The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-08
Chr sl4w Grltans GEtstent.
FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1859.
Grant. view. of Prom,nen. neu.

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| wAsBBuRNE, WENDELL PHILLIPS, LOGAN BENNETT
BEEcHiR, NJ cLELLAS, BUTLER, GREELEY AND
| sLwARD Considered.
A New York special of the 4th 70 the Cincin-
| natl Commercial says: The Washington CORES.
| pondent Of the World undertakes to give Grants
| opinion on prominent men, as he has given them
IN private conversation with his friends. Grant
regards E. B. Wsshburne as honest and economi-
CAL and 10 him friend in need. He can have
what he wants from Grant. Grant considers Raw
Inns as brother, who is capable of filing any
place, but too poor TO take q cabinet position I;
Senator Morgan merely as bag of dollars all his
senatorial laoors being TO secure his reelection
Fessenden, as the ablest statesman In the Senate
man Of high order Of intellect catholic views
large and well improved experience and great
moral courage; Sumner as great scholar, fni h.
ed orator and faithful representative OF his Safe.
" ! know nothing, personally of Wendell Phil
lips, said General Grant. lately. ." should have
respected him and accredited him with more hon.
esty OF purpose II he had opposed my election.
certainly could never support man thought as
weak ard bad as he professed to believe me.
Logan is the coming man Of Illinois. When Doug
las died, his mantle fell upon Logan. His skill,
CALAMITY and success in the field are not properly
appreciated by the leaders Of the party. Senator
Morton is too much OF a politician to be a safe
fnaneier; he makes a greater effort to make his
views popular than to demonstrate their sound
ness. When Morton adopted the Qreenback fal.
lacy of Pendleton, he moderated the integrity of
the masses. When he undertakes to show q way
to specie resumption, he overrates popular
avarce.
Bennett is a Scotchman. No man born in
Scotland becomes aeclimated in this country. He
has always conducted his journal upon the prin.
ciple enuDciated by the Scotchman who advised
his son John, When you marry, marry woman
who has money, for any woman may turn out i'll
but, CAD the money never WILL
Henry Ward Beecher don't want Office but
ne would be better preacher If he were less of
a politician, and better politician if he were
less preacher. 1t is impossible TO have a phil.
anihropy that will cover a whole nation, and yet
fit Plymouth Church.
" Gen. Mcclellan is an able soldier good citizen
and pure man. He has great powers of organi-
cation. The army of the Potomac was the best
organized best equipped and the best disciplined
army the world ever saw. For accomplishing
this the country Is indebted to Mcclellan. While
to large extent Mcclellan lost the confidence of
the country, be never lost the confidence of his
army.
Butler is not so bad as his enemies imagine
have no ill-will toward him, and am satisfied
there would never have been any differences be.
tween Us had it not been for the misrepre
sensations of third parties. There is 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 man Of great force and character, and
he would be leader in any country in which he
liv d.
Greeley is a great and good man, and faithful,
honest, efficient advocate of the cause of human
liberty. He always seemed to me to exaggerate
the bright side of human nature, and underrate
its dark side. He exaggerated the capacity of
the negro, while he undertakes the crime of JEFF.
Davis. Such men are always the dupes of men
of inferior abilities. Raymond always reminds
me Of Jumping jack. He is heads up or tails up,
just as Seward or Weed moves him. When Ray
moDd goes wrong feel like forgIvng him, for be
knows not what he does. Nobody supposes him
to be snything but the mouth piece of Seward and
Weed, though he would be a brilliant writer II he
would be independent
Seward is man of great ability aud very lit.
tie principle. If he had not intrusted his politics
to Weed be might have been a statesman, but
Weed being very corrupt politician, Seward
was dragged down from the elevation of states
manship to the lowest depths of demagoguery.
Johnson would have remained pure, true patriot
and wise president if he had been removed from
the baneful influence of Seward"
special 20 the Cincinnati Enquirer says of
Senator Morton and his bill, he (Grant) is repre-
sented 10 have spoken thus:
4" Morton il too much of politician to be a safe
fnancier. he makes q greater EFFORT TO make his
views popular than to demonstrate their sound
ness. Few men 10 the nation are equal to the .
mastery Of our financial problem. No man can
be who attempts TO appease or listen TO the popu-
lar clamor. When Morton adopted the greenback
fslacy of Pendleton, he misunderstood the integ-
rty of the masses. When he undertakes to show
the road TO specie resumption, he over ates the
popular avarice. My study Of Morton, for whose
abilities have great respect. has convinced me
that politician he is utterly unsuited to man.
age our national finances