, 1866-09-14

General Grant at the Cincinnati Thea.
trc-A Copperhend Falschood Exc
nosed-The Speech which the General
did Nut make-Hfs Presence with the
John1on Party Accounted for Sew
nrdss 1mpcTunence-Gencr Grant
and tho Philadelphia Bread.and-
Bntter Committee, Etc.
Especial Despatch to the Chicago Tribnnc.l
PITTSBURGH, September IS.
A mischievons report has been telcsraphe.l oyc1
the country from Cinc5nnati, originating in the
office Of the Coppethead Enquirer, 10 the edett
that General Grant had made speech in Woods
Theatre in response to demonstrations In his
honor, saying in Substance: The President Of
the United Statcs Is ms Coumander-tn in Chief
coneider this demonstration In opposition to
President Johnaon, and i cannot and will no,
take your men away to their homes-I am greatly
annoyed at this demonstration, for CAME here to
enjoy this thestrieal performance will be glad
to sec you all when the President ar1iyes.n Fur
tbe pn,pose Of ascevtaIning the facts In this be.
bali, sonsht an irierview with the General this
evening. lie /. Informed nc that he
hnd made no speech at Cincinnati.
at all that he had = private conyeszation in his
Owl box al the theatre with gentleman who CALI
cd 10 propose some Eind OF a demonstration II
his honor; Thai he had told this gentleman that
tuC 4CeAAC1lk W oH4tEA 3kalCE VILE Q1H &uSC-
r'or officer md that he {Gsnnt,, wac under tae
President g command, an1 that he could not lccl
otherwise Than annoyed nt the demonstration evil
DENLY gol.en up to Offend the President, a. it
would embarrass the relations existing between
thcm. For this reason he desired his friends ip
Cincinnati to omit their demonstration and leave
him 10 crjoy the performance at the theat:c-
adding that he shond be glad to sec them all at
shc Burnet House the next dag. This innocent
and proper remark made III private conversation,
was distorted for partisan purposes, and *cnt over
! tie country Us public speech insulting 10 tho
Republicans Of Cincinnati, and through them 10
the Republicans Of tile Untcd S,ates to The great
| annoyance Of the General.
The General added that be had accompanied tho
Presidential party at tile Presidents 1eiucs,-,ha,
/ he Ind ahstafEcd equally from declaring hIs own
political sentiments, os authorizing anybody else
to do 80 lie said that reither Mr.. Seward nor
nny uthcr rcrson con1d commit him to INV set Of
political opinfons-;lat he was annoled at tl,e
successive attempts which Fave been made by
seward ard others. 10 Announce TO the people
along thc road thu; his political viewE were in lar
mony with those Of Mr.. johnson. ! inlnited
whether It was trnc that he f,nd attended the in.
tcrsfcw between the Philadelphia Convention
Committee and the President, upon bis own mo-
tion- He replied: t'of cou,ec not Thai heiac
purely politicol .calhcrine. 1t IVES none of ,uy
business. was there as The request IT the pseSI-
dent and all attempts 10 attach political eicpit-
canee 10 my presence a7c unwarranted and inpe.-
tincnt.''
l inquired whether the statement published
come timc eiucc in the Lewiston Falls {Mafnc)
.'rarHct, purporsfng TO detail conversation with
the General on political topics, was correct. To
this thc General replied that lie had bad CONVEX
taiion with the editor Of that paper, but that he
had no expectation that 1t was to Ic published,
aid thai I! he had supposed the remarks which he
tlten nnde we're to Get iEto tho newspapers he
SHOULD harc lrffatncd frum making them, lie
was the General Of the unitcib States Army, and
not politician.