The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-04-10
GRANT AND THE SULTAN.
The Presidents Visit to tho
Turkish Capital.
A Broad Hint as 10 IHis Future Force
ia American Politics,

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AN incident Of II pleasing nature in
these troubled times was the visit here Of
General Gram, the ,N>plesldtnt Oi The
United States. On Ms arrival at Smyrna
on the 22d oil February, he received lIr'
man from the Porte giving the NandaIld
permission TO visit CUustantinOple. I'm
officer went as far Us GaIlpOii 10 meet The
general lie arrived here accompanied
by ms wife and youngest son. Que OF
the sultan's aides dc camp Immediately
conveyed the congratulations 0i ms ma
pSty upon the generals arrival in Turk
ey, ana his regret mat the sad condition
OF affairs prevented the generals rtcey-
ing such hOnOrs us Turkey would Oaly
be too glad 10 accord 10 one who, rs
president Of the United States, had ais
ways been trend of the Ottoman goY~
erWmeDt. Had the general come in time
OF peace, the sultan would have given
him palace; but ROW he came to house
OF mourning, and The welcome would
have to be the welcome Of sorrow, The
general spuC his compliments To the
sultan, not only tor this attention, bat
tor the attentions he had received through
the Turkish empire, lie SAID he per>
;cctlY understood tlc situation, and
Wuuia rather not oe any trouble to the
suiian %. Il tine when the greatest Ui
troubles rested upon his throne ana his
house, This was iDuoWCd by an audi.
eDce with Ike sudan. The interview
was strlc. ~ rliY'e, and Was marked by
the absrryuul old CEREMONY. The sultan
repeated H., r,gIr, tnat Tie condition OF
IUrkuy liCIuntc,! his making general
Grant his special guest and giving him
review OF troops and q palace. Beyond
this and the generals expression of
courteous regret at the calamity which
had fallen upon Turkey, There was no
alIu,Cn 10 politics. The sulian, however,
asked the general 20 accept Il, SouYc-
mir OF the visit one ct hi, best Arab horses.
This The general would have declined,
buJ IN iniimalion thar The refusal might
he misunderstood led Ia au acceptance.
and IN hrab >ircd 81, drpple gray will
soon De or lbs way 10 AmorCt 10 do
service under one who, lu addition to
other attributes, IS Uie Ct The lu"st
h0rstmpu ina nation famous tor hor,C-
mlnsLlp, and Nho 20 j1icv, IN nothing So
mUch RS IN the "ratr aud the majesty OF
a true blouded charger.
- L. aduIliOu 10 tlrs, la,lu Vas further
honor to the genorai ~ tie shape OF
elmer IN lnr var uiNcy, attended ~ all
the cabinet by Mehrmet Al Pasta, The
military attaches ui foreign emba,s sizes
ana legations, and The generals own
party. he general had Ii long CONVEX
saliOu with tue pTem.u. about the war.
VITO assured h!ui Chat, although tie DAY
might be dark now, Jur,r were days
when trc -a,t saolr; ttmJ Turkey lad
bad her jay before. aui Wuuid have 1t
ugaiL, just as France ha4 ana within this
very century. / am JOiu, also, on good
authority, .hat his hi,-hneSs thought
that the 0GWntall 81 France il ls7OWas tie
scYercst blow dealt 60 Turkey, anu that
II France had been in the tu!lneSS OF her
ancient strength the war VGuid not have
gone so far. General Grant had also an
conversation will MrEemet
All Fasha, VINO declared that il be had
shown as much tirluuess III the resistance
otevll and iuiudiciOus c0unSeiS and orders
w.. i,'',"Hl Grant bad shown in resisting
kit...f
the Russians into the Danube. 70 tils
suggestion the general responded by one
Of the brilliant flashes OF silence tor which
he is renowned. Another incident OF
the generals stay was cordial invlIa>
ton from tie commander Of the Russian
army 10 pay him visit at san StcianO.
This was II sore temptation, as il cane in
the most i.aiterng manner, aud the visit
would have been Vf the greatest interest
to soldier who had commanded nc one
time 100 OOO men, But the general felt
that lie was in a certain sense the guest
of the Turks; that they had done hlm all
the honor in their power, and that it
would be poor return OF their courtesy
TO 90 as Il guest to the army which was
at The gates OF their capital; 50 he sent
courteous excuse to the Russian COM
mander, and did not visit the Russian
lines. The general is in CX>
celIent health, and has pass
I'd through the ancient and
storied lands OF the east with quite an
American rapidly. He is said TO b. an
earnest, pushing traveller, pall,eloSs in his
journeys, and ready for any trip, 10
matter what fatigue it involves. The gen
eral left this here on the Sth for Athens,
where he will be the guest OF the king
OF Greece. and remain tour days. Thence
he goes t. Naples, and will join his
daughter. Mrs. Satoris, IN Rome. where
he will remain tor some weeks.
Throughout this journey General
Grant has received royal honOrs. On
"A Ia. NFanIgiIn u l.p Et lnaylI
on official Visits, the yards are manned
and twenty-one guns are fired. Or
course, this is by the order of the Ameri-
can government, and only mention il
70 show the respect in which the eX-
president is held by the United States.
The general himself has endeavOred, as
far as possible, TO avoid these special
honOrs, and has only accepted them when
their rejection would have been ungract,
Gus; but, of course, when every official of
the American government is under or>
dcrs to lie in wait tor the general and do
honor to him, these compliments
become part, and it is to be
feared an eXacting part, OF his journe y.
The generals many friend! in Englan Il
will be glad TO know that, although his
there was far from royal-was,
IN fact. simply such honor as is paid 10
men of emiucnce-he considers his mem
,ricS of England as the pleasantest OF his
rip. Ill were not an American be is
TO have sand, 4 would be an
And if did not live in
america, would live in England !
rave no doubt that our homely, hearty |
english way of receiving General Grant !
made a better impression upon his
mind, and was more in consonance
With the extreme simplicity Of his
aStes, than the pomp aud show
which followed him everywhere else,
In incident came to my knowledge the
ther day Of .the pains the general took
D deny story that he was offended at
he way In which he had been treated by