Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-19
GENERAL GRANTS POsITION-THE
LATEST BULLETIN.

Every other day it is absolutely neces.
sary for the people of the United States
to be precisely informed of the mental
condition Of General Grant. The delivery
of an opinion by him, or the delivery Of
an opinion Of somebody else who assumes
to speak for or of him, is hailed with the
same eagerness that the birth of a prince
is greeted in the old world We hasten
therefore, to lay before our readers the
latest bulletin on the all-engrossing sub,
ect, as derived from the veracieus Wash
ington correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette 1t is dated the 10th, and reads
One of a party of gentlemen who re
Gently had a talk with Hon. E. 3. Wash
burne, reports his remarks about General
Grant as follows: Mr.. Washburne regards
General Grant as wholly in sympathy with
Congress and its plan of reconstruction.
To a particular inquiry he replied that he
considered him not only in favor of
thorough reconstruction, as advanced men
understood it, but in favor of standing by
the blacks in all their civil, social and po-
litical rights, as conferred by the recon-
struction acts. He was in constant consul.
tation with Secretary Stanton, Mr.. Wash
burne afirms, in regard to the lately
impending change in the Cabinet, receiving
notice from Stanton just before he went out
that his dismissal would soon take place,
and was urged by him to accept the place.
''Not only was this the case," said Mr.
Washburne, "but l know that the letters
from Grant to both the President and Sec
rotary were written by Grant himself upon
consultation with, and in full knowledge of
Mr.. Stanton" Mr. Washburne further re-
marked that, heshould have deemed it Grim
inal negligence in General Grant not to have
accepted the place under the circumstances,
and that now it is his duty to re.
main until the meeting of Congress; even
though the President may want to get rid
of him. Mr.. Washburne further repre-
scented that Gen. Grant was filled with as
great apprehension for the safety of
the country as any man could be.
He had remarked that when in war he was
comparatively easy about the result he
knew what was being done, and made his
preparations accordingly; but now he was
ulleu Win alarm. he COulQ not lOretelI
what wouldtranspire from day TO day, and
such anxiety he had never before had. So
urgent had he been that Congress should
do its full duty at the last session, that he
personally entreated Senators to retain the
power to dismiss District Commanders,
which the House had granted, fearing what
had since transpired. Mr.. Washburne
continued that the General was not an in
different or careless observer of passing
events. He was an intelligent, reading
man. He consulted the leading journals,
and noted carefully the criticisms upon his
When his letters see light, |
as they would surely when Congress met,
if not before, they would be found as loyal
and true to the demands of the times as
any could be. He did not know that Grant |
would be retained in the Cabinet ten days
longer; but whether he was or not, the |
country could rest assured that he was with |
it, and that it would, sooner or later, recog-
nize in him a fast and valued friend. As |
the final remark of the conversation, Mr.. |
Washburne said that the confidence re-
posed in General Grant was not misplaced, |
and that all loyal men could stand up for |
him without hesitancy or the shadow of |
a doubt.