The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-10-26
GREAT GRANT.
He Presides at Another
Ne citing,
And Breaks q Rule-HeaVcn
Forbid He Shouid do
So Again.
He Gives TaHy 10 the Carpet
Dagger.

Utica, 25.-Gen. Grant was welcomed
by an immense concourse of people, esti-
mated at 10000. He presided over one
of three mass meetings. and spoke as fol-
low: AZ came here to preside al q politic>l
meeting 1t is entirely new business for
me, and if i. was not for the earnestness
l feel for the cause when sgitates the
public mind at the present time, ] should
continue . custom which l have fol-
lowed for more than fifty years, that
is of not taking part in p pliticAi meetings;
but this country has suffered so much
in blood and treasure to uphold the flag
OF our Union and maintain the best
government that has ever been devised
for man, that l. seems to me could not
bear the idea of seeing our country, its
legis AZURE and all its branches, turned
over to the party, composed in q great
part Of those who so recently tried to
destroy it. (Applause.) We do not
advocate the principles of the republican
party because We believe they are good
for the republican party alone, and to
The prejudice of the interest Of the oppo-
site party, but we proclaim them at this
time because we believe they arc best for
all parties. (ApplEuse.) We believe
the democrats are just as much
interested to-day in the success of the
republican party as the republicans of the
United States; we believe further that
the southern states lately in the rebel ion
are just as much interested and more in
terested in tho success Of the republican
party. We all know there is no man in the
south who is not privileged TO come and
settle among us in the north in any sec
ton and in hio FnIifinaI . I'D AZ
the same time prosecute bis business,
whether 1t be professional, mercantile or
what not. a northern man has not the
same privilege in the south. II he goes
there to prosecute his business be must be
quiet on political questions Of
great weight. In other words the
carpet-bagger is not welcome
citizen among them. Now we want 10
see all this changed. l, myself, am from
the northwestern states. We are all car
pet-bsggers in that section. The whole
whole Of it has been built up in the life
time Of many here pre-ent, and We see
the result Of the carps.-bag settlement 10
the northwest, out Of which has been
grated five or six fine states. We see
the prosperity and thrift that has been
brought to these new states by these car
pet Dagger they built 10 our Cincin-
natl, our Chicago, our Detroit, our In
diGnspolis, our Cleveland, and hundreds
OF smaller towns Of great prosperity.
With the same privilrg 5 extended to car
lret-bsggers. the growth that has been seen
in the northwest would have been -een
in the southern states. We claim that no
great prosperity Can overtSRe these states
until every citizen, of every state, is re-
garied as 3 citizen OF the United States,
no matter where he goes; until he has
the privileges Of proclsiming his political
principles without molestation. Nov
gentlemen, know you will hear SO
much more than l can say on this
question and hear it SO much better said,
that / will say no more, but will intro
duce as the next speaker your eminent
townsman and statesman, Senator Conk-
ling. Senator Conkling then addressed
the meeting.