The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-26
ULYSSES UNB0S0MS,
GEN. GRANT SPEAKS AT oALvrsToS'
ne TaILS In the Most CompI imen'ary
aud Hopeful rer"'s o1feA"h""d
the soutii-What fIe Lcarn'
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Galveston, March 95..-At tho banquet hot
night, In rotponto 10 tho toael, "Genernl
Grant our honomd guest Geplor armles
thun Snpoloon's lave marched ~ he COM
maud, anil creator gorlcs than n crown have
been biz, GOnom Grant replied m follows
"Gon,lomon Of Galveston i-I nm very
much obliged 70 ono aud all Of you ior no
very kind reception which | hMolceoiyed at
YOUR hands and ut the hands Of all tho clii'
sons of ltu c,y, and ASSURE you
that II affords mo very great
pleasure 10 ho horo on this ocepsion aud TO
200 30 many oryou, ltwOs my fortune more
than third Of q century MO- to visit Texas
rs Second Lieutenant aud to have been one
of those who went into tho conflict which
was to se,tIo the boundary of lcSa am
clad TO como buck now ON this occaslon 10
behold territory which is m empire In
itself md larger than some of tho empires
of Europe. wish Tor tho people
of Texas, rs do for the people of the cntho
South, that thoy may 20 on developing their
resources and become great and powerful, rs
tho worthy Mayor expressed IT, that There Il
no boundary between tho North and the
South. Prolonged cheering. ! am sure
We will all DO happier and much moro pros.
porous when tho day comes that there Will
30 no sectional feeling. Lot any Amcr'
can travel abroad Us have
done, with tho opportunities of
witnessing what is there 10 bc seen, that |
have had, and hc will return TO America n
bottor American and u better citizon than he
was when ho went away. Loud cheers.
| Ito will return moro ia love with his own
country. Far be- II from mo TO find fault
with any of tho European governments. |
was well received NJ thor hands on overy
side, BY every nation Ia Eurolo; but with
their dense population and thor WORKOUT
soil IL takes great deal of government 10
enable the people 10 rot from the soil bare
subsistence Here wo have II rich, virgin soil
with room enough for all of Us 10 expand
aud to live with tho uso OF but very little
Government. / do hope that wo may ng
DO able TO get along happily and contentcdly
without being too much governed
Gonoral Grant nj ten n. m. yesterday At
tended tho wedding Of Moses Frioberg and
Miss Nora Eldrilgc, Ut the Synagogue,
In the afternoon tho General, accompanied
by General Ord, called on tho boy Sweeney,
who, in endeayoring 70 get q peep at General
Grant, foil from she'd on the wharf.
At the reception Mt the Cotton Exchange
} 4. 1,up AZ hnait.nla M AZ
the city were prcfen,
AT eleven ,hismorning tho carnage con
tanning Generals Grant Ord, Vincent, Card
mud SHERIDAN, and Hon. G. IL. Leonard,
Muyor COLONEL Moody, President OF the
Galveston Cotton Exchange; Mcssrs George
Sorcy, j. NJ. Brown, Julius Runge Ii. o.
Pratt, and Others, lott tho fremont hotel TO
visit tho cotton presses. General Grant
seemed particularly pleased with the work.
| ings of the mammoth compress At tho Cult
| City press, which is cqualed in power by
only ono or two in the United States.
A. tho Shippers, General Grant was presented
with miniature bulo of cotton, tastoiully and
! Handsomely put up. The General received
it with thank, and viii keep il rs II souve-
mir Of his VISIT Galveston. Aftor making
the rounds Of the presses, tho party pro-
ceedcl to the Cotton Exchange, whore
Genera Grant WAS presented and introduced
to u number Of gentlemen. After
briet stay most of the party returned 10 the
hotel. General Grant was driven TO the Peo-
plies School (coored1 and returned to the
hotel
AT r. m. the party were escorted by II
committee to the grounds of the Galveston
Carton Veren, where a red fish chowder and
oyster Icpast was served,
At Z O'Clock tomorrow morning the party
leave for San Antonio by way of tho Santa
Fee railroad.