Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-10
GRANT IN IRELAND.
Indignation Of the Irish People at the
Insult from COrk---A Very Queer
Discussion.

a special dispatch from Dublin to
the New York Herald says:
The contrast between the generous
welcome extended to General Grant
by the people of this city and the un-
oalled-for and spiteful slight aimed at
him by clique Of the Cork city coun-
cil is interesting as showing to what
lengths sectional and religious agita-
tion are sometimes carried.
AS previously telegraphed you, Mr..
Richmond, the United States consul
at Cork, addressed letter to the
council announcing that General
Grant would probably arrive in Cork
within few days. Mr.. Tracy, a Ma
tionalist, proposed at the council meet
ing that the letter should simply be
marked read, and that no action
should be taken.
MIR, Harris, a Conservative, said
" 1t will be to the interest of our fell
low-countrymen in the United States
II a proper reception is accorded to
General Grant, who represents the
governing party in that country. There
can be no personal antipathy to the
gentleman himself; neither was there
anything in the government of the ex
President Objectionable to the Irish
people nor unpleasant to the Irish
in America. Probably General Grant
would again be at the head of the
United States, in which event il would
be to the interest of our fellow coun
trymen in America if proper recogni
ton was given to General Grant on
his arrival at Cork" "
Mr.. Barry, an extreme Nationalist.
said the ex-President had insulted
the Irish people in America. He got
up the " No Popery cry there.
Mr., Tracy said it would be unbe-
comipg.for the Catholic constituency
Of Cork to welcome such a man. 1t
would be ungenerous to refuse him
hospitality if he deserved It, but he
saw nothing in General Grants career
that called for sympathy from the Irish
nation. He never thought of the Irish
race as he thought of others, and he
went out of his way to insult their re-
ligion.
NOT A FAIR REPRESENTATIVE
Mr., Dwyer, an advanced national
ist, would not couple General Grants
name with America. The Irish who
sought a refuge and home in the
United States had received Kindness
and attention from the American peo
pie, President Grant had never given
them the same recognition as the other
inhabitants. 1t would be an impro-
priety to pay any mark of respect per
sonally to General Grant.
Messrs McSweeney and Credon, Ma
tionalists, spoke to the same effect, and
with a great shout of aye" there be-
ing no dissenting voices, Cork refused
to receive General Grant
IRELAND GRIEvED AT THE INSULT
This action has produced profound
sensation throughout Ireland. The |
people are grieved at it as a violation |
Of the rights of hospitality. One Irish |
gentleman with whom discussed the
matter, and who was panied beyond |
measure at its occurrence, said
The noisy little knot of fellows |
who have committed this outrage are |
mere wihdbags, and were seeking |
little notoriety Cork has a weakness !
for beng thought more Catholic than |
the pope, who, / believe, saw no OBJ |
lection to receiving General Grant"
General Grant remains in Dublin |
until tomorrow He will not visit |
Cork and had made up his mind that !
he could not before hearing of the ac-
tion of the town council. He passed |
the day quietly, visiting no sights, and |
leaves in the morning for Londonderry |
and Belfast,
The general smiled when the Her
aid correspondent referred to the |
speeches of the Cork coupcilmen, and
said
81 am sorry the Cork people know
so little Of American history.
INDIGNATION IN CORK.
Another despatch from Cork says |
The respectable Liberals and Con- |
sorvatives Of the city and county of
Cork are indignant at the action of
the clique in the council who, on Fri |
day, insulted ex-President Grant. An !
ex-mayor Of the city says
The obstructionists who are op-
posed to General Grant are not worth !
a descent man rubbing up against, |