The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-09-20

the predatory classes ana wresJ the government
from them can easily come into power again.
only because too many OF those who became lead
eas during the pro-slsyery rSg,.e have not the
rule TOO many OF them are sttorneys OF banks.
railroads and other corporations and are pecuni.
srily interested in such institutions ana politically
sSs position the States and @heIs a6
democratic organization stin holds b. such alliance
arg Il %
against the domination Of the money power, and
would do 30 with an LII grace. The 1smmaDy ring,
power Of money in the democratic organization
under the pro-savery Regime, has che downfall
nicious faint, There could be no more conclusive
evidence OF the extraction OF the aOcaent spirit OF
the democracy than that
TIE AGENT OF TIE nOrHSCHILDS
organization. I entertain for Mr.. Belmont as q
also for Mr.. Nicholas Biddle; but Il WIN not DO
OF tSe sn nar ne nSG any, or the
Jackson led to light the money power e On the the
contrary was simply because no controlled large
wss ma aed was liberal in dsPensng that be
nation change the spirit OF tho organization. The
contest s for the succession lay between Mr. Angus
pMt IN ms great railroad interests and Mr.. McCor.
| mick, the Inventor of the reaping machine also
chosen on the eacuaton that he would Contribute M
money Freely IN the campaign, ana that the great
would also Be- s O ~ %ss csSaa
scnelI, have NO doubt. did al and more than his
or n ne most generous
others who have obtained position In the party
BY the snS 81 but these are
not among bankers and rsiIroad kings that Old
money power, NOR did he have need OF their money.
Such leadership obviously makes the contest turn
on the expenditure OF money, so thai
LA
What chance could the antagonists or the monopo.
lists have IN contest 80 shapeds When would
the slave power have been broken II the leader
snip Ia the anti-slavery war had been given to
are for the democracy this fallf e
MI: BLAus-This Is the OF year. and hence tho
Se oo
achieve some successes. 1t is think, their policy
to allow them some local successes to keep tho
30 believe they can always beat that organization
when the real contest comes on. Still, doubt
except Virginia, and that could not properly be
called success OF the democratic organization.
Kes BY the q @ TO
carpet-baggers and negroes, as has been the case
wherever in the South the radicals have got hold
CoRREsPoNDENr-You 90 not seem to think the
Presidents personal character and conduct exert
Mr. BLA1R-No, sir i' While have great respect
for his force OF character, believe the situation
WOulo nave been much the same II he had never
lived. Demosthenes told the Athenlans their Inn
becility would make another Philip, II Philip were
dead; and some other General would have played
the role OF Cromwell or OF Grant in the Puritan and
slave conflicts II these men had never lived. 1t
was because tho conflict Of opinion at these
periods became conflicts Of force chat the govern
ments which Cromwell exercised in his day ana
Grant In ours became governments OF force, and
not BY reason Of anything the characters OF
70 demonstration Of their ability; and In nothing
does Grant show II more tnan IN the skin With
base his power rests. Thus tho money and negro
organizations work his machinery for the most
as 1t did In Louisiana last year, that he applied
force, and then you remember how ctnningly he
This ended the task, but not the conversation.
Mr. Blair spoke freely Of his former relations With
the republican party, his intimate acquaintance
with President Lincoln, the members Of his Cabinet
and General Grant: His views above expressed
elder of the Blair brothers mas idea Of
ing his interest in our political prosperity.