Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-09-27
WHAT GEN. GRANT THINKS.
why TIE Declined a DemOnstrP-
tIOn I'm Cfncinnati--Whot He
SAYS About Voting for Rebels
"A Cincinnati Enquirer Man
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| "a OInCtuhatk enquirer Hhh
Snubbed.
The Chicago Republican, in letter from
its reporter travelling with the Presidential
party, makes the following interesting state
ments in connection with General Grant s
refusal to present himself to the soldiers
who attempted to call him out in advance
of the Presidents arrival at Cincinnati;
In the Cincinnati Enquirer Of this morn
ing there is whole column, report of a de-
monstration in honor of Gen. Grant, and
which the General declined in very dec-
sive manner. So far, the report is correct,
but know, from Gen. Grant himself, that
the political significance sought to be at
tached to the affair, and the impression
conveyed by the concluding sentences of
| that report, is entirely false and unwarrant-
ed by any thing said or done by him in Gin
cinnati | took the liberty to-day of calling
| the Generals attention to the report in
question, when he promptly responded by
asking what | would expect from vile Sc
cesh paper like the Enquirerp And, after
stating that the accounts of the affair in the
Cincinnati Commercial and Gazette were
substantially correct. he then went on to
state what had really taken place. 1t APP
pears that some one sent in his card to Gen.
Rawlins, at the Burnet House, asking him
for his autograph, and that Gen. Rawins
accordingly wrote his name on the back. =
The person then went to the theater, and
sent in the card with the signature of Gen.
Rawlins so obtained, and asked to see Gen.
Grant who, snpposing that Gen. Rawlins
was waiting below, gave orders for his i'm.
mediate admission Several persons then
entered the Generals box The General, not
seeing Gen. Rawlius, and feeling annoyed
at the trick which had been so practiced up,
on him, and that an effort was being made
to play him off against the President told
the leader of the party that he was no poll
tician, and that il they were at-all friends of
his they would Immediately retire.
The fact is, that Gen. Grant knows, as
has been patent to every one during the
whole of this trip, that confined efforts have
been made to emhitter, if possible, his rela,
tons with the President by exciting the
jealousy of the latter, or by making invdi-
ous distinctions between them, and be is de-
termined that no act of his shall lend any
encours cement to any such contemplate
proceeding on the one hand, or those that
have been made with like persistency to
identify him with the political views Of the
President on the other. Gen. Grant feels
that, next to the President, he is the head
of the army of the United States, not the
leader ola political party. He does not
consider the army place for politician,
and therefore will not permit himself TO be
committed to tho support eff either of the
present political parties. nor that the army
| shall he made party machine.
GEN. GRANTS ENDORSEMENT.
have submitted the above to the Gener-
al, icho entirely opproueS ,Chnt Ihare ,oriten,
and that 1t fully and eractly expresses his
uie,os. | will, however. state that as origi
nally written, the concluding sentence was
in these words: when he becomes a par
tsan he intends Immediately to resign his
present positions" and this the General oh
jected saying that il might be taken to i'm,
ply that at some future time he did intend
to become partisan, whereas. his only in
tentiop in using these words was to express,
as an Officer Of the army. his disapprobation
ofany attempt to identity him with any po-
litical party whatever. 49,. q, =
The abnve conversation with General
Grant took place il the baggage and re
freshment car attached to the train, in the
presence Of Maj Gen. Rawlings, Chief of
Staff to Gen Grant; also of another Major
General. who. think, was Gen. Stoneman,
but of this am not certain, for did not
take any particular notice who it was.
In addition to these military men, there
were also present Mr.. Warden, who is .con
nected with the New York Times; John
Hogan. eff st. Louis. Missouri; Mr.. Chad
wick, of Willard's Hotel, Washington, and
one or two members of the Columbus dele
CATION, whose names don't know. ,
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Tn about minute afterwards Gen. Grant,
who had been in the Presidents car to pre-
sent Himself to the. people assembled at
W est Junction, reentered the car, and, hav-
ing seated himself, beckoned to me to come
and speak with him. Il did so, and, on
seating myself by his side, he went on to
say thpt lie thought that if published the
account already submitted to him, he would
like it to be understood that he had refused
to receive the proposed demonstration, en-
t,rely because he feh Il has datg to refuse any
reception or demonstration rendered scpd
rately 10 hin.self aohile travelling ,oih the
President or to do anything phich might be
construed rs Jduoriag any Pottt'cdt parry -
| He then went on to reiterate his deterin ina
ton not to be used by those who sought to
| commit him either for or against the Presl-
dents policy. or to attach any political sig
nilicance to his presence on the President s
| excursion. he HHu hlao pcVh "Aos "n"sey
4 ed at the use which had been made of his
name BY John Hogan, who has presumed
to state that Gen. Grant was politically with
the President, and on one similar occasion
bv MIR. Seward. BE felt that it was, above
ali things, desirable for officers OF the army
10 avoid participation in ordinary political
confic.s, except it was their duty as citizens
to support, only men pho esnld show re-
cord Of consistent loyalty. Whether mans
sentiments were Johnsonian or Republican
he said he felt that il was an insult to any
loyal man to ask him to vote for any candi-
date who was not loyal man in 1861. ln
this connection he said that without .ex
pressing any views ofhis own foror against
the Jo6psoa policy he, yet felt i TO- be a
misfortune for Mr.. johnson that the advo-
Gates Of his policy in the States thrgpg!h
which he had just passed. Missouri, Illinois
and Indiana, had in some instances put on
their ticket men who in 1861 and 1862, had
been euiItylcf known disioyalty to the Gov
ernment;. because land this was said in
very emphatic manner he felt that % ask
men whose sons had shed their blood fol
1.-The Union to vote for men. vi nm had -beer
disloyal to it. was the greatest insult thaa!
could be offered. Southern men he could
make Sallewances tor and he could ride