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PARAGRAMS.
—Yesterday, in New York, Gold
was quoted at 1.334, Cotton 24 je.
—A Philadelphia false-teeth manu
facturer makes over two million of
them annually.
—Large numbers of Georgians ami
Alabamians are emigrating to Ar
kansas.
Virginia Journals are rejoicing
over the revival of cloth manufactories
in that State.
—The engine driver of the Irish
mail train, wrecked Ht Abergele, has
died of anguish of mind.
—The hiring of hair has been insti
tuted since May, 1867, for parties, but
now chignons can be had per month.
—Tn England they tine SSOO and
dismiss from office any revenue officer
who takes an active part in politics.
—Oregon, the last one of the doubt
ful States, has been heard from. She
gives about five thousand majority for
Grant.
—Frederick William Dickens, latest
surviving brother of Charles Dickens,
died a few week ago, at Darlington,
England.
—This season we resurrect in hats
one of the oldest fashions—the sugar
loaf, with crushed-in top and curled
brim.
—The entire assets of a recent
bankrupt were nine children, which
his creditors magnanimously allowed
him to keep.
—Sweet eider sells for twenty-five
cents a gallon in Conneticut. The
housewives are using it extensively
for the manufactures of mince pies.
. —ln Connecticut, a boy of twenty
has just married a widow of fifty who
has seven children. The eldest, is six
vears older than his new “papa.”
—State fairs now have a new wrin
kle. One in New Hampshire offers
three dollar’s premium for ‘‘the best
child.” All that cry are counted out.
-The “Tennessee Mounds” are be
ing explored, and human remains, pot
tery, shell ornaments, vases and stone
idols discovered.
—Bolivia has given Brazil 16,000
acres of land, in return for various
“decorations” of the Bolivian presi
dent.
—At the close of 1867 there were
over 2,500 miles of railroad open in
Italy. At the close of 1870 therfc will
be nearly 1,500.
—A statue was recently inaug
crated at Birmingham, England, to the
memory of James Watt, the inventor
of the steam engine.
—ln 1866 more than eighty-one per
cent, of the immigrants from Ireland
to the United States, camo over on
steam vessels.
-John J. Smith, the colored mem
ber of the last Massachusetts legisla
ture, has been re-elected from Boston.
-The Chinese like the English mis
sionaries because they can make shoe
strings from the binding of the Bibles
received from them.
-—The Penitentiary of Indiana has
over four hundred convicts, whose
labor supports the institution, and the
appropriation of the State has not
been touched.
—lt is thought that if the Florida
fruit supply continues to increase, the
United States need no longer look to
the West Indies for oranges and
lemons.
—(hi the first day of the next ses
sion, Congressman Kelley, of Pennsyl
vania, will introduce a constitutional
amendment providing for universal
suffrage in all the States.
—A host ol reporters called on
General Grant, in Washington, on
Monday to get his “views,"’ but had to
be content with learning the “views”
of the servant who answered his door
bell.
—The Cincinnati C'ommcrctulsays:
“It appears that Democratic Congress
men enough are elected to give the
party ninety members of the next
House.- Eight seats are to be con
tested.”
—The Vicksburg liepublioan adver
tises as follows: “Wanted immedi
ately, 50] 000 carpet-baggers to come to
Mississippi and settle. I*. S.—Those
having trunks preferred ”
—ln Vienna, the Dianenbad has
been fitted up as a theatre, at which
women ouly are to perform. Adi the
male characters are to be personated
by women, and even the orchestra is
to be composed exclusively of female
musicians.
lt is proposed, in Boston, to gather
together all the flags, canvass,bunting,
timber, scantling, and whatever else of
the paraphernalia of the late cam
paign that remains, and to dispose of
them for the benefit of the poor the
coming winter.
-r-The license law that Massachu*
setts adopted lastye.lr disgusted every
body, and this year the prohibitionists
have a large majority in the legisla
ture, though the question did not at
tract public attention at all, during
the canvass.
--The Charleston JVcirs eongratu
latcs itself that the Democrats have
been beaten, “not by a politician, but
by a soldier—a man notoriously averse
to the extremes of party, and strong
in the consciousness of the confidence
. and support of the Northern masses.”
—On Friday of last week Mr. Ed*
win Forrest paid through Jay Cooke
at Philadelphia §65,000, the amount
in full of the accumulated alimony due
to his late wife under the decision in
the divorce, the decree of whichJias at
last been made final. Mr. Forrest has
expended, it is estimated, upwards of
§300,000 in this painlitl divorce suit.
