Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-31
FROM WASHINGTON.
General Grants Relations with thu
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General Grants Relations with the
President .greI %
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.-The truth in re-
gard to various rumors afloat, relative to
rupture between General Grant and the
President, is that no rupture has taken
place, that the two are on the most friend
ly terms, and that Grant has not offered, or
the President asked him, to resign his Of
| flee. The General did protest against the
removal of Sheridan, one ground for the
protest being that it was unjust'to remove
General Hancock to New Orleans while the
yellow fever was raging there. He also
uggested that he alone was empowered to
| control matters in the Southern depart
ment, but after lengthy interview with
the President, which was conducted in the
most friendly and unimpassioned manner,
he asked permission to withdraw his pro-
test which was granted. The President in
This conversation confessed that Congress
had invested General Grant with the con-
troll OF the Southern districts, but contend
ed that his powers were necessarily sub
ject to the supervision of the supreme EX-
ecutive head. The General, without ven
turing any refuting arguments, assented
to the Presidents views. - q 81. - p. -
He Asks Leave to Withdraw His Let
ter, Which is Granted.
Gen. Grant, it is understood has recently
come to the conclusion that he had mis-
apprehended his powers under the recon-
struction act, and that his last letter to the
President with reference to the removal of
Gen. Sheridan. and the relieving of Gen.
Hancock, was based upon misunderstand-
ing of his functions. 1t is stated by those
who are well advised as to the movements
at the headquarters of the army, that Gen.
Grant on Tuesday last, addressed note
to the President, Withdrawing the letter
first above mentioned, and it was imme-
diately surrendered by Mr.. johnson.
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unpublished is the first letter of Grant
upon the subject of the removal of
Stanton, and marked private, which
the President still refuses to allow to
be published. Gen. Grant however,
by his referring to it in the correspondence
lon the removal of Sheridan, already pub
lished, the privacy is removed, and he has
no objections to its publication; but at the
same time he cannot give it out for such
| purposes, for the reason that 1t would be a
breach of military etiquette. When Gen.
Grants views on the subject were eommu-
nicated to the President, he said that if Gen.
Grant thought it was no longer private he
ought to give it out for publication, but he
would not do so. 1t now looks as though
neither this letter, nor that written by
Grant on the 9th, on the subject of assign
ing Hancock to relieve Sheridan, will be
made public until Congress meets and calls
for them.
| Mr.. seward Will not Hesign-1S En-
gagged in smpOr tant Negotiations. N
| Secretary Stewards friends say he is not
going out OF the cabinet, as his presencein
the State Department is absolutely requir-
ed, at least for some time to come, for the
completion of the negotiations with Great
Britain. concerning the settlement of the
Alabama claims, which are in fair way o1
progress, upon the basis of the cession o1
British Columbia. Important negotiations
with other powers, Involving the cession oil
territory to the United States, have also
been opened by Seward, and tbs believed
that he alone can bring them to a success
full conclusion. The continuation of the
services of the Secretary of State is there
fore deemed as transcending in public i'm
1portance as all the temporary political
issues growing out of the late proceedings
of the President. Jerry Black, Coyle
4. and Company do not think so, how
ever.
Instructions to PaymRsters.
WASHINGTON, August 30.-The following
order was issued to-day:
aga 2 WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.
GENERAL ORDERS No. 81.
The following order, received from the
War Department, is published for the in
formation and guidance OF all concerned /:
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