The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-11-19
President lE Lent Grant on the Radical Defeat

ms dpfY ~, p9Ei t1ag ctofot
and requested that body to indicate its opinion
laslto sthe,erdpef course TO- pufsue:' Congress
9faiaed tooexpresso any opinion, and there was
mo alternative but for him to adhere to the line
.ef action he, bad initiated. ..9i-3S.!! :ijssf
<. The President thinks, that at the door 9t 9
Republican Congress alone may be laid the 3 deI
"ffeaf Of the ReDabIican party. Ee does not lay
ehIeb stress upon the pegect of Congress at It's
siasta session toi present financial measure
which would restore confidence Ind revive de-
sclining trade,J for in thei nature OF 'thBgs TINS
.,was gsxtto animpossibihty: A proper aa9nst
ment of finances was, ,not.a matter suscepQples 2
of party control, as the different sections OF
osonnfrt Had diverse interests and diverse views,
superior to.Iand 'eterpewering all, mere party
;.cfaims and alfmere party considerations. iVhe
President thinks that ttheigreat elemeht1of DIS
;copliinathe, party, WAS rather theunw attempt
TO farce upon. the American people the 4m@Prac @
.ticabe and ,Utopian theories Of Senator; Sglmt "
ner as embodied in the Ciyil Rights Bill fast
sd ospriIr m It was aut6oratiYely stated in these
. deypatches that the President didn't favor the
civil Rights Bill It can now be said that hiS
views fsS opposition to it have become !mucq
,stronger by the RECENT elections: He IS ihrmiy
,eonyinced,that the Civil Rights Bill: had more
Ito do With thedefeat of his parry than a.! 0ther
combines; aud he has, expressed .almseit
IN such g 70 1eaSe aG bSS
that II he Sill shall be passed at the next ses-
sion he will interpose his veto: ... -.
The Presfdent IS not respondent. BE gives
his friends teIindefstaId thatihe is not by any
means utterly cast down by the recent elections.
Hebeieyes,that the Republican party has yet
before it a glorious future, and that If may re-
trieye the errors of the past in time 70 march
70 the music Of triumph in 1872, He believes
that the Republican Congress, which comes ut
gether II four weeks from this time, can, in the
three months of life which is left 70 1t, SO act
as tesheal an 1dissehsions within the party anq
go win bacE tie coiiidedesof the people. az
large. i is not impossible that in his message
to Congress in December, the PRESIDENT VIII
set forth somsof the views herein given. he
has not so far in any nycopyersationon elections,
indicated that he considered the third term agir
.tatioon has anytime, to do with the result
'Afteeif Cabinet meeting, the elections were dis
ccussed. lii the course Of the conversation, the
President expressed himself more on the third
terIiii than ne has condescended to do hereto
fore. v Without ren0uncilg any such ldea on
his own part, he said that q careful, examlna-
tion, of thesreturns from the different States
showed, ;conclusively. that the people, in rem
dering ithSit verdict; were mot influenced by
wild and senseiess cries on this subject which I
had filled the air for months past. He pointed
IL Whit he considered tWo NOTICEABLE instances
in proof fpf his assertion: The South Carollna
Repnbi isaa Genyention had erpphstlca!ly pro
Iounced fos,him for ia third. ..term and its cam
'idateaSor; Governor. had ibeen triumphantly
elected an thefaee of the enormous odds against
him.. On the other hand; in the Utica District,
swhsre, the Republicans had always an over,
whelmiDg, prspopderapce. Nr. Roberts insisted
upon the Congressional lCopVentioniwhlch nomT
mated himl ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS a third term,
14sud MIR. Roberts was 1iefsated.7 mn -.
N'- ,'iti H.: WlsHtNGToN, Nov. 10, 1874.
Governor Hendricks, Of Indiana, who is here
for few days OH professional business, calleq
ON, the, President to-day TO pay, his lrespects
The Presdept good naturedly allgded; 70 rthe
recent democratic tidal wave which had swept
west and east Of Indiana, the Atlantic and Pa-
cifE Oceans alone arresting its progress. but,
said The President, tive: shall be,ready Tor you
IL lS76mz Secretary Fish philosophcaliHy Hysa sa,d 70
the next Presidential election was no further
off than the last, implying that the power OF
,Iecuperation was still left to the republican
- GoYarnor Hendricks declined to be inter-
viewed. His opinion of the cause of the over
!: wheimine success of the democratic party
would not change the result, and Individual
explanations were Of little Consequence when
the men of the country voted right. The Gov
ernor will not under any circumstances accept
/, the position ofUnited States Senator from In
diana. - - ;. -
: 1;.:' ..':;sa WAsH1NGToN, November II.
From letters received here from leading Re
publican Congressman it is learned that tits
ID cGntenplatibn to ;hate party conference,
as near as possible about the time OF the meet
ing of Congress. -The purpose OF the confer
ence will be. 10 hay down adefnite line of policy
to be, pursued during the. coming session. The
President in his views, as set forth in these
4disnstches. laws the blame of the recent defeat
ON C5npress. willie the Republicans in that
hof1y ascribe the disasters to his action. They
suy that, the President has made his admins
trstioiI too much personal and too little party.
II is tpGreodposed at the approaching conference
TO. haye,a plain.talk with the Executive. Some
of, the Republican, members argue that they
, would prefer that he should act with the oPpo-
,sition, than that he should continue TO claim
fellowship with the Republican party and re,
fuse to- listen to the advice of its most trusted
leaders Among other things which they think
absolutely necessary for the President to 20 Is,
to, remove the inefficient and obnoxious Office
holders, such las Packard and Casey and the
like, and replace them with proper and capable
men, andSthat he surround himself with men OF
a higher calibre. What they want, and what
they say they intend shall be lad M down, lsthat
II the President will not act with Congress that
some of the same medicine which was applied
to Andrew johnson shall be used In his case
Fhey viii hardly be- silly enough' however, to
try the Impeachment dodge, ~
1t has been the custom of the war department.
to loan, TO responsible parties a'battery for the
:, purpose of firing salutes which are not always
of a political character. Yesterday some Lead
inc Democrats called on the secretary OF war to
get his consent to loan of ordinance, and were
Informed that he had adopted new rule, and
should refuse the request. The only harm the
visitors wished the secretary was that ne should