—'The members of the New York
Fire Department are required to be
come familiar with the interiors of
the buildings in their districts, so that
they can work to greater advantage
in case of fire; and it is intended to
have a constant patrol of firemen,
similar to that of the police depart
ment.
NfllionalHcpnbltcan
Xt’OUSTA. (SA.
SUNDAY MORNING., Nov. 15, 1868
■
I’ii ton—l.fbcrlj JtnMiw*.
This is a Republic where the Will of
the People is the Law of the Land.
| U. S. Grant.
“ JTu/cA over thepreservation of the Union
with zealous eye, and indignantly frown upon
the first dawning of every attempt to alienate
any portion of the Country from the rest, or
to enfeeble the sacred ties, which now link
together the various parts."— Washington's
Farewell Address.
A Duty Neglected-
There are many Republicans in this
city who have so far neglected the
duty of registration. This is all wrong.
We have recently won a splendid
victory, and although defeated in
Georgia, that very defeat will prove
the means of benefiting us. It will
call the attention of the Government
to the illegal manner in which our
opponents hold elections, and the rem
edy will be applied. Then, why should
anybody despond ? Are they afraid of
riots ? There is no danger of any dis
turbance on election day. The law
forbids citizens carrying concealed
weapons. The civil and military au
thorities should, and doubtless will,
arrest every black or white man that
appear at the polls armed. The carry
ing of weapons is the preliminary step
toward riotous conduct, and if these
weapons are taken from persons in
possession of them, no riot can occur.
This remedy fer a peaceful election is
simple, and better still, is lawful. The
people should be required to take bal
lots, and not bullets, to the polls. How
ever, our Republican friends should
remember that a ballot will be of no
use to them unless they secure a cer
tificate of registration.
What Should Congress Do ?
J list previous to the Presidential
election, Gov. Bv block addressed the
people of Albion, New York, in which
he explained the situation in Georgia,
and pointed out the necessity for the
election of General Grant. Wc pub
lished and endorsed his speech at the
time. We reproduce an extract from
it now, for the sake of calling atten
tion to the wisdom of its suggestions.
After showing how the Legislature
was organized, in violation of the
spirit anti letter of the Reconstruction
laws of Congress; how neatly one
fourth of he members held their seats
in open violation of the 14th article;
how these ineligible members turn
round and oust about thirty eligible ;
and how other outrages were perpe
trated ; his Excellency juoceeds:
Having thus explained that the condition
of Georgia is not the fault of the legislation
' of Gongress, but arises from the failure to
execute either the letter, the intent, or the
“ purposes” of the acts passed for her resto
ration, I maybe excused for suggesting the
course which seems to me proper to be pur
sued to insure the establishment of a State
Government as provided for in our Consti
tution, and as required by Congress.
Congress should take steps to ascertain
whether the Reconstruction Vis have been
properly executed. Finding that the laws
have not lieen executed, the proper authority
should be advised of tlie true intent and
meaning of the acts, and directed, to
properly execute them.
This would result in preventing persons
who could not take the oath required of
officers of the United States for participating
in tlie provisional iegislntiou, nnu thus effec
tually prohibit men, whose policy of opposi
tion to the Federal Government had been
defeated on the battle-field and at the ballot
boxes. from carrying through a third and
nearly successful attempt—so far as Georgia
is concerned—in her legislative halls.
Tho law complied with in this par
ticular. onr legislation would be in safe
hands, and no more would be heard of the
forcible interference with persons “who had
tlie impudence to be Republicans in Georgia,”
or of attempts to violate the civil and politi
cal rights or tluise who luive now only the
General Government to look to for protec
tion.
With the facts, as they will appear when
Congress shall investigate the situation in
Georgia, fully sustained by the revolutionary
action of the Legislature, wc seel confident
that Congress will not only maintain and
cause the Taws to be executed, which luive
l»ecii solemnly adopted, notwithstanding the
objections of tlie President constitutionally
communicated, and unconstitutionally en
forced, and will fully justify the abiding
faith which the Southern Republicans repose
in that patriotic body.
Eveiy true Soutlieru Republican
will endorse these recommendations as
wise and patriotic, and absolutely ne
cessary. It recommends notltiifg more
than the Democracy expected it
Grant altonld be elected. “AVillougli
by, the intelligv'iit New York correp
pondont ol the <
fore the election, reproved die action
of the Legislature in ousting legally
elected members, giving as his reason
that such action was premature, and
that “if Grant should be elected” the
ousted members would be reseated,
and the kicked out.
M ell, Grant is elected, and “Wil
loughby’s ' prediction will he verified, j
But if we had no other reason for de
manding of Congress protection, the
recent combined action of the Demo
cracy to prevent a free election on the
3d instant, is of itself amply sufficient.
