Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-08
GRANT.
Ris Views Of Prominent SIiIi-
iary and Civil Officials.
Bennett, Wendell Phillips, Me-
ClelIan, BeecheF, Greeley,
KuiEe= and Seward.

The Washington correspondent OF the
World undertakes to give Grants opin-
ion On prominent men, ss he has given
them IN private conversation with his
friends. Grautregards e. 4 WBshburne
As honest RGd economical, and To him
friend in need He can nave what he
wants from Grant. Grant considers
Rawlins as brother, who is capable Of
iIing any place, but too poor to take 8
Cabinet position; Senator Morgan mere
" as 8 bsg Of dollars, all his Senatorial
lsbors being 10 secure his reelection /
FesseU den, as the Bblest statesman IN the
Senate, man OF q high order CT intel
lsct, catholic yieWs, large and well In
proved experience and great moral c0ur-
Bge; Sumner a. great scholar, finished
crater and faithful representative Of his
state
81 know uothi1g. personally, OF Wen
deli Phillips" said G sB. Grant, lstely.
- should have Tespe cted him aud &C.
credited him with more honesty OF pur-
pose i; lie hal opposed my election. !
certainly could never support 8 nan 1
thought as weak and bad as he prOfessed
to believe me. Logan is the coming man
of Illinois. When Douglass died his
mantle fell on Logan. Ills skill, gal
lantry and success IN the field are not
properly appreciated by the leaders Of the
party. Senator Morton is too much Of s
politician to be a safe inancier; he makes
a greater etl1rt to make his views Popu
lar than 70 demonstrate their souldness.
When Morton adopted the greenback
fallacy Ct PendietOn, he moderated the
integrity OF the masses. When he IN
deTtakes to show way to specie resGmp-
tior, be averrstes popular a7sfice.
Bennett is a ScStchmau. No man
born 10 Scotland becomes Ecelimated IN
( this country. He has always conducted
HE luTnRl upon the principle enGEcia-
ted Dy the ScOtchmsn who advised hiz
son John, When you marry, marry =
woman who has money, for ony woman
may turn out i'll; but, CAD the money
never WILL
Henry Ward Beecher don't want
Office: but be would be better preacher
il ne were less OF politician, and bet
ter politician il be were less g preacher.
It is impossible to have a philanthropy
that viii cover q whole nation and yet
fit Plymouth Church.
Gen. Mcclellan is an able soldier,
good citiz3n and pure man. He has
great powers Of organ ,tiOn. The
Army Of the Potomac was the best Or
gaaizsd, best equipped and best Giseip-
lined army the world ever saw. For &C.
c0mplishing this the country Is indebted
to Mcclellan. While to a large extent
Mcclellan lost the cOnfidenoe OF the
country, be never lost the confidence Of
his army.
Butter is 1ot SO bal as his enemies
imagine. l have no IL will toward him
and am satisfied there would never have
besa any difference between Us il 1t had
nos been for the Misrepresentation oil
third parties. There is no truth In the
report that George Wilkes arranged our
difficulties. There is nothing in con m3u
between Wilkes and me, except fOnduess
for horses and the turf. Butler is q man
OF great force and character, and he
would be q leader IL any country in
which he lived.
Greeley is great and good man, and
faithful, honest, efficient advocate Oi
the cause Of human liberty. He alWays
/ seemed TO me to exaggerate tha bright
side CT human nature, and uHdeTrats is
dark side. be exaggerated the capacity
Of the negro, while ne undertakes the
/ crime OF Jefferson DaVis. Such men
sre always the dupes Of men of inferior
abilities. Raymond always reminds zoe
Of q jumping jack. BE Is hsads up ol
tails up, just So Seward or Weed moves
him. When Raymond goes wrong,
+ EEL like forgiyiDg him, for he knows not
what ne does. Nobody supposes him t
be anything but the mouth piece Of Sc.
ward and Weed, though ne l. q brilliant
writer II he would be independent.
"SsIsrd is IlGl Of very great ability
and very little principls. X he hsd not
intrusted his politics to Weed he NIGH
hsve been statesm2n, but Weed being
a very corrupt politician, Seward wa;
dragged down from the elevation O
/ statesmauship 70 the lowest depths o
/ demag0guery. Johnson would have re
nained s pure, true patriot &nd wiss
President II he had been removed from
! the banefuI influence Of Seward"