The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-07-09
THE ARRIVAL.

Upon the arrival of the train at the
depot, the Impetuous crowd tlocked TO
the cars and il was only by the efforts of |
Chief Marshal Severy and his assistants |
that passage was made for the distin- |
guished party to alight. The first car
riage in waitingwas occupied by General
Grant and his wife and ii. G. Cross,
president of the first national bank of
this city. In the second was Mrs. Col.
Fred Grant, Col. johnson and Mr.. W.
w. Smith AS the coaches moved off
and the procession began to move toward
the grove, cheer after cheer rent the air,
which were repeated AT every stage along
the crowded line of march. In recogni-
ton of these tokens of favor, the Gen
eral was kept busy lifting his
hat and bowling to the enthusiastic null
titude. The old soldier is still well pre-
served, though he looks trifle weary
and seems to anticipate with pleasure
the rest that awaits him at the end of
his trip. Mrs. Grant is a very substan-
tial looking lady, decidedly ON the stout
order, and quite realizes ones ideal of
| typical American matron. Mrs. Fred
Grant is very stately and handsome
woman, and the encomiums which the
lords of creation lavished upon her were
numerous and ardent. The General and
Mrs. Grant took frequent occasion to
express their admiration of the town and
its decorations TO Mr.. Cross, and seemed
HEARTILY PLEASED
with their reception in Emporia. Upon
arriving at the grove the General alight-
ed, and was conducted to the speakers
stand, where he was presented to the peo-
pie by Mr. H. C. Cross, in the following
well-chosen language:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: | have
the honor of introducing TO you him
who, of all other men, made it a posi-
bility that we and our children may
celebrate this day; one to whom the
loyal people OF this country looked
as the beacon light of liberty through
the dark days of the republic
one who was the trusted and
true friend of the immortal Lincoln; one
) who has been received by the civilized
world as no other man has been receiv
|
world have received, the high and the
low have honOred, the rich and the pOOl
) have honored as no other man has evel
been honore.l, and when he returned Il
, our country was more IA lover othis coun
try and its institutions, more an Amerl
> can if possible than before he left lis
i shores He returns to his people NOR
than ever believer in the great princi
. pies eEunciated in our Declaration O
Independence, the greatest of all paper:
: emonating from mortal man. At thu
e close of the great civil war he was twlc
called TO serve our people as IT
chief magistrate and then retired to pri
vate life honored by Americans as M
other man was ever honOred. Ladie
and gentlemen, / now have the honor o
presenting to you the greatest of all liv
ing Americans, Gen. Z. 5. Grant. (Grea
cheering)
In reply, General Grant spoke as fo
lows:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF EAPORIA
There are more of you here than / ca
possibly make hear me If | was to d
my utmost To make myself heard. l 4:
sure you that it is very gratifying to m
to see so many American people OF
| here where but few year
. since the buffalo and the vii
n Indians occupied the territory, and it
s, gratifying to me also that this cOuntE
m which when | first saw it constituted an
was supposed to be part of 4 desc
~ which the farmer meyer could Gu
n tivate has been so proSperou
ne In our whole beautiful country we hay
st none that looks TO be more productiI
than the very land see around me her
/ wish for all of you continued prosper
III ty in your new homes; may they CO
nd tinue productive in all industries.
h like Kansas. ! like the Kansas peopl
they implanted in our soil the prin'
pies of universal liberty. If all q
ur population of our country, was like q
~ population of Kansas our noble
stitutIons would have nothing
nc fear. You were born in the struggle
IS, freedom, when civil war overran o
lie land. II all our people will be like (
ha people of noble Kansas we can alwa
- be- free nation. Gentlemen, l tina
" you
The Generals speech was followed
eh the widest cheers for the hero OF Apl
ZEN mattox, to which he again replied:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: If Il
hu' more time would be very glad 10 m
lch all of you and shake hands with y
ub- but / am travelling on \ special ira
raj we arrlVed mere an nOuf anu . noil
- and cannot spend the time here we wol
lAl like to and intended to spend
md have to go on and get out
hat the way Of the regular tral
the Gen Grant was then escorted from
in platform to his carriage. The peo
the rushed up TO him TO shake hands anC
any was with the utmost difficulty that a
ma sage could be cleared through the eli
hey Iy packed crowd. As Gen. Grant s
1eo- ped into his carriage a brawny far
nal stood ON the opposite step of the CARR