Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-29
N. A-er,sa. spnyn..


The departure of Gen. Ulysses s.
Grant from Europe for India-the
undisguised purpose on the part Of
the moneyed and parvenu aristo.
cratic elements OF the country to
make him a candidate for q third
torm-the feverish expectation of
the myriad jobbers and peculators
Who Will await, with undissembled
Joy, bis landing in California, q
landing which will be melodra.
matically arranged to give the
military bhoys an opportunity to
shout themselves hoarss and
drown tho sober second thought
and Intelligence OF the Republican
party-all make this notable man
an object Of special interest to the
people Of the UAited States and of
the world just now. We are of the
number who think that sensa-
tional phase of American politics
ls Just opening, which may possess
as many elements Of interest al
the lurid tragedy which was usher.
ed In by the lsaden hail which
B,auregard rained on Fort Sumter.
Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant is to-
day the representative of the men
whose aspirations are emphatically
un-Rspublican. The men who en-.
thuse when they hear reference
to Grant are not persons inspired
by any personal magnetism ema-
Mating from him. 1t is a graceless
and useless task, that of undertake
Ing to bellttle man who has, by
accident or genius, got himself rec
ognized as tho successful leader of
millions OF men. Such man must
havA had soma latent ability and
an inflnity of knacx. But the fact
II apparent and undeniable that
those who admire him ar, people
who are never tired of prating
about a ''strong government"
''lsw and ord sr" and who, in their
hearts. regard a Democracy as a
tumultuous rabbls and q Republic
~ an unstable anu disastrous
ephemeron.
We observe that Mr.. Murat Hal
stead, of the Cincinnati CONNER
cial, suggests that the best way to
get rid Of Grant is to make him q
sort Of Grand Marshal of the Re-
public, with salary of $50,000 q
year, retiring him Immediately on
half-pay. Not in that way will the
specter Of imperialism embodied in
the person of the victor of Appo-
mAttox be laid. In the first place,
the masses-who are instinctively
opposed to every detail of the pro-
gramme-would not consent that
the peoples money should be
squandered in pampering a man,
- 01a aS9ataaIy eat1tal tals: uu.
patriotic and un-Republican pro-
jects. Jay Gould, who is on record
- saying that he would give a
millisn dollars to see Grant Presi-
dent of the United States, and
others like him, may be willing to
pour moneyed tributes at the feet
Of tho American Sphynx. The peo-
pie 1T large are determined to meet
the issue. In cold blood, we regard
the struggle as Inevitable, and as
having In 1t epic elements in which
the body of the people will assert
their majesty or lose their signifi.
canoe and power forever. Republi-
cans as well as Democrats take this
view of the matter in private con-
versation. The great bulk Of the
intelligence of the Republican
party deprecate the unpatriotic
spectacle of the nomination of
Grant for third term as freely as
do the Democrats. They agree
with Democrats that the hot-heads
Of their party are likely to control
the event, aud they recognize the
fact-unwiilingly recognize it-that
when the great struggle comes they
will have to cast In their lot with
the Democrats, as, from their stand
Apalnt the Lesser Of tWa evils; o.,
fathef, tritling evil n preference
to an overshadowing calamity.
1t has occurred to us in this con-
nection that the Hon. Alexander
H. Etcphens's personal Impressions
of Grant would be interesting to
cur readers. We find them in pages
sos 598, inclusive, of his "Constitu.
tioDal View of the Late War Be.
tween the States" To an inquiry,
from Major Hester, as to what i'm.
preston Grant made upon him In
the Hampton Roads Conference, and
as to the comparative merits oi
Grant and Lee, Mr.. Stephens, re-
piled:
Why, sir, the idea Of drawing a
comparison between them, did not
occur to me. l should just as soon
have thought Of drawing COM
parison between Louis Napoleon
and Washington. But in answer
TO your question, as to what i'm
preston he made upon me, will
say. in the first place, that was
never so much disappointed in my