Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-23
George N. Sanders.

Gath" the Washington correspond
ent of the Chicago Tribune, picks up
this about noted character from one of
his ex-Confederate friends.
George Sanders " said his informant,
is still abroed, mighty seedy, and at
the end Of his rope very nearly. He
never saved any money, and had no
ability to do SO, although he has been
possessed of many thousands at a time
While he was political jobber and
pretty low in his instincts, there was yet
intellectual parts about the man which
are not now given their due. While he
made piles of money out of politics, he
threw it away with lavish generosity,
and do not believe that he ever refused
to lend money while he had cent. If
he had been a wiser man, he would not
have gone South at the breaking out of
the war, for every time he came up for
office or favor under the Democratic adj
ministration, the powerful men of the
South always opposed him bitterly. He
was once nominated for foreign mission,
and was beaten by the Southern Demo
Gratis, although we Northern Democrats
fought hard for him, and Ben Wade, at
that time in the Senate, willingly voted
for his confirmation, while Chase staid
away, if remember rightly, so as not to
oppose him. Yet George Sanders, when
the war broke out, held on to his unfor-
tunate allegiance with the Southern pol
iticans; and when he had joined with
them at Fort Sumter some of them
wanted to send him through the lines.
And when he went to Paris and England,
without a portfolio, TO help the rebel
cause neither Mason nor Slidell would
speak to him. On the contrary, they
concerted together to ruin his influence
at both courts. And yet George Sanders
was the primary instigator and the real
author of the French occupation of
Mexico
| could not help giving an incredulo1s
shrug here, but my informant went on
well, if you have seen Old George,
as he is now, loa6ng about the court Of
the Grand Hotel, in Paris, and playing
runner for any green American boys
who happen to be over there, you will /
find il hard to believe what | tell you,
that George Sanders and John W. For I
ney nominated James Buchanan, at ,
Olnclnnatls pNhlnB III cOhctft All lne 4
time. and that, in 1860, Immediately 1
after the election of Lincoln, Sanders
told me that he meant TO go South, get
accredited to Europe, and obtain the
recognition of the Catholic cause in
Mexico by France, England and Spain
conjeintly t-.
'Said he: / am going to try TO make
Napoleon put his cousin, Prince NapO-
leon, on the throne Of Mexico. and the
recognition of Plon Plon by the South-
ern Confederacy will lead to NapOleon's
the South as the legitimate
GoVernment Of the United States
George Sanders stuck 10 that most per
severingly, and / know reliably what his
influence was in the subsequent Occupa-
lion Of Mexico. The Emperors mind
had been poisoned agains. him BY Sill
dell 5 fore-runners, and George had to
mighty shrewdly TO get his
proposition before Napoleon al all: but
when he did get il there he had so much
tact. bonhOmBiie and address that before
he accredited Minister could get to work
fairlythe occupation vas a foregonc con-
,iusiOn. For this they hated him the