Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-16
nm The New York Herald, und

n6- The New York Herald, under
the impression that General Grant stands
in the way of certain schemers for the
presidency, advises him to keep close.
Foruey sounded him, and found him all
right and sound as roach. Montgomery
Blair saws be is safe and good enough
Democrat, while Ben Wade says he
talked horse" to him and nothing but
horse We doubt not the general will
heed the fatherly advice Of the Herald,
and if the merit Of reticence is sufii-
Gent qualification for the presidency,
he may obtain the Office. There is no
danger of that other rule excluding him,
which provides in our day, that the
highest order Of craftsmanship will be a
disqualification. Here follows the sage
counsel of the Herald, which has some
sense in it under a cloak, which may be
useful to Grant for aught we know:
All right, General; all right. Stickto
Il. You have them on the hip; hold them
there. The same rule of keeping your
own counsels till ready for the battle
will apply as we'll to political as to mill
tary operations. Remember that IN 1874
the anti.Van Buren, Democrats smoked
out Van Buren in letter on the Texas
question, which killed him off in the
nominating Baltimore party convention
that Henry Clay, in 1874, in consequence
ofa 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 peremptorlly and persist.
emily refusing to make speeches, hold
conversations orwrite letters on the issues
ofthe campaign in '48, was triumphantly
elected; that thirteen Democratic candi-
dates, who we're smoked out in 1852 by
certain Major Donaldson, on the leading
questions Of that day, in advance, were
all shelved at Baltimore, and that poor
Pierce. who was not caught by Donald
son, 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, aud remember, also, that
General Scott, in 1852, in answering all
questions from all quarters, about every
thing, in writing letters and making
speeches, made the most awful botch of
IL. and was defeated worse than Pember-
ton at Vicksburg. or Bragg at Chatta-
nooga. or Lee at Petersburg and on the
run TO Appomatox Courthouse.
As for the Blair family, General-the
old Blair and all the young Blairs-give
them a wide margin. Fremont can tell
Won all about the Blairs. They are Paul
Prys. they are Marplots, they are trou-
blesome customers. In fact, they are
ike the daughters Of the horse leech;
their cry is give, give; they are ca
daverous, regular bloodsuckers, and they
never have enough. Thurlow Weed is a
oueer fish of the same species, that get
full of oil bv sucti0n-hat fellows, brown
on the back, white bellies, and always
stirring up the mud. Honest Old
Abe" tried the Blairs-one Of them
in his Cabinet and the rest among
the cooks in the kitchen; but with
an the genileness and patience Of
Lincoln. he at last had TO say to the Cab
met Blair. your time has Gomez and
tbus relieved Of the tribe, great was the
low of " old Abe" As for Forney, be
e regular horsefy, though pronounced
Nv Andv johnson dead duck," and
when be comes buzzing about your hank
switch him Of, General, switch HIN on
This is the way to tx them. When any
Of these Radical or copperhead bumpers