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VOLUME XIV.
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F. TOWN E ai.
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AUV VT ?? VV^OIVIuouv 1/IU1VUIVJ
- Correspondence Between General
Grant and the President?Grant's
Statement of the Affair.
General Grant Instructed not to OAey rtM.V
Order I**nrrl iy 1/r. Stanton, tcilh hi*
Ilejdff TM*r<to~?The Preevlrnl's Statement
of the Conferrntion* with U?a. Grant,
fbe., &c.
Wasnntatox, February 4, 1888.
The Sptukrr laid before the House toihy
a communication from ilie War Departmeat
eneb sing the following documents-:
Wsa Dtti'ARTMtnt, February 4. 1888.
Sir?In answer to a resolution of the
Hime of the 8th nit., I t.ranamit herewith
copies furnished me l?y General Grant
aT corrrpunilrnce between him an<l the
President, relating to the Secretary of War,
and which lie reports to be all the eorrcs"pondenee
he has had with the Pr< sidciit on
the subject:
1 have had no correspondence with the
President elnce the 12th of August last.?
After the scM >n of the fi-nate on his alleged
reason for nty suspension from the
office ?l Secretary of War, I re-timed the
duties of that oftica as required by the act
of Oongres*, and have continued to discharge
them without any personal or writ.
. ten communication with the Presid nt. No
ordera hae? been Issued from this Depart>
msnt in the name of the President, with
my knowledge, and I have received no or
<lar? from him. The correspondence sen,
herewith embraces all the correspondence
known to me on tue subject referred to in
the resolution of the House of Ilepr- sent tires.
I have (he honor to he, sir, with greet
respect, your obedient servant,
EUVARI) M Sta-WOX,
Sccr tary ??f War.
TI>n. Schuyler Coifs*, Speaker of the
House of lteprrsentativca.
ITsAtxj'its Aawr or thk XT 8.. )
VfAsnisafo*, D. &, Jan, 23, 18?>8. 1
To Hit Krf?llt?ey, A. JaAnaou, Pnt'ulenl of
th* Vni'ul Slate*
8in?On the 24th instant t requeued you,
In writing to give me I lie instructions
which you had previously given me verbally
not to obey any orders from lion. E.
M. Stanton, Secretary wf War, unlers I
knew that it cams from yours*-!'. To this
written request i received a message that
left doubt in mv mind of your intentions ?
To prevent any possible misunderstand in-/,
therefore. I r?n*#' the rw|inet, that, you
will give me written infractions, and till
thay are received will stppcnd action on
your verbal ones. 1 am e< ropel'ed to ask
these inrtmetions in writing in consequence
of the many gross misiepr<-*ffttaiinns affecting
n>y personal honor circulated
through the press for the last fortnight pur
porting to come from the President u'
conversslions which occurred either with
lie President privately In his office, or in
Cabinet meeting What it written admits
. of no mUnndrfatanding. In view of the
misrepresent at to na referred to, it will be
4- ^ well to stele the faets in lbs case.
Sometime after 1 assumed, the duties of
jjr Secretary of War ad rtite. /?. the Preshlei |
asked my views on the eotorse Mr. Stanton
Would have te pursue In ansn the Senate
should not eoneur in hia suspension to obtain
possession of h|s ?fflc.e. My reply w-s
in substance that Mr. Stanton would have
to appeal to the courts to reinstate him.
iiwwrnunK III J |MMIIK?n I py CUIHg IH6
ground* I Sad taken tn tha ease of the Dal
tin>or? Felice Coraroi*4aner?. In that cane
I did not doubt tlie right of Governor Swann
to remove the o'd Commissioners and to s| .
jtelnt their auce<iMur*. As lbs old Commissioners
refused to gU? up, however, I contended
that no recourse was left l>nt to appeal
to the c>urla. Finding that the IVesi
dent was desirous of keeping Mr Stanton
Ut of office whether surtuiotd ia the ru?
