Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-10-03
GRANT IN SCOTLAND.

General Grants every step, every act and
every utterance iustiies our estimate of him
as the greatest, soundest largest minded
American and the fttest man to stand at the
head of our affairs. The Chicago Tribune s
Glasgow correspondent, describing the Gen
erals reception in that city says: "The most
enthusiastic reception was given him in Glas-
Cow At this banquet the lord provost an
nounced that there were no reporters present
in order that everybody could feel perfectly
free in speaking, and General Grant, on this
account probably, made the longest speech of
his life, and the lord provost was finally, at
the end of the feast, persuaded to yield his
position against newspaper enterprise. The
speech of General Grant was brought about
by the speech of Mr.. Anderson, member of
parliament, wherein he charged that the
United States had gained victory over Great
Britain in the creation of the Geneva arbit-
ration, and in view of this, and the fact that
the United States had completed the
distribution of the award and had some S.
600, 600 left after all claims had been satisfied,
he would be pleased to see the government
return that amount in the interest of concord
and thorough amity. This was said in a half
earnest, half joking way, but was met with
cries of g Hear, hear" all along the table.
General Grant in reply said: 81 had great
deal to do with the negotiations concerning
the Washington treaty, and had always felt
J. ,+ loJ loI Zoe
to Great Britain in that matter | was de-
termined from the first, if possible, the ex-
pertinent of peaceful arbitration should pre-
vail, and though [ may not live to see the
general settlement of national disputes by
arbitration, it will not be many years before
that system of settlement will be adopted,
and the immense standing armies that are
Europe by their great expense will
be disbanded, and the arts of war almost
forgotten in the general devotion of the peo-
pie to the development of peaceful industries.
l want to see, and | believe | will, Great
Britain, the United States and Canada joined
with common purpose in the advance of
invincible community of the
English speaking nations that all the world
beside could not conquer, There was one
point in connection with that matter which
[ was glad was yielded and that was the in
direct damage claim. | was always opposed
to it, becauee feared the future consequent
ces of such a demand, as in any future arbi-
tration we would have been placed at a great
by it's allowance. After that
was settled we made our other demands and |
you made yours. 1t was long time before |
the joint high commission came together, but |
both sides yielded, until about as good |
'reaty as we could expect to get was COM
oleted, We yielded more than we intended
o yield, but had got so far into the business
If doing what we advocated that nine teRths
If our people had no desire to recede. We
lid not want war, or even a new arbitration.
We had been satisfied with the former, and
he latter meant delay. We wanted the
question settled peacefully, at once and for
YER" General Grant explained as to the
IS ,OOO, 900 surplus, and said: Congress will
egislate further in the matter, and the
money will be distributed to the rightful
laimants, so that it will not be necessary to
iscuss the question of returning it to Great
Britain" The speech was loudly applauded,
nd by no one more than Mr.. Anderson.