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Gen. Grant and ForiW BlodsettKrcrrnox of the delegates from the geobglaZLXDICAL OOXTESTIOX.The western presss dispatches hare the sub-joined report of the interview of the deputation from the Atlanta Radical Convention with Gen. Grant It will be seen Gen. Grant made no promises. He would think about and talk over the matter. He was pleased to learn that the fifteenth amendment would bo passed, and we infer from that that he will not be' pleased with those of professed political friends in the Legislature, who refuses to vote for it and then rushed in next day to vote for reconsidering when it had passed. The anxiety of Foster Blodgett to present the action of the Legislature in a favorable light to the President will be appreciated:A delegation of members of the Georgia Legislature, headed by Foster Blodgett, Chairman of the Republican Stata Committee, and accompanied by J. M. Cliff, members of Congress, Colonel Hopkins, Colonel Prince, and Messrs. H. M. Turner, and J. M. Sima, two of the lately expelled members of the Georgia Legislature, waited on the President about nine o'clock this morning, to present the resolutions of the Republican State Convention held on the 5th insL, setting forth their grievances and snffrings, and asking that the Reconstruction acts and the act of admission of June 25th, 1868, be literally complied with.The delegation was received in the ante-room by General Dent, and after waiting a short rime were presented to the President in his private office. Mr. Blodgett addressed him on the subject of their visit. The points presented for the consideration of the President are, 1st. The truthfulness of their grievances and the reasons therefor. 2d. Thry point out remedies therefor. 3d. They earnestly and urgently, but most respectfully, ask Congress and the President to apply the remedy. After shaking hands with the delegation, individually. President Grant listened to the address of Blodgett, and cm its conclusion, said he could not make any reply to what has been said at present. It was a matter he would have to think about and talk over. He wanted to see one thing very much, and that was that all classes of the people should be protected in their opinions everywhere. He desired to see the speedy establishment of law and order in the South. Be had seen in the papers that the Legislature of Georgia were to-day going to vote on the fifteenth amendment, and inquired how they would dispose of it.Mr. Blodgett replied that they would pass it The Democrats in the Legislature had informed him that would be the case. Congress having inflicted negro suffrage on them, they were now going to try to inflict it in turn on the d—d Van-•OCB,The President smiled, and said that was more than ho had expected, and seemed pleased at the prospect of so easy a solution of tho vexed question. The interview then terminated.
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Macon Daily Telegraph
Macon, Georgia, US
Sun, Mar 14, 1869
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