The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-07-12
OLIVE LOGAN.

that of his great prototype, the first
Napoleon. All variations of tradi-
tons allowed for, all difference in
temperaments of the people of
France and America being taken
into account, the fact still remains
that one successful warrior was the
usurper of the liberties of the coun-
try which his victories had made
glorious, and the other made his
country glorious and prosperous by
his victories, took nothing from the
country but the honor of 8 double
election to the presidency, both
times freely offered by an over
whelming voice, and now asks
nothing of history but that his mode
of conducting the suppression of a
terrific rebellion shall not be falsely
recorded.
1t is astonishing to see how well
the ex-president looks. His step is
light, his eyes bright and clear, and
his complexion that of man in per-
feet health. What q glowing and
brilliant complexion he must have
had as a boyi Looking at him it is
easy to see where his daughter, Mrs.
Sartoris, gathered the blooming
damask roses she wears on her girl
ish, rounded cheeks. General"
said /, "your interview with the
Herald correspondent, and the letter
addressed to the editor of the Her
aid by Gen. Badeau, concerning the
assertions made by the late Gideon
Welles and Gen. Taylor regarding
your campaign in VirginiaiEa re ex-
citing universal comment"
"Those assertions" replied Gen.
Grant, "are an insult to the living
and the dead. To intimate that l,
in any way, at any time, ever cast
the slightest breath of reprOsch on
Mr.. Lincoln, is preposterous."
"Mr. Lincoln's judgment of your
military ability, general, stands on
record before humanity, and moth
ing could be more fiattering."
"And my sentiments of respect
for Mr.. Lincoln's judgment have
been frequently, constantly express
ed. 1 am glad of this opportunity
to again deny the assertion made by
Gen. Taylor that Mr.. Lincoln was
in any way responsible for my cam
paign In Virginia. I fought Lee
according to my best judgment"
"And the final result proved that
yours was a pretty coed judgment,
general"
"Gen. Badeau's letter." said Gen.
Grant, "fails to cover this point.
Our losses, instead of being 100000
men, as Gen. Taylor asserts, were
not half that number. Forty thou
sand will cover the whole of the
losses"
"Why did not Gen. Badeau men
ton this, general?" .|
probably because lie intends to
give figures of the most extreme
accuracy in his forthcoming book.
There are exact losses, and the truth
full history of the whole of the Vir-
ginia campaign will be given"
"You read Gen. Badeau's letter
before it was sent for publication,
did you not?"
eyes. In fact he wrote the letter
under my dictation, though the
wording of it Is his"
81 think, general" 1 ventured to
remark, "that the country is pretty
well satisfied with what you did dur
ing the war of the rebellion, and
believe if the people at large could
be consulted there would be q sem
timent manifested to express the
national gratitude in some tangible
shape"
az am entirely satisfied with what
the country has already done for
NO." replied Gen. Grant warmly.
Everybody has treated me with the
greatest kindness, both at home and
abroad"
GLOW do you like Paris, general ?"
every much, indeed. Still l am
getting tired of remaining. I want
to go off and travel again and see
other countries"
"Where do you 60 next 2" ls
"We leave on Friday for Brussels !;
after leaving Belgium we go to HoI-
land, and thence to Sweden, Nor
way, and to other parts of Europe
which I have not visited, and next
summer we return home"
"Just in time for your friends to
nominate you for the presidency
again-that much talked of third
term, eh, general ?"
90, no." he replied, laughing"
eff there were no other obstacle In
the way there is this very great one
Il am thoroughly tired Of public
life." rs--
"What do you think of the rela-
tive merits of the Paris exposition
and our own Centennial ?"
"Our buildings are finer; of
course the artistic exhibit here is
grander than it was In Philadelphia"
"Do you think we Americans
make a good show here 2" ~
every good indeed, considering
the short time we had. OF course
our exhibits are mostly of q practi-
cal character, and 1 think in that
regard we are pretty sure to win
attention."
"Some one was saying the other
day that the impression was you
were going to settle in philadelphia
after you return to America"
az haYe not yet decided where /
shall make my home" replied the
general, "but probably In Washing
ton. I have lived in Washington so
long that I now feel more at home
there than any where Else"
During the generals present stay
In PARIS he has been stopping at the
Hotel de Liverpool, pleasant hotel
on the delightful Rue Castiglione,
within view of the impOsing bronze
Column Vendome, upen whose
apex stands the ehgy of the great Ma
polean, clad in the traditional garb of
imperial Cesar. The third NspO-
lean, who never lost an opportunity
to make capital out Of the military
prestige of his uncle, had = similar
statue removed and another, repre-
senting Bonaparte in his well-known
uniform Of the Little Corporal, with
long grey Svercoat, tri-cOrnered hat,
and his arms crossd, was set up in
It's stead. During the Commune the
ingurgents threw q rope about the
Little Corporate neck and dragged
him down to the ground, breaking
the column into fragments.
But see how great generals
glory holds its own In France. No
sooner were the troublous dave
oyer than the authorities voted the
money to defray the expenses of the
recreation Of the monument. and