The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-01-06
THE VERY LATEST SENSATION.
Grants Opinion of Public Men.
What he thinks OF Washburne, FeG-
sender, Sumner, Wendell Phillips,
LGEAu, Morton, Beecher, NC
CIeIIan, Butler, Greeley,
Raymond. Seward, &c.

Raymond. Seward &c
NEW YORK, January 4.
Tho Washington correspondent ofthe
World undertakes TO give Grants opin-
ion on prominent men, as he has given
them in Il private conversation with his
friends. Grant regards L. b. WASH
burne as honest and economical, and
to him Il friend in need. He can have
what he wants from Grant. Grant
considers RawIins as a brother, who is
capable of filling any place, but too
Door to take IL Cabinet position SeDA-
tor Morgan merely us II bag of dollars,
all his Senatorial lnbOrs being to secure
his reelection; Fessenden, as the ables'
statesman i'll the Senate: man OF
high order of intellect, catholic views,
largo and well-improved experience,
and great moral courage; Summer as
great scholar, finished orator and faith
tul representative OF his State.
"Iknow nothing, personally, of Wen
deli PHILLIPS" said Gen. Grant, lately.
81 should have respected him and Hc-
credited him with more honesty of ur-
pose if he had opposed my election. l
certainly could never support man
thought as weak and bad AS he profess
ed to believe me. Logan is the coming
man of Illinois. When Douglas died
his mantle fell upon Logan. His skill,
gallAntry and success in the field are
not properly appreciated by the leaders
Of the party. Senator Morton is too
much of a politician TO be safe tinan-
cier he makes greater effort to make
his views popular than to demonstrate
their sOundness. When Morton adopt
ed the Ereenback fallaCy of Pendleton,
he underruted the integrityOfthe masses.
When he undertakes to show way TO
specie resumption, he OverrateS pOpu-
lar aYarice.
Bennett is IL Scotchman. No man
born in Scotland becomes acciimatcd
in this country. He has always con-
Quoted his journal upon the principle
enunciated by the Scotchman who adj
vised his son John, When you marry,
marry a woman who has money, for
any woman may turn out ill; but CAD!
the money never will
"Henry Ward Beecher don't want
Office; but he would bs IA better prcnch-
er.if he were less of II politician, and
better politician if he were less ola
preacher. 1t is impossible to have Il
philanthropy that will cover whole
nation, and Sot fit the Plymouth
Church.
General Mcclellan is an able soldier
good citizen and pure man. He has
great power of organization. The Army
of the Potomac was the best organized,
best equipped and best disciplined
army the world cVeI saw. For accom-
plishing this the country Is indebted to
Mcclellan. While TO large extent
Mcclellan lost the confidence of the
country, he never lost the confidence of
his army.
Butler is not so bad as his enemies
imagine. l have no i'll will toward him,
aud am satisfied there would never
have been any difference between us if
it had not been for the misrepresenta-
tiOns Ofthird parties. There is no truth
In the report that George Wilkes ar
ranged our difficulties. There is moth
ing in common between Wilkes and
me, except fOndnesS for horses and the
turf Butler is n man of great force and
character, and he would be Il leader in
any country i'll which he lived.
"Greely is a great and good man, and
Il faithful, honest, etficien: advocate OF
the cause of human liberty. He al
ways seemed to me TO eXagEeraIe the
| bright side OF human nature, and I'M
| derraie It's dark side. He exaggerated
the capacity of the negro, while he
undertakes the crime OF jeff Davis
Such men are always the dupes of men
of inferior abilities. Raymond always
reminds me of IA jumping jack. He Is
heads up or tails up, just as Seward or
Weed moves him. When Raymond
goes wrong feel like fOrgiving him,
for he knows not what he does. No
body supp@sas him to be anything but
the mOuthpiece Of Seward and Weed,
though he is IL brilliant writer if he
would be Independent.
seward is a man of very great nbii-
ty and very little principle. If he had
not intrusted his politics to Weed he
might have been n statesman, but
Weed being Il very corrupt politician.
Seward was dragged down from the
elevation of craftsmanship to the low
est depths of demagOguery. Johnson
| would have remained u pure, true
| patriot and wise President il he had
been removed from the bnnpiul intln-
pncp of Seward.