The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-09-21

fk .e sencFal Grant. ,At1tn.i =
AN AUTHORITATIVE STATEMENT OF HIS posi-
The Chicago Republican, in a letter from its
reporter travelling with the Presidential party,
makes the following interesting statements in
connection with General Grants refusal to pre-
sent himself to the soldiers who attempted to
call him out in advance of the Presidents ARR
val at Cincinnati: aa3 q has tAh if
The fact is, that General Grant knows. as has
been patent to every one during the whole of
this trip, that continued efforts have been made
to embitter if possible his relations with the
President by exciting the jealousy Of the Latter,
or by making invidious distinctions between
them, and he is determined that no act of his
snail lend any encouragement to any such con-
tempnDle proceeding on the one hand, or those
that have been made with like persistency To
I identity him with the, political views of the
PRESIDENT on the other. General Grant feels
that, next to the President, he is the head Of
the army OF the United States, not the leader
OF a political party He does not consider the
army place for politician, and therefore will
not permit himself to be committed to the SIM.
port OF either OF the present political parties.
nor that the army shall be made party ma,
chine. ri;.. - r. - -'-''
GEN. GRANTS ENDORSEMENT. 7aegf>
have submitted the above to the General
who entirely approves OF what have written,
and says that it fully and exactly expresses his
views. will, however, state that as originally
written, the concluding sentence was I'M these
words: When he becomes a partisan he intends
Immediately to resign his present position, y and
to this the General objected SAYING that it
might be taken to imply that at some future
Time he did intend to become partisan. where
az ms only intention in using those words was
" express, as an officer of the army, his disap-
prooation otany attempt to identify him with
any X, poIitlcai party whatever i3is 2 ~ q
no ,uose conversation with General Grant
ta P,cc M the baggage and retreshmeht car
aytached TO the train in the nresenca az Major
General Rawlins chief of stair 70 Gonayrai
Grant; also of another Maior-(5eneral Svi,o +
think was General Stoneman. h1,t ~ tb;s r ~,
not certain, for / did not take a,,yf 49,;
notice who it was. bl.d Fia't IS = f,11Nf1S'-'
In addition to these military men +hora
were also present Mr.. Warden, who is cnnnact7
ed with the New York Times, John Hogan. of
st. Louis, Missouri, Mr.. Chadwick, of Wizards
Hotel, Washington, and one or two members
of the Columbus delegation, whose names
don't know slg 1aeli f5ieio ~
= In about minute afterwards,
General Grant, who had been in the Presi-
oent car 70 present himself to the people as
senipied AT west junction, re-entered the car,
anu, having seated himself, beckoned to me to
seating myself by his side he went IN n saw
that he thought that if l published the acconnt
already submitted to him, he would ill., ~ ~
be understood that he had refused to reoe;,o
the proposed demonstration entirely beca,,se
he felt it his duty to refuse any reception or
demonstration rendered separately to himself
while travelling with the President, or to do