St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-11
The President and His Policy.
GENERAL HOPEFUL VIEW OF ITS PAST
present AND FUTURE.


PRESENT AND FUTURE.
| Mr.. Nordhotf7s Washington Special to New York
Herald
The President has recently spoken
with considerable freedom to several
old personal friends about the political
future and the present situation. He il
reported to have said that SO far he has
met with no surprise that what has
happened was foreseen by him before
he left Columbus, and that he has seen
no reason to change in the least the
course which he had laid out for him
self before he came to Washington
The results of the southern policy have
been such as he expected. He is not
surprised that part of the republican
party opposed that policy nor at the
vigor of this opposition, and as he fore
saw and expected this, he is not disap-
pointed that greater political results
have not been reached in the southern
states as the fruit of this policy. 1t was
inevitable that an attempt to arouse
and create a solid North against the
policy OfrecOnciliation should maintain,
so far as possible, solid South. If the
republican leaders had at once heartily
accepted the southern policy, he is re-
ported to say the solid South would
have crumbled to pieces before this ;
but he did not expect that, and he is
satisfied with the benificent results so
far attainad.
The present excitement OH this ques-
ton will not last, he is reported to say.
No party could be formidable or could
hold the confidence and support of the
people, which should plant itself on
dead issues, and he believes that the
republican leaders will soon see this
and will cease their agitation on this
subject. He has entire confidence in
the future of the republican party, and
believes that it has the brains and ca
pacity to take up the new and live
questions and to deal with them as the
best sense of the nation demands. Those
who refuse to do this and who cling to
the old and dead questions will inevita-
bly, drop into the background. The
American people do not stop to look
backward. Their desires now, he be-
lieves, is for harmony between the sec
lions, for revival of industry, re-
newal of commerce and a new period of
prosperity, to be secured by intelligent
Legislation and not by empty disputes
over sectional issues. IF the republican
party could commits the blunder of al
lowing itself to be made a sectional
party it would inevitably lose the favor
OF the people. The time for sectional
parties has gone by, there is no longer
occasion for them, and as a republican
as we'll as good citizen it is his strong
desire to see the republican party rep
resented in every state by share OF
the intelligent and property owning
class. He believes that as soon as
southern men are convinced that the
republican party will not assume hos
tile sectional attitudes, this will come
about. But he is patient and believes
events will move slowly.
If he is tightly reported, he attaches
but little Importance to the angry op-
position of some of the republican lead
ers. 1t is mainly, he thinks, personal
in its nature, and personal issues can
not have lasting life or import results
in the face of real questions. He ap-
pears to have made up his mind to suf-
fer certain, a perhaps uncertain,
amount of annoyance; but he believes
that 1T takes two sides to make a quar-
rel, and he does not quarrel with any
one. He thinks most of those who OBJ
pose him do so under misconception
and will by and by see this. He sees,
he is reported to say, that he has made
mistakes in details. In the multitude
and variety of affairs calling for the ac-
ton of the executive, this is unavoida-
BILE, especially with new administra-
ton: But his general policy, he is per-
suaded, is not only for the best interests
of the country, but has the sympathy
of the people and of the body of the re-
publican party, and he believes that