, 1879-01-26
Gen. Grant and the Corlsonlans.

| 10 lnE EAAUy " 1Hc
| CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-In recent issue of your
ably-edited and widelycirculated journal, Ihsye:
read long editorial article, in which the cor
| poration Of the sAthens ct Ireland" the
''Beautiful Citie Of Cork fell under the con-
demnation OF yotr trcnehaut pen for not Accord
ing to the extremely taciturn so1dier-statesmau:
Gen. Grant, public reception. The rebuke yoa
then administered to the Town Council Of Cors
was, in my estimation, couched in rather too
harsh language, as it tended to demonstrate
that the entire enlightened and 1ibcralminded
population OF the city approved Of the disgrace
full course pursued BY a few gentlemen in the
Town Council towards Gen. Grant. Now, tho
views entertained BY these gentlemen about
Gen. Grants speech, watch was delivered
in some town in Iowa, no more r.:
fleet the sentiments OF the hiEh-iainded;
Discriminating, and libesty-loving citizens ol
Cork than did the assenabtee des trois tai4turs
of Too1cy street represent the culture, business
capacity, and respectabilitv OF the citizens Of
the great mctropo!s Of ENGLAND Thess Oh
serYatioas will be most Individually corrobosated
bv an article from the Cork EIaaaier Of Jan. T.
which I now subjoin- This influential ant
echolarlv-editcd journal is the leading organ OF
Catholic publiv opinion in the South Of Ireland,
ana was founded b. the ilnstrous and &C.
complishel author, scholar, nnd statesman, the
late decply-latucnfed Johu Francis Maguire, u.
z. The present cditor-in-chief is q gentleman
Of rare and varied literary attainments: ,>:
Ne cannot say that wc quite approve the manner
visit Cork received in the Town Council On Fri
day. We have never affected admiratlon for thu
General as Politician OF cven as T. soldier, ua
succtss in the latter capaclty always seemed tous
to have been produced less By skill than by tha do
termination, having tn: prcponderance OF re-
sources. to win b. finsnc away mems lives at both
1rHf ffA
lie with him Tho has the most 10 esctidce. His
Administration WAS not without merit having done
something to bridge over the gulf that tho Civil
War had left between the North and the South.
But it was not marked BY any conspicuous virtues,
and was open to the charge Of rather bitter secta
There M sa seemed moment fs Then I IN tho
WAS capable OF raising the Know Nothing cry. But,
happily perhaps for himself, happily. unques-
season was passed, and he slipped quietly ont Of
the place that in all likelihood will know him no
more. But he has i5orne stump that ought At all
times to be REGARDED with reapect by lEishmcn. Eo
has been President OF the United States:
He has been for eight years the chosen ruler OF
that country which contains more people of lrish
is certainly united to ireland by stronger ties of
and kinship than any other under tho
sun. Il is in bis capacity Of quondam ruler ot tho
United States that he has been received and feted,
mud what we fear is lest any discourtesY shown 70
him may seem to be in any way applied to ths
high Office he once filed, snd the great people @
account, though we should not perhaps have desired
any exuberant ebuliition OF enthusiasm, we should
ike that the name Of the ex- President were re-
celred with that respect attaching TO the position
with which it has been identified. We gatherfsom
!he speech OF Gen. Grant, delivered at the enter
aiumcnt OF the Lord Mayor of Dublin, that tho
ieneral has altered his intention of visiting Cork;
least, such Is the depreciation place npon bis
thar he is not Likely to see the barney:
tone. II this has been caused BY the be}tef that
lis reception here would be Of an unfrcndiy u1-
ure, We regret It. On that point. however, we
ancy there must be msapprchenslon in his mind
rne corporation might determine 10 abstain from
ny formal act Of recognition on personal grounds.
nut we are qute satisfied the citizens at large Wouo
ee 1t was their duty to receive him with resoecss
ven though cordiality was impossible
From the tenor Of the foregoing article. atI.
EDITOR, it is maniicstlv evident that the ''in-
ult offered to Gen. Grant by the scarlet-robed
Aldermen and black-robed Councillors, Who
aust admit, are gentlemen Of surpasslngy
ere and brilliant intellectual acquir ements,
from deplorabIy Imperfect knoYi-
dge Of the profane history Of the mighty 70
ublic Of the West, OF was the offspring OF thas
eIlgious marrow which saturated all over with
le oil OF prejudice. 1t IS to be regretted that
zen. Grant did not proceed to the Capital A
ae South OF Ireland, Notwithstanding the op-
robrium and indignlty which few gentlemen,
.tiug IN corporate capacity, rndeayored to a.
scl to his name, AMI I am sure, II be dtd, 20
ou1d get eead mile toIuhe from the wafm-
eartcd and generous people OF the shamrock,
ecked Sunny South which he would ind woulo
; IN keeping with the traditional aud proTerb!A
aspitality Of one Of the most singularly un-
races that ever sprung from the oosom