pension or not, I stated that I liad not
looked psrtieulnrly into the Tenure of Of
flaa BilV but that wbioh I had atat-ed wae a
general principle, and if I should el|snga
? toy mind iUlhrs particular case I would ininn
htm of ths fact, . Hubsequenliy
oa reading Uie " Tenure nl
OriNe Bill," I found that I could not, with
out Violation of tha law, rehire to vaeste
fHfc office of Seeretary of War the moment
Mr. Stanton was reinstated by tha Senate,
ftan though ths President should order me
to reUfln it?which ha never did. Taking
this flaw of tha-auhjeat, and learning on
Saturday tha ITlit Instant, that tha Senate
had takan uf> the subject of llr. Stanton's
easpeadon. After some conversation with
Lieutenant-General Sherman and euiuo of
thu tkambe* af say staffc in whiah 1 elated
that tha law laft ma m diacrstiou aa to my
nation, should Mr. Stanton be reinstated,
aud that I iu ten dad U luterrn tha Preside lit*
IP
REFLE
I w ?nt to the IVnflilcnt for lite oh* pwrpon I
of making litis decision known and did eo i
make it known. In doing title 1 fulfilled
the promise made in oar last preceding eon
v creation on the sulject. The President,
however, instead of excepting my view of t
the requirements of the Tenure of Office i
mil. contended that lie had auspendetTMr. i
Stanton under the authority glv<rdd>y the
Constitution, and that the tame authority ,
did not preclude him from reporting as as '
act of courtesy his reasons for the suspension
to the Senate. Tlist having appointed
me under the authority given hy the Constitution.
and not under any act of Con
gresa, I could not l>e governed l>y the act.
I aiited thnt the lew was binding on me,
Constitutional or not, until set aside by the
proper tribunal. An lionr or more wan ,
consumed each reiterating his views on <
this subject, until, getting late, the Plrsi- i
dent laid he would ree me agn'o. 1 did t
no' ngres to call again on Monday, nor at,
any other d.finite lime, nor wns I sent for
by the President until the following Tues
doy. From the 11th, to the Cabinet meet
ing on the 14th, a doubt never entered mv
bead about the President fully understanding
my position ; namely : That if the Senate
refus.-d to concur in the suspension of
Mr. Stanton, my powers as Secretary of
War rtl interim would cease, and Mr. Stanton's
right to rmnme at once the functions
of his office would, under the law, be India- (
potable, nnd I acted accordingly. With
Mr. Stanton 1 had no eemmnnicatlon, dl
rect or iudlrcet, on the sulject of his r? ln
statement, during hie suspension. 1 knew
it. hod been recommended to the'President
to ?end in the name of Governor Cox, of
Ohiot ae Secretary of War, and thus enve
all embarrassment, a proposition that I sin
cerely hoped he would entertain favorably.
General Sherman seeing the President at
mv par'ieulnr request, to urge this, on the
I'dlli Instant.
On Tuesday, (the day Mr. Stanton reeo
tered the office of the Secretary of War,)
General Comstock, who iiad carried mv
official letters, announcing tiiat with Mr
Stanton's re instateincnt by the Senate, I
bad ceased to lie S. crciary of War ail interimand
who saw the President open and read
the coninsnnieation, brought hack to me,
from the President, a message that lis want'
cd to sea me that day at I lit Cabinet meeting
after I bad made known the fact that 1
was no longer Secretary of War ad interim
After this meeting, after opening it as
though I was a mem tier of his Cabinet,
when reminded of the notification already
given him that I was no longer Secretary ? '
War ad interim, tl?a President gave a ver
sion of the conversation alluded to already.
In this sln'emeut it was asserted that in
both convc.nations I had agreed to hold on
io uic onice 01 aeortiirjf im ? nr until til#placed
by the Courts or resigned, no a* t
place thf PrMldfUt frhfM he would havr
been bad I a?r?r accented the office.
After hearing the President through, I
atated our conversation substantially an
given in till* Utter. 1 trill add I hut my
conversalion before the Cabinet embraced
other matter not pcitinciil here, and is,
therefore, left out.
1 in nowise admitted the corroctneaa of
the President's etutemeiit of our convena.
tions, though to soften the evident contra
diction luy^e'aicioent gave, 1 raid (alluding
to our flirt con vernation on the subject) the
President might, have understood me the
way lie said; namely: That I had promiaed
to res:gn if 1 did not r?ai?t the roiuslatemeiit
f made no Mich promise.
