National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-03
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS VOL,
UNTdRY ADVISERS

President Grant is distinguished quite as
much for his sagacity in the selection of
the right men at the proper time for execu-
ton of specific duties as for his correct
Judgment as to the best course TO pursue in
important public exigeneies. Endowed
with large share of good common sense,
he is also intuitively a Judge Of men.
Hence it is that he rarely seeks advice from
the metropolitan press or pins his faith
upon the dictum of any Of the thousand
and one voluntary advisers, some of whom
have travelled hundreds of miles to instruct
him upon the principles of finance and the
intricacies of reliable circulating medium.
With full sense of the grave responsible
ties attaching to the high Office in which an
admiring and confding people have twice
placed him, girded with that firm self
reliance which is always the result Of va
ried and arduous duties, he has applied
himself assiduously to the study Of the sci
ence of government as illustrated by expe-
rienee and practical observation.
During the waE he was noted for the at
1fention with which he listened to tie
opinions Of his generals quite as much as
he was for pursuing quietly and unnstenta-
tiously the dictates of his own e.sar judy
ment in the end. The results then vindi-
Gated the clearness Of his vision and the
correctness of his conclusions. But no
parade was ever made in his reports Of the
triumph of his policy or the exposure of the
differences which had arisen in his councils.
Firmly grounded in the rectitude Of his own
intentions, he boldly assumed the RESPONSE
bilities, and superb in his msgnanimity, he
never tainted his subordinates with re-
minders of the adverse counsels which they
had rendered. The consequence is that
few, if any, who served with him in ca
pacity which accorded them personal &C
quaintance, have ever deserted mis- fortunes
or accused him Of any lack of honor, in
tegrity or patriotism, while most of them
esteem him as one of the wisest and most
prudent of counselors.
These war veterans, many of whom ere
now In the councils of the nation, no less
than those statesmen who during the last
eight years association with Gen. Grant
at the national capital, both in his capacity
of General of the Army and President are
greatly amused at the patronizing air with
which the youthful Rothschild of the New
York Herald first advises the President tc
veto q financial measure which has not yet
passed, and secondly attempts to bully him
into it by threatening him with another
civil war. 1t would be very unlike the
President to be Influenced in either direc
ton from what he deems to be the line o.
mis- duty by such arguments as these. Hi
army friends especially are of the opinion
that the editor of the Herald has studied
the character Of Gen Grant TO little pur
pose rhe imagines that he will scare worth
a cent" In matters OF public policy and
duty intimidation and fattery are alike
thrown away upon him. His chart Of
guidance Is the Constitution and the laws
of Congress as he understands them, and
the will of the people as expressed through
their representatives.
The Herald makes q great display Of
quoting the vetoes of the United States
bank by John Tyler, through whom il
claimed to have Tylerized the administra
ton of President Harrison after his death.