Congress qannot, without stultifying
itself, and endorsing the most atro.
cious crimes against the freedom of
the ballot that was ever committed in
America, and bceoming accessories
after the fact, count the electoral vote
of Georgia.
Heads up, Republicans! We have
won the victory, and will reap its fruits
of peace and protection.
“Gen. Grant no Republican."
The Democrats arc consoling them
selves with the assertion that “General
Grant is no Republican.” But they
are bnilding their hopes on a very
slender foundation. We will refresh
their memories a little with reference
to General Grant's connection with
the question of reconstruction. He
sustained al) the most important acts
of Phil. Sheridan, while the latter
was in command of Louisiana and
Texas, and vehemently opposed his
removal. He sustained General Pope
in this State, and endorsed his most
earnest measures. On oath, before
the Reconstruction Committee, during
his cross-examination, furnished much
information of importance proving
the necessity of some action by- Con
gress. In a word, General Grant has
been more or less directly connected
with every measure of progress and
of Reconstruction which was enacted
by the Fortieth Congress. His most
conspicuous friends in Congress have
been the leading advisers in Recon
struction legislation. If Gen. Grant
is no Republican, then we are not one;
and we don’t believe there is one in
the United States. He is not a Re
publican in name alone, but what is
far better, he is* one from a solemn
conviction of the correctness of its
principles.
Let Them Disprove It.
Ail over the South, when the result
of the late election became known,
there went up a simultaneous cry,
“they have beaten us by misrepresen
tation.” .
Now, wc propose to inquire, in as
little space as the subject will permit,
what are the general charges which
have been made against the Demo
cratic party during the late Presiden
tial canvass; and in looking into these,
wc. shall embrace those of which so
much complaint has been made in the
South, and against which the charge
of misrepresentation has been brought.
Perhaps the most potent of these,
in effect upon the mind of the Nortli,
was the charge that the Democratic
party opposed the war, and strove to
nullify the result of the war. We do
not propose here to discuss the right
eousness or unrighteousness of the war.
We simply ask, is not the charge
true ? and was it not natural that that
part of the country which had ven
tured its all, and endured such sacri
fices, should be unwilling to forego
the dUarly bought results of its ven
tures and sacrifices ?
Another charge was, that in the
greater portion of the South, persecu
tion and outrage for opinion’s sake
went unrebuked of the Democratic
party. That, in fact, the perpetrators
of these abuses and outrages were
themselves Democrats in all cases. Do
they deny this ? Let them disprove
it. We challenge them to the fair and
impartial history of these horrors in
the South during the last four months.
If they have not been in all cases en
tirely unwarrantable-—if they have
not, in all cases, been the doings of
Democrats, and if the Democratic
party has used the influence. of its
leaders or its press to decry and stop
them, then we cry peccant. Until
then, wc beg of them, for truth’s sake,
cease their whimpering about misrep
resentation. If they must cast about
for the causes of their defeat, let them
rather look at their own shameful re
cord; at the platform they had the im
pudence to flaunt in tlie faces of a
loyal and war-worn people; at the
candidates they set up against the ad
vice of their wiser and more moderate
men.
Now that the election is over, we
are free to admit that it was very pain
ful to us, who have all our temporal
interests in the South, to see the North
ern papers, during the canvass, so full
of the details of Southern Democratic
outrages. W,e knew that in every
material |>oint of view these things
were not only injuring the Democratic
party, but they were injuring the
whole South. The prosperity of the
South was of more consequence to us
than the defeat of the Democratic
party, and if we could have ilisproved
the damaging record, none would have
more gladly undertaken the task. If
they wore such gross misrepresenta
tions, why, now, do not those who
proclaim them such disprove them*
For the good imine of this fair land,
it is not yet too late, and a greater
service can be rendered the South by
so doing, than bewailing the loss of a
party’s power. 'l'he simple cry of
“misrepresentation,’’/ 4 the North have
been made to believe lies of us,” and
“ we are misunderstood and misjudged
by the North,” will not do. You had
as able men in the canvass as we ; you
had as fair a show as we. A great
many Northern voters who supported
Grant were Democrats, anxious to be
given good reasons why they should
not do so, and who only voted as they
did because these reasons were not
forthcoming. It was of the utmost
consequence to you to disprove it.
Why did you not do it? If you have
any new light upon these matters,
why not do it now—if not for the sake
of the poor defunct Democratic party>
still for the sake of the reputation of
the land wherein all of our interests
arc centered.
A High Handed Act of Treason.
We publish below from the Wash
ington Gazette, a Democratic paper, a
document addressed to Judge Gibson
by the foreman and all die member’s of
the Grand Jur y of Washington county.
