New-York tribune., 1886-11-07
SUNDAY EDITION.
NOV. 2, 1885.


tive; he did NOT himself pretend to be Indifferent:
but the aristocatic courtcsies Were insiz-
nifcant compared with his reception by the com,
mon teople Of England. The high society has ifs
sensation every season; there Is always Gar.
SHAH or some other potcDiate who Is the lion
Of the hour; and that year II was General Grant.
For their own sales the important people paid him
compliments the Government for political rsr
sons, the fashionable sort because they like to
know and 10 say that they know all the great ONES
OF the earth; they are not like American esclu--
siNes civil only 10 their kind. grrst
than king and their breeding compelled them
10 show such stranger the courtesy 10 had been
decided 10 accord
But the common people were not included In
The diplomatic arrangements and they took tho
matter into their own hands, without consulting
the Lord Chamberlain To them the coEnin! VI
an ex-lrcsidcnt was event II the rsslirs-
ton of what they hal heard of bat never secn-
that a plain man without nnk. or birth. OF folt-
bark him. could bccomc one ~ the poteniaiss ~
the earth lie was the incarnatOn of kspuh@
licanism. lie was Democracy itself In tho bousS
feSidcs this many of the working p>opls hsd
symrathized with the Union In ~ str'rfvie Zoe
cNstsncc They knew that The high socirtf ~sa
almost universally the side % The south not
hccnisc II loved the south any better Than y dt
he North. nor In facf NJ we'll hui - wai''el uc
rcproach 20 afi~iocncv for Tho same ra~pn tho
wo kinVmcn wanted Tie Iicpuhlic saved lhy
knew that Grant had led the inlon afmi's snb
they greeted him NJ the Champion ~ The c"ii.r ~
which tley tpo we've interested. Al !in ut tie
rarial fancy ~ friend nor The rlnf-oAf ~
republican n said aRn and Wein w nv
herring In public speech AMI private csn rl<e'ion.
nnd tclcaied In s,ors of The pioNinriHl ns"s
Iarrts
lish soil by thc Ma,or ~ i.i,ounol Nov Mayos
in Inglnn IA not nm nisiocat ~ u a ifad'smsn,
Usually ? successful IN" bn' siili not oi ilr mies
cla,s Tho prosperous part Of ne population ~
iycrpo0 n not arisiocmtic II y connected WIN
tlude llut the ovation General bmni n mo
tie Custom House ani 10000 r~lociahlc dtssw
crowded into the hall to give him The f~i prfuNls~
" what was to follow all over The hat Tho nese
iav the rcfeaicd anl ~ " went on.
~ Manchester be- tie cuesi ~ tir city lniee1
in the Town llnll which hai me-. cr h,rn ocraises
hy state guests hcforc. lanqlcis m proc ssions
were maic for him. sfHii ns delivered he ww
taken b. The places Of public hl"grsi -aiwa's by
rcopc " ihr ri,nt middle class Not lof'i an
reared until le reached london Nhen hr cm
lcrcd n theatre the orchestra p'n'rl "llai Comnn-
ha. AMI the actors stopped The pcifornancc wmio
the audience rose ~ they would gor y suNcfcll n
lie Ind the same sort Of reception m every ma
~ the great town, of Errlani In each place ~
was the guest OF the civic authorities who ~
every of the CIcat cities arr men of The midde
class In this wav he saw more of that f1ves
class which constitutes ~ much ~ the sitrnrth,
much of the greatness Of Enghnd for LAWYERS.
merchants. manufacturers editors. artists literary
@cn-al that we O,,,u,in, are in TIE he hss,s ss
elements of socety-in Fnsanl hehns
| 10 the middle class The cities are flied with
mercantile or manufacturing reputation; and ths
| n a rerscn resides in a cItv in ENGLAND. you may
| know that he is not an aristocIat IN
But il was not only the leaders of the midde
| class the wealthy merchants and Great manufart
| urers the liberal writers and thinkers. who he
| lighted 10 do General Grant honor; II was usso %
| who in that country are lower down stlll IN Tho
| social scae-the working class. At places ike
| Sheffield and Sunderland. and BIRMINGHAM and
Manchester and Newcastle the popular demonstra-
| ton equalled any in America Immediately afier
the war. Towns were Illuminated because or ms
| presence: tliumphal arches were erected IN hs
Win
hundreds of thousands turned out to meet nm
the banks Of the Tyne were covered win WORK
ing people for twenty miles The horses "are .
taken from his carriage more than once and u'e
crowds gathered around 10 shake his hand gss
if he e1 hs3 s1 Felt thSF ncca s that tie % tho
same that he a leader in the same batie IN
which they have still their fsht to make l%nsn. I'm
too here was q ruler of a great PEOPLE. AMI Trey
| could shake his hand Here was President VINO
| was not inaccessible II was Demccrscy III 'he
| Hssh No wonder the poor who had h'cd nnler
lords and soveregns for centuries felt that whereas
| they had been blind-nOw they saw.
| While General Grant stayed at my house re-
] member two visits that were paid Inn eculiar
| i'm character One from the tomte de t1fts,
who wrote 10 me In advance to know when ~
| would he agreeable Ia General Grant 10 recelNe
| him Tho services ~ the Orleans Prime in our
| armies We're Of course known 10 General .'iant
| hut the two hal never met IN Amei ,ca niuht
star had not risen very high when the 'omte de
| paris was on Ne, lclan's stan. and when GencrSi
| Grant was brought Fast Ia commani The armies.
the descendant OF ~ ;ei, iens ID, ns' rompInn,nI
L
| and General Grant WIS Craiiicd he con efset
| pleasantly with the Prince and performed mo
| proper etpuctics
| Rut afterward on The same day he received Q
| denutation Of Fnglsh work men AMI thouch
no had all res ect for the gallant Gentleman VINO
| had offered his sword in our behnf AMI lrrials
| a share Il personal pity for n dlscrwned iflnr,
| his lvelier interest was excited ny The biltSn
| mechanics and artisans who came '" ohcr lrr
| less elegant welcome There were forty ot trm-
each rcprcsentn, n different trade. ana they pro
sentcd a formal address assuring him of tleir i'ep
| regard for the welfare ami progress ot fh'"il'a
| where British worlSmcn had always inuh1 a wer
| come Grants reply showed That his vpupl'h
| sentiments had not been disturbed 10y the a1sto.
| ratio grandeur and ceremony that had surouh"e"
| him in London g..
| "Sincc my arrival on British soil Ne sad,
have received great attentions which we've lnien ed
| I am sure for nv country. ] have hah oi.th ri
| hand shal<ings and presentations from niH,,'ns
| Masses from the Government tNm the contpllhS
authorities of cities and have been ir'rlNct' w uo
citics bv the topulace. hut there has Dcen no "
| certion which / am proudcr OF Than 'hat Oh "-
| day. . ,.,, i,t . ,,r.,,,un, ,ler
| imnrcsson of the people than OF The statesmen or
| aristocrarv And well mieht u az be ior many
ba,e been receive ed as cordially as he nN "" nllr
| classes hut | doubt IL any fotelgn'r ever aWaso
| s"ch enthusiasm throughout the AM amohS ""
| common English people as Grant