The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-05
The Conciliatory Policy to Be Pursued
Towards the Chinese.
GENERAL GRANT AS A STUDENT.


The Reticent sphynx Learns to be
. Smooth Politician.
PROPOSED POSTAL REFORMS.
WARRINGTON, Nov. 4. 1869.
The Coming Annual Message.
The reports Of the various departments OF the gov
srnmept win be handed to The President BY the 18th
inst. The President VIII then commence upon his
nrst annual message to Congress, which viii recon-
mend number Of important subjects Of Legislation
No More Interest ip tho Eisk-Gould Gold
Conspiracy-Carapt's Dcniais ConclusIve.
The more tpsn nine days wonder produced by the
Fiskiana- Corbapa- Goudana Wall street conspiracy
seems to have died out completely In this neIghbor
hood. No one bothers himself now about the gal
liant Admiral f1umbug Fisk, or the willy
Gould. who prompts him, or the Mephistophe.
liam Corbin. whom Boutwell, so well char.
acteYifed Is "a kuavs OF q fool" The
fact d, since Jour correspondents talk with Presi
dent Grant ON this subject when the President took
occasion to deny IN toto ell the sudacous charges OF
complicty In the gold conspiracy put forth BY the
archconspiratora Gould, Fisk and Corbin, and also
gave his opinion a. to tho 'moral character OF the
Prince Of Erie. nobody has thought 1t worth while to
spend any moro time In endeavoring TO unriddle the
thing In the minds Of oil but the most bitter par
sisans President Grants sweeping denial and his
smusipg portrature OF the e6ervescing Fisk were
deemed conclusive The audacious but unsupported
declarations OF the Gould and Fisk crowd
were regarded a. loo light to put In
the balance against the solemn statements Of the
President in conversation with your correspondent.
Hence 1t Is that since that time so little notice has
TIsk-assaults baseless as they are unprincipied
and indicate. All fair-mindsd people, whether
republicans or democrats, or neither, are content
with leaving the future investigation ana exposure
Of the conspiracy to the Grand Jury OF New York and
TO the Congressional inquiry which, beyond quos-
tlon win be ordered In the early part Of the coming
session. Then the whole truth viii be brought to light
and the result will show who have been the guilty
contrvers and abetors Of the great financial serio
comic drama OF 1869. President Grant in the mean
time folds his arms calmly ana waits. He has moth
ing to fear, while his notorious maiisners, bad as
they are, have something to lose, In case the
result brings forth the full depth OF
~ their guilt now appears there are still some
people who doubt and hesitate on that point. and
among these sceptics are men OF substance and
wealth, upon whom tho conspirators lean a. last
support. When these sceptics shall have the film
removed from their eyes aud are forced 10 view the
consprators In their true colors, what will become
or these willy plotters ana schemers They VIII no
loursr be able to hold up their heads among respect
attic men OF business. ana even some Of their quon
dam confederates. who passed through the septem.
Der crash pnscathed win turn upon them the cold
shoulder. Perhaps . worse fate than even this may
await the consprators, but 1t Is doubtful whether
the merclful fangs OF the law can clutch them.
Grant With That Veil Removed.
People who have visited the capital freque ntly
within the last few years note very marked atera
ton In Grant now. He IL NO longer that horrible
Sphinx who puzzled all corners. That mysterious
mask or veil behind which he concealed 40 success
fully his thoughts has been removed Grant or to-day
u little like Grant Of nine or tenmonths ago as II no
had been transformed into On entirely different per-
uon. With ali but hts moat intimate acquaintance
he was then cold. silent aud tmpenetrable. Nobody
could make head or tail out Of him. He might have
been copperheadish for aught any member of the
republican party could tell, not even excepting the
prominent leaders thereof He was Q puzzle-sye,
even terror to the very men who had done most
aside from his own superlative genius-tO elevate
and honor him. He was voted to be social iceberg,
and gave the chils~ and fever not only TO inquisl
tive politicians who sought to pump and use
him, but likewise to people who only went TO pay
visits OF c0ngratulation and friendship. Now how
changed Seated in his Presidential chair, he is ap-
proachable In the highest degree He deals no
longer in those horrible monosyllabes He talks
now, and talks not only pleasantly but well. His
dreadful reticence had led many to believe that his
silence could bave only one explanation inability
to talk sensIby. Let some OF those people who nine
or ten months ago, ran away from Grants head
quarters disguised and swearing. only revisit him
now. They will 1nd how easy IL Is to be mistaken
They will fnd Grant laxative, affable, and, within
the proper ofrlcial limits communicative.
II is . very natural thing 10 ask an explanation OF
this change, and 1t ia not very dnicult give It,
Grant wss then only the soldier. He had been
chooses II IL true. to be the nrst citizen and magis
trase OF the republic. But he was IMMERSED in poll
fics know nothing OF statecraft knew little OF the
civil machinery Of the governments. Like PRUDENT
man about to enter upon new ned Of duty, he went
70 study He adopted the same pias q ,nis respect
~ prudent general He knew not the strange
kr6und upon which ne was about to operate. He
waa unacouainted with political tactics, and,
until he should have posted him5ek resolved IT,
remain undisclosed. Hence that impehetrable mask
which bothered alike friends and foes. But now he
has studied and brushed against all the shrewd
political celebrities OF the country and feels his own
strength He is assured as to the proper tactics to
adopt and Is Undertaking in expressing his views
a. before he was tmid and reserved. The change Is
decidedly pleasant to oil who have anything to DO
with him. He receives his scores OF visitors. male
and female, every day with as much ease ana ana
blity as the most accomplished OF his predecessors
In the Presidential chair.
The President and Judge Dent.
The statement In New York paper that the Presi-
cent had written second letter TO Judge Dent IN
Mississippi In relation to the elections In that state
Incorrect The only letter written on that subject
wa that dated August I, at Long Branch. recently
published. The portions omitted In that letter
alluded 70 and sustained General Amss course IN
relation 70 the once holders In Mississppi who op
posed the administration.