The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-12-23
Ex.Prssadent Johnson ON prssldent
Grant.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
naerctdl has visited ext President sJohnaon at
bis home tn Greenville, Tenn, ana elected
from him the following very candid remarks
concerning General Grant ~
The intelligent men Of the party don't
know what to dogwith Grant,. It would
crafty them much if he would resign. but
he wont. So far from resiening, he's work
ing and Intriguing for second term. BE
will never get 1t. he Is no more ft for q
President than q goose. He Fhas got no
ability but q little low cunning.
His cumming is Of poor sort; !; it. Is mean
bis life. He Is an insignificant little fellow,
Ea bundle Of personal piques, petty ,spites,
and prejudice. He is as selfish as the DAYS are
long. He used the highest office in the gift
Of the people to advance his private ends
and those Of his family, and intrigue for q
second term. He knowsa little something
about horses, but has not brains enough to
make first-elass horse Jockey if turned
out to the business, although that fs about
all be is ct for. If we are to have horse
jockey for the highest Office in the land we
ought to have a good one. y s.t'& @''fr''
/ "Grant's coming to the surface Is the re-
suit of an accident; nay, it Is an accident
of an accident. You may search, history
from the foundation Of the world to the
present, and you viii not find a case. like
his-a man who rose solely by the power of
accident. In the boiling cauldron of war,
the scum rises to the top. In the bubbling
off he came up from che bottom, and run
of, as scum always viii, or We should never
have heard Of him. By q series Of accidents
be rose to the command of the. army. He
was the creature Of q peculiar combination
of circumstances. %+ = 1Ey,s ALL
ssHe rose to the top In the general turmoil
and throwing up. The rebellion would
have been suppressed without him. He
was an incident to the struggle-like
"a baggage-wagon, for example. "A. bag
gage-wagon had part. to perform,
riotism in the north, it could have done
nothing. Neither could Grant. Everything
was furnished him that he wanted. His
armies largely outnumbered the rebels.
Every engine of war was placed at his dis
posal. The rebellion went down while be
was in command. IF anybody else had been
in command at the time it would have been
the same, although the result would most
likely have been brought about with less loss
Of life. His Wilderness campaign was per-
feet massacre. His road was paved with
skulls and washed with blood. His conduct
in regard to the exchange of prisoners was
hlue&cusaDles LIZ HulSCOTTcSpOuUeQc6O On Gl6
subject he let one sentence drop. which
illustrates his character. a ray of light
passing through crevice win often light
up whole room. So it is with the char
ter of q man.
:"We frequently gets clear insight into his
heart, as it were, by a single sentence that
he may write or speak. He is utterly re-
morseless,' &Objecting to exchanging prison
ers with the rebels because our men in their
hands were weak and emaciated, while the
rebel prisoners were strong and able to 60
right.into the army and fight u.s.
"Grant, sir, is small man he is little
every way you take him. He is bundle
of small, contemplate prejudices. He does
not rise to the dignity of q man. : He lacks
courage as well as discrimination. he
thinks he is making tools Of certain politi-
clans, when, in truth, they are making a
tool of him. But he does not know it; he,
is to be pitied. .lI(.,sr.4.sr tSt. .t-2eff ~
."Before Iwould 60 into Grants Cabinet,
either in 1872 or any other time; I would
get me situation as assistant hog -drover,
or, as an old man in the country used to
say, would tie a rope around my neck
and then around tree, and walk off,"