US Presidency
1868

Stanton under the tenure of-office bill, but by virtue of the powers conferred on him by the Constitution; and that, as to the fine and imprisonment, he ( the President ) would pay whatever fine was imposed and submit to whatever imprisonment might be adjudged against him ( the General ); that they continued the conversation for some time, discussing the law at length, and that they finally separated without having reached a definite conclusion, and with the understanding that the General would see the President again on Monday. In reply General Grant admitted that the conversations had occurred, and said that at the first conversation he had given it as his opinion to the President that in the event of nonconcurrence by the Senate in the action of the President in respect to the Secretary of War the question would have to be decided by the court that Mr.