Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-08-06
PRESIDENT GRANT on THE WAR.
II is a Disguised Blessing to America.
Why Amer cans sympsthize With Prussia,

Why Amer cans sympsthize With Prussia
The New York San has the following, pur-
porting to he the result of an interview with
President Grant at Long Branch:
CcNTiNENTAL HOTEL, August 4.-Your cor
respondent had an hours interview with the
President last evening. Without betraying any
thing touched upon of private nature, we give
toe Presidents opinions on national and cosmo-
poiitan subjects as given in the conversation.
We found him in the bosom of his little family
A. Lorg Branch cottage. He was surrounded by
MIS-. Grant WHO j. stouter than when we saw
her Generals wife, General Porter, slim, and
with hearney- like face, sweet little Nellie
Grant, and old Mr.. Dent, the venerable father
Of Mrs. Grant. Old Mr.. Dent (for this is what
ihe neighbor's call hlm) stands under the weight
CT eighty years. His face is smooth, full. and he
Is excellently preserved. In the room, carpeted
with ingram, were few plain chairs, piano,
and carved Vhstnot. The front door opened
on the ocean, and We could hear the breakers
dash against the bluff in front. The Executive
showed no ret cence, but carried on the triangu-
lar COW rsstion with another gentleman and
myself with ease and rapidly, as each subject
was touched upon.
After complimentary speeches the conversa-
ton turned upon the war, and We asked the
President what he thought of
THE SITUATIoS IN EUROPE.
Gen. Grant.-They seem to be getting into a
Tree night They can't be separated now. When
two boys fight yOu can stop the light, but when
everybody is fighting there is no one TO step in
and separate. At first thought the war would
be short-now L think it will be long, and 1t
seems as If 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 Mavor OF Rouen III 1866, hates the treaty
of 1915" This treaty Napoleon /. signed against
his will, And, although he gave up the south
bank OF the Rhine then, in form, the French
have never given it up in spirit. The fight with
Napoleon is for the south bank of the Rhine
With Prussia 1t is defence of the Bismarck
North German Confederation. Then Napoleon
needed something to
KILL EOCHEFORTIsM AT HOME
he needed what Alexander II. Stephens sug-
gested to President Lincoln and Mr.. Seward.
when they Thought of patching up a truce at
Hampton Roads, in 1S62-an ertrInsic policy to
unite everybody on. England knew what
stephens ertrinsic policy meant for Stewards
dispatches made them open their eyes wide. Ii
meant North and South Join against Canada
Ii took diplomacy TO get this ertrinsic idea out of
Stephens and JEFF; SO it took diplomacy to get
the French signature to the secret treaty which
would enable Napoleon to gobbie up Saarbruck
and Landau, and restore Luxembourg to the
French But 1t took greater diplomacy to reject
it,. Bismarck did il, and he now hands the
rejected proposition over to the other powers,
as Seward handed over stephens Canada policy
to England. The defeat of King William is the
squelching of Belgium.
THAT'S WHAT THE TREATY MEANS.
Sun Correspondent.-When King William
came to Paris in 81, the Paris morning papers
announced his arrival thus :-"Bismarck at
tended by the King Of Prussia, has arrived"
Gen. Grant.-Well, that's about right Bis
marck is the big gun; he will be the swamp
Angel in the rear OF the rrussian army.
Sun Correspondent-Amer generally
sympathize with Prussia?
Gen. GRANTEES, don't know but what we
do. Our sympathy is the result of commerce,
German emigration, and because the Germans
took our bonds and stood
WITH Us DURING THE WAR.
France didn't. King William and Bismarck
sent three kilograms OF congratulatioH to US.
Not one came from Napoleon, who, on the con-
trary, was all the time hitting us sly dabs in
Mexico. Seward let him hit, because his army
was All the time eating up the beef and tanning
the hides which otherwise would have gotten
sort of provision destroyer in Mexico. IL we 20
back OF the last war, there is no reason why We
shouldn't sympathize with France. Napoleon
sent troops, and Lafayette came to help us,
while Frederick the Great hired out lot of
Hessians TO Great Britain.
