The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-10
General sherm.n.-a ralk on Politics.


dusty, and fresh from the plains, got in
unannounccd on the late train last night.
This morning met the General
carly, and strolled down to Congress
Spring, and then around the park. He
was vivacious and sparkling as Hathorn
water, and walked and talked like boy.
Been killing a good many Injuns
out West, General 2" asked.
"No; the papers kill more than We
do. Why, if we killed half rs many In
juns as the Herald does, we'd be short
Of Injuns!"
al see Parker has resigned"
dyes; we've had so many dishonest
Indian commissioners that Congress re-
solved to stop the frauds, and they
corkcd up the Indian Bureau SO tight
that poor Parker had nothing to do but
now and then sign his name, and frank
envelopes for the department"
"They say he is rich"
"Not bit of il" said the General, in
dignantly. "Parkcr has never made
one cent out of his Office. His record is
pure as snow"
"Your friends were little disappoint-
ed when you refused to have your name
used Prcsidentially," remarked.
"No, not my friends. They want me
to stay where l am. General of the ar.
my for life is better than President for
four years. Grant regrets that he ever
left the army now, and so do !, except
that he has has done good work as
President"
"Don't you think it policy to elect
Grant again."
"Of cousrc / do. Why noty He
knows the ropes now-hc has become
acquainted with the duties-acquaintcd
with thousands of public men, and ten
thousand good-ior-nothing White House
bummcrs who would do nothing but
harrass new President for the first year.
lie has got where he can tell q good man
at sight. Humbug men always get the
best credentials, every Congressman
signs their recommendations ut sight,
and many of them deceive new Presi-
dent. These party frauds are now part
Iy played out, and Grant is enabled to
deal squarely with true men. Expert
cncc and acquaintance is the stock in
trade of good President"
"Who will win it "72!"
"Therc is no question in my mind"
said the General, enthusiastically. I'll
bet on Grant against the field-two to
one"
"Who will run against him z"
"Thcre won't anybody run; but, not
I.c,ng a politician, l can't guess for a
moment who will be nominated"
"Hancock."
dwell, he may be tempted to run.
Hancock, you know, dislikes Grant per-
sonally, and it wouldn't be an immense
triumph for him to get where he could
rank him. Grant never showed any
dislike to Hancock. He went more than
half way to conciliate him a year ago ;
but there is clique in Washington, Il So
cial clique, which Municipalities Hancock
and keeps up the fucd. Women have
more to do with it than men,"
"What do you think of the Kuklux
bill ~
GOOD bill, sir! 1t has stopped good
many Outragcs. The fact that the Prcsi-
dent has power to send troops into any
State to quell disturbances, in ITSELF is
enough to brighten the disturbers Of the
public peace"
"But John Quincy Adams says the
bill is an absolute surrender of the prin-
ciple Of free gOvernment-placing in the
Presidents hands tho power, through
that and the ELECTION Bill" to raise
himself to the empire"
"All stuff! How ridiculous to talk
about man raising himself to the en-
pire in this country! Such man, af.
ter declaring for the empire, might hold
a regiment of soldiers in the White
House yard for Just one day, and then
the people would put him in the Poto-
mac river. Why, they shut up Napolc-
on at Strasbourg, and duckcd him in the
sea at Boulogne, for Just such nonsense"
dyes, but France was not composed
Of Statcs-sOvereign States, as far as
each State controlling its own troops
and every governor, democratic Orrcpub-
lican, watching jealousy his own State
militia. We are not France. Let some
crazy President declare himself emperor,
and intrcnch himsclfin the White House
yard with the whole regular army
about 5000 fighting mcn-around him
and how long would il take governors
Hoffman, Jewett, Randolph, Geary, and
Clafin, and the rest to surround and cap
turc the concern. No SIR" said the
General, Indignantly, "when a Prcsi-
dent declares Imperialism, every Cover
nor will have to DC in the mess too, and
when that shall be the case, the country
will be too rotten to be worth prescrv.
ing"
"Adams calls the Ku-klux bill Grant
negro policy" l remarked.
"All humbug again. 1t is simply a
law making it possible to are st and dis
pcrse unlawful gangs of rascals, black
or white, in any of the Southern States
- to imprison them, and try to punish
them. Grant don't have amy negro, nor
German, nor Irish policy. His policy is
to protect all citizens; remain at peace;
cconomizc and try and pay the debt
All this stuff and talk about Imperialism
in America is a lible on the good sense
of tho people, and Adams ought to have
too much good sense to talk about such
f0olishness."
THAT One DROP.-For two years pas,
have been labOring to save an incbr,atc
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