The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-20

Tpiy t.ieeravb IL ciober1
Pope Atlanta 6aYour despatch Of yeSterasyE tSs Mil
ssiyea Enforce your o%n S,srss The opinion
Of the Attorney has not % 1een
St 70 e opee SS order nor suppose that the
President Intended II 70 n"'1 o. s. GRANT. General
LVben General ord issued hts circular OF in
strnntions 10 mis- Boards of Registration, para
prapb OF which declared thaI the HeglsJrars
must admit all who were wlilIng i g 20 lake tne
wAsu1NeroN June 49, lso7.-GeDeral Copy of your
final Instructions 20 Boards Of Registration. of June TO-
j entirely dissent nom the views contained in para
graph ". Your view as to the duty of Registrars to
register every man who will take the required OATH
though they may know the applicant perjures him
eelf is sustained by the views Of the Attorney
My opinion is that it is the duty of the Board of
Registration TO see, far lies in their power that
no unauthorized person Is allowed to register. To
secure this end. Registrars should be allowed to ad
minister oaths and examine witnesses. The law,
however, makes district commanders their own
my opinion, the Attorney. eneral or myself can no
a nabag{ g'Cs s our Sp4P @ as 70 the meaning Of me
ment OF those made responsible forthe faithful execn
tion OF the law. the district commanders.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant
Brevet Maior.aororo, y S; = eRANI, "a General;
Fourth District,
General Grant bas probably had more cor
respondence with General Sheridan on the SUBJ
Ject OF the Reconstruction acts tnan with any
other commander. Everywhere the same ad-
herence TO the spirit of the acts of Congress is
manifested in General Grants comInunica-
TONS The following are proof of the fact
UNITED STATES MILITARY TELEGRAPH, WAR De
npr HSSsyed % p IN CIPHER Is9m N9W & % Orleans Leans
ness TO commence the registration in this city. Will
Of Louisiana A reply to my telegram asking an au-
th0ritaiive decision on what classes disenfran-
P. II. SHERIDAN, Major General.
States.
sheridan New Orleans, La%Yonr question as to who
is lnegioie ioT registration was submitted 70 the At
dnsicer is GiUen. U. S. GRANT, General.
IFrom New Orleans, La, June 4, I8s7--128O P. NJ
UNITED STATES MILITARY TELEsRAPH, WAR
ioE6I iDE6fARTMEMT 9enera-I found it necessary yes
Iassed me very much since came in command by
saTy act viii be approved here by every class and
shaae Oh political opinion, He has not friend who
T s 81 Tf Of sns order him
General u s. Grant.
(By telegram in cipher)
Sheridan New orleans 9 se de93apb f. from m
Washington announcing that the Secretary of War
moving the governor 6f Lousa1a was not even s
n the city at the time. There not word OF truth
Regarding the force of the Attorney-Gene-
ral's opinion, the following correspondence was
had:-
(From New Orleans. La. June 2s 1871 A. M-Re-
M OFFICE I; UNITED STATES MILITARY TELEGRAPH
General;-I am in receipt OF communication
from the acknowledgements Department, dated June
2S, in reference to registration. am at loss know
whether 1t Is order not. The form and phrase
ology is not that of order but may be mistaken,
and ask tor information whether am to regard it as
order. P. II. SHERIDAN, Major. General
General U, s. Grant.
(By telegram, In cipher)
WASHINGTON, June 2S, lS67.-Major General p. H.
Sheridan. New Orleans, Louisiana:-Your despatch of
yesterday received, Enforce your own construction
of the Military bill until ordered to do otherwise.
The opinion of the Attorney-Genera has not been
distributed to District Commanders in language
manner emitting 1t to the force of order
suppose that the President intended it have such
force. U. s. GRANT, General.
With the exception of half dozen minor and
unimportant commu nications, these are all the
official utterances of General Grant which
there is vet authority to make public. But
have the most trustworthy assurance that what
has followed has been of character showing
still more conclusively that General Grant is
heartily in sympathy with the spirit of the
Congressional reconstruction policy, and that
he has sought to carry it out in the manner
which its language and spirit plainly indicate.
N. Y. Times.