We have no time for comment this
morning. It shows the absolute ne
cessity of the policy wo are advo.
eating. This is Boh Toombs’ work.
He will put on airs, and continue to do
so, until suspended by legal authority :
WILKES SUPERIOR COURT.
THE FRUITS OF RADICALISM—THE JUDICIAL
ERMINE DEFILED.
The Superior Court of Wilkes county, ad
journed over by Judge Andrews from the
fourth Monday in September to the second
Monday in November, met in Washington
on last Monday, Judge Gibson, of Augusta,
presiding. Tlie Grand Jury was irapan
nelled and organized, and having retired to
their room, sent in the following document
to the Court:
Judge Gibson—
Sir: The undersigned members of the
Grand Jury, all being present, hereby make
known to you that they will serve at the pres
ent Tenn If so required to do. Y'et they feel
bound to say to you that your presence in
this county 'as a Judicial officer, to hold a
Court, is not acceptable to the people.
The part taken by you whilst holding a
judicial commission in going to a party Con
vention at Chicago, in May of this year, and
then upon your return, canvassing the State
for a political party, still being a Judge, has
greatly impaired our confidence and respect
for you as an officer of the Law.
We are authorized by the members of the
bar to say that they will not transact any
business through you as a Judge.
This paper was signed by the Foreman and
all the members of the Grand Jury.
The Honorable Win. Gibson received and
read the little lines, but it appears he “could
not sec it.’’ The form of holding the court
was gone through with, but no business was
transacted so far as we can learn.
There was never a more acceptable act to
the people of Wilkes county, done by a
Grand Jury, than tliis. The body at this
term numbered twenty-three of our worth
iest and most respected citizens. They spoke
a notorious truth when they said that our
people have lost their confidence in the integ
rity and honor of this man, who, by his de
graded and abandoned political judicial career,
has soiled the robes of justice, which in our
county have never before been worn by one
of such a stripe. We do not want him here
to administer upon our rights, and it is as
well at least that our thieves and felons should
go un whipped of justice as that he should be
at large among us. No wretch can be lower
than one who degrades a high office to par
tizan purposes.
A United Vote for Grant. —'Tlie
Savannah Republican contains an elab
orate article, endorsing the proposition
that the Southern Democratic Electors
east their votes unanimously for Gen.
Grant for the Presidency. We hope
its advice will be taken, although we
have serious doubts whether the party
can be drilled before the College meets,
which will be on the first Wednesday
in December. Os course, when the
Democratic Electors vote for our can
didate, they yield the principles on
which they made the tight against us.
The Macon Journal Messenger
denounces the proposition bitterly, as
likewise other influential papers. It
will meet with little favor in the
West.
An Exfrbssman.—The editor of
the Columbus dun, thinks he injures
Governor Bullock by calling him an
expressman ; but he is mistaken, for,
in this country, the people have re
cognized the truth that
“Honor and Fame from no ooiulitioii rise.
Act well your part, there all the honor lies.”
Governor Bullock's history is a
happy illustration of the truth of this
philosophy. When he was an ex
pressman, he was a good expressman.
Now he is Governor—-he is proving
himself to be too excellent an one for
the comfort of those who traduced
him. In the meantime, the editor of
the <S'«n remains good for nothing.
A Poor Subtrrfu'gi!.—The Colum
bus papers endeavor to make a point
on Governor Bullock, by charging
that his sttspensioa of the collection of
the /State poll tax, had bankrupted the
Count}' Treasury of the Muscogee
County, and prevented the payment of
the dues to a certain pauper fund.—
This is all bosh. It is transparently
false. AVhy do not the rich pay their
taxes ? Why does the Ordinal - } of
Muscogee Countv relv alone on the
poor! Have the rich no obligations,
or does their democracy absolve them
from the performance of their duties
as citizens ?
• •
The FooL-IkiliJli: Wanted.—At
no time during the Presidential ad
ministration dot's a written personal
application lor office, addressed to the
President, receive any attention by the
latter. All such applications are an
utter w aste of stationery. Offices are
not obtained by the mere writing for
them. How foolish, tlreu, is it for
js-rsoiis to be writing to Gen. Grant.
one hundred days before his inaugu
ration, asking for office. The fool
killer is needed.
Communications.
Onr Washington Letter.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 11, ’6B.
