The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-08-05
PRESIDENT GRANTTALKING
TINE ETROPE4N VAR a DISGUISED
BLESSING 10 AN ERICA.


McCiefinn's Policy tic True Policy of Pru--
sia-Nby Americans Sympatbize with the
Pruasinns Good News for the Bulls In
Our Provision Mnrket-The Errors Of Con-
eress-shcridaD's Mission.
Correspondence ~ The sun.
CoNTIyESrAL HoTEL, Aug. T. Your correspon-
dent had nm hours interview with the President
last evening. Without betraging any thing touched
upon OF a private nature, We give the Presidents
opinions on national and cosmopolitan subjects as
given in the conversation. We found him IN the
bosom Of his little family, at his Long Branch cot
taee. Ho was surrounded by Mrs. Grant, who Ia
stouter than when we saw her a Generals wife,
Gen. Porter slim, and with Kearney like face, sweet
little Nellie Grant. and old Mr.. Dent, the venerable
father OF Mrs. Grant. Old Mr.. Dent Qor this Is
what the neighbor's call himD stands under the
weight Of eighty years. Ills face IL smooth full,
and he is excellenty preserved. In the room. car
peted with Ingram, were a few plain chairs piano,
and a carved whatnot. The front door opened on
the ocean, and we could hear the breakers dash
against the bluf in front. The Executive showed
no reicence, but carried the triangular converse
ton with another gentleman and myself with ease
and rapidits, "a each subject was touched upon.
After complimentary speeches the conversation
turned upon the war, and We asked the President
what he thought Of
TIE SITUATION IN EUROPE.
Gen. Grsnt-They seem TO be getting into q free
fight They can't be separated now. When two
boys eight you can stop the fight, but when every
body is fighting there is one 10 step in and sopa-
rate. At FIRST ] thought the war would he short
now think II will be long, and " seems az every
power In Europe will get into It. England must
stand by Belgium, the fruits of Waterloo and we
know Napoleon. as he said TO the Mayor OF Rouen
Napoleon /. signed against his viii, and, although he
gave up the south bank Of the Rhine then. form,
the French have never given It up IN spirit. Tho
fight with Napoleon Is for the south bank Of the
Rhine. with Prussia it IL a defence OF the Bis
marck. North German Confederation. Then Napo-
leon needed something TO
KILL RocBEfonTIss AT HoNE.
He needed what Alexander H. stephens suggested
| to President Lincoln and Mr.. Seward. when they
thought Of patching up truce at Hampton Roads, In
isGq-an ertrsie policy 20 unite everybody on. Eng
land knew what Stephens tT-triRsie policy meant
Stewards dsspee made son open Sn nhe rSus
Canada II took diplomacy to got this eIfrihsc idea
out OF stephens and Jen 30 u took diplomacy te
get the French signature TO the secret treaty which
would nable Napoleon TO gobble up saarbr1ck and
| Landau. and restore Luxembourg to the French
But tool greater Diplomacy 20 reject u. Bismarck
did II. and he now LANDS the rejected proposition
over to the other DoN ere, H seward handed over
StpuhcnS'a Canada pnncN TO England. Inc Oeieat
OF King William IL tn, squelchinR oil Belgium.
rn.Ps wHAr rBr TREATY MANS.
| Sun Correspondence King William came 10
Paris In 90, the Paris morning pipers announced his
| arrival thus: Bismarck. attended by the King D
| Gen. Grant-Weil. that's about right. Bismarci
Is the big gun he will be the Swamp Angel" In tn,
| rear OF the prussian army.
sun Correspondent-Amer orleans generally sympa
thine with Prussiaf
| Gen. Grant-Yes, don't know but what do
L nur Inv Ia tne nfe mi N m
emigration, and because the Germans took on
| WIN rs DURING ouh WAR.
France didn't. King winiam and Bismarck scn
! three telcgpms Of eongratuauon " Us. No
4 one came from Napoleon, who, on the contrary
was all the time hitting sly dabs In Mexico Sc "
ard let him hit, because his army was all the tim
| eating mp the beef and tanning the hides whic
otherwise would have gotten into the rebel army
In fact. Macmillan was sort OF provision destroy
| err in Mexico IL we 70 back OF the last war, Their
il no reason why we shouldn't sympathize wit
to help us, while Frederick the Great hired out
lot OF Hessans 10 Great Britain.
Sun Correspondent-And II YOU go now about hv
miles from Potsdanl. you will see a marble monu
mcnt, on which Is written IN clumsy German, " "a
died beroicaly in the American war" What d
you think of the capture Of saarbrtck, Gencraif
Gen. Grant-Littie skirmisbes ana recounoi,
sance now aud then don't amount TO anything. W
must wait for the campaign. Sometimes, IN check
ere, man gives away one man; and BY and by take
three. 80 In war. Then, saarbrhck don't seem
have been a German town. II was like the rebel
rs,hcr hsieryed ta 1bem. hnt when Cen StesIe r,
| took ittIe Rock that was a ytc,orv 1 think
nAYEScE WILL BIZ THE TRLpERIcEsBrRG
| OF tho war and may he the Black Forest will
| HE Wilderness A. least I shond think IN,
modern warfare had demoustrat.d The fact m,
| A. "a foolish 10 assault fnrtihed TOW
| when you can Just AS well march aroun
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