The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-11-28
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This query was recently made by Wendall
Phillips, and has been taken up pretty generally
by journalists. all seeming To be anxious TO give
their views as To what the President cleo, will DO
and how he will 10 IT, These opinions are a.
various as the writers are numerous aud General
Grant would certainly find il n difficult matter
To follow out all the policies mapped gu, for him
or to adop, even 1.-THE Of the suggestions made
ior his special benefit the paper, in answer TO
tue question After Grani-wha, p piihily re.
marks 'oflicc-seekers." This is very apt. but
only true in measure, for the General has given
decided cold shoulder 10 all applicants for oil.
cinl position, and the prompt burning Of the five
hundred written petitions already received by
him has had the happy rfec, OF Letting him
have pcacc
| The clca'es; exposition OF the views aud n,en-
tions Of Gen. Grant is given in a letter by a
correspondent, OF the New York Tm,,, Who Vi.
si,ed the General a, his home in GAlena. had 4,
full aud free conversation with him, and states
his views as follows
Whenever he has occasion 20 refer to the
Democracy at all, he applies the term "COPPER"
head, for he only recognizes two parties in the
land, onc rih ne r,Lsls andhs oflsr ruth heloy.
atty ~ The hffion.'
'Magnanimily aud generosity are largely de-
vcloped in General Grants nature. lie is pune
ulous about observing the terms OF the parole
given by the surrendering rebels, SO long % Il -
NJ bro.sn ~ them. Hence his unfolding oppo.
siiion To any interference with Lee, by Andrew
Johnson, while Lee kept his plghitd faith. But
Gen Grant feels keeny concerning the diaboli-
cal course Of the ku Klux Khan, composed as il
Is almost wholly VI paroled rebels, aud coun-
ienanced aud led by paroled rebel officers aud
he is not nscnsible TO the fact that rebels in edi.
'oria places can easily break the terms Of their
parole, by advocating incendary doctrines, and
iormenting turbulance and blood she'd The da,
after the election be said would like TO see
the tone Of the rebel papers now. | imagine they
viii quiet down, rs they did after Lees surren-
der.
Speaking Of rebel impudencc General Grant
detailed historic instance Of peculiar import.
lie said
THE morning that Ice surrendered he rode
out between the lines and went out 10 meet him
aud We had u couple Of hours talk Lee said &c
hop'd would offer as magnanimous terms 10 the
other Confederate armies ms his had received
told him he should, u he wished to serve his
friends, 20 io the other armies in person aud
prevail upon them 10 surrender. lie said he
would wish To see Mr.. Davis first. | didn't en-.
courage n conference with Mr.. Davis 50 that
suggestion ended. But what I wanted to call
your attention TO was this Lee thought the
southern people would be perfectly satisfied to
give up all their property, and all they expected
OF III" GoveTnment was 10 be- secured IN life and
right To go back unmolestcd Ia try To- live in
dus,ri0usly and peacebly In this Government
III" az f"' '''r har,ng any toice again "a tie Gor-
'rni"s"i, % 'S@reis,Hy political rights, rhy they
mar 'he'gh' q nor 'yI',cfsd any '.eh hiag''
The correspondent says tina, he further con.
Sersrl with him Of the expansion of the Western
settlements, u the railways TO the Pacific, aud
the grand results in that direction while the re-
bellions South had pined aud suffered, when Gen.
Gran, said
~ think that Providence must have had a
hand in II, aud prevented an earlier reconsiruc-
ton Of the South for two reason FIRST, 90 keep
the tide Of emigration aud enterprise flowing into
the vast aud productive West and secondly, TO
punish the Southern people, through their own
agency, for their increasing errors"