The Portland daily press., 1877-05-15
Our New York Letter.
Gen. Grants Reception I'm New York.
Movements of the Ex-President and
Family.-President Hayes Visit.-The
Democrats Making up Faces.

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Hotel enjoyed the afternoon by taking drive
to Jerome Park, which is his favorte recrea-
tion. He was accompanied by Frank Work,
whose horses are of acknowledged pre.eminence
in heetness.
In the evening he was entertained at pri-
vate banquet given by his friend and Long
Branch neighbor, Joseph Seligman, the head of
the Banking house of J. & w. Seligman & Co.
The dinner was served at Delmonicos and was
regal in its appointments and quality. The
table was profusely festooned with floral decor
ations. There were forty-four gentlemen pres
ent including the host and principal guest, and
they represented all shades of politics and many
varieties of occupations. There were of mer-
chants Edwin D. Morgan, Horace B. Clafin,
Jackson S. Schultz, E. 2. Fabbri, Frederick
Kuhne, Charles L. Tiffany, S. B. Chttenden,
Charles Watrous; Of bankers, Levi P. Morton,
Joseph, Jesse and James Seligman, Henry F.
Vail, William Dowd, A. v Stout, John A.
Stewart; from the bench and bar, Judge Noah
Davis, Jno. r. Brady, Charles P DAILY, E. L.
Fancher, ex Judge Henry E. Davies, and
Messrs. Francis n. Bangs, Grosvenor P. Low
cry, Thomas 7. Buckley, E. w. Stoughton,
Jalian T. Davies, James FL. Work and U. S.
Grant, Jr. Besides these there we're John Jay
William Orton, George M. Pullman, Horace
Porter, l. B. Haggin, c. X. and VIM. r. Garri.
son, Salem Fl. Wales, Theodore Roosevelt,
Bryce Gray, VIM. Henry Smith, John L. j ones,
Moritz Walter, Isaac Fl. Bailey and Emanuel
Spezelberg.
There was some talking in the latter part of
the evening, introduced by Mr.. Joseph Selig-
man, who made an exceedingly felcitous
speech gracefully referring to the eminent pub
lie services of his guest, his military and civic
record, the part he had borne in shaping the
destinies of the Republic and the unquestiona-
ble fidelity and disinterestedness which had
characterized every act Of his public life. He
expressed the hope that he would derive rest
and pleasure from his sojourn abroad, and per-
feet confidence that he would carry with him
on his voyage the good wishes and grateful re-
spect of the great mass of his countrymen. The
General responded with his usual brevity but
with somewhat less of constraint than he used
to do when he was in office. In fact he showed
indications during the evening of disposition
to depart from his custom of taciturnity now
and then, but not with such success as to give
promise of his ever achieving distinction as an
orator. AS conversationalist he is ready and
entertaining, but the art of talking on his feet
is evidently not one of his accomplishments.
However there was no lack of material for
lingual exercises, and speeches were made by
Messrs. Jay, Chittenden, Judges Brady, Davis,
DAILY and Fancher. Gen. Porter, Mr.. Orton and
others. They were all complimentary to the
General, and yet not so excessively laudatory
as to offend the canons of good taste, in his
presence. One speaker alluded to the enter
tainment of congratulation upon his first elec-
ton to the Presidency given to him in this city
December 10, 1868, at which one New York ed.
itor fred such cannonade of eulogy at him
that he WINGED under it worse than he ever had
done in the face of an enemy's batteries-tell-
ing the exact truth, too, though we didn't
know it so well at the time as we learned it af-
terwards-and curiously enough that same edi.
tor has been trying ever since to suppress his
real opinions on the subject, and probably
hasn't spoken or written words as sincere and
truthful from that day to this. However, it
was only his praise that disturbed the equanim-
ity of the object of it. His abuse has fallen en-
tirely harmless upon the man it was aimed at
for the very conclusive reason that he never
gave eye nor ear to it.
The ex-President's stay was so brief that he
declined public reception and many tenders
of private hospitality. The Philadelphians
are preparing to give him an earnes. of their
appreciation on the day of his embarkaton.
He is to sail by the Indiana on the 18th at
noon, and the city councils have already char
tered boat to take him and his suite to the
steamer, leaving the wharf at nine o'clock and
making an excursion prior to the final depart
ure. The arrangements are on an elaborate
scale, and the number who will participate in
the ovation will only be limited by the accom-
modations furnished. A few of the Generals
New York friends will be of the party upon
his personal invitation. Another boat has been
placed at the disposal of Mrs. Grant and the
ladies, upon which they will embark at later
hour and with less ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sartoris are to leave for En-.
rope on the same day, but not by the same yes
sel nor for the same port. Their destination is
Southampton, and as matter of convenience
they 60 by steamer which will land them at
their own home. as they have a great many
effects, including carriage, to take.
While these movements are on foot to bestoy
honor upon the private citizen, who has so re-
Gently held the highest Office in the gift of any
people, New York is making ready to pay its
respects to his successor. The Chamber of Com
merce will entertain President Hayes on the
14th inst. at Its annual dinner The affair was
postponed week or SO in order that be might
be present A few of the anti-Republican
members are disposed to make a fuss about
this, and to denounce it as an attempt to use
non-political organization for partisan pur-
poses These of course are of the class who
persist in maintaining that Hayes was not
rightfully Iut in possession of his seat. There
is one gentleman leading man in the body, re-
markabe for the vigor of his metsphors-a YER
liable Lawrence Boythorn in the vehemence of
his phrase-who recently alluded in public
address to the majority OF the electoral commits
sion as "those eight perjured villains" which
is little more splenetic than the brow-brand-
ing epithet of the late Charles Fran CTS Adams.
He will not attend the dinner ''Neyer! sir.
never! He will devote the evening to Kissing
out his denuDciation of fraud, sir, fraudp'
and if he can find no one to listen to him he
will give vent to his wrath in objurgatory So
liloquy. He is sane man in business matters,
rather prudent, conservative sort of person,
but the moment he touches upon politics he
raves like bedamite. he has passed through
all the gradations of political insanity from the
monomania of Liberal Republicanlsm to the
hopeless delirium of positive Democracy, and
is altogether past cure.
But there is more method in the madness of
several others who will go without their dinner
rather than appear as entertainers of the holder
of doubtful title. Tilden and Hewitt will
not be there. L doubt whether Cox or Wood
will venture it. Governor Robinson laid down
the rule of action when he refused to attend
reception to the Secretary of State. He said if
Mr.. Cowden had invited him to meet Mr.
Evarts he would have responded affirmatively
most readily, but to meet an official of gov
ernment having no legal nor rightful existence
was quite another thing. He couldn't do it
without seeming to acquiesce in great wrong.
Now it is an amusing illustration of the in
consistency of unregenerate human nature that
the individuals who are so observant of these
subtle definitions of ethics that they cannot
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