Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-08-29
rup PRESIDENT AND GEN, GRANT,

The Washington correspondent of the Balti-
more Sun says:
''Gen. Grant is understood to be opposed to
relieving Gen. Hancock from command Of the
department of Missouri, and objects to direct
ing Gen. Sheridan to 60 without delay to
Leavensworth. Gen. Grant also raises legal
question upon that paragraph Of the Presi-
dent order which directs Gen. Hancock to
exercise any and oil powers conferred by the
acts OF Congress.
This authorization IS construed as annulug
section five of Gen. Grant order Of the 18th
instant, and the general regards it as en-
croaching upon his functions, as fixed by the
reconstruction acts, which give him superVl-
sorry control over the acts of the district COM
manders.
The President holds that the law gives the
district commander original and absolute dis
erection, and that although the General oil the
army may annul and disapproVe the acts or the
district commander, he cannot III the hrst
instance direct that officer as to the course he
shall pursue, as Gen Grant directed Gen.
Thomas, in section FIVE, above referred to--in
other words, that Gen. Hancock as the sue
cessor of Gen. Sheridan, has power to revoke
any order heretofore made by the latter, such
as the removal of State officers; but Gen.
Grant may afterwards disapproye such action,
and thus annu it. And further, that the sec
ton of the army appropriation bill fixing the
headquarters Of the army at Washington, and
preventing Gen. Grants removal without the
consent of the Senate, does not vest the gen
eral of the armies with any power over the
orders of the President as commander-ln-chlel
but simply requires that any such orders shall
pass through the general of the armies.
~, Of yvctc hnt WI GT
the President and Gen. Grant, there is nc
irritation felt or exhibited by either of them
and Gen. Grant does not, as reported, refuse
TO issue the order.
A Washington dispatch says
s'Corroborative evidence is furnished to day
that Gen. Grant yesterday sent to the Preslden
decidedly firm letter against the removal oil
Gems. Sheridan and Sickles. The differences
were known to be so wide between the Presl
dent and Gen. Grant that prominent gentlemen
supposed them to be irreconcllable, and that
| the retirement of the General from the Wal
Department was inevitable; but this afternoon
Gen Grant and the President had an inter.
view at the executive mansion, which resulted
in the adjustment of the trouble .
The Washington Chronicle says:
"The interview between the President and
Gen Grant lasted or some time, during which
it is said, the President requested Gen. Grant
to withdraw his letter of protest, because il
contains an intimaton that the writer is IN
willing to surrender the power delegated c
him by the Reconstruction acts to the Prcsl
dent, and that he felt inclined, on that account,
to refuse point blank to issue the order. Gen
Grant refused to withdraw the letter, when
the President stated that it contained expires
sions which might be construed as insubordl-
nate Finally, the President made an explicit
demand for the immediate issue Of the order
stating that he was sorry that be felt compelled
to ignore the protests, and that he did not CON
slider the arguments contained in them against
his assumption of power as convincing. Gen.
Grant accordingly sent the order to the Wal
Department printer yesterday afternoon.
The National lnteligencer says:
eve feel authorized to state that the reports
of any personal differences between the Presi
dent and Cen Grant are untounded. What
ever may be their respective views as to mat
tiers Of detail, there is no conflict between
them as to the prerogatives Of each. "