Sun CorrespOndent-Andif you 60 now about
five miles from Potsdam, you will see marble
monument, on which is written in clumsy Ger
man, 90 Sacred TO the memory OF 5000 German
braves, who died heroically in the American
war" What do You think of the capture of
S2arbruck, General?
Gen. Grant.-Little skirmishes and recon-
noissance now and then don't amount to any
thing We must wait for the campaign. Some
times, in checkers, man gives away one man,
and by and by takes three. SO in war. Then
Saarbruck don't seem to have been a German
town. Ii was like the rebels first taking Bowl
ing Green, KY, or Little Rock. 1t rather be-
longed 10 them; but when Gen. Steele Ie-took
Little ROCK, that wa victory. / think
MAYEsCE WILL De THE FREDERICKSBURG
OF the war, and, may be, the Black Forest will
be the wilderness. Atleast, should think that
modern warfare had demonstrated the fact that
Il is foolish to assault fortified town when YOU
can Just as well march around il and compel the
attacked party to starve or come ont and fight
you Gen. Hooker and Gen Burnside both
stormed Fredericksburg, but think ii they had
IT to do over again you would see them march
ing right around TO the rear. Mayence, Cob
entz, and tyen Ehrenbreitenstein, the Gibral-
tar of the Rhine ii managed at all, viii have to
be managed as Fredericksburg was at last. You
can't storm Ehrenbreitenstein any more than
YOU could vicksburg from the Louisiana fats.
You can lombard il, but, when taken IL
will have to be starved out. Now 1 don't
think these French fellows are much on the
starve out process; they're too fast, and here
fEUssIA HAS THEISsIDE TRACK.
Sun Corresponds nt.-what will be the proba-
tle strategy of the Prussan army?
Gen. Grant.-It will undoubtedly remain
str ictly on the defensive. The Prussians are
nov who e the Austriaus were during the last
war. They will lind defending themselves
mg aipst the French far different from conquer
won without a Prusssn quartermaster's de-
PAR iment-withOut even a base of supplies
4 hey started, like General Pope, with head
quarters and HEADQUARTERS in the saddle. This
sr atsgy l. only safe with victory. 1t would have
bee n a. disastrous with King William at KONG
graft as II was with
GkNEEAL POPE AT CESTRKvILLE.
had he met with repulse. The Austrian cam
psign was succcssfui, but il would not do for
hing William TO fight the French i'm this way
He must stand siiil-intrench; and tie French
niust dig him out or work IN the rear. Spades
viii be trumpS again. at Nicksburg. There is
a striking analogy between the French and
PTus>ian armies and the old Union and Rebel
Al mits. PIGsSia's strategy should be to stand
stili. IL she takes the aggressive, penetrating
r6Dch territory, the same result will undoubt-
edly av ait her that awaited
LEE IN PBSSSILYANIA.
Gettysburg and Antietam both weakened the
Rebels Dore than years of defense warfare
koniggratz will not be repeated during this
war:
Sun COrrespondent.-What will be the effeet
OF the war on this country.
Gen. Grant.-History will repeat itself. Our
war raised values, not only here, but all over
the world People couldn't live in Europe after
one. nor one-haf as cheap as before. The pres
ent war viii raise values in Europe. Americans
will come home. Iron and leather and coal will
advance there. Then we can compete with
them
WITHOUT A TARIFF.
The war will be n self-imposed high tariff i'm
posed on every articles of foreign importation
This war land here the General was enthusias
tic) will be the greatest blessing that could be
afforded to America. 1t will raise Europe up TO
an equilibrium OF prices and labor. Our factories
will start again. 1mportations will cease They
viii no longer be able to make a coat cheaper
In Europe than In this country. Our bread;trffs
and bacon W i'll have to furnish their auartermas-
ter : tepartmeut indirecflv PORK Till odra...