The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-29
REMOVAL oF SHERIDAN.
Truth and Plain Tant from
Grant to the President. q

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gIaiisnant and lying RespensO FROM
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THE CORRESPONDENCE.
Below we publish in full the i'm
portant correspondence between
Gent. Grant and President John.
son, relative to the removal of Gen-
'eral Sheridan from the command
OF the Fifth Military District. IL
is Of commanding Importance. as
indicating, g,ibcyond the possibility
of a doubt, the inoGlo position Of
Geni. Grant on the question Of
paramount interest to the Amcri-
can people, as we'll as clinebing
the fact already tco apparent, that
the Acting President has cast eve
ry consideration Of patriotism and
tdecency TO the winds, AMI is bent
only on the object of working
deadly mischief TO The country's
ttruc welfare by madly scouting at
Ennd defying the loyal sentiment
of the nation, We need not ask
that this correspondence bo read:
New YORK, Aug &c b,
| The following is tie corrcspon
donce between General Grant and
the President; :; 9sGta vtey q
sENERAL GRANT TO THE rRrSlDEYT.
"lEAfo rs ARMIES or rus U S
WAsfiIxGTdN Ang 1885,.
Ellis Execlleneyl Ardrew JOHNSON,
Y Presihnl loiahe Unilcl States
4 rSir7-l am IN rectiptuf y,uur,or
der cM this date, dliycGiitg me to
bpPoint Gepdral yfG JllaThomusato
The coWmunauf tlrGFlilb Military
District, General Sheridan TO The
| Departmental Missouri. uld Gch
llapSRck +; 10 the Departmental of
! Cumberland and nls0' YOUR lr,te.
Aot this date, ineluSing the inslrnc,
lions necessary 10 carrysirIo effect
the incIQscd order. a'Iqw6rld br
pleased to bear any suggestions
you may deem peeessary respect.
ing the assignments to Which lIc
order reiurs. stlf aasv 45aT'
Il am pleased to,ayail myself of
This invitation to'urgo earnestly in
he namo Of Il patriotic people who
| lave sacrificed hundreds Of thou.
sands OF lives and thousands of
millions OF treasure 10 preserve the
integrity and union Of this coun-
Try, that tho order be not insisted
On IT. is pDmistak ably the ex
pressed wish Of the country that
Genera Sheridan should hot be ro.
moven from bis present command.
1 This is a ropablic where the will Of
lbe people Is the law Of the land
A beg that their voice may be
| heard y General Sheridan has per.
formed his civil duties faithfully
and intclligcnllyso a1dW "a ~
"llts will,onlyh hberegard
ed rs an effort to. defeat the laws al
\ Congress- 1t awill DO interpreted
4 by The pnreconstructod olomcnt Inv
tho South, those who did all they
could TO brcak,up this Govern
4 ment by arms and now wish to be
'he only clement consulted as to
the method Of restoring order, MS II
triumph. b. ItlwiIl cmbolden them
70 renewed opposition to the will
of tho loyal masses, believing that
they have the Executive with
thcm.iod I ioi s9.y 90 i7euioI
4 "The services of Gentrali Thom.
asin battling iorJhe u nion ontillc
| him to some consideration. Iloihas
irepcatedly entered his protest IL.
FEainst being assigned to either OF
tho dyo military districts, and cs,
fpeflallyito being assigned to re
love General Sheridan. General
Hancock ought not to bo removed
from where he is, ~.
"llis Department is complica.
ted ono, whicl, it will take a new
commander somo time to become
acquainted with. There are mill.
tnry reasons, pecuniary reasons,
and, above all, patriotic reasons,
why this order should not be in.
sisted on, li''i ~ '''
Il beg to refer toa letter, mark.
ed private which j wrote to the
President when first consulted on
Tho subject OF change in tho War
Department 1t bears upon tie
subject of this removal, and I had
hoped would have prevented it.
ii have tho honor to be, with
great respect, your obedient scr.
want, u. S. GRANT
General United States Army, and
Secretary of War, al interim.
THE PRESIDENT TO GEN. GRANT.
'EX. MANSION, WASHINGTON, D.C.)
M august 10, 1867.
"GENERALr-I have received your
communication ofthc Eth instant,
and thank you for tho promptness
with which you have submitted
your views respecting tho assign
men;s directed in my order of that
dutc. .Y..s. ....I.. .r
"Whcn I stated, in my official
note Of tho l7th. that | would bo
pleased to hear any suggestions
you might deem necessary upon
tho subject, it was not my intcn
ton to ask from you a formal re.
port, but rather invite verbal
statement of any reasons affecting
tho public interests which, in your
opinion, wOuld rondor tho order
incypedient, lnasnuch, however.
as you have seon fit to communi.