. A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey . ral Grant returned to Spain and journeyeddirectly north to Paris. But a brief stay was made in Paris, Gen-eral Grant and his party proceeding immediately to Grant now determined to redeem his promise to visitIreland, and Mrs. Grant decided to remain with her daughter,.Mrs. Sartoris, in England, during the Generals absence inIreland. General Grant left London by the regular mail train on theevening of January 2d, 1879, going by way of Holyhead andKingstown. He was accompani
. A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey . ral Grant returned to Spain and journeyeddirectly north to Paris. But a brief stay was made in Paris, Gen-eral Grant and his party proceeding immediately to Grant now determined to redeem his promise to visitIreland, and Mrs. Grant decided to remain with her daughter,.Mrs. Sartoris, in England, during the Generals absence inIreland. General Grant left London by the regular mail train on theevening of January 2d, 1879, going by way of Holyhead andKingstown. He was accompanied by General Noyes, GeneralBadeau, Mr. Russell Teney, and Mr. Fitzgerald. He reachedDublin on the morning of January 3d, and was met by therepresentatives of the corporation. He was driven to the Shel-bourne Hotel, and at once prepared to visit the City Hall tomeet the Lord Mayor. The city was full of strangers, and muchenthusiasm was manifested when the General and his party lefttheir hotel to drive to the Mansion House. On arriving at theMayors official residence, they were cheered by a large crowd. (485) 486 AROUND THE WORLD. that had gathered to meet the illustrious ex-President. The-Lord Mayor, in presenting the freedom of the city, referred tothe cordiality always existing between America and Ireland, andhoped that in America General Grant would do everything hecould to help a people who sympathize with every Americanmovement. The parchment, on which was engrossed the free-dom of the city, was enclosed in an ancient carved bog-oakcasket. General Grant appeared to be highly impressed by the gener-ous language of the Lord Mayor. He replied substantially asfollows: I feel very proud of being made a citizen of the prin-cipal city of Ireland, and no honor that I have received has givenme greater satisfaction. I am by birth the citizen of a countrywhere there are more Irishmen, native born or by descent, thanin all Ireland. When in office I had the honor—and it was agreat on
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