Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1877 — Gen. Grant's Farewell Address. [ARTICLE]

Gen. Grant's Farewell Address.

Kxw Yobk, May 18. The following is the farewell address of ex-President Grant, made while steaming down th* Delaware: «’ Mv Drab Fribndb—l was not aware we would have so much speech-making here, or tha* it would be necessary for me to aay smy more to you, but I feel that the complitaents vou have showered upon me were-not altogether deserved. They should not all be paid to me, either aa a soldie/or as a civil officer. As a General, year praises do not belong to me; as the Executive of the Nation, they were not due to me. There is no man that can fill both or either of these positions without the help of good men. I selected my Lieutenants when I was in both positions, and thqy were men, I believe, which could have filled my place often better than I did. I never flattered mystflfl waaentitled to the place you gave me. My Lieutenants could have acted, perhaps, better thaa I, had opportunity presented itself. Gen. Sherman could have taken my place as a soldier, or in the civil ctffiee, and so could Sheridan and othecs I might name. I am sure, if the country evm comes to this need again, three will be men for the worir; there will be men bom for every emergency. Again. I thank you, and again I bidyouroodby, and once again I say that if I had failed, Sherman hr Sheridan, or some of my other Lieutenants, would have succeeded.” —ii.w i. istt to am . ' —Some persons are never satisfied with the price of produce, and there are cases when they hold on too long. Then, when the market coUapoes, and they have to take a moiety of what they might have had—then the saddest words Of tongueor h °® taen *’ Ww ®