The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-09-22
THE 5DEM0CRAT
IFrOm the Cincinnati Enquirer.l
THE PRESIDENTS PA.

TIE RRESHDENT98 PA.
Another Talk with the FresE.
denaEA1 Ancsaasr- Views oa
AAnny 1Gat1eas--Me Th1GlE1 the |
DeAOeraas WIN GaF-y OIio.
After few nnimporsOns pas.
ages BY way Of Introductory, our reporler
opened the conversation by remarking upon
he decease of General RaWlins, adding.
II suppose, Mr.. Grant, that you knew
him very well" Turning his head side.
wise, to catch the inquiry, (for the old gen
hearing Is very defectiye), he
said, ayes, knew him. He WAs a very
hne man, but wasn't much of = general;
he was Only q staff officer. see that Gen.
Sherman has taken charge of the office ad
interim, and that Gen: Dodge. OF Iowa, is
talked of to fill Rawlins's place. Dodge
was . good soldier, I've heard Gen. Grant
say that he was one of three best citizen
generals there was In the army. The
three best citizen generals there was in the
army were DOdge, Terry and Cox, but Cox
was down In ne Eastern Srmv- Wher,
they were always getting whipped, and he
didn't have IS good q chance as he might
have had"
.Ihl -NLlOUE-
Rep0rter-'1see see by the papers recently
that you have been figuring somewhat in
public" t..' ..".
Presidential Ancestor-"Yes, there Is n
clique and ring over in Cincinnati that
wanted = lot Of fellows appointed to reve-
nue Offices. I knoW'd they wasn't suitable
for the places, and / broke the thing up
and had others appointed. Ever since
that they have been abusing me. The
other day fellow came over here and said
he was . correspondent for an Eastern pa
per. BE drawed me into . conversation,
and the next nay saw it printed in the
Enquirer. . d.
he CLArEs TO HAvE BEEN 'ansRKPREsKN,
TKD."
"You can see how he misrepresented
me. He said there was two desks and .
stand In this room, when you can see your
self that there amt but one desk and ta-
BILE over there In the corner. He said there
WAS soiled carpet on the floor, the car
pets almost . new one, but it didn't hap
pen TO be swept very clean that day
Then he spoke about my hat and handker-
chief. I had an old silk hat here which I
used to wear when it rained, setting on
the mantle piece. 1t amt there now, I've
taken 1t away, and that old spotted hand
kerchisf was one I kept in the window
here to wipe OF my desk with"
R GTvKs DxAToCRACx A DIG.
RepOrter-Well, what do you think of
the political prospects,
Presidential Ancestor (wandering) I've
got no confidence In Democrats. In time
OF war they were for peace, and now, in
time OF peace, they are for war They
were IN favor of the Mexican war, because
their President inaugurated 1t, and they
were willing enough to carry on the war
against that poor, weak and distracted re-
public. was Wing then, and Oppo-
sed that war because It was wrong. I
was IN favor of the last war from the start,
Decause all rebellions are wrong, Well,
IN some instances they are right Our In.
dependence was achieved through rebel
Lon, but then We were being governed
without our consent, and had no repressn-
tanon. These fellows came into the cleo
ton and voted fer their candidates, but be-
cause they couldn't get what they wanted
they rebolled I'm glad TO see that Gen
Grant has never appointed any Of 'em to
Office.
TIE sEoRKr OF LoNGsrRKET's APPOINTMENT.
RepOrter-EIIow about General Long
Strees9' sftf
Presidential Ancestor aGeneral Grant
says he knew Gen. Longstreet when boy,
and he was one of the most able boys be
ever knew. BE was In the South when
the war broke out, and he couldn't very
well be . Union man If he wanted to-
There was some excuse for him, but there
was no excuse for . man In Ohio being q
tralr. would rather see such q man as
LoHgstreet in Office in the South than the
niggers, which they have made LieutenaAt
Governors, or the carpet sackers either
I'm not in favor Of niggers or carpet bag
gers. The fellow who went down South
TO get ofice couldn't get anything at home.
They are disreputable set
NE ooNCEDEs ONO TO TIE DElLocRAoY.
'sBut things are gong to be different in
Ohio this fall to what they were last. We
amt going to have Presidential election,
and the Democrats amt going to make
snch f0ols of themselves as they did when
they put such despSradOes on their ticket
- Seymour and Blair. + have no fears
about the State ticket but the Democracy
win be certain to carry the Legislature on
account of the fifteenth amendment and
negro suffrage. If lived in Ohio would
not vote for . single Republican candidate
for the Legislature. see they talk about
\ reform movement In Hamilton county,
and / understand that the Commercial Is
likely 20 favor 1t. The Commercial has
no principle and never had. 1t will favor
anything 70 make money. l don't think
the movement win succeed"
ttFf PRDCE ARTHUEh WAIT.
, Reporter-'Gs it true that Prince Ar
thur is coming here to see, you in order
that = Prince may shake hands with the
fAther of . Prssidenfln -v eva.
The old man broke into . broad grin.-
In such q strait as the enc which had
been arrived at, it was certainly encourage
ing to see him smile. If he had only wink
ed il would have been positively reassuring
Z Presidential Ancestor-'sI don't know
anything about it. That gentleman who
was here the other day had something in
the paper about II, but don't know WhOth-
er the Prince is coming here or not.
understand that Prince Albert-the one
that was in Cincinnati has got to be,Very
fast and has been behaving very badly
lately. If Prince Arthur comes / hope
he'll come and see me-"
NO MORE RELATIVES 10 BE APPOINTED TO
OFFICE.
hepoE.erLH9w so.a - s1, long have you been
Presidential Ancestor 'Nearly four
years Pm now seventy SIX years of age,
and they tell me haynit = white hair on
my head.L I've got along quite smoothly
here in the oflce, but don't suppose ]
win be reappOinted, because General Grant
wont sppoint any relatives If 1t was
lsftto the Postmaster General ] suppose
would be reappointed, but Ulysses don't
want any relatiFes=ln- office. The papers
have madeA bic mss about his giving OH.
ces to<felatiyes, hut they can't name but
one that he ever appointed. BE appointed
Mr. Johnson Assessor Of the Third Dis
tfct, but beis no more of relative of his
than you are. BIS wife 4 q second cousin
Of the GenerArH and that's al. 1t Wa
ene.of the best Gppointmeuts he ever made
though. - = ~.
JKsaE WILL ASSET no AoKE OFFICE sEKKKEs.
Reporter al suppose you are greatly
annoyed with Visitors, are yOu Dot7n
Presideltial Ancestor Pm an,
noyed . good deal. A great many peopl.
N,u,a hare ry1r. halr, thar, S,fc ,fylo.