New-York tribune., 1877-06-14
GEN. GRANT ABROAD.
A HEARTY WELCOME.


THE FAvORITB WAS mALTREATED.
iYToM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE rRfBUsg
LONDON, May 31.-The disposition TO give Gen.
Grant hearty greeting is sufficiently indicated by
the very goOd-natured leader in The lines. He
will be welcomed" we told, mot only as an
illuStrious soldier. but as statesman who has
always been friendly to England" There is great
good will in that word statesman. Most of the
papers print kindly articles about him, and people
who do not write newspaper articles indicate in
other ways their interest in a soldier who has done
great things. Quite full accounts Of his movements
are published Even the remarkable speech of the
Mayor of Liverpool has been received TRANQUILITY;
the speech in which he assured Gen. Grant that he
had stamped his on the history Of the world by
his brilliant career AS a soldier, and still more
a statesman" need not repeat the incidents Of
his reception and of his visit Manchester, with
which You are already familiar He has almost
column to himself this morning in papers which
crowded with reports of the Derby of the war.
of the French Crisis. aud Of the silly conference for
spelling reform. The General yindcated his old
reputation ipr silence by refusing to speak nj the
Royal Exchange in Manchester, but be forfeited il
shortly after at the Town Hall by ohhand
ton which fills less than 32 lines in printed
verbatim report. He seemed astonished at his
performance, remarking at luncheon afterward in
reply to toast that Englishmen had drawn from him
more speeches than his own cOuntrymen had. But
he was wrong in saying that bis speeches would be
poor in proportion TO their length What he said
was very well said.
wish could say as much for the remarks Of the
only other American who was heard from in public.
Who Is Mr.. Newton Crane, American Consul in Man
chesteri l cannot remember that / ever before
heard Of this surprising person. nor do / particu-
larry wish to hear of him again. As an individual.
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American Consul he is bound to hold his tongue or
to talk something which is not pure nonsense and
egregious fatery. 1t is intoerable that official
under Government which has seen Washington
and Lincoln at its head should say that Gen. Grant
had made the position of President more iustrious
than any man who had yet filled the post. 1t is
ridiculous to speak of President Hayes as carrying
! out the ideas and plans formed by his lustrious
predecessor The effort to combine exaggerated adu-
laton of an ex-President with exaggerated adula-
| ion Of the actual President has proved too much
| for Mr. Consul Crane. We have not been fortunate
of late years in specch-makng representatives in
| England, but we have had nothing quite so foolish
| as this.
But at Liverpool and Manchester the civilites
offered to Gen. Grant have been Official not private.
| The mayors of both cities received him. At Man.
chester, to which he was specially invited, an adj
dress presented from the Common Council, and
! the company assembled to greet him included two
NJ. P's for the city, Mr. Brley and Mr. Jacob Bright,
| and the Dean of Manchester. In London his well
come is also TO be in part municipal. The freedom
of the city is to be voted him, and there will be
| lunch at the Guildhal He is to arrive tonight
! No one was sent from the Legation to meet the
President at Liverpool, attention which. after
what has been said by President Hayes, might we'll
enough have been paid. Gen. Badeau. the American
~ hut htc VIZ nfa
personal friend much anything and Consul
is in no sense the representative of the legation
But Gen. Grant to whom the virtue Of modesty was
never wanting, seems really overwhelmed by the
warmth of his welcome. He told the Mayor Of
Liverpool that it was all the more agreeable because
unexpected and he did not mean to visit Nam
chester till after he had seen London.
lie went a. the guest of the city, and
VIC owe him thanks that in the first words that fell
from his lips publicly he recognized expressly and
heartily the friendship which the people of Lanca
shire showed to the Union during the Surely
he is right in saying that there exists among Amer-
cans feeling of friendship tow ard the people of Man.
chester distinct and separate from that which his
cOuntrymen also feel toward all other parts of En-
gland The patient endurance Of the starving cotton
factory operatives and their unfailng goodwill 10 us
the authors of their distress cannot be too often
called to mind. One would like 10 hear a distinct
echo of Gen. Grants admirable words from the other
side. And note she curiously happy choice of words
by which, while paying tribute 10 Manchester, this
unpracticed speaker las included the rest OF Eng
land in his declaration Of friendship. Mr.. Evarls
himself could not have done it better.
] believe Gen. Grant had, in fact, intended TO come
direct to London in order 10 see the Derby run
yesterday. 1t is conceivable that he sacrificed this
sight with some regret, even to enjoy the hospitality
of Manchester. 1t is certain that ne was expected
on the course, and that his non-appearance was a
disappointment lie has the satisfaction. IL il be q
satisfaction of reading in the newspapers how his
absence lamented, and may see himself de-
soribed in one of them amateur OF blood stock
and no mean Judge of pace and stamina. lie would
have witnessed remarkable race, the winner Of
which was hardly supposed to be in ii. Not even
the faith of the public in Lord Falmouth as a man
who runs his horses straight gave Silyio high
place in the betting. An offer of 1000 10 so went
begging at the last moment. Our countryman Mr..
Sanford was thought to have chance, and !ittlo
AZ 8 70 was taken about brown Prince. But
Brown Prince like the fayorte, amiss, and if
Mr. Sanford has not carried of the blue ribbon of
the turf he has the lesser satisfaction Of public
announcement in the leading journal that his horse
was suffering from " cracked heels" With that let
us hope that the honor of the Republic is
sufficiently yindicated. | do not think it
can be deemed a national disgrace that
Brown Princes heels should be cracked.
Mr.. Sanfords coors are blue. We may be grateful
20 him that he does not add the rod and white nor
press the national bird into the service Of spor.
which has become the field for every .oim of rascal
ity. Nobody, indeed, accuses Lord Falmouth If
winning the race dishonesty, but i. is pretty gen
orally believed that Count de Lagrange was dis-