Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-12-26
Leading Radicals Apprshsnslvs that orsnt
The Warrington correspondent Of the

Leading Radicals Apprshsnslvs that Grant
will JohnSonirs.
The Washington correspondent OF the
Cincinnati ENQUIRER writes;
Will Grant incline TO Conservatism 7
Should he so incline, will he be able TO
match his inclination by performance Y
These are the questions which engross
the solicitude Of the Radical and Conser-
vative politicians here. The Democrats
are serene. Whether, as they. expect,
they are TO be the party Of criticism, or
whether, as some Of their opponents fear,
they are TO represent the policy, II not 10
share the patronage Of the Administra,
ton. they are equally satisfied 10 stand
on principle in either cases. In no event
will they strain point or yield an iota OF
conviction to please or antagonize the
ensuing Executive. Why do the hepub..
licans fear, and why are they troubled 7
For three reasons; First, they are never
sure of the fealty Of their candidate. They
urefessedly nominated him because he
was an available, not because he was
sure man. They do not know te-iay
wbsther Graut stands with the party he
belonged to at the end Of the Lincoln ad-
miuistration, or whether he has stoed on
the Chicago resolution OF 1868, as step,
ping-stonss to success, or from changed
convictions. Secondly, they fear the
moderating influences Of power and po-
sition upon Grant, and apprehend that 1t
NAV work the same change II did IN fres-
ident johnson, who began as hangnan
and ends as a Conservative. Power
softeus. 1t does not require week for
A man TO learn that he is President OF the
United States OF America and not OF
faction. As Executive, courtesy, custom
and necessity make him accessible to all
parties. They all have their say. They
all have reasons to give, influence to
press, and they oil represent powerfuiin-
terests and constituencies. mus u was
with the present Chief Magistrate, Before
he had been in a month, the sober and
practical sense of Montgomery BLAIR,
William L. Sharkey, Robert j. Walker,
James r. Doolittle, and such men, was
poteutial in his councils. His Cabinet,
100. not excepting even Stanton, felt the
same sweet odor of place steal away their
sharpness ere they were aware. That
the same influences will not be presented
10 Gen. Grant cannot be affirmed. As
President he will be bound to be every
mans bearer That the same influences
will move Gen. Grant is question which
the future must solve. 1t all depends on
what manner Of man he lie. To declare
that these Influences will not avail pre-,
snnposes remarkable stolidity on the
mart Of the General. This stolidity Is
sense he always has had. 1t has been ev-
ideut in his silences and in his driving
persistence. But it has never, popular
impression to the contrary notwithstsnd-
Ing. been characterized by an indiffer-
ence to the counsel of Others lu all his
relations with the Government, General
Grant has ever taken counsel with other
and older heads. His singular and
stultifying attitude in modern politics
marks exactly the degree of facing both
ways. which has commonly characterized
svery politician of the Radical party In
the country. He is an eminently i'm
irresistible man in everything not con
nected with his army administration and
military tactics. Even in them be is an
imated in the sense of following the
hammer-aome course, and IN the ira
ditional belief that FIVE can whip two.
But in all new subjects be is do
cile, and in the new field open be-
fore him he will be exposed to the
hest teachings from the whole country,
and from men who, having no personal
fayors to seek, DO seek with, sell. abnega-
ton the good of the people OF ali sec
lions. That Gen. Grant will be deaf to
all these voices from the press than his
worst opponents ever painted him. That
these voices will be exceeded in persist
ence and policy by the opposing counsel
lors of the Radical party, is an assertion
which is SO hardy as to prove a great
ignorance of how sentiment is made and
how influence is exerted at the capital.