The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-18

From the London Morning Herald, Dec. 81
At the very outset OF his term the new President
will have an undertaking to discharge which Will be
regarded a test OF his real opinions hitherto
the views held by General Grant in relation to the
ject OF mere surnise. lie cannot keep the public In
doubt much longer IL Will be necessary lot nun 10
appoint Cabinet ana wna.eyer course nc my n hs
he decide TO keep the present heads OF departments
in offce-a most improbable suppostion-the people
would know how to read his opinions. In every new
appointment he viii be stripping away the veil with
which ne has surrounded himself 1t Is circumstance
altogether unprecedented In American history, ana
one well worthy to be borne In mind hereafter, that
President should be deliberately chosen by the
while :, ,ney wers mportan T. question Of the
day. They only believed IN their candidates
thorough loyalty, and MS desire 70 uo wel o,,J
| cans who chose General Grant because they could
not help themselves. To have gone against MN
would have ruined them, and therefore they pro.
nounced In his favor. But the tribune long resisted
| the nomination, and abused Grant In unmeasured
terms Just as Wendell Phillips Is doing to this day.
Hence too IL will be noticed that radical Journals
| In this country, which fancy they nave an annity
with American radicals received Tue news OF Gsana vs.
| Americanism, ION the fence" They wait TO see
what course events wlll take before jumping down,
the signal for these and other waverers to declare
| themselves.
Another appointment which must be filled up
| when Grant becomes President Is that OF Com
| mander.in-Chef. II is believed that Lieutenant
General sherman will be Installed in this post, and
no appointment is more probable, for Grants admit
ration OF his fellow soldier is almost without bounds
sherman has never received his deserts from the
| American people. Al the h0nors were sh0wered
| upon Grant, and Sherman, who had done scarcely
| less than Grant, and as some believe very much
more, was sent out 70 fight savages on the Plains
| Purses were made UP for Grant, and house and
library presented to him, but sherman got his pay
aud nothing more. His retiring disposition deep
ened the neglect with which he has been treated
| A man like Butler would not have allowed the
people TO forget HIM, and he would have clamored
for honors II they we're not spontaneously given.
sherman IL very different man. Grant
will unquestionably seek 70 place him in post OF
honor as soon as the 4th OF March arrives There ID
| no single man on whose advice he will be disposed
to place 80 much reliance as upon Sherman's, ana
even the most astutt OF politicians will find 1t work
OF difficulty 10 make catspaws Of these two straight
forward soldiers EButler objects 70 Sherman's APP
ponment the people ought TO be all the better salts
lied with II. What Butler opposes must be intrin-
scay good. President Grant will begin his rule
under circumstances such none OF his predeces-
sors have enjoyed Washington alone excepted. lie
has opportunities OF doing good before him such az
| few IN any age or nation have possessed. Grant
never makes difuse speeches In depreciation OF has
rivals nor issues laborous manestoes In vIndica-
ton OF himself lilo will do his duty none the less
enectually because he does not make stump oratons
In praise OF his capacities from one cnd Of the coun
try TO the other That the promise 81 his rule maj