Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-08-23

President Grant-The Judgment Of a
Candid Democrat.

Candid Democrat
/ EnoFir. that Msyor Carroll hss No violent
/ partisan rrtjuiices against Grant, aud zone of
/ The prevailing Iartsl;ies II the Democratic pol
iJcisns for llT Greeley ; and also learning that
/ bis Honor hal been thrown into the company Of
/ the President rather closey, on account Of hit
/ official position, both At Darlington and on Lake
/ ChsmIlEia, Ne have souCh; to gel the imPres-
( sons Of Mr. Carroll Tegariing car next Presi-
dea. Mr. Carroll suzgestcl that be Was IN
debtel to The courtesy and f.italEhip Of Mayor
/ Dodge Of Burlington f3rihe opportunity Of meet
/ ing iho President intimately and where the
party wss secure from the ohtrusive presence OF
crowd, AL sisted tAst be felt no hesitation in
/ giving tie impiessi5ns he hzi received, or in
disclosing the feelings shown sni the opinions
( utte'el by Gen. Grant during tie iuterview.
Tee President and Mayors Dolse and Carroll
1 rla, sbcu, the c.ty cf Darlington for 81 hour or
t60, and Cor good portion Of the time their
csrIjsge was driven out ofthe procession among
the beautiful residences Of the city. MtyOr
Dodge having referred to tie good news n "
coming in from Ike old &" Eor5h state" and
ssying he had happily found the Mayor Of troy
more Snxious fer good government thsn for Il
sham triumph Of MS party in the Presidential
election, the General yielded much Of his habit
usl reperYe snd rctceLce sud spoke with free
! dom. In his speech and his manner the Pr6si-
dent, says Mr.. Carroll, resembles that distin-
! guithet Democratic statesman, Silts Wright
/ While he is cautious and relicenI, he is always
simple, e:rnest, frEnk in ais ways and is senteu-
tious End direct in speech, eyincing clear com-
Nonsense in his views. Mr.. Carroll suspects
the President realizes that he made mistake in
allowing himself to he drawn from the Lieuieu-
sut-Generslship, where he enjoyed the prsise 0t
all men, into the Presidency, where he has to
encounter : rot only jeslOu,ies and riyslries and
the ssperities sof politics, but mslevoence and
injustice Scanning the Presidents face closely
Mayor Carroll fouud that.it showed mSrkel solid
ty snd frmueis. Above the eye the frontal re-
gious SEEMED to be suTchs-ged with 4 brain
which pressed upon its limiting b.rrit1s for
room The conversation Of the President was
slmest wholly devoted to tie locality, or to tie
material condition Of the country 81 large to
its prosperity sad it's prospects of welfare, il
which lie felt ihe giestest ccrcern and the live
lest interest; Referring to the greet growth Of
Burlington as well as IF the commercial and
mining operations on ;he Lake snce he Wts last
there. be observed that 3 free aad educated
rolple lie cure, With The un5ouniei resouTces
Of cur minee AMI Foil, could not fail to grow
and prosper lie followed this with the obser.
yation that tie System OF public education in
Washington was developing successfully.
With the view of drawing him cut, Mayor
Carroll remarked that it is painful to see how
much trouble the distribution of patronage i.
occs.ioning the country. The President replied
that he sLould have had little perplexity and
difficulty in HE political life, were it not for this
bsne OF cur political institutions ard thst the
country seemed to him to be prosperous and
peaceful, sud his efforts TO that end had been
crowned with apparent success the difficulties
originated in the sordid feeling Of men who
sought office The Mayor followed up the mat
ter by the inquiry whether the Presiient VS.,
too Young 20 know Gen. jackson, sdiiug tha;
he wss himself grea; Jackson boy and learned
from his father 20 revere Gen. Jackson Gen
Grant said that he could barely recoe,t jack.
son coming to Msyville, Ky, and stated that
his cwn faIher was sn enthusiastic .dnirer snd
stump speaker at that time for g Old Hickory
Mr. Carroll further asked if the President never
thought that there Wag some similarity 10 tn,
circumstances CT his nomination and election
and subsequent perstcution and thore which At.
tended jackson The President smiled thought.
fully and diverted the conversation from thi,
personal sspect by the remark that having gon,
into the army, he became imbusi With the old.
fashioned prejudice sgsinst tsking an .ctiv,
part in politics but having been reared Dem
ocrst bis predictions had been in that direc
ton The Mayor said that himself and hi
friends who had been in the Peoples movement
il New YORK in 1861 had wiskel the Democrati
to make him their candidate ia 1868. especial,
10 view of the generous rrestment Of the rebe
armies when they were conquered and the ia
, vorsble report he made concerning the Southern
people. after bis official exploration. with regar'
10 reconstruc.ioa And restoration. The Presi
dent answered that he found political life un
pleasant on account OF partissn injustice, an,
would gladly have preferred not to have bee
| mixed up in its strifes In response to a remarl