I have the hontfr to bo, very reapcclfullj,
y??ur obedient, servant,
[StjIK V. S. Omast, flenerai. I
I'k viKj'aa Ammt on tiiv. US.,)
Wamii.noton. Jan. '24, IStlS. f
Hi* R-rttUtxty, A. JvAm*on, Pretident of the
Uxitfd Slatr*:
Sir?I liave the honor v? ry reapeetftilly
to request to have in writing the order
which the President gave me verbally on
Sunday, the tOttl inatant, to disregard the i
orders of the Hon. K. M Stanton, as Secre
tary of War, nutil i inew from the Prcsi
dent himself that they were bis oiders.
1 have llie honor to bo, very respectfully,
your nhvdb nt server t,
[Signed] U. S. Gsast, General.
The billowing is tha endorsement on the i
ul.rvuo nnl A * ^
A* requested in lids communication Om- 1
,*rtl Orantk instructed in wilting, not t?
obey any order from the iV?r T)ep<rtment, 1
timed to Ira Imucd by the direction of the 1
President, utile** ?n*h order Is known by
the General commanding the armies of
the United Stele* to hare l>een awllioi iced
by the Kxseutive.
(Signed] Axor.Kw J<>nw*o*. 4
January *V, 18(18.
Hrtuc'wi Amr TTmtm? Ht*w, f
Wasiiixoto*. Jnnunry H?l. 18*18 V I
Hi* Ksedleney A. John ton, Premilrut of Ik* 1
V*Uml Stat**: <
Bin?T have th? honor to acknowledge I
the return of my note of the 2+th Inrtanr, 1
with your endors-no-nt (hereon, that I *ni 1
not to obey ai y ordVr from ilia War T>c I
pnrtrtient, araumed to be iraued by direction 1
of the President, uidemsiich order i? known 1
hy me to have been authorized by. the Fx. 4
ecuiive; and, in reply therato, to My that 1
I. am informed by. tha Secretary -f War I
that he Wi not received from the Kx> '
?eu?iv* any order or instruction* limiting or '
impelling bis authority to irsue orJsis t
m
1 " ? !?*? ?-?-? <
of i>c
GREENV1LI E. SOUTH (
Lh? finny 11 ha* heretofore Wen lit* prae- '
lice uud'r III* law, and the cuatoin* of Uie ?
Depurtrnrnt. While thi* authority to the |
War Department i* not countermanded, it
will l>e nUthdory evidence to ml that <
my order* Word from the War Depart- 1
vent, l>y direction of the President, ate 1
uithorixed l?jr the Executive. '
1 have the honor to be very respectfully, ,
l our obedient servant, I
[Signed] U. 8. Grant, General. <
Fxr.ctmv* Mansion, Jan. SI, 18B8. <
flriKnAi.?I have received your eemtmi- |
nicati?n of the 28ih iostunt, renewing your <
e. ..I ll.a OJi4. . t -k,.1*1.1 I
in a written form my frrlml instructions of I
lie 19th inst.; via: That von nlicy no or- '
dors front the Hon. Kdwin M. Stanton, M '
Secretary of War. unless you have informs- '
lion that it was issued by Uta President's 1
Sireetion.
In suiiaiittlng tit is request (Willi which I ,
complied on tlie 29? It instant) yon take o?
nation to allude to recent publications in
rcferenre to the circumstances connected
with the racation, by yourself, of the office i
of Secietary of War n<i interna, and with i
the view of correcting statements which
yon term "gross misrepresentations " give
at length yonrown recollections of the fact* 1
under which, without the snnction of the 1
President, fiom whom you had received '
and aecepted the appointment, yon yielded
(lie Department of War to the present in*
cutubenb
As stated In your commduicstion some
lime after you had asmmed the duties of i
Secretary ot War ad interim, we inter- '
clianged view# respecting the course that
should bo pursued in the event of non-con*
ettrrence by the Senate, in the suspension
from office of Mr. Htanton. I sought that
interview, railing myself at the War Department.
My sole o'joet in then bringing
the subject to yonr attention was to a?eertnin
definitely what Would he your action
should such sn attempt be made for Ma
restoration to the War Department That
object was accomplished, for the interview
Irtminnted with the distinct understanding
that if, upon r. flection, y?u should prefer
nat to become a party to the contruTersy,
or should concli.de thai it Would be your
duty to surrender the Department to Mr.
