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Show By TV. U. Ielcerar.h. PRESIDENT GRANT AT INDIAN.. AFOLIS. j Indianapolis, 23. Tho Academy of Music was crowded last night at the . reception of President Grant, and a laree number of persons were unable to gain admittance. The President was welcomed to the city, and introduced to the Assembly by Governor Baker, 1 in a brief but felicitous speech, to which the President responded as follows; "Ladies and Gentlemen, I, thank you heartily for this cordial; greeting, for I assure you it is une- pected. 'Whenl left Washington, if was with a view of going to St. Louis j without stopping by the way; but on meeting your dUtinguished Senator, 1 Morton, at Pittsburg, he requested me ' to remain here during this day. That ! I consented to do, expecting to see , you, the people of Indianapolis, turn ! out to greet your Senator, and not ex- j pecting a greeting to me; and I leave ! him to thank you in more appropriate j terms than I could do if I were to try." ! Senator Morton then proceeded to refer, in detail, to some leading features ! of President Grant's administration, .noticing particularly the steady and great reduction of tho public debt, not. , by iiioicnsing luxation but by a faithful land honest, collection of tho revenues, and by retrenchment find economy in icvery Department of Government. He referred to the successful Indian policy I of the administration, through which he said we were now more nearly at peace with the Indians than at any previous lime in I ho history of the Government. With regard to the future policy of the Bopublican party, he said tho parly could not afford to run oil' upon any one issue to the abandonment aban-donment of others. It was national audits policy must embrace the good of tho whole country. It could not afford to make a distinct issue of tariff, civil service, or any other individual issue. Kcferring to the Ku Klux bill recently pas.-ed by Congress, he declared de-clared the belief that it was not only constitutional but necessary, and proceeded pro-ceeded to give a history of tho KuKlux organization and its purposes. He then gave, at considerable length, his views of tho policy and intentions of tho Democracy in the next campaign, declaring his belief that they intended to oppose the reconstruction acts, and declare illegal the fourteenth and fif-! fif-! teenth constitutional amendments; j that the Southern wing of the party controlled the organization, and if they succeeded by carrying all Southern States, as thus they only can succeed in obtaining control of the Government, they would refuse to pay pensions to j Union soldiers, unless rebel soldiers i were also paid, and refuse to levy a tax for the payment of the public debt un-1 un-1 lens they w'ere allowed pay for slaves. They would overthrow the fifteenth I amendment and disfranchise colored men; and, in conclusion, he declared I that he believed that if the Democratic party came into power the Southern j States would quietly secede with the ! sanction of that party. I Speeches were also made by lion. ! John Coburn and others. At 10:30 the President was escorted , to tho depot, and left by special train :for St. Louis. |