The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-06
GENERAL GRANT.
His Opinion of Universal Suffrage.

Sidney Andrews, the Washington oorrespon-
dent OF the Boston AdUerttSer, sent the following
important telegram on Tuesday, which appears
at the head of the Washington news, In that
paper, on Wednesday, double leaded:-
General Grant In conversation this morn
ing took square ground in favor of the prln
ciple of impartial suffrage He seemed to nave
regulateNsuffrage by law, but said that there
could be no sound objection 10 submitting
constitutional amendment 10 the people. he
spoke of the one passed by the House on Satur.
day as emDodying the right Idea, but eX XpreSSed
noopinion on the language therein CHOSEN. He
said explicitly that the principle OF Impartial
suffrage is right in itself and added that as we
have through the Reconstruction acts Imposed
negro suffrage on the Southern states, it is only
fair that the Northern states should give the
ballot to their own colored citizens. He ethought
the question at issue had better be disposed OF
soon as possible, so as to take disturbing
element ont of our affairs, and indicated hope
that the amendment would be passed by Oon-
These are most important and significant
words. Urged by duty and their sense of JUS
tice, the Senate and the Legislature will act
the more promptly under the Inspiration of this
glowing language, We had anticipated IL from
The President eject; his character for common
sense and practical sagaclty authorized US to
do SO; bis policy of Peace additionally sane.
toned our expectations 1t was plainly stated
views: but this plain and direct reiteration is
cumulative, unansweTable, and CONCLUSIVE.
Grant is SO sagacious, SO honest. and 30 truly
Let us have Peace" on the suffrage question.
-Wflnl ington Commercial
The President Elect and his Administrs-
tiOn.
From the Cincinnati Commercial, Feb 4.
Six weeks ago the politicians in Washington
who fancled that they were the persons to be
consulted by General Grant in regard to Cabl-
net appointments were fretting because their
advice had not been asked, and because General
Grant appeared to have friends in New York
city with whom he made himself at home.
There was little amusement aud not n little
Irritation because, when General Grant arrived
In Washington, soon after the November elec-
tion, he caused some bushels of letters addressed
TO him TO be burned without reading. That
circumstance, upon the whole, did not look
If the General would be on the most amicable
terms with the party hacks and acknowledge
infinite obligations TO the professional p1Ii-
tlcians. Now General Grant is going to New
York again and though his Inauguration will
take place within month, he has not opened
his mouth about his Cabinet, further than to
say that he would presently not ask advice, but
ad, ise the gentlemen he proposes TO call
TO the heads Of departments. II is believed,
and there is terror in the thought that he has
out the Cabinet for himself. How does he know
whether his Cabinet Will please the party?
Well, perhaps he dom care very much whether
the persons assembled at Washington, and by
courtesy called statesmen, shake their heads
was a military necessity, and that's all; or, in
the last words of "Hamlet," "the rest is
II will be remembered that the House of Re-
presentatives some time ago hurriediy repealed
noticed that the Senate has not done anything
of the sort; and 1t is tolerably apparent that 1t
will not be done. Clearly in the first place, the
Senate would unwlllingly, in any case, resign
thepeculiar POWER which 1t has exercised dur
Ing the war with Andrew Johnson; and GER
tRinly 1t appears there is q disposition, while
Grant withholds his confidence from the Sena.
tors to hold the Senate In a position to subordi
nate him. More than that there Is q bill before
the Senate, and likely to be passed, forbidding
person in the military and naval service
holding civil office. The real intentan mean
Ing OF the bill is to prevent Grant from making
q general Secretary of War and an admiral
Secretary of the Navy. This is the more sig
nifcant because IL Is no secret that 1T Is Grants
disposition to do just that.