Stanton upon action in his favor by the
Senate, you were to restore the office to me
(iflor to a decision by the Senate, in oider
mm ii i nuirrii 10 u-> mi l mtgni designate
aonte one lo succeed yon. It must have
been apparent In yon lluit liu-1 not this
und-r.-landing Wen retched it wti ir?y
purpose to relieve you from llie fnrtlier discharge
of the duties of Secretary of War
ad interim, and to appoint some other person
in that capacity.
Other conversations on the subject enI'lul
all of them having, on my |mrt, the
same oljeel and leading to the sain* con
elusion at the fir?t. It ia n??t necessary,
however, lo refer to any of them, rx-ept
that of 8a'nrday, the llth instant, mention'
eil in yonr eornmunicaiion. As it was
then known that the S-nate had proceeded
to consider the case of Mr. Stanton I was
anxious to learn yonr detrrminatl >n. After
a protracted interview, during which the
provision# of the Tenure of Office Bill were
fully discus 0-1, y6u said tl.at, a? had been
agreed upon in our first conference you
would either return the office to my poa
aceaiou in lima to enable nio to appoint a
a iceesanr before fintl action by tbe Senate
upon Mr. Stanton's suspension, or would
r. main as its bead. awa*f?iig' a decision of
the rptestion bv judicial proceedings. It i
was then undrirtood that there would lie a
furtlirr conference on M-mday, by wldeli
time, I supposed, you would lie prepared to
inform ms of your final decision; Yon
fillet, however, to fulfill the engagement,
and on Tuesday notified nw, in writing, o'
the receipt of your Official notification of
the action of tlie Senate in the case of VlrStanton,
ami at the same time informed me
that according to the act regulating the
tenure of certain civil officers your functions
aa Secretary of War a*l interim ceased
from the moment of the receipt of the notice.
You thus, in disregard of the understanding
between us, vacated the office ,
without having given me notice of your in i
lention to do so. It ia but just, however
to s-iy that, in yonr communication yon
claim thftt yon did inform ma of jow pur- ,
pose, and thus " fulfilled the promise made ,
at our last oreeedintr conversation on tl>ia 1
ulgoct." The fact llml r??eh n |>riiniis? ex I
Ixted U evidence of en arrangement of the
kind 1 hare mention? i. You had found 1
iu oar flret eonfer?oce Mthattha President 1
wna detiiou* of keeping Mr. Stanton out of 1
office, jrhctker euataiued in the anrpenaion 1
?r not." You knew what reawne had in. j
I need the PreeMewt to aak from you a '
promise. You aleo knew that in ca?e your
riewa of duty did not accord with hie own '
son riot l?na, it waa hie purpoae to fill your *
place hy another appointment Keen ig? '
soring the exieteooa of a poeitir# under- '1
Handing between ue, thc*c oonclu-ione were '
plainly dcdunible from our *nri??ia con\or
latione. It ie certain however, that, even j
under theae elreumetaneee. you did not
?ffer to return the piece to my poaeeadon ;
k>ut, eeeordltig to votir own atetement, j
placed youreelf in a poeltion when, could I ,
have entieipetcd your aeticn, I wonld hove ,
tutn eemprlltil to a?k of yon, a* I was corn*- |
I tiled to nek of your predeccaeor in the I
"A"
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)FXJ]LIA-R
CAROLINA. FKBRUARY 1
^ r Dtp?rtm?nl, a letter of i Mlgn.tion, or <
rlre. to reaort to the more riWagiMable ts*. I
trdirftl of v??u l>? a a?iece??ior. I
As Mated in jour letter, the nomination of
(Jotcrnor Co*, of Oh Id; fhf thd office of 8cc- '
otnry of War, wna suggested to ma. Ill* 1
ippointinoot, aa Mr. Stanton** aucecaaor, was '
irged In jour name, and it wna said that hie
election would *avu fhtthcr embarrosSmedi.
I did not think that in the acted ion of a Oat- ^
net officer, I should he trammelled bj aucli
considerations. I was prepared to take the
reaponiibility of deciding the quostion in ac- ]
ronlnnre witb my ideusof Constitutional dbty,
and having determined upon a course which I i
ileemod right and proper, was anxious to
learn the steps jou would tako should ttio
possession of tbo War Department be demand- ,
?d by Mr. Stanton. Ilud your actions been ,
In conformity with tho nndcrstaanding be- i
tween us, I do not believe that tbo embarrass- ,
mont would hare attained its present pr<>por- ,
lions, or that the probability of its repetition ,
would have been so great. ?
