The Grant Reception
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Excerpt from The Grant Reception: Monograph The welcome accorded to General Grant by the people and sovereigns cf the Old World, while on his travels around the globe, in brilliancy, enthusiasm and universality, is without a parallel in recorded history. He went abroad, not as the ruler of a vast empire, not even with the humblest insignia of rank, but as a plain unassuming American gentleman, seeking relaxation from the labors incident to his eventful career. But his fame as the greatest General of the age, and the honored Chief Executive of the Great American Republic had preceded him, resounding his deeds from nation to nation, until the civilization and even barbarism of a whole hemisphere awaited his coming, anxious to bestow their imperial tributes of praise and admiration. Alexander and Napoleon after years of campaigning with mighty legions, conquered a continent. Grant touched the shores of Britain, and a world was at his feet! With that modesty characteristic of true greatness, he chose to interpret his honors as intended for him, not as a private citizen merely, but as the representative of a great country. While this is doubtless in a limited sense true, and afforded the General a happy means of turning attention from himself, the equally royal welcome extended him upon his return home was essentially personal in its nature. It was intended for Grant the great soldier, for Grant the Ex-President, the honored of trans-Atlantic nations. It had no party significance, but was a spontaneous outburst expressive of the universal regard entertained for him by his fellow countrymen. In Chicago, as in other cities, General Grant bridged the chasm of party animosity, and political friends and foes clasped hands with common purpose, appropriately to honor the great warrior and statesman. How well they succeeded, seconded by the efforts of a peerless metropolitan society, this volume will attempt to relate, believing the great event is worthy of more permanent record than newspaper narratives ordinarily assure. The occasion furnished gems of oratory among the richest and most brilliant of the English language - fitting jewels in the crown of honor prepared by the Garden City for her illustrious visitor - to preserve which these pages are more especially devoted. For the material embodied in this volume we are largely indebted to the ever enterprising press of Chicago, whose exhaustive reports paid splendid tribute to the presence of the city´s distinguished guest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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