Grant’s imperturbility continue# to
be the prevailing theme of conversa
tion in all circles. His arrival in the
city was not generally known until
announced the following day, in the
morning papers. He was soon after
seen dressed in citizen's clothes, the
inevitable slump of a cigar in his
mouth, leisurely walking along the
Avenue, accompanied by a friend, and
while the observed of all observers,
seemed to be wholly unconscious that
he was the great attraction. Each
day he devotee himself to business as
assiduously as before a serious thought
had been given to the office of Presi
dent. All visitors are received courte
ously, and those who have legitimate
business with him are promptly at
tended to, while th< mousing politi
cian soon reads in actions more expres
sive than words, that his presence is
anything but acceptable. The local
organizations, through their commit
tees, were received on Monday, at
Army Headquarters, when they were
given to understand, in unmistakable
terms, that he wished to avoid being
lionized. The politicians have at last
found a man who is their master.
Grant’s Self-poise never forsakes him;
the high and low are treated alike,
and it is the easiest thing in the world
to “shake” a disagreeable visitor. A
noted politician, who aspires to a Cabi
net position, called upon the President
elect, yesterday, and the usual con
gratulations over, he at once broached
the subject uppermost in his mind.
The response was characteristic.
Says Grant, “I have not decided
upon any one as yet, and shall not do
so for the present. At the proper time
your claims will be considered.” That
was the end of the matter. Grant’s
mail has become so large as to require
the services of two extra clerks, who
read all letters, and their superior
only' hears of the substance of a few
of those especially important. The
fact, if generally known, would doubt
less materially lessen the number of
letters addressed to him. As to Cabi
net appointments, it is well understood
that two persons have already been
decided upon if they will accept —
Farragut, as Secretary of the Navy,
and General Rawlins, as Secretary of
War. The latter has been General
Grant’s constant and confidential ad
viser since 1862, and now is his Chief
of Staff, and to him he probably owes
more for success during the last seven
vears than to any other man. Gen.
Rawlins was, before the war, a law
yer, and resided at Galena, Illinois.
Originally, he was a Democrat, but
the late war left him with the Repub
lican party.
It would be preposterous to indicate
any settled line of policy fixed upon
by General Grant for the distribution
of offices. It may be considered pretty
certain that, other things being equal,
the soldiers who served under him
during the war will, as a rule, have
the preference. He has always mani
fested a kindly regard for these veter
ans, and has always used his influence
in their behalf, without a question as
to their political bias; indeed, it is
beliewid that a majority of that class
now holding positions under the Na
tional Government, in this city, have
his endorsement upon their papers.
The course of Minister Johnson, in
England, in relation to the differences
between this and the English Govern
ment, excites fearful forebodings here.
His opposition to recognized public
opinion in this country is interpreted
in only one way; that is, President
Johnson has arranged a plot to em
barrass tlie incoming Administration,
bv placing the Alabama and other
claims on Such a footing as to arouse
the indignation of the people, in the
hope that it will eventually bring
about a war between the two countries.
Successful in this, it is believed that
Grant’s Administration will be so em
barrassed that little else can be done,
and that it will open the way for a
Democratic triumph in 1872. Minis
ter Johnson’s course, upon any hy
pothesis creditable to himself, is cer
tainly an enigma, and is the common
topic of consideration in political cir
cles. Secretary Seward is diplomati
cally silent, and A. J. stupidly so,
upon the all-absorbing question.
The adjourned session of Congress
was speedily disposed of yesterday.
Grant is elected President, and there
is no longer any necessity for special
legislation. If his aecidency does not
Iwhave properly, the next regular ses
sion will be in time for his case..
The Cuban difficulties are daily in
creasing in magnitude. There is rea
son to believe that a formidable party
is now being organized in this country
to make a descent upon the island in
the interests of the revolutionists.
The head-centre of this movement has
an office in New York, and is rapidly
enlisting “emigrants.”
The Cuban authorities now admit
that the insurgents hold several towns
in the vicinity of Puerto Principe.
This port is on the southwestern coast,
and is so situated that a few thousand
determined men could hold it against
the whole Spanish army. This is the
point at which the unfortunate Lopez
expedition was to have disembarked;
and had it done so instead of being
induced by one of Concha’s spies to
land at Bahia Honda, thirty miles
west of Havana, tlie fate of the island
would have long since been decided.
The Democratic office-holders are in
a peck of trouble. Seeing their fate
sealed under a Republican administra
tion, unless they can obtain some hold
upon Grant, they are urging now that
the Seymour ami Blair electors cast
their votes for Grant, and ‘let us have
the thing unanimous.” Unanimity of
action is a good thing sometimes, but
not just. at. this stage of the game.
They should have thought of this
matter, last July, and they might have
had a chance in the scrambles; hut
nary show now.
The poor old I nt. Uigtncer of this
city, which has been kept upon its
legs for the last, three years by An
drew Johnson, is now up for “Cowes
and a market.” The establishment
affords a fine opening for a young and
energetic man, with unlimited capital.