I know that with a view to an early tcroii- ,
nation of a state of affairs so detrimental to |
the public interests, yon voluntarily offered, |
heth on Monday, tbo IStb inst., and on tlx
succeeding Sumluy, to Cfflt tfffon Mr. Stauton ,
snd urge upon him that IHe good of 'ho ser- ,
riec required his resignation. 1 confess that
I considered your pr?|M>sal mi a sort of reparation
for the failure, on your part, to act in (
sccordrsnee with an under*titndlhg iboro than ,
once repeated, which I thought bad rcce ved
your full assent, and under which you could (
hare tctffmod to ine tl?o office which I bad |
conferred upon you, thus saving yourself troin ,
embarrassment und leaving the responsibility ,
whero it properly belonged, with tlio Prcsi- (
dent, who is accountable for tbo faithful cxc- ;
cation of the law.
I havo not boon infonffed VJ fon, whether,
as twice proposed by yourself; jf<nt bd'! Cfrtlcif
upon Sfr. 8'nnton, and ifiadc an effort to induce
bim voluntiiril/to resign from the War
Department. You conclude your communication
with a reference to our conversation at
the meeting of the Cabinet held on Tuesday'
the 14th inst. In your account of what then
occurred, you say that after the President bad
given you bis version of your previous conversations,
you slated theui substantially as
given in your letter, that yon in nowise admitted
the correctness of bis statement of
(hem, " thrrflgft to doffed fhe etident contra
dict'on my statement gave, f mid (alluding to
our first communication on the subject) tlie
i'ro.-i .lent might have understood it in tho way
be mid, via.: that I hnd promised to resign it
I did nut resist the reinstatement. I uiade no
ucb pfoftHse.''
My recollection of what tlien transpired Is
diametrically the revorso of your narration.?
In the presence of tha Cabinet f asked you :
Fitst. If in a conversation wliicb look place
shortly nftcr your appointment at fasreta'v of
Wat ml interim, you did i.ttf agfetf 6ithcr to
remain at the bead of the War t)\ partuicnt
and abide uny judicial prococding* that might
follow non-coucurrvuco by the Semite M Mr.
Stan tor.'s suspension ; or should you wish not
to becouto involved in snch a controversy, to
put ino iu tho same position with respect to
the office as I occupied previous to yonr appointment,
by returning it to me in time t j
anticipate such action by tho S.uate.,
This you admitted.
Second. I then asked you if at the conferrence
on the proceeding Saturday I had not,
to avoid misunderstanding, requested you to
state what you intended to do, and further if,
iu reply to that inquiry, you had not referred
to our former conversations, saying that from
thorn I understood your position, and that
yuur action would be consistent with tho un
derstanding which had bean reached.
To these questions you also replied iu tLa
affirmative.
Third. I next asked if at tha conclusion </
your interview on Saturday it was not understood
.that we wcte to have auothor conference
on Monday before linnl action by the filiate
in the case of Mr. Stanton.
You replied liiat such Was the Understand*
in*, but thw? you did not suppose the Senate ,
would act ao soon } that ?U Monday you bad
been engaged in a conference with Gcncru'
Sherman, and were occupied with "many
littlo matters," and asked if Ucneral Slirfrrtau
had not called1 <id tbat day. What relevance
General Sherman's visit to mo on Monday hail
with the purpose fur which you were to have
called, I am at a loss to perceive, r"? he cer.
taiuly did not inform mo whothcr you hail determined
to retain possession of the oflleo, or
to afford me an opportunity to appoint a sueccssor
advance of any attcinpMtk reinstatetuont
of Mr. SUntoa.
This account of what passed between us at
the Cabinet meeting on the 4th instant, widely
differs from that contained in your eniiimnniration,
for if shows that insttsf of having
" stated our conversations as given in tlie lets i
tor," which has mado this reply necessary
yon admitted tbat my recital of rbvui was en. i
tlrely accurate, Kineerelv anxlons, to be correct
in my statements, I have to-day read the
narration of what oecurod on the 14th instant
to the members of the Cabinet who were then
l>rosent. They, without exception, agree In
ts accurary, '
It is only necessary to add that on Wedncslay
morning, the lath, you called on mc, in
:ompany with Lieutenant General Sherman,
tflrr some preliminary conversation, you renarked
that an article In the National Intelligencer
of that'ditto did you ranch injiis'ice. I
-c plied lbat I had not read the Intelligence
if tliat morning. You theu ttrrt told me that
t was your intention to urge Mr. Stanton
o resign his office.
