Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-13
THE EVENING STAR.
TUESDAY. November LIB. 1879.
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General Grant i'm Chicago.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC wELcoME-ARMY OF THE TEN
NESSEE REuNIoN-Two SPEECHES BY THE
| GENERAL-"wE HAVE NOW NATION"
In Chicago yesterday. after an imposing
streets In his honor, General Grant was for
WELCOMED BY MAYOR HARRISON,
] who spoke in the rotunda of the Palmer house
| The mayor welcomed him as one OF the most
| renowned OF American citizens, whose journey
nSs of se Mord naa oeen watched with feel
| ply that OF an American citizen. He alluded to
| the services OF General Grant during the late
| his elevation to the presidency. He said: sSr,
| you have served your country nobly, and the
country has honored you grandly. Like the i'm
| mortal Washington. you rose from the lower
walks of life, passed through all military grades
| until you commanded victorious armies: like
| him, you filled the Office OF President two long
| terms, and when the two terms were over, you,
| like him, were offered a crown, but preferred
| immortality and fame to power. He returned
| to private life, and lives In the hearts of his
| people, and all time will call him his country's
| father. You, too, sir. when your two terms
| were over, obeyed that part Of your country'S
unwritten traditions, hallowed by the INN ortal
example OF Washington, and you, too, retired:
and you, TOO sir. live. and will live forever in
your countrymen's hearts. prophesy that when
tlme shall have grown old. when the page OF
history shall become dim by the side Of the great
| eXempler who has gone before. your nime
and statue will be placed beside those of
washington, Jefferson, jackson, and the i'm
mortal Lincoln" The speech was aopaudei
heartily.
GEN. GRANTS REPLY.
Gen. Grant in reply said: "Mr. MAYOR and
| Gentlemen of the Committee OF Rece otion OF
Chicago; Gentlemen of Chicago and OF Illinois:
| feel very much honored by the welcome which
| am receiving at your hands to-day | feel
highly honored by the pledge of welcome which
has been uttered by your worthy mayor, which
| Is so personal to myself it would be hardly in
| good taste for me to respond to the language of
II, and it leaves therefore nothing for Inc to do
| but convey my thanks to this committee of Citi-
| zens of this city for the hearty reception which
| they have given me- To one alluSon of my
| reception abroad will say that in every case
| felt that it was tribute to our own country. |
will add further that our country stands to-day
differently abroad in the estimation of European
and eastern nations from what 1t did a century
| ago. An American citizen Is regarded in a diff
ferent light from an American citizen quarter
| OF century ago. AT that time it was believed
| we had no nation. 1t was merely cOnfedera-
| ton OF states, tied together by rope OF sand,
| and would give way upon the slightest friction
| They have found 1t was grand mistake, They
| know that we have now nation, that we are
| nation of strong, and intelligent, and brave
| people, capable of Judging and knowing our
| rights and determined on all occasions to
maintain them against either domestic or for
| eign foes, and that is the reception.you, as a
| nation, have received through Inc While was
| abroad"
THE GRAND RECEPTION.
The reception given by the Society of the
| Army of the Tennessee to Gen. Grant took place
| last evening at Haverly's Theater, which was
magniflcently decorated. Gov Cullom and
| Mayor Harrison spoke briefly, welcoming the
| Army OF the Tennessee and Gen. Grant Gen.
| Sherman, in response to the address of welcome,
said:-"We are richly welcomed tonight by Mr..
Washburne, Gov. CullOm and Mayor Harrison.
In 1865, in Raleigh, N c., before the tluttaring
| wings of peace were heard. even when the sound
of cannon and rifles was familiar to all, a few
civ a resolution which all the people ought TO
a nens at That time Kindness and charity per-
| vaded every line and syllable. The society meets
not to celebrate victories, but to do acts of kind
| ness and keep alive kindly feelings and mem
| cries" After Gen. Sherman's remarks Gen. w.
| Gresham delivered an address, in which he re-
| viewed the operations OF the Army of the Ten
| OF the evening. Gen. Sherman then arose and
| announced the conclusion of the session, when
| the audience set up shouts for Grant. This was
persisted In until he arose in response. He Sug
| gested that it was better to follow the pro-
| gramme, as he was not down for speech, but
| the audience laughed and renewed their de-
| mandS for speech.
GEN. GRANTS LONGEST SPEECH.
| ThereupOn Gen. Grant deliberately drew from
his pocket manuscript and read the longest
| speech of his life, as follows: After an absence
| OF several years from the gatherings Of the
society of the army of the Tennessee, 1t affords
| me heartfelt pleasure to be again with you, my
| earliest comrades in arms, In great conflict
for our nationality and the union of all the
| states under one free and alwaysto-be-main-
| tanned government. In my long absence from
| the country have had most favorable oppor-
| mind our Institutions with those Of all Euro
| pean countries and most of those OF Asia, COM
pairing our resources, developed and dormant,
| the capacity and energy OF our people for up
holding the government and developing its re-
sources with most OF the civilized peO-
pie of the world. EVERYWHERE from Eng,
Portugal we are understood, our resources
highly appreciated, and the skill, energy and in
| teiligence OF our citizens recognized: My re-
| ceptions have been your receptions They have
| been everywhere kind and Acknowledged that
| the United States is a nation, strong, lndepen-
| dent and free nation; composed of strong, brave
| ard intelligent people capable OF Judging their
rights and ready to maintain them at all haz-
| ards. This is non partisan association, but
| composed of men who are united in deterni-
nation that no foe domestic or foreign, Shall in
| terfere between us and the maintenance of
| our grand free and enlightened institutions and
the unity of all the states The area of our
country, its fertility and the energy and re-
sources OF our population compared to the area
| postpones the day for generations to come
| when our descendants will have to consider the
| question of how the soil is to support them how
| the most can be produced to support human life,
with reference to the taste or desires OF the peo
pie, and when but few can exercise the privilege
of the plain IL .ury Of selecting the articles OF
food they will eat or the quantity and quality of
clothing they will wear, but the country will re-
| main the abundant home OF all who possess en-
| ergy and strength, and make good use OF them
| if we remain true to ourselves. Such a country
is one to be proud of. I am proud of it-proud
| that am an American citizen. Every citizen,
| north, south, east and west enjoys common
| heritage, and should feel an equal pride. am
| glad these society meetings keep up so long af-
| ter events which In sense they commemorate
have passed away. They do not serve to keep
| up sectional feeling or bitterness toward our
late foe, but they do keep up the feeling that we
| are nation and that it must be preserved one
and indiviSible. We feel and maintain that those
| who fought and fought bravely, on the opposite
side from us have an equal claim with ourselves
in all the blessing of our great and common
| country. We claim for them the right to travel
| all over this broad land and select where they
| please the right to settle, become citizens and
| enjoy their political and religious convictions
free from molestation or ostracism either on ac-
| count of those opinions or their connection with
| the past. We ask nothing more for ourselves,
| and would rejoice to see them become powerful
rivals in the development Of our great resources,
in the acquisition OF all that should be desirable
in this life in patriotism and in love OF country.
[Applause.]
THE WIDOW w ALLINGFORD PROVING HER WE'D
| DING WITH LAWYER REDHEFFER.-The widow
| Wallingford who claims to be Mrs. William Ii.
Redheffer, is striving to have the capias quaShed
| on which she was arrested to answer charge
| of Islander Instituted by the individual whom
| she claims as her husband. The testimony OF