The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-08-19
GEN. GRANT AND MISSISSIPPI POLITICS.

The President of these United States, whilst
sojourning at Long Branch and other pleasant
places, seems perplexed in regard to the state of
affairs in Mississippi, The conservative victories
in Virginia and Tennessee have awakened the ex-
treme Radicals, and they are fearful that other
States will follow in such quick succession as that
the entire country will soon De wrenched from
their grasp. Hence, it is necessary to invoke the
aid Of the President, and they have allowed him
little rest from the tolls and annoyances of his
Office, and are importuning him Oh all sides to
throw the weight of the administration against
the conservatives in Mississippi which is the next
stronghold to he taken by the conservatives. But,
on the other hand, the proposed candidate for
Governor, brought forward by the conservative
party in Mississippi, is brother-in-law of Gen.
GRANT, and of course his well known nepotism
does not allow him to take direct issue with the
party nominating Judge DENT, his own beloved
brother-in-law. In this perple1ed condition of
mind, Gen. GRANT authorizes the following rather
equivoca statement to be telegraphed all over the
country, and which explains itself:
In an interview with General Tarbell, Secre-
tary of the Republican Executive Committee of
Mississippi, at the residence of Secretary Fish in
New York on the sixth instant, General Grant re-
marked on the small number Of Republicans en-
gagged in the 'National Republican Party in
Mississippi, using the name of Judge Dent and
said that in his judgment the fact was in itself
evidence that they could not be otherwise than
used by the opposition.
The President said his only desire was peace
and apiiy, and he would do anything that was
right 10 bring that about. But that these people
cast suspicious upon their own motives by the fact
that all their efforts seem to be aimed al dividing,
not aiding the Republican party in their midst.
If they were really in earnest, they would not be
80 anxious about those with whom they acted
TO sincere men it could not be difficult to tell who
in the South were, and had been the administra-
lions friends. The President stated that in his
conversations with the gentlemen representing
the new Republican party in Mississippi, he had
expressed himself much more emphaticay against
thelr course than he had to General Tarbel. He
said he fully endorsed General Ames' administra-
tion, and that that officer would have to do much
and more serious things than he had heard charg-
ed before he would subject himself TO removal.
On the same day, however, the annexed item is
also heralded and it might easily be concluded
shat President GRANT is very desirous of promo
ting his brother-in-law and at the same time re-
fuse to recognize those who will be instrumental
in securing his elevation;
The President has intmated neither in CONVEX
salion nor by letter desire that Judge Dent
should withdraw from the Mississippi canvass.
In view of his present complications, Judge Dent
ressserts that he will canvass the State of Msss-
sippi in favor of the Conservative Republican can
didates, whether himself or another heads the
ticket.