After ynftfnd'withdrawn I carefully read
He art tela of which you bad spoken, and
bund tbat its statement of the understanding '
retween us suhetawtbrNy correct. On the 17th
t caused It'tb be read to lour of the live memMrs
of the Cabinet* who were present at' on (
V
E'VEINTT*
i _ ?_ i_'_'_j_;_"... _. i._
9? 1868.
conference on tb? 14th anil tliey concurred in
(he general eeeurHoy of it* statement* re.pect1?K
?nr eonrrrutlon npon that occasion.
In wply to your communication, I bare
learned U pnijhr; tn order to present further
misunderstanding, to make thir simpla recital
if facta.
Very respectfully, yourSj
(St^heM) anl/kew Johnson.
Icneral If. 8. Orant, tumntniUnj United
omicb aruiK'l.
llr.Amir anmns Armik* 1'xirrn Status,)
WaiiUX?TV!I| P. C.( F?b. 3, 18(18 )
Hi* Kxrrll*nrg A. Johntnn, Pft*id*Ht of (A*
I'nitrti Stnlet :
Sin?1 haire tho ttbiiof f8 kfclshoffUrtge the
receipt of your communication of the 31*t
iltiuio, iu auswvr to nine of I He 38th ult.?
After a careful reading and comparison Of it
eith the article in the National Intelligencer
>f the iith ulti.no, the tfHlele orer the Initi.
lie " J. It. S.," in the New York World of the
f7th ultimo, purporting to be b**6d opotl jOttf
tnteincnt and that of inctnhcre of the Cabinet,
therein named, I found it only to be hut a reiteration,
only somewhat more in detail of
the "tunny and grot* misrepresentation*"
contained in theso rtrlieW*/ and which my statement
of the fact* act forth in toy letter of the
Z9tb ultimo war intended to correct, and here
I reassert the corrcctne** of my statement* in
that letter, anything iu your* in reply to it to
the contrary uolwitbstanJing.
1 Confer* thy surprise that the Cabinet officer*
referred to should so greatly misapprehend
the fucts in the -matter of admission alleged
to hare been made at tiie Cabinet trtoeting
of tliu 1 Ith ult., a* to suffer their names
to be mado the basis ol the charge* In the
[tewspapcr article* referred to; or agree in
the accuracy, as you affirm they do, of your
Zeeo'tmt of What occurred kt that meeting.
You know that wo parted on Saturday, tlio
11th nit., without any promise on my part,
sither expressed or implied, to the effect that |
I would hold on to tho office of Secretary of |
War ml in I trim against the action of the Senate,
or declining to do so lwy?elf Would surrender
it to you before such aotiou wad hod, or
that I would see you ngniu at any fixed time >
on the subject.
The performance of tlio promises alleged by
you to hato bw-?t frride frf ific >ould have iovolved
a resistenec of the law and an inconsistency
with the whole history of my connection
with the suspension of Mr. Stanton.?
From onr conversation, and my written protest
of August 1st, 1967, against the removal
of Mr. Stunton, you must bare known that
my greatest objection to his removal or *.
pension waft the fear that some one would be
appointed iu his stead' who vfould, by opposition
to the laws relating to the restoration of
tlie Southern State* to their pro|>er relation to
the Government, embarrass the army in the
performance of the duties especially lltftWa
upon it by the laws, and that it waa to prvrent
such an appointment tlmt I accepted the appointor
cnt of Secretary of War n<f interim*
and not for the purpose of enabling yon to
rid of Mr. Stantou, by iny withholding it
from him, In opposition to the law; or not
doing so myself, surrender it to one who would,
as the statement and assumption in your communication
plainly indicate was sougtrt.
