Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1869-03-06
MISCELLANEOUS.
What we may Expect ofGcn.
Grant.
III CuAELEs q. CAME.

First, Genera Grant will bu President ~
fact "a well Hs in name. AS We have seen,
he never was man to hesitate about excr
cising any amount of power that might lie
! cnnhdcd to him. la Jnrksnn's, place be
might not have said, Il take the RESPONSE
/ bIlty:' but be would have taken it, never.
| thcirss. aud said nothing about it. Even
one of his associates in the Calena leather
store understood this peculiarly well cnoup b
to give Governor Yates, of Illinois, who had
confessed his inability To get at the special
capacities Of this Csptsin Grant" the fol.
lowing good advice The way to deal with
him IS to ask him no questions, but simply
order him TO duty. lie will obey prompt.
IT," The people have now summoned this
same prompt officer to be President of the
Uuited States, and that he will be- II any
individuals high in position or prone to
intrigue indulge the hope OF managing or
Improperly influencing Mr.. Johnson's sue.
cessnr, it only remains for them, seeing how
blind they have been To the plainest. pages
nf recent history, 20 take lessen or two
in the schocl of experience and pay their
tuition.
Secondly, It is bu: reasonable calcula.
tion that General Grant, in the discharge of
the duties of the Presidency. will win sub.
renown. Indeed nine tenths of those who
have risen above the folly of confuunting
the gift of popular orntory with executive
talent couCede already that he has all the
main requisites for administering the af
fairs of the country u; this time, except, pos
sbly, the information derived from long
civil experience. His eeneralship reveals
governing ability of the highest order, cir
cumspectinn only matched by energy, and
an unerrnG faculty for selecting the right
men for sahordinates. ~ To the possible
deficiency alluded TO, and We must always
bear in mind that there is no special training
school for the Prcsidcncy,-Gencral Grant
is the son of his time and, though no may
not bc learned in'the craftsmanship Of boul;s,
he conprchrnds his own age. Starting with
ths, political tdLui1 9'aSa, the mind Of an
army officer, having really voted hut once
before the war Cor BuchGnaD), and having
always regretted that he enjoyed the cx-
cclcnt privilege Of having notliing to uu.
learn. The crisis found him without pre-
iudires, and he took il all its elements dis
passionatcly as comprising the true situston
wilE which he was to deal. Even that con.
seryatiye hias, of which few good Repuh.
lican supporters are still ahsurdly suspicious,
was in his favor, for while it has been Oh.
served that the descent from youthful lbe
ralsm has often heeu as swift and extreme
as the apostAcy of a Stafford the contrary
tendency, us illustrated IN the lives of men
like Ieel and Gladstone, gives the finest
fruits Of genuine progress. Hence it hap
pcncd that. while anti slavery men of many
years standing were worrying over the fl
ture relations Of the institution they had so
Inng fought and feared. Grant calmly fore
/. a
more than that, every stage of the ex,in
gushing process can now be traced in Ills
military orders, in advance of the action ot
Congress and of the Executive. The same
remark may be made respecting the recon
siruction policy of the government its
germs are all To be found in the record OF
his field measures. while toward the matu
ring of that pelicy he gave his valued
counscls aud his protOundest sympatles.- -
OF all the great questions which appear to
demand settlement daring the incoming 40
mnistralinn, 1t may be truly said that none
are older ,han General Grants public life,
while most have already touched him a,
many points in his career, and engaged his
earnest attention. For the last three years
in particular he has reflected upon the po
ltical iuncture, perhaps with the prascience
thar he would he called tn deal with il prac
tically; he has conferred with the aru'ost
statesmen of the day, and has mingled with
his countrymen in every part ot the Union.
1t would NOT be strange, therefore, II the
whole situation bearing upon tue Presiden
cy, comprising policies, men, and measures,
should hs at this moment as accurately
mapped out in his mind AS we're Lis great
campaigns before he fought them in the
hsld, and should he followed hy national
results hardly second in value.-Atlantit
Noathty JOr March. a.