The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-20
Washington letter, Of Tuesday. to the Bal
timore Gazette, says:


Although it WAS very clear from the start
that the Co lservatiyes in the unreconssructeo
states (if they really placed any reliance upon
the assurances Of the President) we're doomed
to bitter disappointment. still The Democratlc
newspapers north of the Potomac very gene
rally refralned from expressing word OF dis
courayement after 1t had become evident that
a vast majority of the people OF that unfortu,
nate section OF the country had Determined
upon the desperate exper!ment VI uustln2 10
Punic honor, Nor have the lll-natured tlngs
of snch newspapers as the Richmond Wblg,
even after it hsd been made manifest that
Grant had deceived those who had conhded IN
him. been sufficient to induce the real friends
of the South 10 remind that people that II
told You so" in the very beglnning;
No one fully acquainted wlsh the converse
tions and circumstances attending the accept
anoe, occupation and evacuation OF the war
| Department (as acting secretary by General
| Grant. could have been deceived BY any CT his
assurances. The chief reason why desire
| the return OF ex-President Johnson to the Sen
ate is, that this significant chapter IN our ma,
tional history may be ventilated ohclally ana
| in detail, il not in the emphStlc Language IN
which il was related to mo. can, however,
youch for an illustrative inclde0t. not set down
| in the bil.s of confidential revelations. saw
| with my own eyes this modern Cesar "Dlung-
| ing" through o motley crowd assembled IN the
EAST ROOM" in the hot month OF August,
1866. sweating like o bull call, to be In time
10 stand alongside Of Andy, while hon: Rev
erdy johnson presented tae laaious 1I'abei abe i,
ba borne out in my Iecolections by the
| exm,nister. when say that no ono In this vast
assembly gave more decided mods OF approba-
tion to the salient points OF his eloquent ar
raignment OF Radical rascallties than the gen,
eraI OF all the armies Of the United States. But
| n1oV (hnE
whether or not the fact can be proven by un-
questionable evdence,) that at that very
nmnmenf. and even before, General Grant was
in strct confidential political relations with
wilson. of Massachusetts,, and had entered into
| n compact. the chief obligation on his part be-
ing the BETRAYAL Of the man whose confidence
he vas to acquire By such a61ect syoopnaney.
pels. who are iu the habit OF copying these let
ters. and vet are sometimes puzzled to see
how IL can be known here tn sworn enemy
IN the ADMINISTRATION what the head pf it will
do in given contingency, may herein have
an mixing of the ground or tne suspicion
which was at the first entertained IN respect
to the fiual action of his Excellency after MS
celebrated interview with Messrs. baidwih'
Stewart & Co. ..
ia no fool. and beng deeply and largely inter
ested il telling the truth IN this matter is po
liar 1aithoueh RadIcll,) tells plain stor!
Grant has given Candy o carte blanche; but
tbis military upstart is deficient IN the higher
regions of political metaphysics. His panacea
was the simple rejection OF all members OF the
Teo,sla,nre VINO couldn't take t-h-e
o-a-t-hln He draws these WORDS OUT, am
informed, as Titus Oates did The Ia at J.
Well after all, it is found that in the blunder'
ing Deception of the President. he, too, was
grossly at fault. By The utmost stretch OF mill
tary mower the two objects aimed at cannot be
accom- mplisbed-namely the Reconstruction
of the State upon Radical principles, and the
usurpation of all the offices! It SO ms the
@Gonseryatiyes" who can take the oath" aIt
necessary to form quorum. Notfing swha.
ever can be done without them-not even tht
MASSAGE. under compulsion, OF the Fifteenth
smendment The Virginians, consequently
have it vet in their power to ward Oh worse
blow than being still kept out OF our glorious
: IF ANYTHING could show moro plainly the
cbarlatanry OF the head OF the Treasury thar
snoiker. one would suppose it would be the
announcement that "Lhere would be no more
reduction of the public debt for the present.
0nr financial system. then, is 80 constituted
that il ia liable to augmentation or diminutior
by 6ts and starts at the bidding OF the hsca
prodicy from Massachusetts,. BY refusing e
nav accumulated indebtedness. MIR. Boutwell,
has put out lying balance sheets; since ne has
been in Office he says he has reduced the aeD
forty millions, and at that rate Bis underhne'
blate out that the reduction WILL be one nun