National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-09-22
HOME AGAIN,


EX-PREsIDENT GRANT, after having en-
the globe, visited every consider
able nation of the old world, and been
honored everywhere as mortal was never
before honored, has again placed his foot
upon his native soil, TO be honored by his |
with demonstration of love
and admiration such as nowhere else has |
attended his tour In Europe and Asia he
was honored with respect and admiration
as an American hero and statesman, to n
degree that has never before fallen to the
lot of any living man of any nationality. |
On his arrival at home he is welcomed with |
n depth of heartfelt love and devotion that |
has not attended his visits to the Powers of
the East. Here he is honored because he is |
beloved. A career of military and civic |
service to his country has endeared him to
the American people, who are ready and
anxious to demonstrate their love and adj
mration by evidences that cannot be mis-
understood and which will be duly appre-
ciated by the silent man who is thus hon.
ored
The safe arrival of President GRANT at
San Francisco on Saturday evening, rs was
anticipated, was made the occasion of un-
bounded demonstrations of rejoicing at that
point, as is more fully described on the
news page of this sheet. The lightning ut
once flashed the news of his arrival along
the Pacific coast and into the Rocky
Mountains, and before he had planted his
footprints upon his native soil for an hour,
cannon were firing, bells were ringing, bon
fires were blazing, and the people were
cheering in every accessible town and hamlet
on the Pacific Slope, and the demonstrations
of delight had scarcely closed when the
sun began to shine yesterday morning upon
the Atlantic coast of this continent 1t is
fitting that the potentates of the Old World
who have We'd with each other in shower
ing attentions and honors upon the citizen
soldier and ex-President of the United
States, should understand that his fellow
citizens at home bear n love for him
which eclipses all the manifestations that
have attended his travels abroad. Here he
is welcomed by the heart; there he has
been conventionally honored to degree
that finds no parallel in history, but which,
though appreciated, failed to impress itself
upon the emotional organization of Gen
eral GRANT as deeply and as warmly as
will the hearty demonstrations of welcome
that lie along his pathway through his own
beloved country. This greeting at home is
the monumental outburst of love for his
military and civic services in behalf of an
imperiled Republic--a feeling which will
last so long as the American Union endures
rs a nation. The demonstrations inaugur-
ated at San Francisco are but the initial
step of an ovation which will be continued
throughout the entire route of General
GRANTS travels, until he shall reach Phil
adelphia again, from whence he departed,
under the good speed of his countrymen
as he sailed away from the shores of his
} native land on one of the most notable and
eventful trips that has ever marked the his
tory of ruler, hero or statesman of the hab-
liable globe.
The thanks rendered yesterday for Gem
eral GRANTS safe return to his native shores
will, rs a matter of course, provoke q re-
opening Of the flood-gates of scandal by his
during his absence; but the fact will re.
main that no other living American has
such ahold--warm, deep and lasting-as he
has upon the hearts of his fellow-country-
men; in fact, the announcement of his
landing at San Francisco brought with itan
air of familiar interest to every loyal fire.
side in the country, as though his affairs
were our common affairs, and as though O
long-looked for personal friend had re-
turned from remote journeying. And the
p result of the development of this com
monalty of interest will be general refuta
ton of the ISLANDERS against him, an expo
5 sure of the purity of his personal character
: amid the ntrigues ofpolitics, and in the END
such a revolution of public sentiment re-
garding him that it will be as unpopular tt
deride him as it was popular few years agc
: to libel and vilify him.