The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-12
General Grant Aasag tho Peiiflciass-A
Little Friendly Advice.

General Grant stands In the way Of several
nice little schemes for the Presidential success
sion in both the republican and democratic
camps. He stands in the way Of the radical
Chase faction, and they are sorely distressed
about it. They say he Is no statesman, and
not much Of general, though he did bottle
up Ben Butler. and they are shocked at the
bare idea Of such Q man as Grant becoming
the republican candidate, especially as they
have no assurance that he is perfectly sound
on the radical creed. He Is too retcent by
half II ne would only declare his opinions
on the great issues Of the day he could settle
all these doubts at once. Why don't he speak
out! Shall the republican party bow down
before him cap in hand and take him at q
ventures Are principles to go for nothing?
Such passing remarks as these feebly indicate
the sore distress of the Chase radicals in regard
to General Grant
The democratic pipelayers and bumpers,
Pendleton men and Seymour men, are equally
perplexed with the same obstacle. There Is
Grant. What are we to do with him. II we
could only get him fully committed to the
radicals or against the radicals we might
manage him. they say. Why don't
he speak QUIZ And so radical and
| copperhead managers seem equally de-
termined, with all his smoking, to smoke
him out. Forney comes out with flaming
radical manifesto, declaring that General
Grant is sound as q roach, and safe that his
fast friend Elihu Washburne says so (huzzah y
and that this settles the question. Straightway
Montgomery Blair hurries over to sec General
Grant him, talks to him, tries to pump
him-and comes away with the report that
what Forney says is all stun. Forney retorts,
In high dudgeon, that Blsir's report Is all gas,
"Old Ben Wade" says that when he attempted
TO sound General Grant on politics he talked
horse, and nothing but horse /; that he lit
fresh cigar and kept on talking horse and so
it seems that none of these politicians are
sharp enough to catch him or to smoke him
out.
AL right, General, all right. Stick to it.
You have them on the hip; hold them
there. The same rule Of keeping your own
counsels till ready for the battle will apply Is
well 60 political al 10 military operations.
Remember that in 1874 the anti-van Buren,
democrats smoked out Van Buren, in letter
on the Texas question, which killed him on in
the nominating Baltimore party convention
that Henry Clay, in 1874, in consequence of
little Alabama letter ON Texas during
the campaign, lost the vote Of New
York, and so lost the White House
that Old lack Taylor, in peremptorily and
persistently refusing to make speeches hold
conversations or write letters ON the issues Of
the campaign in lS4S, was triumphantly
elected; that thirteen democratic candidates,
who were smoked out in 1862 by certain
Major Donaldson, ON the leading questions Of
that day. in advance, were all shelved at Balti-
more, and that poor Pierce, who was not
caught by Donaldson, got the prize. He Was
like the fox In the lions den. He had too bad
cold to smell anything, and SO he came of
the winner. Old Buck pretty much the same.
Let General Grant remember these things, and
remember, also, that General Scott in 1852, in
answering all questions from all quarters,
about everybody and everything, in writing
letters and making speeches, made the most
awful botch Of it, and was defeated worse than
Pemberton at vicksburg, or Bragg at Chatta-
nooga, or Lee at Petersburg and on the run to
Appomattox Court House.
AS for the Blair family, General-the old
Blair and all The young Blairs-give them q
wide margin. Fremont can tell you all about
the Blairs. They are Paul Prys, they are Mar
plots, they are troublesome customers In
fact they are like the daughters Of the horse
leech their cry is "Give, give;r they are ca
daverous, regular bloodsuckers. and they never
have enough Thurlow Weed Is queer fish
by suction--aat fellows, brown on the
back, white bellies, and always stir
ring up the mud Honest Old Aber
tried the Blairs-one Of them in his Cabinet
and the rest among the cooks in the kitchen;
but with all the gentleness and patience of
Lincoln, he at last had to say to the Cabinet
Blair, '.Your time has comet and thus relieved
of the tribe. great was the joy Of "Old Abe"
As for Forney, he is a regular horsedy, though
pronounced by Andy Johnson "dead duck"
and when he comes buzzing about your flank
switch him of, General, switch him OF. This
| Is the way to fix them. When any of these
radical or copperhead bumpers come TO pump
you, General, talk-horse to them, as you talked
him to "Old Ben Wade" Tell them OF your
black charger at Shiloh and how he would
compare with General Taylor's "Old whitey.v
Tell them how Sheridan's horses went into the
work at the Five Forks, and what fne trottsrs
they have on the Eighth avenue, New York,
and in the Jerome Park, and what splendid
drives they have for fast team on the plains
Of Long Branch; what fine driving you saw
there among the ladies, equal to two-forty on
! Q plank road" Tell them that the Jersey
hofses, we'll In hand, though rum uns 10 look
at, ARD good uns to CO." Tell them all the fine
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