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Shadow and Light

Mifflin Wistar Gibbs · 1902 (composed before publication)

passage 10 of 171 · CHAPTER I 3

Appointed by the President in 1877 Register of U. S. Lands--Robert J. Ingersoll on the Benignity of Homestead Law--General Grant's Tour Around the World and His Arrival at Little Rock, 1879--A Guest at the Banquet Given Him--Response to the Toast, "The Possibilities of American Citizenship"--Roscoe Conkling's Speech Nominating General Grant for Third Term--Bronze Medal as one of the Historic "306" at the National Convention of 1880--The Manner of General Grant's Defeat for Nomination and Garfield's Success--Character Sketches of Hon. James G. Blaine, Ingersoll's Mailed Warrior and Plumed Knight--Hon Grover Cleveland.

Honorary Commissioner for the Colored Exhibits of the World's Exposition at New Orleans, La.--Neglected Opportunities--Important Factors Necessary to Recognition.

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Shadow and Light · Mifflin Wistar Gibbs · 1902