The Portland daily press., 1877-05-30
EX-PRESIDENT GRANT.
ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION IN
LIVERPOOL,
Remarks on President Hayes
Policy.

NEW YORK. May GA cable special says
that citizens of Cork and Queenstown pressed
Gen. Grant to pay Ireland visit, to which he
responded by promising to make tour of Ire
land before returning home.
When the steamer reached LIVERPOOL all the
shipping saluted with their flags, and cheers
greeted them from all the docks as they passed
along. Gen. Grant and friends left their
steamer in the tug, on which there were the
consuls and few Intimate friends. The Mayor
OF Liverpool, members of the Common Coun-
Gil, deputation of merchants, surrounded by
an immense throng of people of both sexes.
curious to see the Great Yankee General"
awaited the arrival of the tender at the landing
stage. As General Badeau's boat ran along
side the Custom House wharf a tremendous
delightful. Gen. Grant landed with Mrs.
Badeau on his arm, Mrs. Grant following with
Gen. Badeau and her son, forming a most
interesting group. As the party stepped on to
the wharf Gordon of police formed around
them and the Mayor and councilmen, as the
thousands of people had begun to crush and
crowd in their eagerness to get sight of the
visitors Now the cheering from the crowd on
the shore was taken up by the passengers on
the Indiana, who thus bade adieu to their
were raised as the Mayor slowly advanced to
meet the ex-President, reading as he moved
forward, according to old English custom when
greeting noted guests, an address OF formal
welcome, repeating the deep interest the citi-
zens of Liverpool felt in having him among
them as an illustrious statesman and soldier,
and asking him to accept the hospitalities
which were extended in the name of the great
commercial city he represented.
Gen. Grant waited few seconds until the
cheering had ceased. and then quietly replied
to the civic address, saying he experienced ex-
treme pleasure in accepting the kind invitation
extended, laying particular stress on this-that
he felt that they had expressed the cordial
feeling of England towards him as citizen of
the United States.
to the disappointment of the crowd, who ex-
pected to see him decked in all the glory of the
uniform Of the army. After being introduced
to members of the Council by the Mayor, the
ex-President and Mrs. Grant entered the
Mayors state coach. driven and attended by
the corporation tiunkeys, in Ifrills, knee
breeches, powdered wigs and three-cornered
hats, and started for the Adelphi Hotel. A
long line of private carriages followed, and
many spectators through Water and Lime
new crowds had gathered and cheered Justify
as the Mayors coach turned to the main
entrance of the Adelphi. Here more police
were in waiting to keep off the crowd, and the
guests were allowed to pass to their rooms to
change their apparel and prepare for drive
around the city.
The President was in unusually good spirits
throughout the journey, and remarked that for
the first time in fifteen years he had passed ten
days without telegraph wire at his back,
giving him sensation as agreeable as it had
been unusual. He was an unusual fayorite
with all passengers on the steamer. One anus
ing feature of the voyage was a passenger on
board, formerly a soldier under Buckner at
Fort Donaldson. There were repeated scenes
of infinite banter between Grant and the
Johnny" On reaching Liverpool, the old
soldier proclaimed himself Grant man for
the remainder of his life. The ex-President
brings with him the uniform of a general and
the sword presented to him by the citizens of
Galena, ILL.,, to be used on state occasions.
During the voyage when politics were intro
duced, he abruptly left and pacing the deck
explained to passenger by saying that any
opinion he might express of President Hayes,
whether favorable or unfavorable, might be
misconstrued. President Hayes deserved the
esteem and confidence of all Republicans while
trying his experiment in the South. Nothing
could be more unpatriotio than a premature
quarrel with him or the suspicion that he
meant to Johnsonize the Republican party.
He commended the personal character of ex-
Gov. Chamberlain of South Carolina and ex-
Marshal Packard of Louisiana. The first, he
said, was brilliant scholar. and the second a
man of great ability and honesty. He hoped
the experiment of President Hayes would dis
appoint those Republicans who feared gener-
al catastrophe.
One day some one commented upon the fail
ure OF Carl Schurz and Gen. Banks in the
army. Grant, quietly smiling, said, "Don't
forget that they commenced as Major Gener-
ais" He spoke in high terms of the Confed-
ed very able commander. He knew Stone
wall jackson when student at West Point.
That subsequently famous officer was at that
time fanatic in religion, with decidedly by
pochrondriac tendencies. When a passenger
asked what would have become of Jackson's
fQna had hn Shordon Con Gro t
remarked that Sheridan had not only defeated
Jackson but destroyed him.
Gen. Grant will be the guest of Minister
Pierrepont. During his stay in London he in
Washburn incognito. On his return he will
visit Scotland and Ireland, and then to Den
mark to pass some time with his sister, the
wife of Minister Kramer, thence he will go to
Sweden and Norway and afterwards to Rus
sia, visiting Switzerland late in the summer
and Spain during the winter.
The reception of Gen. Grant in England re-
sembles the ovations which monarchs receive
from other nations. When the aldermen at
Queenstown proposed to present him with an
Grant had declined to receive the address of the
Irish nation
A parish priest on Sunday morning preached
sermon against Gen. Grant, because he had
shown himself the persistent enemy of the
Catholic churches. This solitary instance of
UiSoHJ "ouAN hoo hoNO AAeOAAOAeo WIN popuihI
demonstration had he landed, and corpora
tion address would have been presented.
LIVERPOOL, May 29.-Atter visiting various
points of interest this morning Gen. Grant and
party were entertained at luncheon by the
mayor in the town hall. Numerous prominent
citizens were present Afterwards with the
mayor the party visited the News Room and
Exchange. The Generals reception on change
was very cordial. He made a brief speech Of
thanks which was received with reiterated
cheering. He will 60 to Manchester tomorrow
and leave there in the evening for London by
rail.
LONDON, May 3O.-The Post says General
Grant will take dinner with the Prince of Wales
at Mr.. Pierrepont's residence on the 21st of
lima He will meet the Dnka Of