The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-08-31
GRANTS LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT,

The correspondence between Gen. Grant
and the President relative to the removal of
Sheridan will be found elsewhere in our col
umns. 1t was given out by the President
himself, under the strong pressure which has
recently been brought upon him. but not
until he found that it was impossible longer
to conceal the truth as to General Grants
actual position, and that by withholding the
correspondence he would but strengthen the
conviction, already firmly established IN the
public mind, that he was deliberately seeking
to misrepresent the political attitude of the
general for his own selfish purposes. The
manner IN which it was given out was pecu-
| liar, the correspondents of the New York
Herald and Boston Post having been, if we
are correctly Informed, the only persons ia
vored with copy, while the agent OF the
Associated Press and another correspondent,
usually treated with distinguished courtesy
at the White House, were fatty refused
His refusal to give it 10 other papers seems
to have been designed as an especial favor
to the two which got 1t. We have even
heard that the Herald correspondent got his
! copy with instructions from the President
! to send it to Mr. Bennett with his compile
ments. Mr.. Bennett has been very kind to
! Mr.. johnson of late, and, as he sets aproper
value on an exclusive piece of news, he will
doubtless consider this favor proof that
his services are not unappreciated. We I'M
derstand that the Post man gave great salts
faction to Mr.. johnson by his report of a
recent conversation with his Accidency, in
which he proved himself an apt mouthpiece
for the latter. The copy ofthe correspond
ence is supposed to have been his reward for
this service.
Now. as to General Grants letter. 1t is
easy to see now why the President was so
reluctant to let it appear. The reasons are
evidently exactly those we have assigned
Mr. johnson would far rather have SUBJ
mitted to the extraction of one of his mo-
lars than to have parted with this proof of
General Grants full sympathy with the
loyal millions of his countrymen in his
views on reconstruction. Think of Andrew
Johnson claiming that Grant and himself
were in full accord on the great questions of
the day. He would have given much to
have the people believe so until after the fall
elections, but truth cannot be always sup
pressed. 1t Is only surprising that General
Grant has not himself rebelled against the
studied efforts of the President to place him
in false light and made IA public declara-
ton of his political sentiments. We were
told 10y the Comprehend press that the cor
respondence relative to Sheridan was of an
York Herald even pretended to give a
synops 5 OF it, and although the writer
guessed very badly at the character of Cen
eral Grants letter, he doubtless guessed with
marvellous accuracy at What the President
desired to have believed about it. Indeed,
its successful guessing on that occasion
probably constituted one of its strongest
claims to the especial favor it has just re-
ceived. Friendly correspondence, forsooth
1t Is courteous truly, as anything coming
from Grant might have been expected to be;
but 1t is, nevertheless, so scathing a rebuke
to Andrew johnson that we can almost par
don him for wishing to suppress it. The
general urges "in the name of a patriotic
people, who have sacrificed hundreds of
thousands of loyal lives and thousands of
millions OF treasure ~ preserve the integrity
and union of this country, that this order
should not be insisted on 1t was hard
that the President should have to be re-
minded of those terrible sacrifices of blood
and treasure, which are so recent that he
certainly ought not to have forgotten them
but it was needtul, and he whose sword led
our armies on to vlctOry-who had witness
ed these great sacrifices and could best APP
precate their magnitude-migh well claim
the right to revive the recollection of them
in the mind of Il recreant President.
Again he says:
1t is Enthusiastically the expressed wish of
the country that General Sheridan should
not be removed from his present command.
This is a Republic where the will of the
people is the law of the land. 1 beg that
their voice may he heard.
What spectacle! The conqueror of the
armies of the rebellion pleading with this
apostate and migrate that the voice of the
people, to whom he owes his power, may be
housekeeping him not to disregard the
will of the nation, victorious after so many
sacrifices, by robbing them and giving to
their defeated enemies the legitimate fruits
of their dearly purchased triumph He
pleads the faithfulness of Sheridan and the
effect of his removal upon the minds of I'M
reconstructed traitors. at will embolden
thein," he says, Ito renew opposition to the
will of the loyal masses, believing that they
have the Executive with them" How good
reason it affords them to believe "they have
the Executive with them" it is evident
General Grant fully understands. He sums
up by saying there are military reasons,
pecuniary reasons, and, above all, patriotic
reasons, why this order should not be in
sisted on" and in conclusion refers to a
letter marked private, which he wrote to the
President when first consulted on the subject
of the change in the War Department.
Why is not this letter also published
There is good reason to believe it is even
stronger than the present one. 1t is useless
to hold it back. General Grant is known
to the people. He is known as a patriot
as soldier true to the cause he fought for
The country can no longer be deceived as to
his position. 1t is as well assured of his
truth and patriotism as of Andrew Johnsons
falsehood and perfdy, and the latter can no
more involve him in his own deep disgrace
by making him member of his Cabinet
than he can elevate himself to the high
station which the general of the armies of
the Union holds in the grateful recollections
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