The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-11

left her whole system rent and broken. The
character of the oontending parties was not
dissimilar. In the chivalry, the gallantry,
the devotion, the manly sentiment to the "l0st
cause" of the cavaliers who adhered to the
house of Stuart, the South finds partial pro
totype while in the sturdy vigsr, the uufltnch
| ing perseverance, the great unquenchel
courage in the darkest hour, and the inti4X'-
| BILE principle which distinguished the rerl"-
| ment-we- may almost call it the RsPuollcah
party of that day--the Congress and tho
| North find almost all exact paralleI: s A..
General Grant, too, Looms up Delore tne
| world as a man possessing many OF tnos9
| graat oualities with which Macaulay on hts
| nictured mage has surrounded william IN
| suob splsndid pose. He has the same absence
| of ostentation, the same calm confidence, the
! same upbendng will, the same high sense OF
dntv which Maoaulay asoribes to William
Cronwell even with his iron and relentless
rnIa was TO William what Thaddeus Stevens
was 10 Grant-cut many difficulties from his
nath and created, in its natural reaction, an
appetite for, il not less firm, milder and more
healing counsels. Let US hope that the parallel
may be fully carried out and that as William,
where necessary, by severe but benefcent
moderation, succeeded in completely healing
those dissensions which divided and distracted
England, and so laying the stable foundation of
her after greatness; 80 Grant may, by his wise
and prudent administration, reconcile all oppos-
ing elements among us. That he will do SO may
be with almost certainty prophesied; for the
moderate temper of the man naturally inclines
him towards conservatism; aud should our
prophecy be borne out by subsequent events,
General Grant will have hastened (for no one
can prevent) the coming of that greater
future which awaits our country. An oppor-
tunity such as no other statesmen ever had
lies before him. The voice of passion and OF
party seems supernatuTally hushed. The
great masses of the North have thorough
faith in his will and his power to establish
peace on a firm basis, and that is the calm,
still current of opinion which runs underneath
all the noisy babble and brawl which mere
politicians raise on the surface. The South,
though still in sorrow, look to him with hope,
il not with thorough confidence, and are pre-
pared to accept any policy which is laid out
for them by their conqueror which Is
marked with sense Of benignant justice.
The Senate and House of Congress are re-
posing on their arms, curious and anxious to
know what the ides of March will reveal, and
we are filled with deep trustfulness that that
truculent and irascible body will have at last
found President who will exact their respect
by the silent grandeur of his character. Even
the renowned chief General Butler, on whom,
since the death of Stevens, the war mantle
has descended, and who, without the over
awing domination which experience and age
gave W dCElu SJdt6Smdu, pos
sesses far more subtlety of thought, more
statesmanlike adaptability, more readiness of
resource, more superb audacity, and more
close and crushing vigor in its application,
stands calmly leaning on his spear, unmindful
OF the small conflicts which rage around him,
and watching, with a curiosity not un-
touched, with confidence the action Of
his former rival. 1t will require but
slight turn of the political kaleidoscops
to throw Grant and Rutlar inf Il
Both are strong men, powerful in themselves
without the aid Of party. Both are old Demo
Gratis. Grant was forced upon the Republican
party by his enormous popularity with the
masses, and Butler in his Congressional dis
trict routed the radical element which assailed
him in every quarter, from the feeble yelping
of Fitzpatrick to the bolder barking of the
Tribune. Both are men of the people, and on
the vital question of finance, upon which the
prosperity of the nation now depends, we look
to see them standing shoulder to shoulder at
the head OF the new party which must inevi-
tsbly be formed.
Those who know Grant best predict that he
will not prove himself unequal to the respon
sibilties of his exalted position. He still ad-
heres to that quality which Carlyle places in
the gospel of greatness above all others
silence. When he accepted a weightier re-
sponsibility than this (the command of the
Army of the Potomao), he issued no rotund
Pope or Mcclellan small Napoleon pronapcia-
mientoS, but simply said to Mr.. Lincoln, 81
hope shall not disappoint the confidence of
the country" He did not. We have every
reason to believe it will be so now. We may
describe him, in full accordance with Hum
boldt's theory, "as great man, who, hap
penipg to find important business in life set
before him to do, did it accordingly as mat
ter of the merest practical detail" With all
his appearance of soldierly simplicity and unaf-
fected manners he is very exclusive, and of
less broad but far deeper mind than Lincoln.
He has scorching insight into human nature
which makes him very friendly to those to
whom he takes fancy, but distant to those
who are not congenial to him. He has a
strong partiality for men of solid standing in
society as we'll as in public affairs, and to that
extent he may disappoint his ultra radical
camp followers. While he will incline to.
wards the best of those of the party which
accepted him, he will probably map out
humanity on the Biblical idea of the sheep
and the goats, and cast aside with cool con-
tempt the selfish dogmas of party. Let us,
toO rest on our arms and await the ides of
March.