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Excerpt from Proceedings on the Occasion of the Banquet to Celebrate the Seventy-First Anniversary of the Birth of General U. S. Grant: At the Waldorf, on Thursday, April Twenty-Seventh, 1893

Gentlemen, - It is always one of the greatest pleasures, and one that develops the finest feelings of our nature, when we are permitted to assem ble in honor Of the memory Of our great Chieftain, General Grant. I am sure you will not expect from me to-night anything more than to say that the best thing any of us can do, especially those of us who are endeavor ing in some way to follow in his footsteps, is to Show our love and devotion to our country, and thus imitate his example in all respects. I will therefore to - night especially imitate that most remarkable of his many examples, - that is, never to make speeches when others are present.

General Porter presented Judge Roger A. Pryor with the following introduction' gentlemen, - We have another distinguished general here to-night, who fought with us in the war, but not on the same side. It has been said that it is astounding how you like a man after you fight him. That is the reason we have him here tonight, to give him a warm reception.

He always gave us a warm reception. He used to take us and pro vide for us, and was willing to keep us out Of harm's way while hostilities lasted, unless sooner exchanged. He was always in the front, and his further appearance in the front to-night is a re¿ection upon the accuracy of our marksmanship. Not knowing how to punish him there, we brought him up to New York and sentenced him to fourteen years of hard labor on the bench. Gentlemen, I introduce to you General Roger A. Pryor.

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