Year: 1868

of your regiment on the way to field of
future usefulness and glory, to course of
action which redounded to the interest of
your country. You were then only the
Colonel of a regiment since then you have
been advanced for meritorious services to
the high and honorable position Of Gen
eral Of the United States Army Now
you return with your laurels all won, not
as General, but as q private citizen; as
such we welcome you to-day to our city.
They say you never made speech Wash
ington never made speech, jackson never
made one, Taylor never did, but they all
made their mark, as you have. Rousing
cheers. BY your integrity, your valor,
your GOODNESS on the battle field you have
made yourself famous. Cheersl Gen.
Jackson attempted to suppress rebellion
In Its incipiency You succeeded In sup.
pressing gigantic one Continuous cheer.
ing) You served your country In the
army, and took your rise from our own
State, hence we claim you. You have
been assailed as all great men have been ;
you have been illuminated by virulent
enemies but there are patriotic hearts
enough In this nation to save you, TO raise
you to the highest position In the land
Illinois will be the first She will roll up
such majority as she never gave before
to any individual, Again, In behalf of
this enthusiastic, this vast assembly, l ex-
tend to you hearty welcome to our city"
/ AS soon as the deafening applause ceas-
ed, Gen. B. NJ. Prentiss addressed the
audience as follows:


at is with pleasure | behold so many
smiling faces and cordial hands ready to
greet the arrival of our nations most dis,
tinguished patriot; one who has filed
every position to which he has been called
with honor and credit to himself and
country one whom the people intend, by
their ballot, to place in the highest posi-.
tion within their gift, that of President of
the United States of America"


Then turning to General Grant he spoke
as follows:


Gen Grant In behalf of the soldiers,
/ cordially welcome you to our city in so
doing permit me to say that we, as soldiers,
must forget those tattered flags; we must
forget the stain of the battlefield; we must
forget the suffering in hospitals we must
forget our brothers that lie in Southern
graves; we must forget the amity and
anxiety which your opponents find with
rebels; all of these things must be erased
from our memory before we can fail to
give you cordial support. We don for.
| get that there are some recreant Generals
that are endeavoring to traduce and injure
| your reputation. ! do now charge that
| some of these Generals have willfully fal
sitied history to the end that you might be
injured.


81 have waited for this opportunity &C
| give the lie to the assertion so frequently
made that l would refuse to give you /
cordial support. No true soldier can fai
in this. General, | welcome you here il
behalf of your comrades Cursed be the
hand that would refuse to give a cordia
welcome to you, May you live to fulfil
the position to which we are soon to cal
you, and may your future days be a
bright as the past have been useful anC
glorious, is my sincere wish"


At the conclusion of the Generals re
marks, and the cheers and applause whicl
followed, General Grant said:


" Ladies and Gentlemen of Quincy: l
is impossible for me to find words to eX
press my qualification for this kind an
enthusiastic reception. l thought that


was visiting your city very quietly to pa
visit to my lifelong friend Col. /. \
Morris. What was my surprise to fin
what seems to be not only the whole city
but the county of Adams turned out I
WtlCulhC illC w yOuI ulluSt CdHnt
properly thank you for this ovation, bu
j permit me to return my heartfelt thanks fo
this undeserved mark of your partialit
and kind feelings"


The Generals brief address was greete
with tumultuous applause, and the i'm
mense throng began to disperse. Th
Tanners formed into line and made clea
pathway for the General and his party
Upon reaching the open air the latter wa
conveyed directly to the residence of Co
Morris, while the Tanners proceeded 4
Lincoln Hall and dsbanded.


This reception, gotten up on so short


notice, and participated in so heartily b,
so many thousands, not only reflects tn
greatest credit on our city, but as politi
cal demonstration has absolutely terrific,
the poor Democracy, who have latel
been laboring so hard and so unsuccessful
to get out crowd to hear their speakers
Republicans have been encouraged, an
are going into the campaign now with tn
expectation and determination of winning
Quincy (W.) Whiq, 17M.