The national Republican., 1868-12-29

Gen. Grant and Congross-Unfound
Reports Regarding His vicws-A
Conversation with Gen n.Butler-His
Confidence In Gen. Grant and His
Financial Views. q.
The Washington correspondent Of the New
York Times In his dispatches Of ofycstcrdsy has
the following; gl
WAsHIsoTos, Sunday, December 2J--Sev-
have been sending dispstehes for the last few
days indicating the probabilit almost the GER
tainty, that aensrsl Grant aud Congress will
be In conflict on Important questions within a
very short time. The repeal of the tenurc-of.
office act has been mentioned as the subject on
which the respective views OF the Legislative
Government are likely to clash, aud a few
casual remarks OF General Grant have been
magnihed into something like a pronuncis-
mento Of his intentions. General Grant has
not spoken half a dozen sentences on the sub
tion that he thought the repeal Of the act in
stances and situation % Of the @ sountfy, advissbie
and expedient. 1t has been stated that the
Radicals are In the utmost consternation,t that
a spirit OF opposition is apparent, and that
there are symptoms, even at this early date,
that through the ADMINISTRATION to come we
shall have re-enaeted the scenes Of disorder
and confusion which have characterized the
term OF the expiring administration that
as nation we shall continue to present the
spectacle OF Congress seeking to restrain the
Executive by Questionable measures Of legis.
lation, and OF an Executive endeavoring to
overturn a coordinate branch Of the Govern
ment. Nothing whatever has occurred on
either side to Justify these statements. The
entertain the slightest apprehension Of an ap.
preaching storm. Leading members OF Con-
gress were Of the opinion that the act in ques-
General Grant uttered the few words which
have been SO magnihed and distorted. II Gen.
Butler may be taken as Radical representa-.
a IL. VI,... 10, la
bodying the essence OF Radical doctrine, there
Congress and Den. Grant, In the course OF
conversation this morning he said:
81 purpose, as soon as I get the chance, to
| call up my bill providing for the repeal Of the
| tenure.of.otfce act, and l shall press Its pass.
& ss CA oasd hs IN sSo Eon.c a BY sfa large slI
jority. do this simply asa matter Of Justice.
Den. Grant is our President; ho has been
people, he Is to BE- hsid responsiTis iTf for the h ta eN
eeution Of the laws. Tell me how he is to be
held to this accountability II you do not allow
onicers which he, deems the most efficient to
| aid him in his work OF governing the country ~
"But do you think the Senate will surrender
this power Of controlling the patronage-this
point for which they have been contcnding SO
longi"
II cannot say at present. The House, l
have no doubt. will repeal 1t By good ma;
the House and the President in unison, both
opposed to the Senate. The act was a TEN.
porary measure, necessary and proper In the
| emergency which overlook US. We, the rep
resentatives Of the people, adopted what wac,
| In our judgment, imperatlvely demanded in
| order to curb and check the President OF a MI
only notoriously corrupt, but notoriousiy dis.
| loyal. Mr.. johnson, when he left our party,
became the President OF minority of the peo'
pie of the United States, and did not act in
accordance with the repeatedly y.expressed
| wishes OF the majority. Now, as l have said
the act was temporary; 1t Is no longer neces
sary. We have built our house; for what
| purpose do we want the scafolding In front oil
hl Its usefulness has gone.n
but, General, suppose a case; Suppose
that , we shall have change Of administration
curb chain that the Senate now holds in its
handsrr
| elect Democratic President, why he is to bt
held responsible by the people. / propose
that Gen. Grant shall be held responsib in the
impeachment to the success OF his Administra.
| tion. ! have no apprehension whatever that
he will act as the DEMOCRATS would have him
| act. L have every confidence In his patriot
| Ism, and propose to leave him perfectly free
to act as he Pleases. Mr.. Philips is, see
opposed to the repeal Of the act; but do moi
to write to him on the subject"
In reply to a remark on the financial topic,
and the inquiry what he thought of Governoi
at would be an excellent plan, IL 1t were
| possible: But IL 1T There are about sl $780,.
100000 Of gold In circulation in the civilized
of that fS By hSarH
the dotsia$ent's note FOR lis PSynenti Il YOU
| buy IL with bonds II 10 the same thing-giyine
your note for II. lie proposes to sell bonds q
70 per cent? cent; 5eiow ,iS Psr; Now, here iss prob
How many bonds must you sell at 20 per cent
| below par to bring your bonds to pari tn,
| abstraction Of s6,000,000 OF gold by the Fri,
stock gamblers brought commercial distress
| to thousands. What distress is to follow tn,
boarding of $3.50 900 by the Government
| II did no. seem to strike Senator Morton tina
this would be getting up the biggest kind Of I
| corner When the expenses OF the Govern
ment were SOC, ,ooO, 900 per annum, ali its debt
and obligations were paid in gold. The yearl
outlay OF the Government now is 1850, 600, ,Oot
goes ia a twelve.montk. % NJ TT There here is no no douS S
that the way to resume 10 to resumei' but ca
you do ~ The way to get well is to &c
over the moon Is to do IT. but can YOU do It
present"
General Butler next alluded to the India
"If," said he, tive are to have war continu
ally with the Indians, why, turn the India
bureau over to the War Department; but
OF peace establishment. Away In that II
dian country there are Indians dwelling O
| thheI sue OIL an Imaginary line which scp6
| rates the territory OF the United States froI
the British possessions. These Indians liv
under two different forms Of Governmen
| The one party or tribe is attached to tn
United States, and the other to Canada. Now
i | In sixty years England has not had an India
war, and there has not been single month |
all that In which we have not had n disturb
y anee OF more or less magnitude. In the on
country they arc treated as subjects; the
rights are respected and protected; and In tn
| other they are treated as foreign nations. W
make treaties with them which are almost Ia
J, mediately infringed upon by one side or othe
The present Indian war costs us somethin
ike two millions OF dollars per week, and the
!, | inhict more damage on US than we on then
A larger number of men are killed on our sid
/ should like to sec the list OF killed az
- wounded for the last two monthsj 1t has NJ
been published yet"
"Well, do you believe that the way to sol,
!. the lniian problem 10 to exterminate them
III you want to exterminate them, you mu
send the volunteers therej the regular arm
will never do It,"