The New York herald., 1869-01-03
GENERAL GRANTS OPINIONS.
Another Correspondent Gives the Views Of the
President. Elcct-He is 8 Thinking HIS Way''
Through the Situation.

Another Correspondent Gives the Views Of the
President. .Elect-He is I" "Thinking Hfs Way,
Through the Situation.
Washington tDec. s1 correspondence Of the Boston
Advertiser
General Grant seems to be the most matter fact
man in washington. He Ii just as simple and un.
nSx sSAt W hAgP We e simmer
year ago. He demands nothing, and in
1or raid upon the rights and privileges Of Congress-
nor has he become The dictator with whose name
election canvass. He has opinions OF his own, and
he shows what they are without rant or fustian.
1t has been quite the fashion to credit him
with o good many ideas on military questions,
and then add that he knows nothing about civil
AFFAIRS. l shall not stretch the truth II say
isdent that they could run the governmental ma
chine for the next four years qgeat deal better than
he can 1t is delicious to these persons patronize
him. The next Pretident WILL however, be General
Gran-any one who fears or believes that he Is to be
a tool in the hands Of the Hon. Mr. A. or the Hon.
II this nexs President has any policy It win be such
that you can sumit up In three words-honesty.
economy, manliness heard him speak one day OF
hood there was nothing on which you could put
your finger and say this Is but the whole thing
ever since heard him make that speechn. There is
no mistaking the spirit from which these words
came. General Grant can respect an open enemy;
he wants nothing 70 do with man who shuffies or
prevaricates or Is given to double dealing. He will
show us an administration in which honesty. and
mannOOu are TeSpeCteu.
lie does not 20 to members OF Congress and tell
them he wants this and that; he does not even say
20 them that he thinks such ana such laws ought to
be passed. II they undertake TO pump him he Ii
silent and non-communicatve. But he s studying
the position; he Ii thinking his way down through
the situation ana from time to time he shows the
results OF his study aud his thoughts.
Looking at the number and magnitude OF the jobs
that came into Congress during the first ten days
behind that cloak-"be It enacted, &c.n-he said he
sometimes feared there Wouldn't be anything LEFT in
the Treasury by next March, II could show you
how the jobbers are organizing their forces how
adroitly they are laying their plans you yourself
might have some fear. To one man VINO hinted that
sncn and such thing was good and ought to be al
lowed to 90 through he replied that 1t took money
out OF the Treasury, was not necessary and ought
be killed AZ soon rs possible.
The Indian question Is one on which he has
thought great deal. Our present system ne says
Il fun OF fraud-fraud on the Indians and fraud on
the government. 1t ought to be reformed. The gi-
gantc ring must be broken up, not more In the In.
terests OF the Indians than In the interests of civ-
zaton and public order Our dealings with the In
swindllng. lie believes transfer OF the bureau TO
the War Department will enable US TO stop this ma
tiona disgrace Of cheating and dishonesty. II the
with then we must force them to behave. In such a
course lies their wellbelng and the well-beng Of the
The Southern problem Is one he has been obliged
TO study for some years. We do not want any re-
ducton OF the army At present, he says. He hopes
fairly with them-hopes they will. Of their own ac-
cord deal fairly with one another and with the go
adds; the rights Of all classes must be observed;
every man who s q peaceablc citizen must feel safe
IN his work and his home. II that safety cannot be
had In one way, the government win have to nnd t
IN another; these murders and Ku-klux outrages
must be stopped.
The persons VINO talk most with the General are
constantly surprised and delighted at finding how
wide his view is at seeing how much he has already
considered, the details Of the work he enters upon
next March. He goes NJ things In his own way,
and there is racy charm In his statement OF re-
suits attained; He makes no stump speeches in his
marrOwy that he can put II into few words. He
speaks so simply and directly that you have no
difficulty in catching HIS mcaaing. lie may de-
cline to give you an answer but 30 far as know
he does not try TO blind anybody with the smoke or
] think he win have to settle the Alabama claims
Reverdy Johnson In EnrlandS You may safely say
that he will NOT "Mr. Johnson is not doing us any
creditv he said 10 one friend "and n the admins
tration was n proper sympathy with the people y
20 cover the sin OF his hobnobbing with Laird Roe.
buck and wharncliffe by the mantle OF Grants
course toward Longsreet and other rebel officers.
leave you To imagine what Grant said when he saw
that letter.
lie wili conduct the government with economS
IL he uses the veto power II is likely 10 he In k.dng
schemes for taking money out OF the Treasury. is
he has good eye for detecting jobs, be the ever
carefully covered In phraseology. We should have
the sIictes honesty In collecting our revenues end
the srlctest economy In their expenditure, he says
This will be one of the cardinal doctrines OF his nd
1s y ~ snehy ei pas,ae Fa,,road.. He favors in
ternal improvements of'aI kinds. He wants TO see
Industry thrive, commerce prosper, and capital mh-
kiply. nut, unless ] am greatly mlsinformed, be
would not even we had public debt fall In with
,Ss q ns ss = sss
Geek 70 pay WhAt DEBT We now have rather