The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-01-08
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The Washington correspondent of the
World undertakes to give Grants opinion on
prominent men, as he has given them in o
private conversation with his friends. Grant
regards h. B. Washburne rs honest and eco
nomical, and TO him friend in need. He can
have what he wants from Grant Grant con-
siders Rawlins as a brother, who is capable of
filling any place, but too poor to take cabi-
net position; senator Morgan merely ms
Gag of dollars, all his senatorial labors being to
secure his reelection; Fessendcn, as the ablest
statesman In the senate, a man Of high order
Of intellect, catholic views, large and well-im-
proved experience and great moral courage;
Sumnersas great scholar finished orator,
and faithful representative of his State.
"Bennctt is n Scotchman. Noman born In
Scotland becomes acclimated in this country
He has always conducted his journal upon the
principle enunciated by the Scotchman who
advised his son John; When you marry
marry a woman who has money, for any
woman may turn ont i'll; but, CAD the mon
ey never Will
"Henry Ward Beechcr don't want office;
but he would be a better preacher if he were
less Of politician, and better politician il
he were less a preacher. 1t Is impossible TO
have a philanthropy that will cover a whole
nation, and yet 1T Plymouth Church.
General Mcclellan is an able soldier, good
citizen and pure man. He has great powers
of organization. The army of the Potomac
was the best organized, best equipped and
best disciplined army the world ever saw.
For accomplishing this the country is indebt-
I'd TO Mcclellan. While to n 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 i'm
arine. | have no ill-will toward him, and
am satisfied there would never have been any
difference between us II it had not been for
the misrepresentation Of third parties There
is no truth In the report that George Wilkes
arranged our difficulties. There is nothing
in common between Wilkes and me- except
fondness for horses and the turf. Butler is u
man of great force and character, and he
would be leader in any country in which he
lived.
"Grceley Is great and good man, and n
faithful. honest, efficient advocate of the cause
of human liberty. He always seemed to me
10 exaggerate tho bright side Of human nature,
and underratc its dark side. He exaggerated
the capacity of the negro while he moderated
the crime of JEFF. Davis. Such men are al
WAYS the dupes of men of inferior abilities
RAYMOND always reminds me of II jumping
lack He is heads up or tails up, just ms Sew
ard or Weed moves him. When Raymond
goes wrong feel like forgiving him, for he
Knows not what he does. Nobody supposes
him to be anything but the mouth-piece of
Seward and Weed, though he is brilliant
writer if he would be independent.
"Seward is n man Of very great ability and
very little principle If he had not intrusted
his politics to Weed he might have been n
statesman but Weed being very corrupt
politician, Seward was dragged down from the
elevation of craftsmanship TO the lowest
depths Of demagoguery. johnson would have
remained pure true, patriotic, and wise
President if he had been removed from the
baneful influence of Seward