Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1866-09-26

nave submitted tDe ABOVE tO tie Ueh-
cral, Who entirely approves OF what l
= have written and says that it fully and
exactly expresses his views. | will, how
ever, state that as originally written, the
concluding sentence was in these words ::
"When be betomes partisan he intends
Immediately to resign his present posi,iop,'
and to this the General objected, saying
it might be taken to imply that at some
future time lie did intend to become a
partisan, whereas his only intention In
using those words was to express, as an
officer Of the army, his disapprobation Of
any attempt to identify him with any po-
lihcal party whatever.
! The above conversation with General
Grant took place in the baggage and re
heshment car attached 10 the train. IN
the presence of Major General Rawlins,
Chief Of Staff to General Grant; also Of
another Major General, who, [ think,
was Genera! Stoneman, but Of this | ain
not certain, for | did not take any par
ticuar notice who it was.
In addition to these military men.
there we're also present Mr. Warden, who
is conrected with the New York TIMES {;
John Hogan, of St Louis, Missouri Mr.
! Chadwick, of WilIiard's Hotel, Washing
ton, and one or two members Of the Col
umbus delegation, whose names l don't
know.
In about a minute afterwards, General
Grant, who had been in the Presidents
car to present himself to the people as
sembled at West Junction, he re-entered
the car, and, having seated himself, beck
oned to me to come and speak with him.
| did 50, and, on seating myself by his
side, he went en- to say that he thought
that if l published the account already
submitted to him, h. would ike it to be
understood that he had refused to receive
the proposed demonstration, entirely be
caUsc he felt it his duty to refuse any re
eeption or demonstration rendered scpa-
rately to himself while travel ing with
.he President, or to do anything which
might be construed as favoring any polt-
ical party. He then went on to rei!erate
his determination rot to be used by those
who sought to commit him either for or
against the Presidents policy, or to attach
any political significance to his presence
on the Presidents excursion. He had
also been muca annoyed at Tic use which
had been made Of his name by John
Hogan, who has presumed to state that
General Grant was politically with the
President, and on one similar occasion BY
Mr Seward. lie left that it was, above
all things, desirable for officers of the
army to avoid participation in ordinary
political conflicts, except it was their du
ty as citizens to support only men who
could show a record of consistent loyalty.
Whether a mans sentiments were John.
sOnian or Republican, he said he felt that
it was an insult to any loyal man to ask
him to vote for any candidate who was
not loyal man in 1861 In this con-
'nection he said that, without expressing
any views of his own for or against the
johnson policy, he yet felt it to be a mis-
fortune for Mr.. johnson that the advo-
Gates of his policy in the States through
which he had just passed, Missouri, Hi
nois and Indiana had ir some instances
put on their ticket men who in 1861 and
1862 had been guilty of known disloyalty
to the Government because (and this
was said in very emphatic manner) he
felt that to ask men whose sons had shed
their blood for the Union TO vote for men
who had been disloyal to it, was The great
est insult that could be offered. South
ern men he could make allowances for,
and be could ride through the South and
get out on platform and shake hands |
in friendship with such men as Lee, John
soa OF Forrest, because, though they had
been almost educated into secession, they
were now truly honest and loyal in their
adherence to the Union, and were seeking
to strengthen it. But he did not feel in
that way towards Northern men who had /
once been disIoyaI, and neither desired 10
associate with them nor have them for his
friends. No such men should have his
support, nor ought they to be supported
hy Mr.. Johnson friends throughout the
Northern States. He particularly in-
s,anced, as specimen Of this objection