"what Will He Do With It."

Tn judging of tho use General Grant will' make of the despotic power conferred on him by t)ie Ku-Klux bill and the ljayonet election luw, wc must toko intoaccount the personal character of the man, and tlio exigenodss of hia politica] party. General Grimt is not uiuuscllisli, unambitdous citizen, like Washington. Washington declinod to receive any pay for hia sn -vires, either as General of tho armiesof the Kevolution, or as President of the United States ; mercly consent ing that the goverument should reimburse his actual expenses, General Grant belongs to the vulgar herd of men, and possesses none of that generous. fastidious dignity. He has not only taken all ho could. get from thn government, but has degEBOM liims'olf by accepting all sorts of private gitts, which Washington would have scorned, and which are inconsistent wiLb tho spirit of the Constitution. The Constitution, in plain terins, forbids the Presi'l ut to vccive any other cmolumcnt th;m his salary. Not to insult the memory of Washington further by such ncomparison General Grant is inferior in character and every moral qunlity to Garibaldi, who is ubove his Bordidi love of pelf. General Grant has no tinge, of the heroic in his whole oompowtioa. He hankera formoney booau8e ha has the tastes of Jim Fisk, and tastes of that description ure expeneivo. He loves office, not as great statesjncn love office, because it affords a thcntre for the exercise of thcir abilities, but because office gives him a factitious importanco to vvhich he has no ti tío by his talents. General Grant is made of very eommon clay. Ho is a vulgar, self-seoking man, without a single liberal taste, or a geperous aspiration. Ho bus neither knowlodge, nor eloquonce, nor manners, nor dignity of chacaeter.nor publio spirit. In.society ho is a cipher, being utterIy destituía Of eonversational talents. ín council he is a dummy, possessing neither ideas ñor information. As a Senator, or uo a . foroipiv minister, he would be a laughsiií-srick. What use will this narrow, vulgar, sclfish man make of absolute power ? 1 1 i will employ it for no other purposo thau to secure his rc-election to his present office. It would bc hard to blame him for desirinj a re-election ; a second term is the ambition of all Presidents. But why should so common a piece of clay havo odvantagcs for kooping himself in office possessed by aone of his predecesfiors ? If it is Uierely to make up for his lack of talents. he no doubt needs to be boosted; but why should such a sellish dullard liave an extra boost. He wasnominated in 18G8 only because it was feared that tin; Demócrata would take liim up ; but that dangor is past. The passage of the Ku-Klux bill is a virtual concession that the Eepublieans can have no other caaüdate for Poesident in 1872 than (Jeneral Grant. He may not be able to elect himself, but tho llepublican party lias givon him every advantage for nominating himself. He is too seífish to use the new machinery for the benefit of a rival ; and by placingitin General Grant'e hands they have enabled him to forcé himself upon the Eepubliean convrntion. They mean it for the benefit of the party; but as it can be worked only by the President they must take General Grant for thcir caiulidate, or sink all the capital thcy havo investod in these unpopular mensures- They know him too well to expect he will use his despotic power to elect a rival. When their convention assembles, t'icy will not dare to supplant him lest he s'iould leave these extraordinary powers in abeyance, lctting the party have the odium of thoir authorship without rcapiug the profit of thoir enforcement. The Eepubliean party has givon itself a master ; it has precluded itself from nominating any other candidato than General Grant. It must bear the odium of these measures in any event, and nobody but General Grant can work the machineiy in the interest of tho party. Neither Sun - ■- n Xaqgtuq uur Trumluül, nor any other rival hus any chanco for the nomination against the selfish man who can enforce the bayonet and the Ku-Klux law or not, just as he pleases. It is not probable that General Grant, who has no small share of low cunning,. will " push things " till after he has secured his nomination. Ho will covcrtly fonient disturbaneis, keeping thesonth iritated and the North uncasy, for the noxt year. To provokc a great reaction now would be fatal to the Republiean party, as it would also be to allow the South to settle iuto tranquiiity and the Northern Eepublieans to lose their sense of grievance. It is for Grant's interest to keep ap a series of sporadic disturbances in vaïi us porta of the Southern States, without any great outbreak ; just enough to fumish topics of invectivo to the Eepublicon press. But as soon as he is nominated, he will batch a great brood of "outrages," and get up a pretext for proelaiming martial law and suspending the htileas corpui throughout the South. He can t icii c;Ul out tho militia to any extent ho c'aootcs, and existing laws enables him to retain them in service until "thirty days " after the commencement of the next "session of Congress;" that is, sixty days after the Presidential election. Under law passed during the late war, the militia in actual ijprvice can vote in their oamps ; so the Eepublieans will lose nothiiiíí !y tho absence of their voters from home, v-le Demócrata serving in the militia ■will have their votes counted and their ïeLums falsitied by Clrant's agents. H(! o vn order out the militia for service in the South from any States he ehooses, and by selectiiig doubtful or Democratie States ho will get the chance of nuUifying a fret iiumy Northern Democratie votos. In the South tlie froedom of eloctions will be cumpletely overbome by military terror ind coerción. There is nothing in this progranimo which General Grani cannot do under color of law after the passage of the Ku-Klux bill. And he will not scruple to do it if he deerns it noecssarv to secure his election. How the Democratie party will meet sm.li an emergenoy, will appear in due time. It is our policy, for the present to appeal to the reanon of the country, and detnch from the Grant party those candid and considérate Republicans who rotain some respect for the Constitution. The certainty that Grant will be the Eepublian candidato preciada them from any !ope of getting rid of him through their own ozgaatzation. He h:is hosts of enemies in rhe KepuJilicaa party, ind thoir only remaining chanee for working effeot vely against him is-liy oo-operation with Dirnocrats. For this pttrposc tho Democnitie party will meet them in a liberal spirit, iiid consent that bygones shall be