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Secretary of State, William H. Seward; the General of 

 the Army, Ulysses S. Grant ; and the Admiral of the Navy, 

 David G. Farragut. ' ' The feeling against President John- 

 son and his principal adviser, Mr. Seward, on account of 

 the break which had taken place between them and the 

 majority of the Republican party, was immediately evi- 

 dent, for it was at once voiced by amending the resolution 

 so that it left out all names, and merely tendered a re- 

 spectful welcome, in terms, to "The President of the 

 United States, the Secretary of State, the General of the 

 Army, and the Admiral of the Navy. ' ' But suddenly came 

 up a second amendment which was little if anything short 

 of an insult to the President and Secretary. It extended 

 the respectful welcome, in terms, to "The President of 

 the United States; to the Secretary of State; to Ulysses 

 S. Grant, General of the Army ; and to David G. Farragut, 

 Admiral of the Navy"; thus making the first part, relat- 

 ing to the President and the Secretary of State, merely 

 a mark of respect for the offices they held, and the latter 

 part a tribute to Grant and Farragut, not only official, 

 but personal. Most earnest efforts were made to defeat 

 the resolution in this form. It was pathetic to see old 

 -Republicans who had been brought up to worship Mr. 

 Seward plead with their associates not to put so gross 

 an insult upon a man who had rendered such services 

 to the Republican party, to the State, and to the Nation. 

 All in vain! In spite of all our opposition, the resolu- 

 tion, as amended in this latter form, was carried, indica- 

 ting the clear purpose of the State Senate to honor 

 simply and solely the offices of the President and of the 

 Secretary of State, but just as distinctly to honor the 

 persons of the General of the Army and the Admiral of 

 the Navy. 



On the arrival of the party in Albany they came up to 

 the State House, and were received under the portico 

 by Governor Fenton and his staff. It was perfectly 

 understood that Governor Fenton, though a Republican, 

 was in sympathy with the party in the Senate which had 

 put this slight upon the President and Secretary of State, 



