The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-19
GENERAL GRANT.
English Statement of His Politics aud Chances
for the Presidency.

English Statement of His Politics aud Chances
for the Presidency.
New York July "a Correspondence OF London News.
There has been q good deal of guessing as TO
Grants political opinions, and his great retoenco made
very Difficult. for long while, even for entcrprsing
newspaper correspondents TO get at them; but they
brought out very fully in his examination before
the Judiciary Committee tho other day. He declared
himself frankly and fairly in favor of the policy OF Con-
gross and expressed his strong it carried
OUT while he at the same time was OF course anxious
troll at the earliest possible moment. This dcclara-
ton Of his opinions combined with the general
confidence in his character, will, have very little
doubt in the absence OF some very unlocked for
change in tho meantime procure for him the republican
nomination for the Presidency II Is quite true that as
general rule. the man is talked Of for the nomi.
nation beforehand the less chance there s oil his getting
il, inasmuch as the nero fact of q mans being much
talked OF proves that he Is very prominent politician
and likely to be as strongly opposed as supported
even in the ranks OF his own party.
But General Grant IS not q politician, and has no
enemies in the political arena and his military fame ia go
great and his services brilliant that nobody Of any
party except Wendell Phillips ventures to decry him
Wendell Philips abuses him roundsy, but, as well
as can make out, IL is for not executing some
kind OF coup d6ta against Johnson and taking the
ecutye power into bis own hands "a piece o! neglect
which, however is hardly likely to tell strongly against
him in the eyes of the public Tor whom his siience his
modesty and his shrinking from ali assumption consti
tue his principal attraction. The democrats Of course
do not like him. His has been the ruin OF their
party, tho which no indicated has always
been detes,abe TO them but they have never ventured
TO attack him. At time his persistent silence and
abstinence from all participation in political gatherings
led Of the democratic papers TO hope that he was
perhaps secretly hostile to Congress and Its policy, and
the result was some months of eulogy.
Even now when the delusion is exploded probably
OF their papers orators will venture to speak
disrespeculy bim aud II the republican party should
nominate him think II Ii very doubtful whether the
democrats would run anybody in opposition TO him.
OF course letting Presidential election 60 by deian
as Is called, would be formal confession that the
party had ceased TO exist; but the fact that II has
ceased for all practical purposes The only hope
of It's revival after the war was over lay IN tho chance
that south would more Win H. a3 IN the
oden time but that hope has, believe, vanished. The
bond between 1t and tho South appears 10 be completely
broken, and whatever position southern politicians may
assume wien they come back into the Union II seems
certain that they will not take their places IN the old
democratic ranks They feel not only that The Northern
democrats betrayed them, but that they weak
their alliance worth having.