Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1879 — Grant and the Ex-Confederates. [ARTICLE]

Grant and the Ex-Confederates.

Gen. Grant was tendered a big reception at the City Hall, in San Francisco, which was attended by a number of ex-Confederate soldiers. To them the General spoke as follows: “Gentlemen: It has afforded me great satisfaction and pleasure to observe the very cordial reception I have received here, and especially the welcome coming from the gentlemen you represented. If you had traveled around the world, as 1 have for several .years past, you would appreciate, like me, the value of our common country more completely than any man can who stays at home. You would be everywhere gratified to see that we are recognized by all the nations of tho earth in a higher light than our own people imagine. Abroad our resources are considered unlimited. When one gets to see the nations of the world, he begins to appreciate the inestimable value of our broad acres and the great energy of our people that is forever upbufltMtag in State, city, and town. It affords me very great satisfaction and pleasure to receive the gentlemen who were, long ago, opposed to us, and I hope, if this country ever sees another war, we .shall all be together, under one flag, fighting a common enemy.”