Aud it was to avoid this danger, as well as
to relieve yon from the fefsonsl embarrassment
in which Mr. Stanton's reinstatement
would fAltee fitn, that I ftrged the appointment
of (lor. Coa, tielioving that it would be agreeable
to yon and aleo to Mr. StantoW/ satisfied
as f Ufrt'a that it ws* the good of the country
and not tlio office the latter desired,
On th'o 15th ultimo, in the presence of General
Sherinah',' I staled to you that I thought
Mr. Stanton would resign, but did not say that
I would advise him to do so. On the 18th I
did agree with General Sheridan to and adVise
him to that course, and en the 19th I hat?
an interview alone with Mr. Stanton, which
led uio to the conclusion that any advice to
him of this kind woUht b6 useless, and so informed
General ^henuan. liefore I consented
fti advise Mr; Sfenton to resign/ I understood
from Lift, in eodversuTon o? ffto fdfjH't immediite'y
after his rvlustatemrnt, that it
was his opinion that the Act of Congress, entitled
" An Act temporarily to snpply varaneics
in the Kxeeutive J>ep?rtment in rfftsis
rases, approved February 20, 1803, was repealed
by subsequent legislation; which materially
influenced my action. Previous to
Ibis tunc { had no tlouto that the I*w of 1803
was still io force, and notwithstanding my
action, a fuller examination of tlie law leave*
a question in inj mind whether it i* not repealed.
This being the eaae I could not new
adviae hia resignation, list the name danger I
apprehended from hi* fir'ft removal might follow.
f he course you wotild have it understood1 J
agreed to puraue wn in violution of law and
without order* from you; while the eour "1 1
ilid puraue, and which 1 never doubted you
fully underaiood, wa* in accordance with law
ind not in diaobcdiviiee to any order* of my
lupurior. And now, MY. l*re?ident, when my
ouor a* a soldier and integrity a* a man have
>een so violently assaulted, pardon nie for sayng
that 1 can but rdgarit Iho whole matter,
rum beginning to eml, as au attempt to in-otve
me in the resistance of law, foe UK
ou hesitated to asaumo the responsibility in
>rders, and thus to dustroy my character %e?r?
-he country. 1 aiu, in a measure, runiruied
in this conclusion by your recent
irdcra directing me t? disobey i r!?ri fr m
he Hecretary of War, my snperior and
pour subordinate, without having counternanded
his authority I attt' to disobey. With
tssurance, Mr. President, that nothing less
ban a vindication of my personal honor and
haracter Meld hava indueed this eomsponlenee
oB By part, 1 have the honor to be
wry respectfully, your obedient servant)Signed)
V- Si Otaxi, General,
?-~r iini P m n'li" rnw
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NO. 39.
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A I.iokral CAt^jj, pmonn.?The !*
liglous community ol Srt#Kr# been atr^nco\j
igltaiM b1 lata by a preaetiet edll^l
Father Hyacinth*. Th? au?4 *p?ak?-n of
ilia two chamber*, the *jot? celebrated
judge, the Diwt tanowned
to iUten to hia e toque no*. F.i4,?r llyacintb*,
afeoording to a writer in he tendon
Timor, if a member of the otrter oli^is..
tooted Carmelite*, the reformed branch %)
the original Cflrmelitea." harrted from Mount
Carmet ami J*-1? "1 ' *'
? ?nna (lieir (WWWWWW '
Elijah. H? n rema-Vahle fur hie liberal
opinions In pbllliclH, and Hie tolerance lit
religion* m*lt*ri In liia recent sermons at
Noire Dame. Father Ilyacintlie confined
himself riufinly to the task of combating the
delusion that mora'liy can take the ptafiii
?f religion, or exist ind-pendent of It. A
d- rout adherent of the rope, aa head of
the Church, he drew a marked distinction
between his temporal and his spiritual authority:
For a perfect liherty of conscience .
he contended eloquently. He stigmatised
poiS'CUtion for couacirnro sake fj M odiou
crime. If it lias sometimes been slotted
to the ewbr<1 to defend justice and
| weakt.e s, and uphold religious faith against
{ as-null from heathen powers, It cannot be
its part to inspire in people the taitli whielt
they rej-et. " The wiee man." he said
"should proportion the tMrirlS to the end J
and this end is faith, conviction, and the
free adhesion of the tnind and the heart.?
