. Y. Herald of yesterday:
Tile chief interest was in the speech OF
PRESIDENT Grant. He was lOutly called for
by the audience. He then advanced tn the
footlights and said that he supposed he was
called upon because he was the first com
mander OF the Army of the Tennessee and
secondly, because ne always made short
speeches. He said that he had expected 10
be called upon and had therefore reduced his
remarks 10 writing. He then took from his
pocket a paper, which he read in low tone
of voice. hut, SO still was the vast audience
mat every word was distinctly audible.
PRESIDENT GRANTS SPEECH.
PRESIDENT Grant said" Comrades al
ways affords me much qualification 10 meet
my Old comrades i'll arms o. ten and four
teen years ago, and 10 live over in memory
me me ITials and hsrdships Of those days
perpetuation OF our free Institutions We
believed then and believe now that we have
good government, worth lighting for and,
II need be, dying for. How many of our
comrades of those days paid the latter price
Tor onr preserved Union. Let their herhisn
ana sacrlnces be ever green in our memory.
Let not the result of their sacrifices be de-
sToyed. The Union and the free institutions
l which they fell should be held more dear
dPnV
OF those who fought against us any priVi-
reyes under the government we claim for
ourselves on the contrary, we welcome All
such VINO come forward IN good faith to
help build up the waste places and To per
petuate our institutions against all enemies
as brothers with full interest with US i'm a
common heritage; but we are not prepared
10 apologize for the part we took in the war
III is TO be hoped that like trials Will never
again befall our country. In this sentiment
no class of people can more heartily join
wi nC l1h HIM . tod
gers OF the camp and the battle field, ON
whichever side he may have fought no class
OF people are more interested in guarding
against recurrence of those DAYS
THE ENEMIES TO GUARD AGAINST
Let us then begin by guarding against
every enemy threatening the perpetuity of
Tree republican institutions. do not bring
into this assemblage politics, certainly moi
partisan politics, but IL is a fair subject for
soldiers in their deliberations to consider
what may be necessary to secure the nrize
for which they battled i'm a repubIic lilo
ours. Where the citizen is the sovereign and
lhe o1lclal the servant, where no power is
exercises. except by the will of the people, il
Is important that the soyereign-the pe6pIeE
should possess intelligence
WORD FOR FREE SCHOOLS
Ine Tree school is the promoter of that
intelligence which is TO preserve us as a free
nation. III we are TO have another contest i'm
the near future OF our national existence /
predlct u at the dividing line will not be Ma
son and DiXons, but between patriotism and
intelligence on the one side, and sunersti-
ION, ambition and ignorance on the other
NOW, in this centennial year of our national
existence, believe IL good time to begin
the work of Strengthening the foundation of
The house commenced by our patriotic fore
lathers one hundred years ago at Concord
ahc lexington. Let us all labor TO add all
needful guarantees for the more perfect Sc
curlty OF free thought, free speech and free
press, pure morals, unfettered religions SEN
nmepts, and OF equal rights and privileges
TO all men, irrespective o. nationality, color
NO sTcTARIAN APPROPRIATIONS.
Encourage Tree schools and resolve that
not one dollar OF money appropriated to their
support, 10 matter how raised, shall be an
propriated TO the support of any sectarian
school. Resolve THAI neither the state nor
nation, or both combined, shall support in
sulutlOns OF learning other than those Suf-
hclent TO afford to every child growing up i'm
the land the opportunity of a good common
school education, unmiXed with Sectarian
pagan or a Lheistical tenets. Leave the mat
ter OF religion to the family altar the church
and The private schools support ted en- tirelv by
private contributions. Keep the ch urch aud
guards | believe the battles which created
the Army of the Tennessee will not have
been fought in VAIN
Tho Naval Frauds In San Francisco.
FLIGHT OF PURCHAsING CLERK PINNEY-
COURT OF INQUIRY ON PAYMASTFR
sPAUL DING'S ACCOUNTS.
A telegram from San Francisco states that
Naval Pay Director j. s. Cunningham
arrived there Thursday ight to relieve Pay
master Spaulding The court of inquiry will
assemble at Mare Island October 3. To ex-
anime Spauldtng's accounts, supposed to iJe
involved by the speculationS of q. NJ. Pin
hey, late purchasing clerk. Admiral Rogers,
OF The Mare Island navy yard, states that he
goes not know the amount OF the defalcation,
but II is supposed 20 be very large. Spaulding
states that the loss will fall on individuals,
and not on the department; that Pinney's
81 Tod In To-,
certificates for payment due on contracts
which had been signed in blank by Spaulding
and hypothecating them TO certain parties
with notes of responsible parties attached,
and that the makers and indorsers of the
notes Will be liable. Spaulding claims he
knew nothing of the transactions until GER
tihcates were presented for payment. About
the LIST Of September Pinney absconded in his
own steamer with female companion,
leaving his family and host Of creditors. 1t
seems that it had been his habit TO demand
percentage on everything he purchased,
and the number of contractors and dealers
he has levied upon is astonishing. 1t is esti-
mated that he has thus made for himself, in
feallty out or The government, about 300, 900.
he was also broker, a member of the board
director in several mines, a large property
owner in the City of Oakland, and repu6ed TO
DE worth nearly 81 600 600. A dispatch TO the
New York Tribune says it is understood that
certificates of Indebtedness 10 the amount of
$500 600 have been discovered TO have been
hypothecated In San Francisco, and the
apprehension is that the certificates were
fraudulent, and perhaps forgeries.
POLITICAL MEETINGS AND DISTURB
AfCES IN BALTIMoRE.-The republicans
and CITIZENS reform party OF Baltimore held
an immense ratification mass meeting in
Monument square last night. Fully ten
thousand persons were on the square and adj
jacent streets. Hon. j. Morrison Harris,
their candidate for governor, and Others adj
dressed the meeting. At the same time the
democrats held a meeting at MARYLAND insti-
tute, which was crowded, and was addressed
by Richard Vanx, Of Philadelphia; Hon.
VIM. Pinckney White, and others. Owing
TO the close proximity of the meetings Ii was
apprehended that some difficulty might oc-
cur between the ward professions OF the two
parties as they met each other on the street,
but the apprehension proved unfounded
Several pistol shots were fired in the air and
number OF knock-downs occurred.
The Baltimore Sun OF this morning says:
Ut was unfortunate, as things 60. that two
such demonstrations should occur in such
close proximity and simultaneously, which,
however, was Occasioned by the rain OF the
night previous causing o postponement OF
one OF them. AS IL was there was consider
able "noise and confusion" and some disa-
greeable and threatening features OF contact
Of parties in passing through the streets,