The New York herald., 1874-08-13
Many Believe He Would Garry the
Whole south.

Whole south.
From the Atlanta (Ga.) Herald-conscrvative.]
Three years ago the writer met General FRANK
Blair IN the presence OF several gentlemen at WI
ard's Hotel. One OF the party said General
what DO you think Of Grant ~ He replied
promptly "Grant, sir, Is no FOOL as many thought
lessly aege. While he Is not distinguished either
for his literary attainments or his oratorical
powers, he has vast fund OF common sense
Besides this, he has as intrepid heart a. ever
beat in the body Of any man on earth. II he had
not had he would not be where he is to-day. Any
other man but Grant would have fed across the
Continent at the battle OF the Wilderness. He
could not have stood the slaughter innicted by
Lee but Grant stood as unm0ved a. II he had
been witnessing game OF billiards, and his only
order was Send the men in.'" do you think,
General, II you had been elected, that you could
have been inaugurated without trouble ~ "No,
sir. / do not and say to you to-day that the man
who turns Grant out of the White House wlll have
his iie for a much smaller stake" Every one pres
ent Thought these were very extreme views and
opinion that when Grants second torn was
out he would quietly retire, as all other Presi-
Sfnsi M nsS Sst a0nS dollars Sas Grant VII
run Tor a third term, and furthermore. VAL
mot ow M
itPn "Easy enough replied the General the
President OF the senate will be on DIS sloe; ne Will
count all the votes that are for him, and thero
are not suflcisnt to elect him there Will be thou
sand af1dRvkts rom States that voted against MIN
that the election was unfairly held and many Of MS
trends were kept from the polls: DID not Ben
Wade refuse to count the vote OF Georgia without
any better reason than could have been given ZOE
New York or Massachusetts ?" The crowd sepa-
rated, and one or two remarked, "Biair Ia An ex-
1s saan %an Fee wer
but recent events give an Importance 70 this
ofr.hand conversation that otherwise would
not attach to 1t. We epublish to-day report o. an
at Long Branch, that foreshadows very clearly q
determination on the part Of Grant 70 cut loose
from all parties and 60 before the country as tho
peoples candidste. 30 iar as she Sou'n nra con
some other man occupies the Executive chair. II
General Grant should veto the Civil Rights Dill and
overthrow the carpet baggery ana corrupt gov
ernments which we are enduring IN south Caro-
lima and, in fact, IN every Southern State except
Georgia, many believe he would carry the Mnoie
south We merely state this as our opinion.
The status OF political parties IN the country -
too underlined for any man to say where no viii
stand Two years hence. The Herald, az pres
ent, is decidedly for o straight ouI democratic
nomination on q clear democratic platform OF nee
Greeley, and while the experiment convinced US
that sectional hatred and the embittered feelings
growing out OF the war were stul ranking ana
Controlling the Northern heart, It also convince0
us that all such compromises Of prlnclple woUo
Let the democratic party keep aloOf from all
Dolly Warden complications. In the language Ok
Governor Palmer OF Illinois WAC mas nsresoioro ne @
publican leaders, ''the country has become dls-
gusted with the corruption and sectional leg1sla-
ton OF q republican Congress-" and II the demo-
cratic party VIII nominate good and trne leaders,
upOn clear and distinct enuncatton OF cOnstttu-
tiona principles, success In the next campaign ls
assured.