The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-17

The President and His Proposed Spring
and summer Excursions.
We learn from Washington that the President
last evening set out for st. Louis with his family.
and expects to be back in Washington early in
May, and that on the 10th of that month he
will leave for Richmond and Norfolk II
further appears that the most extensive ar
rangements are being made in those cities for
his reception, and that he may extend this
Virginia trip to one or two towns on the line
or the branch roads between Washington and
Norfolk hospitable old places, for in
stance, as fredericksburg honored by the
tomb of Mary, mother of Washington and
Charlottesville, near which are Monticello the
home Of jefferson, and his University of Vir-
ginia: and quaint old Williamsburg some
two hundred years ago the aristocratic little
capital of eye Old Dominion" and the seat
of the ancient College of William and Mary.
During the Summer General Grant will,
doubtless, as heretofore since his advance
ment to the White House, establish his head
quarters at Long Branch, making thence fire.
quent little excursions, East, West and South,
on official business, or for purposes of social
recreation.
1t is remarkable fact, in this connection,
that General Grant, this modest, diffident.
retiring, reticent man, who has never, per-
haps, made extemporaneously a five minutes
public speech in all his life, and who proba.
bly, never will, is nevertheless, one of the
most sociable of men, and man who heartily
enjoys, in his quiet way holiday run by rail
or steamboat for day or two city receptions.
| popular demonstrations OF welcome corpora-
ton dinners, balls and other social festivities,
| quite rs much as an afternoon drive behind
his cigar and pair of glistening bays
| Hard by the surf line of the sounding sea.
But, accepting his apparently fixed reso-
luton never to try the formidable expert
ment of public speech beyond the mere for
malities incidental to a public reception. we
still approve the policy which he has adopted
of selling every available occasion for mingling
with the people. It is good policy; for the
more our Chief Magistrate, who is our chief
public servant, is brought, in his social excur-
sions or public receptions in contact with the
people, the more he will learn of their wants,
their wishes and their expectations in refer
ence to the administration of our public
affairs Experience has shown in his case,
too, that in these Presidential recreationa
among the people if speech is silver
silence is gold. In short, there il
more than fine speeches from railway
stations and hotel piazzas in the presence
of the plain, unpretending, modest, silent
man of Vicksburg Chattanooga, Petersburg
and Appomattox Court House. He is living
example of a man whose acts speak louder
than words, and there is more to be remem-
bered from seeing him than from hearing
most other men. What the President may OF
should tell the people is matter of some
moment, but what he may learn from them
in these journeys among the people is the
main question. 1t is in this practical view OF
the subject that we regret that this proposed
Southern excursion of General Grant is to
be limited to Old Virginia for we are salts
fed that the extension of his journey through
the seaboard States to New Orleans, and then
up the Mississippi and the Ohio, returning
homeward, or from Memphis through by Tay
of Nashville to Louisville, would do more in
behalf of the reconciliation of the recon-
s!ructed States to the Union as it is, and tn
the general government, than has been done
| by oil the reconstruction acts of Congress Of
the last ten years.
And why not extend this proposed Western
trip from ST. Louis to Salt Lake City, as sug-
gested by the HERALD commissioner in his
conference with the President in March last
Unquestionably, we believe that a quiet peace
conference between the President of the
United States and the President of the Latter
Day Saints might be crowned with settle.
ment, speedy and peaceable, of the whole
Mormon difficulty. For the reasons, then,
we have given, we hope the President will
still reconsider the subject and extend his
Spring and Summer excursions beyond the
limits he has indicated, West and South.
The ST. LOUIS Republican thinks that Cap
tain Jack and his band intend to initiate the
being cut off and no escape possible, stood
mp in line upon the brink of dizzy precipice,
sung their death song with defiant gestures in
full view of their enemies on the plains below,
locked their hands and sprang with shout OF
triumph to instant death. That would be toe
cheap way TO get rid of the murderous vii.
lains.
New JERSEY democratic papers are rejoic.
ing over their triumphs in the recent munich
pal elections They scarcely know whether
to attribute them to civil service ignorance OF
to Credit Mobilier roguery.
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