The New York herald., 1872-11-08
The President Gives His Views
About Ills Reelection.
He "Never Doubted the, Ame,.
rican People" = :
Proposed Introducticn Of Sambo
Into the Cabinet. :
TIE VAeAE'1 MAJOR GENERA alsHlp.
AnGthe,r Breakdown to the
British Lion.

British Lion.
1Ml NlaANS STILL GIVING TROUBLE.
What Grant Thinks About His Re-Elec.
tiOn.
Tho President considers that whereas his first
election was an honor paid ON account OF such
service as he had been permitted to render to the
country IN the nelA his second is the nations
stamp OF approval npon his political administra-
tionUf the government and popular vindication
Oh ms personal character from aspersons cast upon
1t since ne has n, I'D the Presidency Long before
fhe appointed m Getting of the Philadelphia Conven-
'tion ne had been obliged to that public senti
inent In the p Arty and the country had virtually
eettied the question Of his successorship and
reduced II . functions Of the Convention to
formal .ntincation OF what the sovereign will
oi tne peo pie who had adhered to republican prin
Cipes mao tdecreed The nomination OF Mr.. Greeley,
~ Clncip Aati, and his confirmation by the Demo-
eraticC enventon at Baltimore, was real gratf.
cs1on 10 the President, as it not only narrowed
tne GO Ftestto two candidates and SO emphasized
'"e ~ morsSf success, but the character or the 0p
pOS'. Aen h,ave early and complete assurance
Oh he re suit. The President feels himself
party m IN and politician enough to re-
lo'cesW Wite other party men and politicians over
DuCifrenes we'd triumph and continuance OF republi
can Primo pies Mr.. Greeleys candidature assured
Hom the first. TO the Presidents surprise the
naitimor nomination afriighted some Of the
really py ointment leaders OF the repuplicans even
~ sm aer number OF weaker men had been dis
surDed by the doings OF the reformers at Cincin-
nati ! Political giants, who would now willingly
forget their record on the snbect. came TO the
fresp lent after the Baltimore nomination and
Oegg ed him to change his Cabinet to remove
thls ana that veal or obnoxious oficer frnrn this
or hat big place. and put 1t, with all such places,
att he disposal OF local wirepullers and managers,
win votes and court q popularity that would
ie them over the crisis. Even hts nearest friends
y implanted OF his stolidity when they did not &C
nina OF Indifference to the efforts the party
vas putting forth to save him 6nd itself. 1t was at
this time he said to o Western man just elected
member Of Congress, /" Everybody seems demoral-
lied by this Greeley movement What is the mat
teri have never had the slightest doubt OF the
result OF the Presidential election, and am sur
prised that gentlemen in political life have SO little
confidence in the good sense OF the American peo-
PIE rs to suppose for a moment that they would Sc
lect Mr.. Greeley their President" But the Presi-
dent confessed that he seemed to be alone for a
time In his confidence OF what the American peo-
pie would and would not do. The North Carolina
election, as first reported, completed the fright OF
thc politicians but justice is done them by admitting
that when the truth came out they came forward
and congratulated the President on the firm stand
he had taken and which they at the time denounced
as blind obstinacy. One possible helping cause OF
the Presidents indifference was, II is true known
20 very few OF the tmorous or seadfast either and
that was his knowledge OF the fact that from the
opening OF the canvass to the end OF the
great campaign Of October the Republican
National Committee had picket in
every Greeley camp OF any consequence,
from one end OF the country to the other, and knew
lday by day every phase OF the Greeley situation
kwen as Mr.. Greeleys managers themselves Put
ting the information thus acquired TO their reports
from their own side this committee and those in its
confidence had q comprehensive view OF affairs
shat saved them from doubts and panics, while the
, ears OF the untutored we're played upon to stmu-
J nte larger concessions OF money and effort to
{ AIRY the doubtful positions.
Colored Accession to the Cabinet.
There Is q concerted movement afoot to obtain a
sbinet place for colored politician in this city,
rmerly connected with the Freedman's Bureau.
Hertisement OF his services during the period Of
,e construction and in the late campaign was ad-
nj tied 10 the editorial column OF the republican
pa YER this morning, followed by specific an
,o ncement OF this programme. In an evening
,as ~ organ 1t is asserted that recognition OF the
,oo red vote In the distribution OF Cabinet
,pu ,intments is demanded by prominent
,0lol ed men throughout the country, and by
,out sern "inte republicans. Inc project meets
little. tavor In administration quarters the propo-
,ltion for distinctive recognition OF color in the
rover, ament, after Its disappearance from the
,tatut 'Dooks, beins deemed unwise, and the can
iidatur Vi tnis particular representative OF the
;olored "o'c 10 treated as presumptuons In itseiI
md una u'ior~eu W -ne oester CLASS OF tne coored
mon of = be county
Plcaaant Surprise.
the pre- sident was very much surprised: to-day
when ink Tmeo that SeneTai Cox, ex-Secretary
NJ the In terror, wished to see him. AS the
President happened to be at leisure the visitor
vas receive d. Mr.. Cox said that ne merely called
20 nav his re spects, being in Washington on tper.
sonal busines Political matters aud the result Of
she election ere not alluded to. A parallel TIM
stance ,s whei General Butler called at the Execu
tive mansion ia reception Of President Johnson,
and said that n e buried all personal animosties IN
h,s resuact forA he once Of the Chief Magistrate tG
tne nataon.
The MA Jor General Vacancy.
Tho daath OF, General Meade reduces the major
-.corols tn Haut ock and Scho1eld aud leaves q
vacanev tvtich current army opinion gives 20
prioader Ce. .verai 4. II. S. Candy, formerly Major
or.o, or vo suntes and holder OF several OF the
,aroes, and no ost Hn'ortant commands OF the war.
rhe nromotio, \. or a. brgadier to major general
ou, loo We 40, ven lrigadiers, one In OF the
au,borized uuml sr TO- the future which the proba
BILE early retireme vt Of the aged General Cooke will
remove. The death tofGeneral Meade and retirement
OF General cooke, IL ordered as contemplated for
some time past will cause an important rearrange
mcnt OH the military departments, tending to
economy ana better adxNinistration, now too much
interrupted by an exces yye subdivision OF author.
aty, resulting from a surplus OF general officers.
heretofore.
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