Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-12
TUESDAY. MAY 10. 1891.
Mr. Cleyeland visiting pufalo.

The Hon. GROVER CLEVELAND il on visit
20 Buffalo. which was his home for many
years, and where as :" the veto mayor he
attained that prominence and displayed
those characteristics which proved TO be
stepping-stones to tho gubernatorial Office
and presidential chair.
He has been received with great warmth.
Many Republicans have joined with the
Democrats of Buffalo in showing honor to
him who Is the most illustrious citizen
that place has yet given TO the country.
Last evening Mr.. CLEVELAND was enter
tanned by the Young Mems German-Ameri-
can Association, and he made TO them a
speech very pleasantly describing the Ger
man traits of honesty, wisdom, and
economy and truthfully saying that the
children Of the fatherland have been
with us "from the beginning, aud have
Influenced every day of our country's
. life )" and that their virtues are among those
(which our Government was formed to
foster, and are essentials to our country's
safety and prosperity"
MIR. CLEVELAND spoke, and spoke well, of
the German peoples love of music and of
social enjoyment. He lalso gratefully re-
ferred to the aid gwen the American pa
triots of 1T76 by Germans who nobly es-
poused our cause and who greatly helped
WASHINGTON TO win the freedom of this
country, which has become the asylum of
the oppressed of all lands. AL of this
was taetfully SAID, but he did not choose
the most felicitous words possible in the
following paragraph referring to the part
the Germans took in our war of 1876:
"Then there came a time when the Govern
ment Of the country OF their adoption was as
saulted by rebellious hands, and thon our Ger
man fellow-ctizens had presented TO them an
opportunity 60 prove the depth and breadth OF
their attachment 10 the land In which they lived
and wrought, and TO exhibit how completely they
had become patriotic American citizens" &c.
The Germans resident in the South du-
ring the war were as true 70 the people
amongst whom they dwelt as those in the
North were to the cause of the Union.
The southern Germans understood too
well the position of the southern people
10 characterize as rebellion our great
struggle for constitutional rights as under
stood by us.
However, since WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON,
LAFAYETTE, VoN STEUBEN, DEKALB, MUH-
IEsBERa, KosCIUsKo, and PULASKI and q
great host of others whom the world has
since enrolled as patriots and heroes were
long elassed as rebels, /" the word has a new
Specification, though at times it still pro-
ducesa painful impression" Mr.. CLEyE-
LAND uses il as the northern people habit
ually do. As President he was cOnside-
rate of the southern people and appointed
many men who held high rank in the Con-
federate army to positions of eminence.
This is his way. He carries his bluntness
with him everywhere, and, paradoxical as
ii may seem, it gives him strength with the
people.
We shall not attempt to rule Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND out of the race because of his refer
ence 20 "rebellious hands" To do that
successfully would be also to sweep out of
the field every man from the North. 1t is
a part of their everyday language.
Mr.. CLEvELAsD's Buffalo speech was fur
nished in advance in proof-sheets, TO the
press associations, and it will be published
in full IN hundreds of newspapers this
morning. 1t will no doubt give him favor
with our German-American citizens be-
cause he has. and deserves, the reputa-
ton of being q sincere man. As whole it
is a typical expression from one whom
the country must always hold in high es-
TEEN for ability, decision of character, and
honest administration of Office.