The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-07
General Noyes' Glowing Eulogy on
the Ex-President.
GRANTS MODEST REPLY.
The Marquis de Lafayette COmmends Him al
Law-Abiding President.
FRANCE AND AMERICA
lBY CABLE TO THE HERALD

Grant by the American residents of Paris
last night was remarkably brilliant affair.
1t began at eight o'clock, and the guests, to
the number of $50, filed seven tables.
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.
At semi-circular table, raised above the
others, were ex-President Grant, Minister
Noyes, Consul General Torbert, M. Vignaud,
of the American Legation Jesse Grant, son
of the General; the Marquis de Rocham-
beau, M. de Lafayette and Mesdames Grant,
Noyes, Stevens, Lincoln and Sickles.
SEATED AT TABLE.
The other guests occupied six parallel
tables which were presided over by men,
bers Of the Banquet Committee-viz.,
DR.. Johnston, Mr.. j. j. Ryan, Colonel Eve
lyn, Rev. DR.. Hitchcock, Mr.. vanburghen
and Mr.. Woods. NM. Laboulaye and Ger
nuschi were among the French guests pres
ent.
DECORATIONS AND MUSIC.
The banqueting hall was splendidly dec
grated and illuminated The Franco-Ameri-
can Union contributed portrait of General
Grant, which, adorned with flags, was hung
over the principal table. A band stationed
in the gallery played at intervals, and vocal
music was given by chorus furnished by
tho 80 he
EN- anANDE TENuE.
General Grant, Minister Noyes and Cen
eral Torbert were in full military uniform.
THE ToAsTs
Mr.. Noyes, as chairman, proposed the fol-
lowing toasts:-
'sThe President of the United States,
which was responded to by music only.
''The President Of the French Republic"
to which q similar response was made.
These were followed by the toast of the
evening, sour Guest, General Grant,"
which was proposed by tho Chairman in the
following speech
SPEECH OF GENERAL MOVES.
LADIES AND GENTIEMEN-It has gener-
oily happened, according to the worlds
history, that when q great public crisis has
dence or q struggle for national existence,
some man has been found specially fitted
for and equal to the emergency. He ap-
pears suddenly from unexpected quarters,
and is not always selected from the arena of
politics or from among the most prominent
of his countrymen. He assumes at the
proper time leadership and control, simply
because he was born for it and seems to have
waited for the opportunity and thenecessity.
BIOGRAPHY IN A NUTSHELL.
When the war Of secession was inaueu-
rated in America, in 1861, quiet and silent
man, who had received a military educa-
ton, was pursuing OH avocation in civil life
in a small town in illinois, AS soon rs the
first hostile guns opened upon Fort Sumter
he offered his services to his country and
was appointed colonel of q regiment of vol
unteers. 1t was then believed that the war
would be of short duration and limited
rated the spirit and perhaps the cour-
age and endurance of tho rcbellious
section. Early roverses and doubtful con-
tests that were either defeats or drawn bat
ties soon made it apparent that oil the
energies and resources of the government
would be taxed to the uttermost. The thea
tire Of war rapidly extended until it stretched
westward a thousand miles from tho sea,
across great rivers and mountain ranges.
Immense armies were assembled in the
South, composed of brave and chivalric SOL
diers and commanded by able and accom-
plished leaders, There were serious politi-
cal troubles and divided sympathies among
the people of the North, but both sides
nerved themselves for the bloody and terri
BILE struggle which lasted four years and re-
suited III the success of the national forces.
no MILITARY TITLE BIG ENOUGH.
Meantime our Illinois colonel had risen
in rank until there was no grade sufficient
for his recognition and reward. and two
new ones were successfully created. This
silent man had shaken the continent with
the thunder of his artillery and the tramp
of his victorious columns. At the close of
the war he was Gcneral-in- Chief, command
ing all tho armies of the Republic, which
carried upon their muster rolls 100000
men. The Union was preserved and its flag