The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-05-29
GRANT AND THE CHINESE.
Remarkable Petition from Chinese Mer-
chants at Pcnang-Thc Generals Diplo-
matic Respdnss and Promises.
LONDON, May 6, 1870

ing General Grant writes from Singa-
pore, under date of April 6, 1879. and
gives an account of the progress of the
General and party through British Bur-
nah, the Malacca colonies and the
Straits settlements. The General was
sailing slowly along the cost of Southern
Asia, stopping at points of interest. The
first place he visited in the Straits settle.
ment was the Island Of Penang. Here
he remained a day and held q reception
in the Town Hall. An address was pre-
scnted to the general as follows -
To General Ulysses s. Grant, er-P President
ofMe United States Of america -
SIR-We, the chairman and members
of the Penang Chamber of Commerce,
desire on this, the occasion of your visit
to this distant portion of our Gracious
Queens dominions, to tender you q
hearty welcome and to assure you that
we have long been cognizant of and duly
appreciated and admired the many ac-
tions, public and private, which have so
deservedly brought you praise and fame
both at home and abroad. Entering Of
flee after the much to be deplored assas-
sination of the late President Lincoln, and
when the passions aroused by the unfortu-
nate civil war had not had time to calm,
you, BY your great tact and impartiality,
soon convinced all parties that it woulb be
your highest aim to smooth away all diff.
crcnces, and we noted with great satis-
faction the happy results which followed.
The steps you took when President to
increase the trade existing between
America and Great Britain attracted at
the time our admiration, and the recep.
tion lately accorded to YOU in all the
leading cities of England, Ireland and
Scotland amply testifes that time has in
no way delracted from the favorable
opinions formed years previously, or di-
minished the estimate in which you
were held. Your efforts to bring Great
Britain and America into the closest re-
lationship were not, however, confined to
trade alone, but extended in every direc-
ton and were happily attended with the
most successful results, for at no previ'
Gus period had England and America
been politically more closely connected
than at the time of your retirement from
office. We feel deely gratified and hon
ored by the opportunity offered US of add
ing our simple quota of praise to the
many and well deserved encomiums
passed on you, and we beg to assure you
that your future career will be watched
by us with the greatest interest. Should
you, by Gods Providence, again assume
the reins of government we feel convinc,
ed that the interests of America will not
suffer in your hands, and that the bond
of friendship now existing between your
nation and ours will be cemented, il
possible, more strongly than ever. We
hope that the remainder of your tour will
prove rs successful as it has hitherto
been, and we sincerely trust that your
life may be long shared 10 your family
and country.
WALTER SCOTT
(for self and members.
PENANG, March 30, 1879.
THE GENERALS REPLY.
General Grant said, in response, that
he was extremely obliged to the gentle.
men of the Chamber of Commerce Of
Penang for their address and for the re.
ception that had been accorded to him.
This, however, was only in keeping with
the cordiality ard hospitality he had re-
ceived in every part of the British EN-
pire he had visited since his landing in
Liverpool nearly two years ago. His re-
ception in England was continued with
unabated, he might say with increasing,
kindness in the colonies Of Gereat Brit,
ain and throughout the vast Indian En-
pire which he had just visited. This
was very grateful to him, not alone be.
cause of the kind and fattering words
personal to himself with which these re-
ceptions were always accompanied and
to which he was far from being incensl-
BILE, but because it opened good feeling
toward his own country. In that sense,
more than any other, the kindness he
had received in England and in English
colonies was grateful because he believ-
cd that the welfare of the Anglo-Saxon
race-he might say of the world-de'
pended more than upon any other cause
upon the harmony and feeling Of this
one peoole-one people in race and civ:
ilization, although h two nations. He did
not think it was any disrespect to the
other great civilized Powers Of Europe
he certainly did not so intend-when he
said that the civilization which finds its
home in England is better calculated
than any other to bring the greatest good
to mankind. Whenever he saw a new
growth of this civilization, as in Penang
he felt that it would be in the end great
blessing to the people of all classes.
PEACE WITH THE WHOLE WORLD.
An allusion had been made in the ad'
dress to his own efforts when he was in
office to bring about a settlement of the
questions at issue between England and
America at the close of our war. That
policy, he wished to say, was simply car
rving out conviction which he had en-
tertained long before he held any office thai
the first thing to be considered i'll the for,
eign policy of the United States was good
understanding with Eng land. With this
conviction he felt it rs President his
first duty to urge with all his influence
the settlement of the question arising out
of the war, and the removal Of all tester
ing sores between the two countries
He regarded the existence of such ques.
rions between nations like America and
England as scandal. He had no rea'
son to feel dissatisfied with the results o.
those efforts, and his observations since
he came abroad only confirmed him in
that belief The two nations were now
as one nation in the development o.
their civilization, and he wished every
effort of the English success, because the
advancement of the common civilization
of the two countries meant the happi
ness, the prosperity and the peace Of the
world.
TIE CHINESE MAKE AN ADDRESS.
At the close of this speech deputa'
ton of Chinese merchants advanced ant
presented General Grant an address
beautifully illuminated in silk. A tran
Station of this was read in English by
one of the deputation. The response o
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