The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1866-09-27

endeavoring to make their readers be-
lieve that Gen Grant indorsed the pol
icy Of the President and the Copper
head party, which is as far from the
truth as the devil is from Heaven, and
they know it too.
Gen. Grant is no partisan, but every
body knows that he has no sympathy
with the party who pronounced his
victories in the wilderness, and around
Richmond, murders and failures. The
party who did all they dared do, to
weaken his forces in the fell and
strengthen that Of the enemy's is not
the object Of his caresses by any
means. He has no desire to associate
with such men as Hester Clymer, Pen
dleton,- the scape- goat Vallandigham
and the publishers of the Gin. Enqui-
rer as will he seen.
We give below a few brief extracts,
from the Chicago Republican, which
were written at Cincinnati by the spe-
cial correspondent Of that paper
These brief extracts contain substan-
TALLY the opinions ofthe great General,
and they are published by his consent
and approval:
He said that, without expressing any
views Of his own for or against the
johnson policy, he yet felt it to be a
misfortune for Mr.. Johnson that the
advocates of his policy in the States
through which he had just passed, had
in some instances put men on their
tickets who had been guilty Of known
disloyalty to the Government because
(and this was said in a very emphatic
manner) he felt that to ask men whose
sons had shed their blood for the Uni
on to vote for men who had been dis
loyal to it, was the greatest insult that
could be offered. Southern men he
could make allowance for.
But he did not feel i'll that way to-
ward Northern men v no had been dis
loyal, and neither desired 10 associate ayith
them nor hGye item for his1riends No
such men should haze his support, nor
ought they to be supported by Mr..
Johnson's friends throughout the
Northern States. He particularly in
stanced, as q specimen Of this objec-
tionable class of men, Hester Clymer,
the Democratic candidate for Cover
nor Of Pennsylvania, saying that to ask
a soldier to vote for man Of known
disloyalty, against another who had
served four years in the Union army,
with credit to himselfa and benefit to his
country, was a-gross insult. IF men
desired to support Mr.. Johnson's poll
cy let them, bnt at all events let them
vote only for such men as were true to
their country in 1861.
To refer again to the Cincinnati En-
quirer. An amusing occurrence took
place at the Presidents reception, to-
day, the account Of which I have on ul2-
questionable authority. General Grant
was standing engaged in conversation
with a man unknown to him, when John
Hogan, Of St. Louis, approached him
| and said General Grant, I want to
introduce you to a friend of yours, the
correspondent of the Cincinnati Enqui-
rer." To which the General prompt
ly replied, II have no stock in that pa
| per, and don't want to have any friends
connected with it, Mr.. Hogan imme
diately said, ''W ell, but he's person
al friend Of yours When the Gener
al said, "Well, I want to be friendly
with every one, but I don't want my
friends connected with that paper
Hogan then said, in great astonishment
''Well but you are talking with the ed
itor." cam I % said General Grant
II did not know that, but, at any rate
[ have nothing to apologize for. I have
declared my opinion of that paper be
fore, in an official capacity, and [ an
of the same opinion now" John an6
the gentleman in question then retired
In addition to the above, we have tht
following confrmatory report Of oul
friend, F. Hathaway, an old Veteran.
Mr.. FL. called at our Office last Sat
urday and informed us, that Capt
Knapp Of Massillon, who served dur
ing the whole war in the celebrated
18th Ohio Regt., said to him:
II was at Columbus at the Presiden
tial reception, and had an interview
with Gen. Grant. Grant said to M
that he was heartily sick of the whole
affair, and had he known that i
would be made apolitical electioneer
ing occasion he would never have join
ed it. "Well,'' said Capt. Knapp
''the people will expect you to sa,
something"
81 do not make speeches. prompt,
replied the old hero, "much less Cop
perhead speeches"
We wish to say that Messrs Hatha
way and Knapp are gentlemen Of un
questionable veracity.
~ Every man who ran to Canada
during the war in order to escape tn
draft, is now an earnest advocate of tn
immediate and unconditional admis
sion of perjured rebels and traitors t.
Congress.
Every participator in the New Yor