The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-15
FROM THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
THE GRANT BOOM wEAKENING-A DAMAG-
ING RuMoR-THE SILVER ELL, ETC.
From orr Pepuiar Corresnondcnt

THE GRANT BOOM wEAKENING-A DAMAG-
ING RUMoR-THE SILVER BILL ETC.
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, June 12, 1870.
The Grant ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS now not to
be a Grant movement at all, so tar as Gen.
Grants own inclination is concerned.
have frequently said as much in this cor
respondence. Within the last few days the
fact has received the most undoubted con-
frmation in various ways, Many of the
generals warm personal friends have de-
clared that he would not again enter poll.
| tics and it is well known that all whose
friendship is worth anything have advised
him not to allow his name to be used. The
! Grant movement has been the child of
those friends of the general who made
money out of his official favor, and thirst
| for government patronage again. The man
who is more than any other Gen. Grain S
trusted friend aad councillor, Geo. W.
Childs, Of Philadelphia, has spoken for all
of the ex-presdent's best friends, in the
opinion that Gen. Grant not only has moth
ing to do with any movement looking to
political life in the future, but has no inten-
ton and no desire to be president again.
A personal friend Of the general, an ex-
members of congress, from New York, ex-
pressed the prevailing sentiment. when he
told me yesterday that the enthusiasm for
the general and the proposed reception on
his arrival home had no political signif.
canoe, but was the result of personal re-
gard. $50 long as Gen. Grant holds his
present lofty position" he said, "he will be
the most idollzed of Americas public men.
We all love him and delight to honor
him. We propose to go to San Francisco
to receive him. But we understand and
Gen. Grant understands that this is not
political feeling at all, and it will not do to
have it so represented. None but political
bummers are trying to make it appear so.
The fact is, were il to turn out that Gen.
Grant or his friends mean politics, the
movement would fall flat, not because Gen.
Grant would not have large following in
any movement, but because it would be be-
lifting grand demonstration in honor of
the man. 1t would provoke opposition
from the very men WHO most desire to
honor him, and the movement would prob
ably prove to be grand failure because
the people expect Grant to hold his present
place IN their hearts as the most distin-
guishcd Of American citizens, and don't
want to spoil the charm by pushing him into
the dirty arena of politics" This man
speaks for all of General Grants friends
whose friendship is disinterestcd, and the
ring politicians who are pushing the Grant
movement as political on will find shortly
that the general will give them cold com.
fort in their selfish efforts.
do not credit fully the report that Sec.
McCrary's confirmation as U. 5. Judge de-
ponds upon the Presidents approval Of all
the bills now passing congress combining
appropriations and the political legisla-
ton. Doubtless several senators have
threatened him with defeat in case he ad-
vises the president to veto them, but they
are very few who would carry out this
threat The Secretary y personally the
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