General Rosencranz sailed for Mexico
yesterday. General Longstreet, who
is announced as having sailed with
him, I saw a few hours ago ul the
Ebbett House, in this city. Jle had
an iptetvicw with Genera] Grant to
day. J
Tlie naturalization, fra tubs in New
York city and vicinity on election day,
were on a more extensive scale than
at the time deemed possible. By the
testimony of reliable witnesses it is
proven that blank naturalizatioh pa
pers, all signed and sealed, were made
as openly an article of traffic, by the
Democracy, as Railroad. Bonds are on
Wall Street. Some of the smaller
Democrats, at least, will get their
deserts. As an indication of what was
accomplished it is as well to state
that of the fifty-nine counties in New
York, the Republicans had a majority
of 58,189 in forty-four. New York
city and Brooklyn .overslaughed this
majority.
Tlie good results to flow from tlie
success of the Republican party are
already apparent. Confidence has sud
denly been restored nt home and
abroad, not only in the stability of
the Government but as to the dis
position of a majority of the people to
act in an honorable manner toward
creditors. Party malignity has sub
sided, and even in this hot bed of se
cession the unanimous feeling express
ed is; that Grant’s election will prove
the salvation of the country. Exten
sive arrangements are being made for
the movement of capital southward, in
the belief that the long looked for,
long prayed for time has arrived,
when the bad past is to be foreVer
buried, and the pipepf peace smoked.
What each Southern State now needs
is a special agent at the National Cap
ital competent to give all information
as to climate and soil, the price of
land and the crops most adapted to
their respective localities.
Capital.
From tin: New York Tribune.
Waste Paper from General Grant’s
Office
This is a mournful story we have
from Washington. Gen. Grant has
ordered Gen. Badeau to destroy all
letters asking for office. “The conse
quence was to-day that Gen. Badeau
has a pile of waste paper on his table
two feet high.”. Our vigilant corres
pondent—determined at any expense
to be ahead with the news, and to
utterly confound and overwhelm those
mendacious and wretched prints which
claim to be organs of public opinion—
has succeded in obtaining at a large
expense from the experienced colored
gentleman who takes charge of Gen.
Grant’s waste-basket some of the rem
nants of these valuable contributions.
We regret that most of these letters
are in fragments, bnt, such as they'
are, we hasten to lay them before our
readers:
Silver Si-bino, Nov. 4. 1868.
To the High and, Mighty, the Most lUustTums
Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United
States.
Honored Sir:—l see by this morning’s
paper that you have been chosen President
by a larger vote than even Unit received by
my worthy friend and colleague, Gen. Jack
son, whose administration I took a prominent
part in running. I need not say to you tliat
thia triumph is altogether occasioned by my
insisting that my son Francis should be
placed upon tlie ticket at New York as Vice-
President. I conl|>clled Frank to make this
Sacrifice in order to strengthen your ticket,
and 1 know that you are too honorable a man
to hesitate to acknowledge this obligation. 1
have one boy, M— —y, who lias been out of
work for some time, not getting along very
v ell with his last employer, and who
would make a very good Chief-Justice in
the place of Chusc. 1 think you can have no
trouble in removing Chase, as the Senate
would not dare to cross the will of its great
leader. Frank himself deserves a good deal
of consideration for his sacrifice. It would
not do to call my dear friend Johnson home
from England, although I think Frank would
do best in the London mission; but if you
should send McCulloch back to his Fort
Wayne bank, and make Frank Secretary of
the Treasury, you will certainly have the
whisky frauds investigated. 1 have 398
other relatives, mostly cousins, grandchildren,
and so on, a list of whom 1 will send to you
before your inauguration, with the names of
places to which I wish them appointed.
Yours faithfully, F. P.B. r, sr.
P. B.—l have a pleasant room at Silver
Springs, and heaps of cigars, to which you
are always welcome.
Alburn, Nov. 4, 1868.
Mv Dear Sir : —My visit and the ex
tremely lucid anil eloquent speech which I
had the honor to make here, have fulfilled
my highest anticipations by securing your
election as President of the United States.
No intelligent man, no lover of his race, no
man who believes that the mysterious chords
which bind the human race iii one affinity,
and which give Governments that perennial,
definitive,, and abstract relation which can
only be seen in a concrete nationality, will
doubt that my words, fitly spoken, decided
the votes of millions of your countrymen,
and gained for freedom this abounding tri
umph. 1 have lieen longer in office than any
statesman since the beginning of the Govern
ment. I have now no higher atnliitiOn than
to catch tlie perch tliat abound in the streams,
to see the corn grow in the valleys, and to
contemplate from afar the icy beauties of
Alaska and the verdant glories of St. Thomas.
