The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-15
THE tsRI1ING on THE WALL.
'fFromsthe Round Table, February 1871

IEron3athe Round Table, February 1871
II Jonbert lid that there are heads that have
no nl ,WindoWA and that daylight cannot strike
iIom abovesss Such are the heads Of the Jour
nalisls whoare only just beginning to discover
sls snat lmportsga truth about General Grants
s.ssh HstiIe Bound Tables as long as last No
vembers bmmed ed;&tely afHer the p.vss;ti uniial
elsefa asvsss shown IN these columns that
the sittiatiol OF the successful candidate reia-
lively to the extremists Of the dominant party
was such that he must inevitably either be
ruled by them or seG them at defiance; that
inasmuch as at the time OF the convention,
they needed him very much more than he
needed them, it was unlikely, even were he
plastic man, that they could control his policy
as President; and that, as he is by no means
plastic man, the contrary alternative might be
regarded as o certainty. We have no Obiec-
tlon to furnish IDEAS for the Journalists
public will bear witness how regularly the
seeds have been sown by the Round Table that
have subsequently sprouted into full bloom
sensatlons, crusades and startling develop
we really think their windows might have been
sufficiently open to admit so obvious and nee
esSary an inference as this about General
Grant without beng Obliged to take it from
time that, through it's dissemination among the
masses, the instructive reflection has come
from below rather than from above. ft
General Grants visit to the metropolis. at q
moment just before his inauguration, seems to
nave been instrumental in producing this sud-
den enlightenment, AMI for reasons not diff
cult to find. He has for some time been
STRENGTHENING himself with war Democrats
and conservative Republicans, and giving the
Radicals Of both parties an impartial cold
shoulder. This has been accomplished through
means well understood by the initiated, but
only dlmiy appreciated, through results, by
tne general public. Floating in the atmos-
pnere PM re- every M rywhere-whence or how none could
n 10 klo ysnkso
that between Grant and the hitherto all-pow-
erful Radicals is to be q deathless feid. But
WITH the Generals visit to New York this has
taken more paipable form. It is now known
that the disposition of those great bones of
contention, and, in the matter Of their distr-
button, those unerrlng ndices Of policy. the
Cablnet ohces, the foreign missions, and the
three great government positions at the me-
let OF defiance thrown down at the feet OF the
Radical faction. 1t Is known that the Treas
ry has been offered to Mr. A. +. Stewart--and
tnat he e. has declined it. The state Depart
Adans-and he has taken the proposal into
serious consideration. Should he refuse. Mr..
Motley is the next choice. The War Depart
menr-and this is very Significant been
rendered to General Mcclellan, and has 80 TAR
neither been accepted nor declined. Ex-GoY- !
ernOr Fish has the option OF the portfolio in !
the latter case. The Navy Department hav-
ing been gratefully declined by Admiral Farra-
gut, has been offered to Admiral Porter, who
is pretty sure to accept it. Strong efforts have
been made to1nduce the appointment OF Mr.. |
=. b. Washbtlrne as Min1ster to France, but
they are almost certain to fail. Il is pretty |
weli decided that MIR. IL. 81. Grinnell is to be |
Collector OF New York aud that Mr.. @. A. |
me last named gentleman is almost as popu- |
lar with Democrats as With Republicans. and |
ms appointments and subsequent career-able |
ana asa upright: = man that he iswill 80 far to