Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-20
GRANT.
what the New York Papers Say
of His speech.

GfaQE8 EpeECn u CbuALOI NlOIloH anu
others, who notified him that be had
been elected President Of the United
States. The New York Sun assures us
that the speech /" will be read with uni
versal satisfaction and delight. No bet
ter or more impressive speech has been
m ade this many a day. It proves that
the General knows perfectly how to say
what he means, and that when 4ae speaks
there is no obscurity or ambiguity in his
utterance. He talks just as he is wont 10
act like q man of supreme common
sense, upright purposes, and an immoV-
able, though unostentati0us determine
ton to do his whole duty"
And then the amiabie editor tells US
jusJ what sort of Cabinet Grant Will
have, and by a coincidence singularly
happy, this is just the sort Of Cabinet
that the editor would have, and this i'm
portant atom Of communication Is
thrown out:
"No President within the memory of
this generation has begun so We as
Grant,
The Herald scatters its joy through 8
shower of paragraphs.
The Tribune says: This is frank,
straight. forward, business-like; and in
Grants expression, payment Of the
public debit the Tribune is able to find
provocation for an outbuTst Of RdmiTs-
liOn:
"tPayment OF the public debt mind
you mot merely faithful and prompt
liquidation of the accruing interest, but
payment of the debt itself. This is just
what the people desire and the gold gam
blers will defeat if possible. The debt,
which TO the masses is q burden, is to the
sohE Df a
vRntageous as his balancing pole to the
And so on through the Tribme's finan-
cisl theories.
The TTi6une's Washington correspond
ent says:
"The professional politicians are in G
state of demoralizatiOn. Numbers of
these men have been quietly gathering
here for the last fortnight, with the hope
that G. an. Grant would begin business in
the old-fasnioned way. They are disap-
pointed, and are already beginning to
whisper grave espprehensionso Of the future
of the party. States for appointments
have been arranged, and were ready for
presen tatiOn, but the Generals speech
has intimidated their constructors and
made them afraid to advance. Your cor
respondent has conVersed freely with
numerous prominent members OF the
Democratic party in Congress, and finds
them someW hat elsted &C the prospect.
Without exception they warmly endorse
the course G. IN. Grant is pursuing, and
express high hopes of the future"
The World joins in the expression Of
saying:
''This certainly is 10 great display of
intellect; but cAndor censtraiBs as to
say that 1t is no ordinary exhibition OF
character. The man VINO thus quietly
holds curious politicians at bay, aud acts
steadily upon his own unassisted judg-
ment, eViDoes a resolute self-relisnce
which is one OF the most respectable
qualities that can be possessed by q man
clothed with great public responsible ies.
II, as is so often said, money is power, il
knowledge is power, it is more emphat-
ically true that character is power; and
whatever may be the wisdom or unHis-
dom OF Gen. Grants administration, il
seems tolerably certain that he will i'm
prees his own mark upon IL. His meth
DDS may not be the best methods, but
they are pretty likely to be his methods
" 1t deserves TO be remarked that ne
says no word, and gives no hint, that be
cares anything for the distinctive princi-
pies of the Republican party. He ig-
nores it's peculiar dOgmss entirely. The
5pread-esgleism OF equal rights, the eur
rent glorificstiOn CT the negro race, the
Justice and necessity OF universal SUI
rage, are topics which he passes over in
silent contempt. How different an sd-
dress would Mr.. Sumner or Mr.. Wade
have made in the same circumstances /
Mr.. Pruyn was doubtless too sSnguine
and cOmplsissnt, or at least little pre-
mature, IN promising G IN. Grant the
support Of the Democratic party, when
be hiss not yet delivered his inaugural
nor shown his hand 10 his ap-
but he was eerlainly cor.
rect in assuming that Democrats will
ind nothing to object to, and much to
approve, in the tone, temper and topics
Of this speecb.n
The New York Times remarks:
"We are not surprised to learn from
W ashington, that q IN. Giants speech, |
IN accepting the election as President, !
lSs created feeling akin TO consterng- |
ton among certain classes Of Washing /
on politicians. 1t is well calculated 10
10 so. II is clearly the speech Of = man /
who does not intend to Le governed in /
ais administration by the interest Of DO /
itical parties, or the wishes Of party 1
eaders-but by HE own ideas Of what /
he public welfare requires.
" 1t has come to be tradition at .
Washington, as well as elsewhere, that /
President, not controlled by the party |
hat elected him, is al impossibility /
hat he must have support, organized, /
Ictive and efficient, to make his admin |
sHccessful-and that he cannot /
,et such support except from his party,
md that he cannot get /. from bis party
kept SIS he cOnsuIts its interest, re-
Yards its active sdherents, and follows
he course marked out by its leaders.
The man who disputes or doubts this is
ct down as dreamer or fool. a Pres
dent is held to be merely the represen-
ative or the servant OF the party that
,ut him in power, bound to take Its in
crest and its wishes as his rule Of official
elton, to keep its sdherents in power,
nd to carry its measures into prsetice,
lot because they are best per Sc for the
Ountry, but because they are those of
lis party.
"GeD. Grants bTisf and evidently
npremeditated speech rather rudely
hatters the faith that be would conform
q this matter to the ussge Of his pTede-
he would act simply as the
gent OA MS party 6uu newer utGhm Oi [
boxing elsewhere for approval or sup
srt. 1t is very clear that he feels and
ppTeciates thoroughly the Independence
nd responsibility OF his position, and
hat he intends, to WELD the great power
laced in his hands, not undei the dicts-
ion OF any party or any men, but ac-
Ording to his own ideas Of duty and the
uolie good. He will select his own sd
Users, appoint his own Ofiies- holders, re-
aove and change them at his own will
nd TO suit his own ideas OF what the
ublic good requires. And in SO doing
le counts with confidence on the con-
urrence OF the Senate, which has the
onfirming power. This he has the right
0 ask and we presume be will find the
Attn on which he expects it fully justi-
ed by the result.
at will not escape attention that
ten. q rant did not even refer to what
enatOr Morton had designated as the
hief ends hoped for from his Admins
ration, or to what a certain school OF
oliticisns proclaim to be the great end
lat remains to 10 accomplished. Mr..
lorton has said that the country ex-
ected that, under his Administration,
the work Of Reconstruction will be COM
leted; aaI she wounds of civil war
sailed Gsn. Grant, in his response,
gnored the fact that there had been .
lvil war, and did not presume that any
hing of reconstruction was incomplete.
II that has been settled by existing
xgs nha - al Il /