Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-04-07
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SATURDAY, APRIL /, 1877.
Grant Interviewed.

t't" " * tcs'uent o'ao', WIN iot &c" 10y
is quaricrcd at that hotel. The amlab!e under
ling who waty,d IN stairs with the pasteboarl
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te'u'"ca WIN '"c h'eSs"se 'n"' ','' u'uo!a
hadn't had his breakfast yet, aod dldn WISE
to be interviewed on an empty stomach. He
would, however, be pleased to receive the ex
tractor Of private opioions little latcr-say in
40 hours time. At ten the General was again
made aware that the Western scribe was anX
ious 10 commence rquisiorial operations.
"Tc!l him to come IN when this lady goes
down" The lady vanished, aud lG the re.
| porter was iu the OK Presidential presence and
that Of ilrs. Grant. There Was a brlei greet
ing and shaking OF hands General Grant
Gocsn clasp hands with tho greatest possible
E.rvor, bat it vas a SQUARE shake for all that.
Aud he didu't say, "Will you take seat ?'
but sat down by the window, and the Gcnd of
the uotc booI, drew up a chair and opened his
4lDtcrrogatorial batteries on the section ct our
national history before him. "llow do you like
the return TO priyalo life, GcneralY Very
much. After sixteen years OF public life l feel
4 need OF rest from official duty and de-
sire TO have 4 little quiet time, and now
| can have it. but the slXtccn years must
haze fitted rapidly away; you were always
busy-- time couldn't have dragged. Did the
gears Of public service seem lou2 or short ?"
"Well, sixteen years is . good while. The
| years seemed loug les it seems quito time
| since was citizen, though the years were
! busy, ofcoursa How are you going 10 spend
| gour tine now~-n the immediate future.
! mean ~ ii shall spend few days hero a0I
| It G GllcDa aud Cleveland, aud the East Then
90 to Europe; travel arouod. May stay is long
.3 Two years; may Lot stay 50 long; perhaps
only stay short timeit depends on the news
receive from Tue East-and come back to set
liz down with m2 family" Where 90 yoa eX
pee! 70 locate on your return - 81 shall spend
q GOOD deal, a great part OF my time atCaIe1a.
| want 20 en- lov myself With my family At home;
U.av 80 here and 90 there. but have 20 plans
laid cut cannot telI now Jus. what / shall
do, Have no idea y But when arc you 60.
ing to write that book, those memoirs, that
are bciDc told Of" What books that -
WHY. tho rapcrs have it that you are gcrg
t. write 4 book. YOUR personal recoIlections Of
tho war. the memoirs of commander gencr.
al and President, that shall supply the missing
links and many deficiencies Of the various war
histories that We have had published so lar
and" The reporter vas going to rehcarsc
the chaptcr hcadlugs Of the prophcsied book,
when the General said: "Oh, Im not going
10 write anv book. There arc books enough
alrr,dv" "pleulg IS far As number goes: but
,h,v each and alI seem to have gaps-to leave
open questions. y man with your oppuriuui.
tics for knowledge might clear up aud cucl-
date one. and for all ?' ANYBODY eau write
q book. | could myself for that matter, per-
haps; but | assure you haven't had the least
thoug bit about such thing. Can't tell what may
be in the future. ""Dldn't the papers have any
Foundation for the statement, then - II
can tell al to that. Papers guess at things &C.
casio0a!y. You ought to know more about
that" The subject OF memoirs Was dropped.
"What DO you THO ct Mr. Hayes. Southern
policy = II thick 1t Il good pollcy. am
very anxious to see this color !lne DIVIDED so
that The question becomes more cue OF parties
aid less 0l color Or race. li2re Nrs. Vrant
asked" Divide the color line WAT 40 you
mcan?' Break up the distlGctlon OF color,
so that party Is not composed OF all whites or
all coored people: Have whites ana color
cd 10 each party" qucllcd the lady. The
General assentcd to the remark. 10 you
thrk Mr.. Hayes will Withdraw the troops from
South Carolina and L3ulslaoaT u expect
hin to. should have doue 50 had stayed
ia office. Not take tie tIoops all away PROD
ably, but relieve them OF their present duty,
for neither the Chambsrialo nor PACKARD gov
cromeGt can DC sustained without the snow OF
military authority. and N tbls lree country
and SO long alter qnlet mas peep res'o!eu every
where else, the exercise OF military auLaCflty
10 civil matters IS repusnalt to the peop;e' ana
so, when the troops are gone, the NICHOLS and
Hampton governments vii rule as matters OF
acquiescence on The part oil the people, OF those
two Staes. 'Wlil those two rules DC recog,
nized, do you SUPPOSED" Not Officially aud
formally, | don't te!leve they VIII; but tacity
aud actually that they vii be accepted BY the
people do expect. wv hat kind OF sho"
will the republicans o! thcs. States have under
the Nichols aud HAMPTON regimes? lslt
wise measure to Withdraw the troops? Your
own experience in this dIreclIon was was i, a
little :hc other way, wasn't 1t wen,
yes, It waa rather that way. | should be-
licvc 10 the use Of troops Il there Tcit
any outrages calling Tor 1t, and, as you
know, bcllnv3 ~ using them W1ih vim al
such tines; but think, with a reasonable de-
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