The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-19
Grant Speaks.

A correspondent of the New York 1tneS
wr;tes from Galena, ILL.,, General Grants
home letter eulogizing him and all of his
family. He processes to give some OF the the
conaral,s recent utterances. We quote
some of them: -t-
81 really wanted to carry Galena, and
nv native village Of Georgetown, Ohio, also.
7 wonder if that has been heard from Ii
turned ont five West Point graduates, and,
during the war, four generals and eight
colonels."
General Grant iocnlarly said to Wash
burne "Go out and apologize to the boys
for nv non appearance, and tell them am
like Seymour Mt Milwaukee in 1871
don't know which way the thing is going"
a cood deal of amusement was created by
this hit at Horatio.a - 81.
Referringto Andrew Johnson, the Gene
raj said 80 Yes, he'll always stoutly attrl'
butte the Democratic defeat to their failure
to nominate him in New York."
Whenever he has occasion refer to the
Democracy at all, he applies the term
" Copperhead, ~ for he only recognizes two
narties in the land, one orith the rebels, and
the other aoih the loyaltyof the nation.
Magnanimitv and generosity are largely
developed in Grants nature. He is pune
tilious about observing the terms Of the pa
role given the surrendering rebels so long
as it IS not broken by them. Hence his I'M
Welding opposition to any interference with
Lee by Andy Johnson while Lee kept the
nlichted faith. But General Grant feels
keenlv concerning the diaholical course OF
the Kuklux Khan, composed as it is almost
wholly of paroled rebels, and conntenanced
and led bv rebel officers and he Is not IN
sensible to the palpable fact that rebels in
editorial places can easily break the terms
of the parole by advocating incendiary
doctrines and fomenting turbulence and
b}oodshed. The day following his election
he said TO me: "I'd like 70 see the tone OF
the rebel papers now. imagine they Will
Quiet down, as they did after Lees surren-
der"
speaking of rebel impudencein demand
ing power, &c., he detailed to me historic
instance of peculiar import. He said:
"The morning that Lee surrendered he
rode ont between the lines, and went out
and met him, and we had couple of hours
talk. Lee said he hoped / would offer as
mapnanimous terms TO the other Confede-
rate armies as his had received. told him
he should, if he wished to serve his friends,
90 to the other armies in person and pre-
vail upon them to surrender. He said he
yould wish to see Mr.. Davis first. didn't
encourage a conference with Mr.. Davis: so
that suggestion ended. But what wanted
TO coll your attention to was this: Lee
thought the southern people would be per-
fcctlv satisfied to give M al their property,
and oil they exnected of the Government
was 70 he eernrod in life and n right to 90
hack unmolested TO trvto live industrlousiV
and reaceahlv in this Government. BH
rs for e,,or hnrin1 ana uoice Gqn'n IN me
Government. or exercising political r,gh'S.
,rhu. thea norer thought Of nor crpectea any
SNrh HinG.'' :.
These are words from Grants own lips
since his election to the Presidency.
I vao convcrsing with him of the eXpan-
sion Of the western settlements. OF the rail-
WAYS to the Pacific. md the grant results
in that direction. while the impious and re-
bellioue South has mined and suffered.
az think" said Grant, " that Providence
must have had hard in it, and prevented
an earlier reconstruction of the South for
two reasons: first, to keep the tide OF emf
Grafton and enterprise flowing into the vast
and productive West; aud secondly, to pun
;sb the southern people, through their own
agency. for their unceasipg errors"