Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1880 — Grant’s Speech at Jacksonville, Fla. [ARTICLE]

Grant’s Speech at Jacksonville, Fla.

Mb. Pbesident, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is with a good deal of diffidence that I arise after the flattering words that I have heard. I know not what to say, except that I believe in the statements made as to our country—that what is good for our land is equally good for every part of it. I never wanted anything for myself that I was not willing to accord to any other citizen as long as he obeyed the laws and npheld the nation. I believe we are now on a basis of fraternal peace and concord, and we shall move on to peace and prosperity greater than ever known in this land, or possible in any other. We are In our Infancy now, but we are stronger than any other in the world, and will be to aa long we are true to ourselves, and remain one ana Indivisible,