Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-23

nave returned to Washington at the be-
ginning OF the Arthur administration. If
Arthur had sought his counsel or advice,
or If he had shown much of a friendship
Tor him, he might have taken more inter-
est in Washington affairs. Grant and
COnkllng were always intimate. Arthur
was afraid Of being Overshadowed
At first he showed signs of de-
string to lean upon some man
stro" Ger than himself. At Elberon.
during the few days that Garfield was
there, Gen. Grant took an extraordinary
interest in his case. His cottage was
about half a mile away from the Elberon
Hotel, where Gen. Garfield was. Every
day Gen. Grant came driving up in a sim
gle wagon to ask for news. He was then
the perfect picture of health. He gen
orally wore a linen buster buttoned
tightly e. his chin, with a black SLOUGH
hat pulled well down over his bronzed,
healthy looking face. His air of robust
vigor at that time would have warranted
the prediction that he had at least twenty
years longer to live. When
Garfield died Arthur was brought to Long
Branch. He was with Gen. Grant a great
deal during his short stay. Gen. Grant
went with him in the same car to Wash
lngt0n. Everyone thought then that Ar
thur would surely offer him a seat in his
raj and graceful thing to do. Gen. Grant.
however, would not have accepted it.
The matter was preached to him one dav
by one of his friends. He was asked
whether he would accept place. HIS
reply was that no man who had been
President could afford to accept a Cabi-
net position under another one. This re-
mark was carried to Arthur. Whether
he had originally intended to offer Grant
place or not is not known. AT any rate
no offer was made.
Soon after Arthur's administration cot
well under way Grant withdrew his
friendship from Arthur. Grant never
asked but one favor Of Arthur. He re-
questad him to appoint his old friend.
Gen. Beale, Secretary of the Navy. Beale
is fine, distinguished looking man, with
tresh-cOlOred, regular featured face, set
OIL by snowy white moustache. He al
WAYS dresses with the careful attention of
a West Point officer. He is man of af
fairs. He has had wide experience as a
traveller, and was very successful and
popular in filling one of our most difficult
missions, the Austrian, under Grant. The
Vienna Court is one of the most rigid in
point of etiquette and social requirements
in Europe. Arthur gave Grant to under
stand that he would appoint Beale. At
that time a number of paragraphs were
printed in the papers saying that the
stalwart wing of the Republican party
was debating to Arthur his appointments.
Arthur took alarm at this. He discarded
Beale and looked around for the very op-
pOsite of him. He found it in William
E. Chandler, man to whom Grant had
refused to speak for some time. Grant
specially disliked HIM for the part he had
taken to defeat him at Chicago. There
were a number of other reasons. Cband-
Ter for leng time had been the most Wig
OrOus and INSCRIPTIONS agent of the fac
ton of the Republican party which had
been fighting Grant. When Grant learn
ed of Chandler's selection to the very
place to which he had recommended Beale
he dropped Arthur's acquaintance. He
said that his worst enemy could not have
treated him worse, and that, therefore. he
would not demean himself by appearing
to continue upon friendly terms with such
a man.
Grant made up his quarrel with Blaine
in the spring of 1884. He was here for
several weeks during that spring. Gen.
Beae that winter was a near neighbOr of
the Blaines. He was very anxious that
Gen. Grant and Mr.. Blaine should forget
their past differences. He had even ar
ranged a dinner where they were to get
together and be reintroduced to each other,
that Gen. Grant gave his two last public
interviews upon political subjects. He said
in the first interview that he would not 90
to dinner to meet Mr.. Blaine. As this re-
mark was misunderstood he explained il
in the second interview by saying that he
would not go TO any perfunctOry dinner,
the sole object of which was to bring him
and Mr.. Blaine together. He said of course
that he could not refuse to 90 to a dinner
where Blaine should happen to he as a
guest. The two men did meet finally. but
it was not until Mr.. Blaine called upon
Gen. Grant that the meeting took place.
Gen. Grant became recOnciled to Mr.
Blaine and would have heartily supported
him during the campaign il the financial
disaster which overlook him had not
killed his influence.
A great deal is being published about
Con. Grant now which is absurdly un-
true. He is represented by nearly every
one as a very mild-mannered man, inca
pable of harboring animosities or hard
feelings. This is the reverse of his disDO-
sition. lie may have soitened some dur
ing the past few years, but all through
the days Of his power he was particularly
noticeable for the extreme VigOr of his
dislikes, as well as for the strength of
his likes. He was never hypocriti-
cal, however. He never could toler-
ate about him a person who was
not agreeable to him. His rude
ness to people that he did not like made
him great many enemies. When he was
President he would not permit the repre-
sentative of an unfriendly newspaper to
see him or to speak to him. / remember
during the interviews that had with him
last spring at the Arlington Hotel he was
most emphatic in denouncing John Sher-
man. | wrote out the interview and car
ried it back TO the General in the even
ing for revision. 1 had toned down some
of his expressions regarding Sherman,
thinking that in the heat of private
conversation he had said more than he
would like 20 have made public. When
he came to read over the interview in the
manuscript he noticed the modification of
the expressions of his dislike for Sher-
man. lie seized his pencil with a grim
shutting Of his mouth as he said, "This is
too mild for Sherman. / said more than
that" Whereupon he wrote in him. elf
i'm a bold, vigorous hand the expressions
he had originally used.
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