The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-11-21
THE SPHYNy SPEAKS.
The Conservatism Of the Pre- esident
EIect.-His Views on the Southern
Question.

correspondent of the New Yolk Times
writes from Galena, ILL.,, General Grants
home), q letter eulogizing him and all Of his
family He processes to give some of the Gen.
raps recent utterances. We quote some OF
thom:
.sI really wanted to carry Galona and my ne
tive village of Georgetown, Ohio, also; l won,
der il that has been neard from? 1t turned
out five West Point graduates. and during the
war, tour generals and eight colonels."
General Graut jocularly said to Washburno
SEQ out and apologize To tho bovs for my noli-
appearance, and tell them I am like Seymour
at Milwaukee in 1861 L don't know which way
mcnt w.s created by this hit at Horatio.
Referring TO Androw Johnson, tho General
SAID Eyes, he'll always stoutly attribute the
Democratic dofcat TO their failure to nominate
him in Now York"
Whenever he has occasion to refer to the
Democracy at all, ho applies the term ''Cop-
perhoad," for he only recognizes two parties
in tho land, one with tue robels, and the other
with the loyalty o. the nation.
Alagnanimity and generosity are largely de-
vcloped in Grants nature. lie is punctllous
about observing the terms OF the parole given
the surrendering rebels so long rs it is not
broken by them. Hence his upyieding oppo-
sition to any interference with Lee by Andy
Johnson while Lee kept the plighted faith.
But General Grant feels kcenly concerning the
dabocal course of the ku-Rlux-klan, COM
posed as it is almost wholly OF paroled rebels,
and countenanced and led bv rebel officers;
and he IS Dot insonsble 10 the palpa5le fact
that rebels in editorial places can easily break
the terms OF the parole by advocating incendla-
ry doctrines and fomenting turbuls nee and
boodshcd. The day following his election he
said to me: I'D like to see the tone OF the re-
bel papers now. imagine they. will quiet
dow. as they dId after Lcc's surrender"
Spoakiug Of rebel impudencc in demanding
power, &C., la detailed to me historic instance
OF peculiar import. lle said;
''Ihc morning that Leo surrendered he rode
ont between The lines and went out and met
him, and VIC had q couple OF bours' talk. Leo
SAID he hoped 1 would offer as magnanmous
terms to the other Confederate armies as his
had received. told him he should, it he
wished TO serve his friends. so to tho other
armies in person and prevail upon them to r
render. lie slid ho would wisn TO see AIR. Da-
Wis first. dldn't encourage conference with
Mr.. Davis; so that suggestion ended. But
what wanted to call your attention to was
this Lee thought the Southern poople would
be perfectly ,tlsti-d to give up all their prop
crty, aud all they expected OF tho government
WAS to bc secured III lifo and right to go back
unlnulcstcJ to try to 1--we industrouSly and
peaccabiy III this government. but as for ever
having any voice again III the government, or
exercising political rights, why, they never
thought OF nor expected any such thing"
These are words from Grants own lips since
his election to the Presidency.
I was conyers!ng Sith him Of the expansion
OF the Western settlements, of the RAILWAYS to
the Pacific, and the grand results IN that dlrec-
ton, while the impious aud rcbellious South
has pined and suffered.
"Ithnk," said Grant, THAT Providence must
have had hand in it, aud prevented on earlier
reconstruction of the South for two reasons
first. to keep tho tide OF emigration and enter
prise flowing into tho vast and productive
West; and secondly, TO punish the Southern
poop e, through their own agency, for their
unccasing errors"
A RADICAL SENATOR DECLARES THAT GENERAL
GRANT Is THE PRINCE OF RADICALS.
Tho Washington correspondent OF the Balti-
moro Gazette writos:
A distinguished Radical senator, who arrived
in this city last evening, says that The idea now
becoming 80 prevalent OF General Grants con-
servative views will prove deiusive. He bases
this declarationupo1 lis kGow edge OF Grauts
political faith, as derived directly from the Cen
ersl Immediately after his nomination by the
Chicago Convention. Among other things, ne
says Grant cmphaticslIy declared to him full
endorsement Of negro suffrage, enforced, II ne
ces,ary, by Congressional action. Ii pro-
tractsj conversation Oh the subject betwcon
the General and number of Radical Con-
pressnlcn, ho said be hid been at one time
opposed to extending the right Of franchise to
tree men, but thai his views had undergone,
Radical change on that question: and that he
now regarded 1t az essentially necessary for
their protection that they should be armed
with tie ballot. This senator further says. that
during the latter portion Ut the lass session or
Congress Grant WAS in the lead on all Radi-
cal measures, and favored tho most Rid:-
cal method OF executing the several recon
struc;ion acts. Honce nc laughs at the idea
tina. Grants inaugural will lly out q conserva-
tive policy for his administration, unless an sd
ministraton Of the laws As executed and un--
derstooi by the Radical party DC considered
conservative. Our senatorlal Informant further
stated that General Grau:: ha'l no doubt tixoi
upon tho whole of his Cabinet. except q Secre-
taly OF the treasury, and upon this he would
probably decile while in NeS York. He thinks
DIR. Motley, late Minister TO Austria, will be
tcudercd the State Department.
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