Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-14

] Better have an act that's kindly
I Treated sometimes with disdain,
Than, by judging others blindly,
| Doom the innocent to pain.
The President Squarely Identified
with the Republicans-HOpeful
| View of Virginia Affairs.
Gen. Tarbell, Secretary Of
the Republican Executive Com
mittee of Mississippi, had an
interview with President Grant
at the residence of Secretary
Fish, in New York, on the 9th
inst. His object was to ascer-
tain definitely the President $
views on the political affairs in
the Southern States, in Missis-
sippi especially, and also to
represent to him the condition
| of parties there. So significant
were the remarks of the Presi-
dent that at the solicitation Of
leading republicans in Wash
ington to whom he has related
the conversation, Gen. Tar
bell has, in response to inqui-
ries, given the substance of the
Presidents opinions, as ex-
pressed on that occasion. Gen.
Tarbell, at the opening inter
view said if an apology was
deemed necessary for intruding
on the Presidents privacy it
must be found in the nature of
the business, which was to ask
of the President and his admin
,istration some expression by
act or declaration as to the par
ties in Mississippi, and to ask
an early decision, as there was
a crisis in the condition of af-
fairs in that State which def
mite action, showing the sym
pathy of the administration,
would greatly aid to a right
solution. Some days since he
Gen. Tarbell] had, with the
chairman of the Executive Com.
mittee and others, visited
Washington in order to explain
their affairs, believing then, as
now, that the Presidents SYM
pathies, as we'll as those of the
Cabinet, were with the loyal
party and in opposition to the
one that sought only to divide
and betray it. The President
took up the conversation at this
point, expressing pleasure at
the visit, entering into it's pur-
pose with spirit, showing his
minute knowledge of. the situa-
ton in Mississippi. He re-
marked at the beginning upon
the very small number of re-
publicans who were engaged
in what is termed the national
republican party movement
there. With regard to the spe-
cial business presented to him
by Gen. Tarbell his a. surances
were explicit and direct. The
President said that in his iudg-
ment the small number of those
who had hitherto acted with
the republican party and now
constituted the so called nation
al republican party was in it.
self evidence that they could
not be otherwise than used by
the opposition. With regard
to the recent professions made
by those who were lately reb-
els the President was emphatic
and frank. His only desire was
peace and amity, and he would
do anything that was right to
bring that about. But these
people cast suspicious upon
their own motives by the fact
that all their efforts seem to be
aimed at dividing, not aiding,
the republican party in their
midst. If they were really in
earnest they would not be anx~
ious about those with whom
they acted. To sincere men it
could not be difficult to tell who
in the South were and had been
administration friends. He
talked at some length on the
recent contest in Virginia.
He thought from Governor
Walkers speeches, since his
election, that that gentleman
was fully committed to the adj
ministration, and honestly
intending to act up to them. -
Referring to the proposal made
by Colonel Jenkins to unite