The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-07-31
Thad. Bids for the Presidency.

We have before Us the New York Herald, contain.
ng three long columns from special correspondent,
giving an elaborate account Of interview with Tad
Stevens, at his residence il Lancaster. We regret
that its great length preelaies its publication in our
columns, aud have to content ourselves with a few
extracts, treating on impeachment aud confscaton,
which viii be found in another column Il looks to Us
though the whole thing was cut and dried so care
fully the nterregaeres prepared covering all the
grounds of the prominent issues of the day. and SO
full and mPlaic are .Thad areplies careful read
ing of the correspondence sill conTnce the most
skeptieal that there was ncthins casual IN The inter-
rogatories and answers bu. carefully prepared pro-
gramme, having for its object the publicity of Thad
extreme Radical views on all points as prelude to
bis entrance into tile Presidential race against any and
all Contestants, L may look little strange 10 wit
ness this old man, with foot as it were, in the
grave, aspiring TO the high office of President but
then We must Fecoec that he is man OF unbounded
ambition and cruelty yinilctise III sees that with
the present Radical leaders, bitter they are he viii
not be able to carry out his extreme views Hence
his aspiration for that power which will enable him
do it, 1T his Of eiectioneering there is moth.
ing Of the Wade about him. but bold and fearless. lie
is who thinks before he speaks, and does not
contradict himself half dozen times DAY. He is
emphatic in his assertion that conquered terri
tories subject to the will of the conaueror and that
they have the right to confscate the last dollar
have that lave rights Hhaterer, except those
accorded rs by Congress.
Thad. touches upon strong point il his remarks on
bis confseaton scheme. In answer to an uerroga-
tory from the correspondent, whether he would be
satisfied With bis mild conscation, Tad. gives him
to understand, and through him the Northern people,
that that is merely preliminary that if lie had the
power he would pay every dollsr of the outstanding
debt b. confseaton; for, says he it rs bearing
TOO hard on the Union men Of tie North, and viii
bring many Of them to starvation. If such argument
this does not make him voters in the North then
we are mistaken in Yankee human nature. To the
black Of the South he IS going to give forty or
fifty Of the old homestead, and if there is not
enough to 90 around take slice off the neighborng
plantation Old Thad. says his coored friends must
live on the spot where they were born. This is the
gilded bid for the Southern black vote
What position then does Mr.. Stevens occupy before
the country? That Of def,ing and Conforming most
" ssiS " iof suppCFt
to the people, whom he has no doubt will be capi-
waited by his scheme to overthrow the whites of the
South and put money in the pockets of the people of
the North.
The correspondent, II closing hls three column
disposes Of Thads panchant for the
as follows
Upon the subject of the next Presidency old Thad
is not disposed TO be communicative. He regards
Gen. Grant as great soldier who has the best posi-
ton any man can ever occupy III the United States
and does not believe be would be foolish enough to
look for any other. He thinks success as General
may be failure as President Chase he regards as
q negative man, by no means popular powerful.
Butler is humbug Old Ben Wade has played him
self out n fac it is very probable that old Thad
believes in the itnost recesses of his heart that if in
the course of human events, the country should look
to Lancaster for its next President, and should find
him in twoand ahalf story red,brick house on South
Queen street, the country would do by no means a
foolish thing, aud would be sery likely to find Barks
wi!!in'.n