Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-07-13
ANlNTERvIEw WITH GRANT

Gen. G. NJ. Dodge, of Iowa, is in
Paris and has had an interview
with Gen. Grant, which we think it
worth while to copy; that is, part
of it; we omit the programme of
his future travels, except that he is
to land some time in 1879 at San
Francisco. Then comes the pOliti-
cal part, evidently concOcted by
Generals Dodge and Grant, and ev-
identity an electiOneering document
He is the same man that I knew first as
great soldier, and later at the head of our
nation. 1t is surprising how fully posted he
is upon all our home affairs. In discussing
the present situation his ideas were so clear
that ! wish ] could place them upon paper.
He gives no uncertain sound as 10 the future
of the United States, is OutSpOken in the be-
lief that loyal men must still control our
Government, and has no faith in the prom
iSeS of unrepentant rebels. He put II terSely
when he said that "Wade Hampton, as great
a traitor as ever lived, praised President
Hayes without stint to his Southern friends,
but at the same time told them that in an
other year no Republican party would exist
in south Carolina" such friends, the Gen
eral thinks, are no benefit to any President
or country. He doesn't believe that treason
can be made respectable, even II IL should
be successful. For the President he had
kind words to say, but hoped he would see
il for his interest to bring to his advice tried
Republicans, and to his support strong
party, and seemed to think that was what
was lust now lacking. OF course | am not
going into the details of a private CONVERSE
ton, but may say that his talk was good
for an old soldier and a Staunch Republican
to hear, and would have raised the Old-time
fire in the hearts of all loyal Iowa could
they have heard it. l don't believe that any
could draw from him Il word as to the future
so far as he is personally concerned. He
seems determined to complete his sight-See-
ing, do II thoroughly, 90 nome ana ma a
quiet place and settle down. But, unless
read the times wrongly, IT Will not be long
before the United States will demand AT its
head "a strong Government, and man who
can preserve il against all corners and all
issues, and that man will be Grant. l don't
know but l am encrOaching upon quiet
conversation, but 1 could not help telling
YOU this much, for lind in some things he
has been misrepresented.
Oh, no, General, you are encrOach-
ing upon nothing; you are simply
publishing what it was agreed that
you should publish, not very clev-
erIy constructed campaign paper,
and it is done for the purpose OF
"raising the Old-time fire in the
hearts of all loyal Iowa." Yes, and
in those of all loyal men in all the
other States; that is, according tC
your conception of loyalty, which
means a Radical President or g
fight, continued stealage or a revo-
luton, and then Grant in the char
acter of Napoleon III.
To anyone reading the above
manifesto it becomes evident that
the Grant programme has the old
military ringaboutit; Wade Hamp-
ton a traitor and restoration of the
old carpet-bag dynasty in the South
by means of Federal troops. The
Republican party becomes more
shameless the more its shame is eX-
posed. As fast as one after another
of the old agents of corruption tells
his damning record, Sherman and
his accomplices try to shake them
off by declaring them liars, PERU.
rers and scOundrels. We will not
quarrel with the description of them
but these, Mr.. Sherman, are your
own selected tools; some of them
are YOUR selected witnesses called tC
bolster up your own character
Now, sir, the work that calls fOl
such tools in its transaction is not
clearly work; the character that
needs such testimony is not &
healthy one.
But consider further, the whole
quarrel of the Republican party
with Mr.. Hayes is that he allowed
the Southern States to place theil
own men in power and to displacC
these vile agents and spew then
forth from its nauseated system
And that isn't all now comes in
| this revival of Grantism and 8
"strOng Government" is to reinstatC
Just sUcha system as called intOprOm'
inence the agents whose vileness
you are obliged to proclaim in order
to save your own character.
The leopard has not changed it
spots, the Bourbons of the Radical
party have learned nothing, have
forgotten nothing; if Grant and his
tOadies can have their own way
artillery will again be called to the
capitol to inaugurate a usurping
President, and his name will be
| Ulysses Grant. Which of the I'm.
perialist wire-pullers in Paris has
he been taking counsel with?