But I have many valued friends in tlie city
of New York, and I feel that it is proper for
me to ask your Excellency, in distributing
the positions that now fall to your gift, to
remember these gentlemen. I shall be satis
fied if you will appoint them to the Collector
ship, the Naval office, the Surveyorship of
the Port, the vacant Judgeships, Revenue
places, and Miushalship that are at your dis
[xisal. I ex'jxxit my v alued friend, T. W
——, I tome by the next steamer, and lie will
send you a list of the gentlemen whose ser
vice it will be necessary for you to have hi
your administration. I have the honor to
be. with great respect, your obedient servant.
W H. ti
Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 4.
Gen. Grant ; You ivill sec by the Repub
lican newspapers here that my running for
Congress against Gen. Schenck has largely
increased your majority. I have made this
sacrifice, honored sir, because 1 lielieved that
your election would be the triumph of true
Bcmocmlic principles, and that you would
confound the Radicals and utterly destroy
them. lam not ambitious, but the noble
Democracy of Ohio ought certainly to receive
a recognition from your Adiuinistmtinn. ;tnd
I am assured that if you will intrust me with
the portfolio of the, ‘State Department, they
w ill feci that my labors have not been in vain.
Yours, c. L. V m.
New York, Nov. 4,1868,
Ges. Glivxr Ihnuneft Si/ 1 : The serene
•■ontidence w ith which I always antieipatixl
your election has. Under the guhtiiice »f a
my-twious Providence, been fully justified.
'I he Democracy of New York rallied t,. ~
support with a unanimity which
to my eyes w henever I think of it °r U
been many years in public life, and hnvU, VC
rei ved nothing. I it ,n getting on he sh-.a
side of my existence, and niy children \
be honored to know that their' father w i
ftaw<®cerof tlwwoond Washington Tu
salary is of no account, if there i- 11
money required in this thing, my f ri ,„ ] W
Wm. AT. T-—d, will see that ii k ,
right. Yours, S .1, T “'
.. Nk "' Yore, Nov. 5 i,si ls
Honor able Sir: My disiYnguished frie ni)
Mr, Seward. was made Senotarv ufZ
because he was able to express a '.riven a
in a greatiT number of sent. nceUm ~
ptfur nub rc man. His app.inuncDt.
win admit, was a great success ami i
added largely to the literatiu’e of the coun rv
I contest that distinction with him j ’’
the author of the four thousand colmims'm
Constitutional law which have b<vn publishr,
in the New York W'oM. It is true th uu,
have received a limited circulation
have no doubt that they contributed ’t...,'-.
to your triumph. 1 will send vou sclcctU
by a special car and if you feel, honoredsh
after perusing these communications u , I
will be wise for you to request me to c Jr
your councils as Seer Wary of .state mie.rr f
to me immediately. I can promise.’ you’S
Mr. Johnson will make no more sneer
his time will be altogether occupied in r
mg my dispatches. Yours.
G. T. C s.
, i «Sew York, Nov. 5
General; I hope you read my liitl,.
speecli in New \ork the other night I. . .
the Democrats to sftmd by yon As i
of this State, 1 desire to hold up von. &
For myself, 1 want nothing, but. I have tw<’>
friends whose services 1 wish especially t
commend to yon. The first is Mr Willi.. /
Al. Tweed, one of the largest men in oi
part.'-- h e must certainly weigh 860 pounds
Air. 1 weed now holds seven offices with'
ability, and, if you would make hi m tw
lector of the Port of New York, it would
cany joy to the hearts of the unterrified
Democracy. I have another friend. Mr p e1 ....
B. Sweeney, who is now holding an’ office
where he makes a large amount of money
without doing any special work. Genei-il
Grant, a man who has this great quality
should not be lost to your services. If you
find you cannot appoint these men, r lc
spcctfully recommend the building of U s
Court Houses in all of the leading capitals'
with bridges across the principal rivers. Mr
Tweed tuio Mr. Sweeney will take chareeof
this work, and will give you abundant siiti
faction. Yom's, J. T. H -n.
P. B.—Sam. Cox goes to Congress, but
don't trust him. ' p
Boston, Mass., November !
' Respected Sir: 1 am the great-grandson
of my great-grand fa they. My iiiiining for
Governor has given you a larger vote in
Massachusetts tlian any President has e\er
before received. This sacrifice I made sim
ply because I desired your election, and my
father thinks that I contributed largely to
the recent glorious results in all the States.
