Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-28
BIRTHDAY OF GRANT.
celebration by the kiddlessx Club at
the Hotel Brunswick, Boston.
ZEN. LoScsrREEr A SPEAKER.
Tie ss Frequently and Loudly APP
pIauded Throughout His Address
Mention of Reed and Mckinley
senator Thurston, of Nebraska.

Middlesex Club this evening by a dinner
=, tho Hotel Brunswick More than 500
members and guests were In at'ehoah0e'
The guests Of the evening included hon
John NJ. Thurs,on. Of Nebraska; Lieu
tenant General Longstreet, OF Georgia o.
II. Foraker, OF Ohio, and Hon. James IL
uoyt of Ohio. The menu was lohs
and elaborate. and IL was nearly W oio0A
,yhsn Ex-Governor Bracket, president
~ the club. rose, amid ringing cheers'
and rapped for order. After some i"e
,,ro,narv remarks he introduced Acting
f,overnor Wolcott who said In part; Inc
curDv soptb with all the old differences
Of opinion obliterated, never sihee 'n0
carly DAYS of the republic more Warmly
,eloved than II is to-day, SENDS up as
nor representative one who was tnirV
,,oars AGO our gallant foe. and is tonight
our gallant friend. 1t Is most nappy
custom 10 commemorate by speciai
vices the days that marx the p sl-ns,.ed
men who. by high services nave Oe''
well of the republic corot
THE president then called on Geherai
lanes Iongstreet 10 speak OF Grant
the soldier" The old Confederate Oh
,lcer was received with repeated cneeIs'
ana frequently and loudly appiauueu,
throughout his address, which was heaiu
with profound attention. s,o-
The nresident next introduced Senator
,-araLer ~ Ohio. who spoke on Grant
the Republican" The Senator was greet
"a with cheers and unlimited en-
tbus,ssm. and his address was Warmly
~acot,,ad throughout A reference 10
need as a possible presidential cahui-
date was the signal for wild ueihohsua
fion of enthusiasm ane' wheh' nv
ment later, he mentioned the hanne VI
Mckinley. the audience expresseu 'Is
enect for the speakers preference py
second demonstration almost as
astic as the first.
The president then read a le'teI anu a
.sicgrarn of declinatiOn from Governor
w q BRADLEY, Of Kentucky; ana SharleS
Emorv smith. In their place he pre-
scented Senator j. NJ. Thurston' OF ne
braska. Senator Thurston's was the
speech Of the evening. and the enthusiasin i
OF the audience reached It's heishl W.
he leaned forward and extended the mana
80 Sailowsbin to General Longstreet,
while the air rang with the cheers OF inc
yboIe assembly. At the close or ms
snaech the old Confederate Genera
stepped around 10 his chair and publicly
concentrated him on the impression
which he had produced in his first ad-
dress to a Boston audience.
AT GRANTS OLD HOME.
GALENA. ILL. April H.-Thousands OF
nsonIe from this and adjoining States
met together In Galena to-day 10 hohor
the memory of her most renowned citlzen,
General Grant. The event To-Day was ot
double nature-a reunion or SURVIVORS OF
the Twelfth Illinois Regiment also taking
place.
At 9 o'clock the historic cannon. re-
cent gift of the government 10 Saleha,
was mounted at Grant Park, members Oh
the Forthwith Regiment having charge
of the ceremonies.
The reunion OF the Twelfth was heid al
the courthouse, In room where thirty
ave years ago Captain Grant presided,
when Company f, of the Twelfth, was
organized. Comrade Rippen delivered an
address OF welcome. 10 when GeheTdl
John Macarthur. of Chicago. the first colo
mel OF the regiment, responded brel
addresses by General Chetlain ana others
followed. The veterans adjourned 10
meet the Chicago special tram at /
o'clock, bearing a Chicago party OF ntty'
ana with civic and military organiza-
lions IN a procession under the escort OF
l6O cavalrymen, moved to turner man
where the formal exercises were held'
General John c. Black, of chicago oe-
liyered the principal address.
rendered the Chicagoans and their guests
MT turner Hall while the soldiers held
banquet and campfire at Feehan Hail.
GENERAL, LONGSTREETS SPEECH.
In the course Of his speech General
4. I.ongstreet said; 80
Modest as a maiden, the heaVy plo"s
of the strong arm of an AJAX were an
laefe was TO tell the story OF work that
pushed him up, until at the END OF TWO
wears he found himself above all ofheers
that had held superior rank. commanding
armies OF a million soldiers. spread out
over lines of thousands of miles, yet hum
bly, submissive 10 the government he SO
ably defended. II another record marks
such an epoch. / fail to recall II.
"Of all of the Union commanders ne
was the greater leader who accurately
surveyed the great field of war, the ele-
ments OF strength, and points OF error
and considered the vast means so neces-
sary TO solve the problem. He realized
the Importance of covering the granaries
OF the South, and applied his early ener-
giles and talents to holding Kentucky anc
Tennessee and moving swiftly to the cap
ture OF Fort Henry. The soldier had the
comprehensive mind Of the statesmen. He
knew that the South had neglected facto-
Ties. and only applied its energies and
labors to agriculture. and he bent his
mind and power 20 the safe blockade or
our seaboard cities.
II knew Grant as a cadet and from
boyhood TO Mount McGregor served in
the Fourth United States Regiment OF
Infantry. with him on his entrance into
ac. army life, and we were together
IN osth's Division of SCOTS army OF
MfXco. where he was known and es-
teemed as one Of its most gallant and
promising young lieutenants.
''The first notice we had OF him In the
late war was his affair at Belmont, in
the autumn OF 1861. when / remarked OF
him that he was the man OF the North
who, II he came TO be known, was
most likely TO conquer, and to-day may
say that no one but the subtle Lincoln
could have found him.
THE WILDERNESS
His affairs at the Wilderness were not
as successful as he would have had them:
but. nothing daunted. the resolute soldier
thought that his policy would be worked
successfully by persistent, heavy blows;
that his line was the shortest way 10
the end-the end that he had resolved TO
wrest from the terrible Lee-leavlng the
cost TO speak for itself.
"Ha stood alone as the man for the
time. When II was ended, the war with
him was over. His heavy blows were
changed TO pleasant salutations Inca
pable OF malice. his generous heart Of
fered all that his enemy could ask as
terms for surrender. with abundance of
provisions for the hungry soldiers and
their horses.
sNor did he forget at Mt McCreeor In