The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-11-13
WHAT WILL GEN. GRAFT DO

An editorial letter from New York to
the National lntelligencer closes thus.
~ do not believe that Congress will
dare to withhold from Gen. Grant the
rightiul power OF the presidential office.
do uot believe that ultra rad:calisfI
will dare to seek to carry him into ex-
IRENE measures not demanded by some
clearly proved case of nece ssity. d.
not believe that Gen. Grant has Il bitter
heart against the South. but, nn the con-
trary, that lie longs to restore order ami
peace there, without respect to party.
| do not believe that Gen. Grant will
forget the Just rights of the minority, or
that he will rest his administration on
bayOnet He has difficult work be-
tore him, and all charity and f0rbear-
snce will go with him while he seeks to
govern the country as firmly and justly
AS he may under the many complications
which have arisen since President ohm
son encountered the diStrust and enmi-
ty of Congress"
TO which Data" the reliable Wash
ington correspondent of the Baltimore
sun, adds:
The foregoing is specimen of the nu-
merOus opinions OF prominent conser-
vatlve republicans that have come here
within the past two or three days in
letters to officials in the government de-
I,artments. Democrats generally ex-
press the determination to give the new
administration their unqualified sup
port and confidence until il shall be
shown (and it is believed it never will
be) that Grant adopts the advice OF such
extremists as Sumner, Butler, Wade
| and radicals of that iH. So long as his
| conduct shall be within the principles
and line of policy Indicated in the above
| quoted letter, written by republican,
so long will he find the conservative
| democrats his most earnest friends.
But the sensible old editor OF the
Alexandria Gazette takes quite II differ
ent view. He says:
We have no idea whatever that Gen.
Grant will break with the Radi al par
| tv, or that they will break with him.
He took his chances with that party, tor
| better or worse, and they adopted aud
| supported him, to win. They both sue
ceeded. His administration, therefore,
| will, we expect, conform In the main to
Radical policy. Our hope is, that in
the details he will not go to she lengths
desired by some OF the ultra leaders,
Some extraordinary event, or chance
may ensue, to alter this; but it is not
probable. His administration will he
cautious about offending the dominant
| party, and the party will not wish to
thwart or oppose him.
And already Wendell Phillips is
sounding the tocsin Of war, urging ex,
trame measures. ale demands an i'm
parchment of President johnson, the
removal of the present y. y. officers III
| New Orleans; the reinstatement Ol
Gen. Sheridan in that city; the "revis-
ion and amendment" of the reconStrnc-
ton laws; and the recognition of the
right of the colOred population to vote
and hold Office, every where. And ,e
declares that 'it is not within the pow
er of Gen. Grant, il it be- his disposition,
20 materially obstruct the progress OF
Radical reformation in rational poli-
tics" SO, Gen. Grant will perceive
that the nltras wish to take him in hand
| at once.
Greedy, too, as we sec by Saturday,
Tribune, is beginning to look ahead &c
the next election, when, for party'-
sake, it will again be necessary to op-
press the South. We have our own
views about Grant, and intend to give
| them next week.