The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-10-01
Especial Correspondence of the Cincinnati Ga.
zette1 .

Especial Correspondence OF the Cincinnati Ga.
1t was famous mani beg pardon--a
notorious one, met to-day at the Demo
cratic headquarters, the ex-rebel George
Saunders, of Ostend conference and Cana
da peace negotiations fame.
This distinction reminds one of West.
ern pro-slavery politician of great natural
wit, but exceedingly crude and entirely
without education, whose doings and say
ings at political convention were taken up,
and through the New York Tribune severe
" lampooned. When congratulated upon
the event by friend, who said to him !:
swell, John, you have at last won ma
tonal reputation; the Tribune has paid its
respects to you," he replied with great
suavity, "Not at all. National notoriety,
If you please, but not reputation"
This man is the funniest fellow alive.
Constantly making himself sublime in the
ridiculous, he finds an ample opportunity
in the present conglomerating Of opposing
elements into homogeneous mass to be
controlled by the old Democratic leaders,
in which to indulge his taste for fun, satire,
good nature and political intrigue.
Fussy nature, in her widest freaks,
confident, and intriguing spirit than
GEORGE SAUNDERS.
one Of the leading spirits of the great
Southern movement. Possessing an active
mind, bosterous passions, strong tempera-
ment, entire confidence in low principles,
and being destitute of the moral instincts
which point out the wrong in human affairs,
he was an admirable tool to work actively
and seriously in the horrid policy of the
slave power.
BY some strange law of action in the his
tory of nations, few men of such intellect
and passion were able to SOW the seeds of
fernent and destruction in the political
movements or evolutions of nation, BY
which million of men were swept off the
earth, and ten thousand millions of proper
ty was wasted and destroyed. These men
were the geniuses of evil which set the mass
of political corruption underlying slavery
boiling and seething, and produced the re-
suits over which they are now making mar
tyrs OF themselves, and with whom MIR.
Greeley frantically calls upon us to "casp
hands across the bloody cbasm."
A Greeleyite of the old anti-slavery
school, and a strong personal friend of Mr..
from sympathy with these men, says that
the Liberal Republicans of his acquaintance
hold the belief that, the political bells being
vastated, according to Swedenborg's idea,
and cleaned out, these spirits will no longer
have power for evil. On the contrary,
through their former fanaticism, they be-
come moderate and conservative men, and
may now give lessons to those who have
trc> 4 H.,
Wishing to give them all the opportunity
to explain, and to deal fairly with all views
and opinions, | give the anti-slayery por-
tion of the coalition the benefit of this ex-
preston in their favor (?):
When introduced to Mr.. Saunders, he
said:
CALL ME GEORGE, MADAME,
if you please. /, l am not Mr.. Saunders.
Mr.. Saunders signifies nothing; but George
Saunders everybody knows. My youngest
boy calls me George"
"Very well," | replied "George it
shall be. And will you tell me something
of the political situation as viewed through
your horoscope? Is Mr.. Greeley going to
be elec.ed?"
lie looked up at me quite quizzically, as
he answered, Elected? Who has any
doubt upon that question? 1t seems to
ane too patent to admit of conjecture"
swell. our people at home are not the
most rapid in the world, but we have in-
Obliged the hope that General Grant was
going to be reelected, and since | have
been in the city am surprised to find a
great number enthusiastic enough to bet on
New York for Grant, and one I have met
crazy enough to think the city will go for
him."
10, what folly and nonsense Why,
all we want to elect Mr.. Greeley is change
of 8 per cent. in the last vote. Who
doubts that this will be easily effected ?"
''But the Louisville Straightout Conven-
tion?o suggested I--"Will hurt Grant
more than it will us. For, don't you see
every man who votes that ticket would
have voted for Gen. Grant," quickly an.
swered George.
But cannot see but that those votes
will affect the five per cent. which you re-
quire, according to your own figuring"
ut will put three tickets in the field"
said he, (which will be bad for the admin
istration party, as it counts upon Demo-
cratic votes for success.o
"And draw votes only from your side,"
suggested third party, listener to the
conversation.
"The Louisville Convention can not affect
this election it viii not cause a ripple"
added Saunders.
"Buthow can you support Mr.. Greeley ?"
| asked.
swell, | will tell you," said he. smiling
and growing very confidential: ~ don't
believe In negro suffrage, or in the negroes
anyhow. do not believe in the capacity of
the race for suffrage or for citizenship. The
negro is only valuable in industrial activi-
ties, and then only as subordinated by the
white race. Under Mr.. Greeley's admins
tration he will have every opportunity to
develop, and to reach the highest point to
which he can attain. In the meantime the
atrocious legislation of the past ten years
will have had time to be proved unconstitu-
tional, and the negro. showing no capacity
to rise, the country will then see the neces-
sity.of restricting his political privileges,
and reducing him to his proper place."
Do you propose tore-establish slapery2"
asked !.
No; that would not be possible; but
some system will be devised whereby no.
only the South but the tropics will be cul-
tiyated by the black man under absolute
control-in the form of military rule, per-
haps, or contract system-in some way