If you have any difficulty in disposing of
the English Mission, I will be happy to ai
cent it. This Idoas a compliment to your
self, because I want your administration to
succeed, and I really don’t, see how it can
without the active support of my family. If
you will support me 1 will support you.
Yours. J, (j. A s. jr.
Memphis, Tenn., Novembers.
General: 1 fought you in open war, and.
if .vou will believe the New York TrUmni', I
have done as much to secure your election as
any man in the South. You, retiring from
the Army, will of course leave a vacancy. 1
don't venture to put myself above Sherman,
or Sheridan, or Thomas; but after pjomotiim
these men there willstill be a vacancy among
the Major-Generals. Sir, a gallant son of
the South can never wear anything less than
tw o stars upon his i-houlder; ami. if you a;
willing to appoint me to this place. 1 wiii
march to Washington with iny Ku-Klu\
Klan and offer you my’ services for the pur
pose of exterminating Radicalism ami l.ico
hinism in the North. Yours.
N. B. F—«.
P. S. —If you want any- special
as Io my past services. Senator Wade will
give you a copy of his report of my cxploil
at Fort Pillow. F.
EXECUTIVE MANSION. <
Washington, November (>. 1868. i
My Dear Grant : After the 4th of next
March I shall be an humble individual. 1
coaxed Seymour to go out on that trip, feel
ing sure that the journey would give you :i
larger majority in each of those States. 1
took a trip myself in 1860, and know what
came of it. There is nothing to help a vote
better than this swinging round tlie circle
business. I have stood by theConsiitiition
and the Union. I commit to your bands Hie
Constitution and the flag with thirty-six
stars. My sands of life have nearly run out.
I have been Alderman of my native village.
Member of Congress, Governor of the Stab
United States Senator, Vice-President and
President. 1 ask nothing for myself, but
there arc a few honest men that I commend
to your attention. Mr. Perry Fuller, in New
Orleans, should, by all means, be kept in hi
place. Mr. Henry A. Smyth, in New York,
would make a good Secretary of the Tra:
Ury. I especially beg that you will not dis
turb Mr. Fessenden's relatives, who now hold
office, nor interfere witli the contracts of Mr.
Ross and Mr. Henderson. You see. Grant,
old fellow, that we Presidents have got to
keep our bargains, and it would be mighty
rough on a fellow when he goes back t"
Tennessee to find his successor going back
on him. Yours, A w-1 N.
Nvvy Department, _(
Washington, November •>. I
Venerable Sib; For eight - years I haw
been Secrctifry of the Navy. lam at that
time of life when a change of scene is deplo
rable. My’doctors tell me that if I leave th;>
office the shock to my nervous system will be
so violent that I will hardly survive it. I <’i'
eightyears it has been Io me a place ol coni;
fort and repose. For eight years 1 have con
templated from afar off the broad and dej'P
blue sea. Now. would you leave me m the
words of the following liielody:
“Here, a sheer Indi, lies
Poor Tom Bowling.
Hailing of ourerew,
No more he’ll hear the temped li |HI * :
For death has broached him too.
Hia form was of the manliest bcaiUy,
His heart Was kind and soft;
Faitlifnlbelow. he did bis duty,
But now he's gone aloft.”
The phrase “gone aloft,” venerable Bj r > **
a sea term for mounting to the top ol tlie
mast. I hear stories to the effect tliat you
are going to put Dave Porter or Farragut in
my place. Pity tlie sorrows of a poor old
man and hesitate. Don't begin your autnni'
istratfon with any act of cruelty which wu
bring tears to the eyes of every grandinothw
in the laud. I can assure youqf uiy slippop
for every measure of your administration, p
you will only keep me in the Navy Dcp arl
ment, you can send me a blank sheet of pal*
and I will write at the bottom of it this lin<
Ybttr servant ever to command,
G—n W-s.
Post Office Defabt.-ient. '
Washington, November I.
Gexßual: You must not go back on ■■
fellow now. after all I have done for vou-
Did n<4 I send Johnson on the fwiug**;
round flic circle tackt Have 1 not been ti
head and front of this bread and butter bus
ness? Have not 1 ooiUi'ibtited directly or* '
directly more to your election thannny otu
man iii the country except Mr. Beyn><>ur.
accounts are not altogether right here, •
things did not turn out as well last rear
was expected, and if you will give a tell
four years more show, you will find tiia
will do you ns much good as ,
Andy Johnson. Yours, A. W. R—ll-
London, Nov. s.—(Cable Disputi'b '
I'. 8. Grant, President: My leaving l !
Country secured your election. ,:n'i
admits this. Don’t make any promises in
gel Imck. Don’t forget little Raymond-
Loin bin lifts a Mormon t'liui'cU