The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-11-13

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the colored psopls and The loyal white pep
pie Of the rebel States except through inP9s
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bsliio6; b tSlisvss that cons,stency, q well
q impartial Justice, demands that there
should b. no Discrimination against any class
Of persons in any Of tho Ssates: His sympa'
$hieA Ah<6qwictioDAp ~ - hopesNee nOw,
- u, AseUs have besns vtshsthe FsAs taas4
fistte aa4loyal peeplstnetseSied theccen-
try throu eh the war. He 10 in favor OF up
holding the honor and credit of the National
(Seseesunant, asA hOlds thet az oar obliga-
,;ona 0ua 10 6schasgsd in conformity 70
the terms on which they were contracted.
He thiaa . there should Be exercised By Con
grsss, and by oil departments Of the Govern.
ment, more rigid aud searching economy IN
The expenditures ofths pablic money and
wherever he has had control he has struck
OF every useless expense and reformed every
abuse. General Grant occupies at the pres
sSnf tit1s DE position Of Secretary Of WaE Gd
k&5t. it the Cabinet Of Mr.. Johnson. His
action in accepting that position had been the
subject OF : great deal Of comment, and ex.
cited the fears Of many good and loyal men.
Il invoked the denunciation Of enemies and
brought forth excuses Of friends. De accepts
ed that position, not, n has been alleged, in
obedience to the command Of superaor ofi>
Ger, but from the stern sense OF duty to his
country The President had determined tore.
move the Secretary IF War at ell hazard,
without excuse or justification. The Presi.
dent thought to relieve himself from the obi
I'm Of Mr. Ssanton's removal, and draw At
tention from that action by offering the place
70 General Grant What was to be done?
Should the General step into the shoes Of Mr.
Stanton, and WELD all the legitimate powers
of the department in aid OF reconstruction
| and in support Of the district commanders?
In The management OF the Indian war aud the
| supervision of war contracts, should he be
there TO resist the raid OF the thieves and
plunderers and war claim agents whom Stan
ton had held at hey, and who were waiting to
thrust their arms into the Treasury to flch
| untold millions of the public money? Or,
should be refuse, and permit that most i'm.
| portsnt position TO be filed by Copperhead
/ and johnson man, who would hinder re
construction. who would demoralizs the ar.
my, who would sanction fraudulent and bogus
| Claims Of rebels, and bring reproach aene-
rally upon the public seryice2 General
Grant did rot, therefore, hesitate to accept
the position and all its responsibilities, and
his action had the concurrence of Mr. Stan
ton. Indeed, no steps we're taken IN that
whole business except upon full consultation
| and understanding between those two distin-
! gushed men. Under oh circumstances,
the loyal men of the country would have had
good cause TO eensure General Grant had he
refused the position. The very men who
had censured him most for taking it, would
now have been censurng him for not taking
| il. They would have said that, protesting to
be in sympathy with loyal men and in favor
OF reconstruetion, he shrans from the res,
possibility Of place offered to him in which
he could have been of inestimabe service TO
the country, and by such refusal the War
Department went INTO the hands of An ene>
my. But the General wants no other winds
cation for his action than will be furnished
by his record when it shall see the light. and
by his eff sia acts He can afford to wait.
In conclusion, Mr.. Washburne said he was not
speaking OF General Grant ms a candidate
for the Presidency for be had no right TO
speak Of him in that regard. He had spoken
As he had because SO many of his fellow cit
liens had asked him in relation to the posi-,
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most overs helming public importance, and
what were his views, sentiments and convic-
tcns touching matters in which all good cit
izens feel 80 deep an interest.
Tho lotter Of General Grant to Genersl
Logan, written at yicksburg, in August,
1868, giving General Logan leave of absence
to speak in the Illinois canvass, in support Of
the Republican ticket, is next given. In
that letter Grant said
| have r. sd your speeches in Illinois, and
feel that you are really doing more good
there than you can possibly do whilst the
army OF your command is lying idle
Stay while you feel snch good results are
being worked by your absence, and | will ex
tend your leave to cover your absence.
Forney concludes Il e presentation of The
case thus.
General Raw ins, Mr.. Washburne, and
General Logan are now in Washington, and
in close anu daily intercourse with General
! Grant We need scarcely say they are fully
/ aprrsed OF the positions assumed in this
| article.
| if it were necessary to add to these ample
authorities, We mig ht refer at length to Gen,
eral Grants example since he assumed TEN.
porary coutrol Of the Department of War
| HIS manly and cordial endorsement of Mr.
| Stanton when that eminent patriot retired
his fearless yet unpublished protest again S,
the removal of General Sheridan, which We
| trust will see the light al an early day after
The meeting Of Congress, and will, we pre-
dict, stand IN strong confirmation of most Of
the positions taken by Messrs Rawlins and
| Washburne: his earnest appeals against the
last Adjournment. of Congress, and particu
larry his iterated counsel that the Senate
should concur in the amendment OF the
House to the supplement to the reconstruc
ton bill prohibiting the removal by the Pres
| ident OF any OF the district commanders o.
the South without the advice aud consent q
the Senate, are too familiar to the country ic
| require present comment or commendation
but II may be interesting TO state, as we dc
| upon the authority of Gen. john NJ Thayer
|
braska, Low in Washington, who also served
WITH Gen. Gran. IN the early part of the war
that the latter felt SO mnch interest about
preserving the independence Of these militia
~ commanders that he appealed personally
toa number Of Senators to support this i'm,
portant amendment. But We shai take ar
early occasion to refer to these subjects.
he American people, with the rare instinct
which always carries them straight through
every peril, however momentous, have fro.s
the beginning appreciated and even antici "a,
ted Ten Grants position on the great issse,
OF the day. Nothing so successfully essab.
hshes his claim to the undated confidence Of
the Republican party as the fact that none o,
the rebel or sympathizng journals or politi
cians have so TAR misunderstood him as tc
expect he would submit to Democratic nom.
nation. 1t was the earnest Radicals Of Ma,
ryland, grateful to him for bis opportune in.
terposi,lon in their behalf, who were among
the first to proclaim him as their candidate
and now, from Maine to Mexico, the rams
spirit animaies that great patriotio bro,ben