altogether deserved. They should not be paid to me, either as a soldier or civil officer. As a general, your praises do not all belong to me; as the executive of the nation, they are not due to me. There is no man who can fill both or either of these places without the help of good men. I selected my lieutenants when in both of these positions, and they were men who I believe could have filled my place often better than I did. I never flattered myself that I was entitled to the places you gave me. My lieutenants could have acted perhaps better than I, had the opportunity presented itself. Sherman could have taken my place as a soldier, or in civil office; and so could Sheridan and others that I could name. I am sure that if the country ever comes to this need again, there will be men for the work; there will be men born for every emergency. Again I thank you, and again I bid you good-bye; and once again I say that if I had fallen, Sherman and Sheridan, or some of my other lieutenants, would have succeeded."

This speech is noteworthy as a key to the inner heart of Grant. He seldom chose his lieutenants wrongly, he never deserted them after choice. He was not greater in his own estimation than any subordinate. All might have been his equal or superior had fortune favored. There was no jealousy, no acrimony, in his army or civic associations. He was plain, ingenuous and true. He did not assume honors, but divided them with all beneath him. Burdens he frequently assumed which he might often in justice to himself have similarly divided.

It is the key furthermore to all the sentiments he expressed abroad amid dignitaries, in courts, before crowned heads and purpled shoulders. If he was honored, it was not he, but his country. If called a hero, it was not he, but his lieutenants, his men. If favored, however much or often, it was not he, but the institutions he saved from wreck. He ever lost sight

of Grant amid fete and honor and homage.

He ever made his

country the subject of honor and mention.

Privilege was not

his but his nation's. There was no ego, no narrowness, no selfishness in word or act while he circled the globe and saw the splendors and powers of organized humanity.

In the midst of these hearty congratulations, and with the best wishes of a peaceful, united and happy people, he embarked on his ocean vessel and sailed for foreign lands. The incidents of the voyage were those of an ordinary passenger who has dared the deep for the first time. A little more respect, a fuller mention of habit and conversation, a deference due to greatness, these mark the trip of ten days as ocean

voyager.

When Queenstown was reached a storm was raging. This did not prevent a deputation sailing out to meet him whose cheers and words of welcome were heard above the roar of billows. The General expressed regrets at his inability to land and receive the hospitalities of the city which were tendered him with true Irish heartiness, but promised to return to the green isle in a short time.

The vessel ran on to Liverpool, and on May 28th the General was received by the entire people with cheers and every demonstration of delight. The authorities of the city, aug-. mented by deputations of officials from London and other interior places, received him in a tug and escorted him to the landing. The farewell cheers from the passengers on the Indiana were mingled with those on shore, and altogether the scene, under an unusually bright sunlight, and on waters that seemed calm for the purpose, was one calculated to inspire every participant.

The Mayor of Liverpool received him in stately style and with a formal address. The hospitalities of the city were extended in honor to a great statesman and soldier. Grant's reply was characteristic. It was not he that was receiving honor, but the warm expression of feeling attested England's

regard for the United States and for that citizenship of which he was an humble exponent. The Mayor was visited by the traveling party. The docks were viewed by steamer. They were formally received in the town hall. Fetes were held, with their concomitants of dress, equipage, toasts and speeches. Everything was done to make his visit pleasant and to show how sincerely the British people welcomed their illustrious guest.

Cities were

Meanwhile, England herself was responding. making ready for prospective visits. The press, with one accord, favorably reviewed his military and civic record and acknowledged that the most distinguished citizen of the age, and the world was in their midst. Respect was unstinted. One journal declared that he was "worthy of every possible attention. His name is so closely interwoven with recent events in the United States, that not only in America but throughout Europe, he is entitled to respectful treatment in a degree which it is the lot of but few to command."

On May 30th, General Grant with a distinguished party of guests left Liverpool for Manchester, where they were received by the Mayor, Aldermen and citizens with the warmest expressions of kindness. After visiting the factories of this busy place, and all the points of interest, a formal reception was extended in the town hall, at which the Mayor and other dignitaries made congratulatory addresses. General Grant tendered his acknowledgments thus: "It is scarcely possible for me to give utterance to feelings evoked by my reception from the moment of my arrival in Liverpool, where I have passed a couple of days, until the present. After the scenes I have witnessed in your streets, and the elements of greatness as manifested in your public and industrial buildings, I may say no person could be the recipient of the honors you have bestowed on me without the profoundest feeling. Such have been incited in me, and I find myself inadequate to their

proper expression. It was my original purpose to hasten from Liverpool to London, and thence to visit various points of interest in this country. Among these I have regarded Manchester as most important, on account of its manufactures, many of which find ultimate market in my own country. And I am aware that the sentiment of the great mass of the people of Manchester went out in sympathy to that country during the mighty struggle in which it fell to my lot to take an humble part. The expressions of your people during that great trial incited in the breasts of my countrymen a feeling of friendship toward them distinct from that felt toward all England, and in that spirit I accept on the part of my country the compliments paid me as its representative, and thank you."

A banquet was then spread and the reception was completed amid toasts and speeches, and the greatest cordiality and good cheer, after which the General was introduced to the assemblage and a scene of handshaking and personal welcome followed. The next day was spent in visiting the various manufacturing and industrial centres under the auspices of business committees, and then came formal leave-taking at London Road Station, amid a mass of humanity and deafening cheers. Along the line of road the stations were decorated, and the towns turned out en masse to catch a view of the General, if possible, if not, of the train which bore him. Dinner was taken at Leicester, under the auspices of the Mayor. At Bedford the Mayor welcomed him, terming him the Hannibal of the American armies and praying that he might be spared to enjoy the honors and rewards which might be heaped on him. The response of Grant was brief but apt. Flowers were tendered Mrs. Grant. At the terminus of the Midland Railway another enthusiastic welcome was in store for him and his party. Minister Pierrepont and Lord Vernon met them, and they were driven in carriages to Mr. Pierrepont's residence.

After a day of rest, General Grant (June 2d,) visited the Prince of Wales and was invited to go to Epsom. The trip was taken with the Prince and a large party of notables, and he was greeted with a series of ovations. In the evening he was entertained at a grand banquet given by the Duke of Wellington at Apsley House. The banquet was served in the famous Waterloo Chamber, where the old Iron Duke loved to meet his war generals annually. It was a splendid and hearty reception attended by lords and ladies of highest rank. The General was asked his opinion of the races at Epsom. He replied: "There is an impression abroad that I am a great horse racer and fond of horses. I really know nothing of races, having seen only two-one at Cincinnati, in 1865, another at Jerome Park in 1867. I am not therefore qualified to judge."

On the next day, Sunday, the General attended services at Westminster Abbey to hear Dean Stanley preach. In the midst of his sermon he alluded to the distinguished visitor present thus: "In the midst of our congregation is one of the chiefest citizens of the United States, who has just laid down the sceptre of the American Commonwealth, and who by his military power and generous treatment of his adversaries has restored unity to the country. We welcome him as a sign and pledge that the two great kindred nations are one in heart and are equally at home under the paternal roof. Both regard with reverential affection this ancient cradle of their common life."

On the evening of June 5th, a grand reception was tendered by the American Minister, Edward Pierrepont, at his mansion. At least a thousand persons were present, representatives of the best English and American society in London. Among the former were Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, John Bright, Lord Houghton, Marquis of Lorne, the Lord Mayors, representatives of law, medicine, church, literature, the press and foreign nations. "Everybody was there," says a vivacious writer, "and