The Placer herald., 1868-06-27
A DISBANDED VOLUNTEER.
ST NrCKALAs HorrEL, N. Y, Feb. 4, 1868

ST NICKALAs HOTEL, N. Y, Feb. 4, 1868.
EDDYrURs OF THE SUNDAY MERKARY:
Ell it 10 onpossable to fetch pitch without
being defled, it is ekwiliy onpos.sbIs to
shake bands with RadicaIism without being
ds'noralized. Ginral Grant hez throne hisself
inter the arms OF Thad Stevens, Sumner 4
Co., and he Gums before his ksntrymen, arter
the embrace, smudged all over with equivo'
cashuu, subierfudge. aud the meansst kinder
trickery. Assos ashin with the rev olooshin
let party seems to hsv changed his very
mater. A few muuths ago. nuthiu could he
got outer him except smoke and mollysilly
bulls. He ether ansered poIlytickle kwsstins
wit wbiff, or bstled all attempts to trot
him out BY torkng hoss but now he speaks
volums onnesssrily. Wen Fiips ses the
Gineral is too fond of Borebung and Of that
was the case, it would account for his Gurus
cooduck; beksse msn that's continually
three sheets 10 the wind never knows what
he's BLOWN about. But don't believe the
charge. Ef he's intoxicated at all, il is with
Radical blsrney. I'm sorry for him. I'm
mortified that the great soger, whose mien-
tary eggsploils bav taken ss,ch pleasure 10
praisD, and who few munths ago was my
fust choice for the Presidency. should hev
resorted to dodges witch would be dsgracful
to emmy human being above the rank Of a
barroom partysan'pollytishiu.
Giural Grants correspondence with An
drew johnson hes des'roid his repytashin for
strai.forrard honesty Of porpus, now and
evermors and it looks to me IA ef his letters
he'd ben subjested by Thad Stevens, the Rad
ical Mefastutferles, with that very ohjeck.
The majority 10 the House knew wot the
correspondence was afore they called for it,
and consequently were awar how damedging
it was to the Ginsral. Its my opinyon that
its publicashin was deep moove on the part
Of Cbase's trends TO put Grants nose outer
Cbeef Jestis at Chicago. Ennyhow, that's
purity shoor to be the result Of it; for it hes
gin the de.h blow to Grants pollyticke pop.
ilarity and 1 venter to predicate that he'll
be shelved in May as an unavailable.
To say po,hin Of the fact that the Gnra's
account of his conversashin with the Presi.
dent is fatty contradcted by the hull Cabinet,
bis own closin letter convicts him Of bad
faith. lie ses he agreed to call on Stanton,
in cumpany with Glueral Sherman, and sd-
wise him to resign. This agreement was
entered inter on the 18th Of January but
on the 18Th, Ginral Grant, by his own con-
confesshin, went to Stanton alone, and in
conseksns of the convsrsssbins they he'd to
gstber, conclooded that be wouldn't give
him the advice he had prommist to Offer
Why didn't he take Sherman with him as
be bed agreed tot Why did he sneak to
the War Office alone? Wot past at that So
krit interview nobody knows but Stanton
and hisssf but the hull public kuows-for
they bev it over tho signature Of ~, S.
Grant," that he broke lis agreement with
and went back on his promise to
counsel the Ssckra try to retire. He ses that
the epistol contsinin this admissbin was
written as a vindicashin of bis honor and
bu; ef il was, that's wbar the
Iarf somes in; for tho letter shows that he
was false to bis agreement and false to bis
pledge.
1t was an unhappy day for Grant when he
stoPt kin hoss and entered for the Presi-
denshaI race. He's ben ou,jockied, and
Chase and Ben Butler air chuckling, hev
no doubt, over his discomfortoor. Yes,
even the cock'eyed humbug that he bottled
and binned, is bubbln over with glee at bis
aukard predickeymsnt.
Hsviug refused 10 obey the positive direc'
shins of the President gin TO him. at bis own
rekewest, 10 wrilin, be is undoubtedly lAbuI
to be court marshall Tor disobsdiense Of or.
ders but spose the recoIeckshin Of his
sarvices in The field will save him from that
degradashn. The best thing be ken do,
ondsr the suckums,aoces, is to kwit the
,heater of polyticks, about which be pears to
know ouey just enuff to pull the wires be
biz the scenes, onder the direckshin Of the
Radical managers. and to bs thar scspegoat
and Jack At a-pinch. whenever they want to
"shift tho responsibility"
] persoom that afore this reecbes the pub
lick, the Presidents rejnder to Grants sooi'
cidaI letter will be in prent; but il kennot
make The GinraIs case emmy wurse than he
has made it with bis own write hand. Rich
loo SOS the pen is mitier than the sword, and
it sarlinIy hes proved SO in this instant;
for it hes played the very devil with the or'
ils that the sword he'd won.
Giniral Grant, however, hes still multi
toods Of friends and we'll .wishers myself
amuOg tue nuinOeT,) ana tn0 oest th'oB tney
ken do for bis fame is to suppicate him
never more to use pen'and'ink for poIitckle
purposes, but to stick to bis professional
dooties, cabanas, and hess talk.
Purity we'll convinst from the signs Of the
times that the suckcessful candidate for the
Presidency will nuther be Mileni iary Cbeef-
tin nor Cheef Justis, remain. with three
cheers for Andrew johnson, the Republic,
and the Constitushin,
Yours allus,
A DIsBANDED VOLUNTEER.