The Portland daily press., 1880-10-18
GEN. GRANT.
Brilliant Reception at Hartford.
SPEECHES, PARADE AND ILLUMINA-
TIONS.


Gen. Grant at Bushnell Park this afternoon
James G. Patterson said:
Gen. Grant-As chairman of this commit
tee it has been my duty to welcome you to
Connecticut the home of your ancestors. The
people of this State assemble here to-day in
honor of him whom the nations honor and
who has earned and won the proudest laurels
and the highest place in the gift of his coun-
try. (Applause) We are glad to acknowl-
edge the patriotic services for which every
american cltlzen owes you a lasting debt of
gratitude. am pleased therefore, to inform
you that two OF my fellow townsmen, not un-
known to fame. have been selected as the
proper persons to emphasize by fitting words
the cordial welcome which every one of this
vast multitude would be only too glad
to testify in person (Applause.( Allow me
to introduce Gen. Hawley." Gen. Hawley
said:
General-I have but word to add to the
welcome already given you by our felow-citi-
every land you have received a glad welcome
from the common people who have heard your
name gladly. Wherever that name is men,
toned among Americans it has been received
with long and loud applause. To few men it
has been given in their lifetime to hear in full
and with unbounded heartiness the judgment
which posterity will pronounce upon them
(Applause.) For generations and centuries to
come the names of Lincoln and Grant will be
coupled as leaders in the salvation of the great
plause.)
Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain) then
spoke as follows:
General Grant, also am deputed to well
come you to the sincere and cordial hospltali-
ties OF Hartford, city of history and of the
revered charter oak, of which most of this
town is built. Qaughter.) At first it was
proposed to have only one speaker welcome
you, but this was changed because it was
feared that considering the shortness of the
nfC ah0C hIC H.
to prevent that speaker from delivering his
speech you would feel disappointed. laugh
ter and applauSe) l desire at this point to re-
fer to your past history. By years of colossal
labor and colossal achievement you at last beat
down the gigantic rebellion and saved your
country from destruction, Then the country
commanded you to take the helm of State.
You preferred your great Office as general of
the armies and the rest and comforts which it
afforded, but you Loyalty obeyed, relinquished
permanently the ample well earned salary of
generaship and resigned your accommodating
years to the chance and mercies of a precari-
GUS existence. (Applause.)
By this present progress through the land
you are nightly contributing toward saving
your country once more-this time from dis
honor and shame, and from common disaster
(applause.) You are now private citizen,
but private employments are closed against
you, because your name would be used for
speculative purpose, and you have refused to
never fear. loud applause)
When Wellington won Waterloo, battle
about on level with some dozen of your
victories, sordid England tried to pay for that
service with wealth. and grandeur. They
made him duke and gave him four millions
of dollars. If you had done and suffered for
any other country what you have done and
suffered for your own you would have been
remembered by some such sordid way. But,
thank God, this vast, rich and mighty republic
is imbued to the core with delicacy which
will forever preserve her from SO degrading a
deserving son. Your country loves you, your
country is proud of you; your country is CRATE
full to you. (Applause) Her applauses
which have been laundering in your cars all
these weeks and months will never cease while
the flag you saved continues to wave Great
applaIse9 Your country stands ready from
this day forth to testify her measureless love-
pride and gratitude, to reward you in every
conceivable way. Welcome to Hartford
great soldier, honored statesman, unselfish
citizen. loud and long continued applause.)
Upon the conclusion of this speech, three
rousing cheers were given for Gen. Grant,
who. facing the assemblage, replied:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen of Hartford
am very proud of the welcomes I have re-
ceived at the hands of my fellow citizens from
San Francisco to Boston, but this is the first
occasion where l have been thrice welcomed.
So much has been said in the three welcomes
have received that it leaves me little to say,
cACopt W ulSdSfoo WIFI bno ldSb speaker as 10
the character of the American people for gen.
crosby Gen. Grant referred by this to re-
marks of Mark Twain substantially to the eff
feet that republics are ungrateful. Continu-
ing. Gen. Grant said 1 recognize their gem
erosity and what they have given me as more
valued than gold and silver. No amount of
the latter could compensate for the courtesy
and kind feeling with which 1 have every
where been received. I feel you have given
testimony to that today, and for that I thank
you one and all
After the parade Gen. Grant, Gen. Hawley,
Gen. Badeau and other invited eguests dined
with Mr.. James G. Patterson.
Subsequently reception was held for an
hour at the residence of Gen. VIM. FL. Bulk
ley, after which there was grand torchlight
parade, Examinations, etc., and blaze of fire.
works, electric lights and torches. Gen. Grant
was escorted to the depot and left by the 1925
train for New York.
New YORK, Oct. H.-Gen. Grant arrived in
town from Hartford at 9 a. m. He attended
service In the morning at the central Metho-
dist Episcopal church, and in the afternoon re-
ceived few personal friends at his rooms in
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and towards evening
went out for a drive. During the week he
will be rendered a reception by the Union
League Club and will remain here until Fri
day or Saturday. when he will leave for Utica,
where he is due Oct. 25th and Syracuse Goth.