The New York herald., 1879-01-05
His Great Speech at the
Mansion House.
EUR0PE'S FALSE PROSPERITY.
The Citizen OF Dublin Tells
Plain Truths.
"AMERiCA HAS PAID HER DEBTS.
icy CABLE TO THE HERALD. !

DUBLIN Jan. 4, 1879.
Ex-President Grant, Mr.. Noyes and Mr.
Badeau visited the Royal Irish Academy,
in Kildare street, in company with Lord
Mayor Darlington. Here, after some time
spent in inspecting the treasures Of
ancient Irish art in gold, silver and bronze,
Saint Patricks bell and sacred cross and
O'Donnell's casque, the party went to
the building that was the old Parlia-
ment House. 1t is now the Bank of
Ireland, and the walls which formerly
echoed with the eloquence OF Grattan, Cur
ran and Plunkett now resound with the
chaftering of the money changers. Trinity
College was then visited. The party was
received by the Provost and Fellows and
escorted through the library, chapel and
halls of this venerable and majestic pile.
BREAxFAsTING WITH THE v1cERoY.
General Grant drove to the viceregal lodge
of the Duke of Marlborough, Phoenix Park,
early in the afternoon, where he had dejeaner
with the Viceroy. He aiterward visited the
Geological Gardens, then returned to his
hotel, where he rested u couple OF hours.
CITIZEN ULYSSES GRANT.
Owing to the lateness Of the hour last
night did only scanty justice to the speech
of General Grant at the banquet given him
at the Mansion House. The company rose
and gave the Irish welcome when the Gen
erals name was proposed. The ex-Presi-
dent made in response the longest speech of
his life, speaking in clear voice and being
listened to with rapt attention. He re-
Dublin, and intimated, amid much laughter
and cheering, that he might return to
Dublin one day and run against Barring
ton for Mayor and Butt for Parliament. He
| warned those gentlemen that he was gen.
orally troublesome candidate.
AMERICAS TROUBLES
Then. passing to serious matters, the Gen.
eral said:-"We have heard some words
spoken about our country-my coun-
| try-before I was naturalized in an
other. Naughter.) We have very great
country, prosperous country, with room
for great many people. We have
been suffering for some years from
very great oppression. The world has
felt it. ("Hear. hearr) There is no
question about the fact that when
you have forty-fve millions of con-
sumers such as we are, and when they
are made to feel poverty then the whole
world must feel it. (Applause.)
TOO KxrRAvAoANr.
'You have had here great pros
perity because of our great extrava-
gance and our great misfortunes. We
had war which drew into it almost
every man who could bear arms, and
my friend who spoke so eloquently to
you few moments ago lost leg
in it. You did not observe that, perhaps,
as he has a wooden one in place Of it.
GRIM TRUTHS.
..When that great conflict was going on
we were spending one thousand million
dollars q year more than we were
producing and Europe got every dollar Of it.
1t made Tor you false prosperity. You were
getting our bonds and our promises 10
pay. You were cashing them your
selves. That made great prosperity
and made producers beyond the real
necessities of the world at peace. But
we finally got through that great conflict,
and with an inflated currency which
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