Do you "eslt e ?i?d do you habere that the
sword can obtain such an objitct I It la
ma Iness, but it is also a crime ; because 1^
there he next to the maj-sty whieli la inrio.
labie, It is ills ntdj-sty of man's oonscifenOe;*
I lurfnivKMEXT or tiik Mixn.?We do fltffc
like to he loo forward in urging the young
ncoplo of the present day, to the adoptlou
of a curse of study which will fend to
i their mental elevation, unless IMy will
hare the candor to admit of its juAn6tt and
future valuei Nor Would rfre h'a^e offselves
considered cynical censors of tha irfnoranie
of the age, hy our reoomtnendations
but pvompted, solely, by a desire W
ben. fit our people.
The improvement of tfie mental faculties;
the enlightenment and elevation of tha bu
man intellect should not be igriofM by <K?
rising generation, b??i it should bk d hoHslant
study with them how is the best ltd} ;
an<l t h- shortest method t6 atcom^Tifli to
great a desi lera'um.
When iht advanfagV* of M-h'K>1? and eoi
leg-* are denied by the condition of Hid
ti mi rices of 1 ft'A parents, a course of hmA's
study will soon exhibit a most bencficisf
improvement in the intellectual aMIitira of
, the student*, w I rich being closely and energetically
pursued. m*y leatf to fame, fvrfp^?ness
and wriltt. It therefore, is most
proper for evrry young man to connect
himself with a good Literary Society^, H
withirf his reach, and mate its labor of
love to improve his mind. Ignoring tfie
mnny frivolities of life, and devoting time
and attention to HChlj, the 6nd *llf be M't
enrsd;
?' ... ..
Tntri.ivo Hot*.?The reason why thero
are so many worthless mon in the Wofld, Is
because there were on'Cc so many frifttdg boys '
and t^'c cAanoss are there will be many more
such men, if the amount of lasy boys no at
growing up are taken into consideihltion. Wo
prefer to <f<V our own work, run our own er.
rands, bring our owu witter, build our own
fires and sweep our own office, rather than depend
upon an unmannerly, careless, indolent
imd sleepy -"headed boy to do there services fo/
u*. They rlVInk it beneath their dignity, an<f
fear they WoWld lose caste fcy performing such
duty a* they are paid to do. Trifling boys
are only fit to eat cold victuals, and saaoke
cigar eturtlps.?Grijfi* lltrdla.
True us Gospel, Mr. Herald". We hare teen
hundreds of just rush boys. They consider
, thetnseU'c* too good to dirty their hands by
I tl.e Mrf, .,... of I- ? -?? " !- ?
, ? ....uv.v iniii it ?pp?ars
to tliPDi in the slightest degree bordering oii
neuial office*. We Imvr seen boys who, when
apprentices, were required to sweep out the
office," get on ft High horse about it, declaring
that they Would sooner li'nve than do nigger's
work. And they loft, bill' sltcr airing tlieiV
dignity till they grew up, Wore glad to accept
even menial situations to earn enough to
keep sold ami body together. Earning an honest
livelihood, no milter in what occupation/
does not bemean any one, and the dignity
that shrinks from the performance of the duties
required will not j lit clolhas on the baele
or food iu the stomach.?S?ran*ak Advert iter/
I" How m llavr. a Ki*? Hihmamo.?A eori
e*pendent of tl>? llonte Journal'gWcs a recl|><?
l??r. making ??r keeping a good' nattired
husband : "Keep Ills linen In piimh enndi
lion, w ith the r- ijnbltt tl glVe of t'lffneet '
naver let him ku w the want of a button .
y
give him well ' roiled b< ef steak, whole,
some bread, and sparkling cup of cotf. o
for III* break'k* cp sqt tilling babiea
and broken crwksr) olll* of hit sight ;' do"
not annoy him with the blunders and extravagance
of "Biddy;* greet hit svtning
arrival with a e!ean, lightsome face, wet?
combed hair, and a welcome kiss; lists
ready a cheerful supper, a bright fire in
the grate, an easy choir, with comfortable
gown and tlippcra; be mm v. and tell him
some agreeable new-; finally, give him ?
well-made bed in a cry chamber."
An Krutern editor n-kt liia tuWrih?r?
io | l him up that lie m y piny
the ram jo';e w'uli I.is fNtli'ors, We
would like to have the j<>k* plated in
tlii* local ty