Smyrna times., 1877-06-06
Gen. Grant q London Lion.

Ali reports concur i'll the statement that
the only surviving eX-President of the
United States has been received in England
with unusual hospitality. Something of
this is due to the high political position
which for eight years he occupied, and
something to his high military reputation.
We are glad to learn that upon official oc-
casions heex President will wear a generals
uniform Of the full-dress regulation pattern,
for this VIII serve to remind those who may
meet him ofthose achievements upon which
his historical reputation must rest. We
are told that the Duke of Wellington said
gracefully enough to Gen. Grant that it was
eminently proper that his first dinner in
London should be at Apsley House.
England, though 10 longer Il tirst-rate
military power, has not yet unlearned her
old admiration for a good soldier, like the
man who reduced Fort Donelson, took the
City of Vicksburg, carried Off the laureis of
Chattanooga, reduced Richmond, and re-
ccived Lees surrender. The ability thus
exhibited by Gen. Grant made his reputa-
ton at homo and abroad. We do not
think that dissatisfaction with his civil adj
ministration of affairs has here materially
lessened the sense Of national gratitude,
while abroad he is, of course, mainly re-
garded as one Of the most prominent heroes
of the War of the Rebellion.
| How far the attentions which are to be
offered him in England will 6e personally
tasteful to him, we shall not undertake to
say. We suspect that he is mainly in the
hands of Minister Pierrepont, who under.
stands etiquette and is as fond of demon
stration and observance as any man in
| Europe. At any rate, it is evident that il
Gen. Grant crossed the sea with the intcn-
ton of making quiet visit, he is destined
to be disappointed. Heis evidently booked
if we may use the word, for series OF ban
qucts from q dinner with the Queen down
to q dcj1acr at atGuildhall. We are perfectly
sure, however, Of his hearty enjoyment ot
the Ascot races, which he viii witness or
the 18th inst. How thoroughly his time
will be occupied is shown by the fact that
he has already been obliged to decline
seven invitations to dine with distinguished
persons. Here is an embarrassment O
riches, if he likes that sort of thing, but i
is doubtful whether he does like it. lie il
not man to be specially enraptured be
cause he is to dine with the Queen, tho
Prince of Wales, the Duke of Wellington
the Princess Louise and the Marquis o
Lorne, Earl Derby, Earl Beaconsfcld, anC
the Lord Mayor of London; but circum
stances having rendered it necessary, Ii,
will 60 through with tho dinners as h,
would fight battle, reticently and patiently
lie is not a brilliant talker, but on tn
other hand his taciturnity is admirable
For once and at last, we send to British
dinner-tablcs representative American
who cannot make Il speech. lie may b.
regarded as curiosity in that way, and
mysterious exception to the rule, but he i
also sure to be respected as hero will
neither the inclination nor the power t
sound his own praises in post-prandia
tantasias.
Nor will the American people regard til
courtesies extended to their distinguishe
fellow-citizen otherwise than as kindnes
exhibited to themselves. When Gencra
Grant was WINNING the reputation whic
now makes all these honors seem apprC
pirate, hew not, we may say, unanimousl
admired in England, nor was the cause i
defense of which he became celebrate
always sure OF English sympathy. But tn
9 General was successful, and with il
q triumph it has in some foreign eyes assume
a different color and larger proportion
We may well be a little gratifed to lear
that in the city which saw the negotiatio
Of the Confederate loan the ex-President
the United States is received with the higI
- est honors, and that not a word is said
= the bloody and cruel war which he wage
against deserving people struggling fC
o independence. Truly has it been said thu
!. nothing succeeds like success.-N.
|, Tribune.