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Show Grant aud tho Canal I'resi- New York, 19 The llerald bas an editorial on the subject of the Darien canal, wherein it aaya: The triends of General Grant officious friends we imagine send out a report from Washington that the general will not accept tho presidency of the Panama caudi company, which Les-sepa Les-sepa intends, according to authentic reports, to cflVr him. He does not agree with Lessepti, these officious friends of hia give out. Ho do they know ? The truth ie, there are several sev-eral canal projects, and ambitious authors of tbeae projects incline to oppoBB each other. Lessepa, bow-ever, bow-ever, is a practical man. He dug only one canal. He la about raising money to dig another, and be bas learned enough to be very certain to take the best route, whichever that may be Persona who oppose nim would probably like to commit Grant against him, but the general is also a practical engineer and not likely to oppose Lease ps, at least until he knows whattma gentleman has decided on. It is our belief that when Leseepa formally o tiers Grant the preBidenoy of the Ioteroceanic Canal Company he will at least give so important and honorable an ofier careful consideration, and will not reluBe it unless he shall see olearlv that tha plan ia not praotical, and he will not come to that conclusion on mere hearsay. Moreover, the desire, which it is known he bas long felt, to have so great an undertaking proceed pro-ceed under American auspices, would predispose bim to accept bo conspicu oub and honorable a share in it aB hie, which bia pretended friends flippantly flip-pantly refuse for him from Washing con. |