Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-02-20

, Rotary room, holted one door on the in
side, locked the other on the outside, de-
liNerea the key to the Acknowledgement,
and proceeded 10 the headquarters Of the
army, and addressed the note above men.
uon 10 the President informing him that
he 1ieAeFtA Grant Was -laltEer Seere-
tary Of War ad jBterlB,
The President expressed great surprise
al the course which General Grant had
Thought proper to pursue, and, addressing
himself 10 the General, proceeded 10 say,
in substance, that he had anticipated sueh
action ON the part of the Senate, and be-
. ing very deSiruuS 10 have the constitutions
atty of the teuurc-of-oihce hiil tested, and
his right 70 suspend or remove member
jot the Cabinet decided hy the judicial
tribunals OF the country h. had some
tlae ago, and shortly after General Grants
appointment aS Secretary ui War IN IL.
itrlm asked the General what his action
would be IN the event that the senate
should refuse u concur in the suspension
Of Mr.. Stanton, and that the General had
then agreed either "a remain At the head
++44f-tht- Nef Department. It'll Il tleri~ion
could be obtained from the court or resign
the Office into the hands of the President
before the ease was acted upon by the
Senate, 50 as 10 place the President in the
T -frrr' vttuutiur hr urr1IT1irJt n TIM tiuU OF
his Grants appointment,
The President further said that the
conversation was renewed on the proceed.
ing Saturday, at whi,h time he asked the
General what hc intended 10 ad il the
senate should undertake To reinstatc Mr..
Stanton, in reply towlich the General re-
terrcd TO their former conversation upon
the same subject, and said, "You uuder.
stand my position, and my conduct will bc
leontormabie to that understanding /" that
he The Generall then expressed rcpuy-
nance to being made party 10 a judicial
I proceeding, saying that he would cxposc
himself to fine and Imprisonment by do
ing SO, as his continuing 10 discharge the
duties OF Secretary of War I'D iHtr{m al
ter the Senate should have refused to con-
eur IN the suspension Ii Mr. Stanton
Would he violation - The te#Hre-af-e.thet.
/ bill. That in reply to this he the presi-
! dent informed General Grant he had not
suspended Mr. Stanton under the tenure.
oiroiiice bill, bu' by virtue Of the powers
conferred on him by the Constitution
and that, a to the fine and imprisonment.
he the President would pay whatever
I Inc was imposed and submit II WEat4I4r
imprisonment might BE- adjudgcd against
him the General That they continued
the conversation for some time, discussing
the law at length, and that they finally
separated without having reached a dcf-
mite conclusion, and with the understand
ing that the General would see the Presi-
dent again on Monday.
In reply, Gen. Grant admitted that the
conversations had occurred, and said that
at the first conversation lac had given il
as his opinion 70 the President that in the
event Of non-concurrenc6 by the Senate
in the action OF the President in respect
TO the Secretary Of War the question
would have to be decided by the court
that Mr.. Stanton would have Ia appcal to
the court to reinstate him in Office; that
the ms wonld remain in until they could
be displaced and the outs put in by legal
proceedings an dthat he then thought "a
and had agreed that il he should change
his mind he would notify the Presidcn,
in time to enable him to make another an
polntment, but that at the time of the
first conversation he had not looked very
closely into the law; that it had recently
been discussed by the newspapers and
that this had induced him to examine il ).
more carefully, and that he had come 10
the conclusion that If the Senate should j
refuse TO concur IN the suspension, Mr..
stanton would thereby bc reinstated, and
that he Grant could not continue there. a
after to ACT as Secretary of War da interim +,
without snbjecting himself to finG and
imprisonment and that he came over on q
to inform the President of this |
'hange in his views. and did SO inform Z
him; that the President replied that he
had not suspended Mr.. Stanton under the
tenure Of Office bill, but under the Con-
and had appointed him Grant
by virtue Of the authority derived. from
the Constitution, &c.; that they eontin-
ued 30 discuss the matter some time. and +
flnally he left without any conclusion
having been reached, expecting to see the
President again on Monday. lie then :
to explain why he had not :
allied on the President on Monday, say !
l1g that he had had long interview with /
.'en. sherman; that various little matters e
lad occupied his time till il was Late. ana u
hat he did not think the Senate would it
'ct 50 soon, and asked Did not General 5
sherman call on yon on Monday :" a
do not not know what passed be- I
ween the President aud Gen Grant on
Saturday, except az | learned II from the
conversation between them at the Cabinet
Meeting on Tuesday, and the foregoing !.
ubstantlallr what then occurred. The :
'recise words used on the occasion are ii
lot Of course, giving exactly in the order II
n which they were spoken, but the ideas =
expressed and thc facts stated are faith a
ally preserved and presented. d
have the honor to be, sir, with great
aspect, Your obedient servant.
o. IL. BgowNfNc.
TIM PRESIDENT.
ADMIRAL FAREAGtr At NrcE.- We u
re under obligations to Hon. A. .. Adds. ;,
Or copies Of the journal de Nice and u
'ouricr de Nice, which contain a glowing
ecount Of a reception rendered Admiral -
'aragnt by the residents Of Nice. Four
cen hundred. invitations were issued 10
he fete which was held in the spacious
th1iS of the Casino, His Majesty King
.onis Of Bavaria, the Dukdof Glosbuure
arones~ Rothsehild, and representatives.
the noble and royal blood OF many
ther nationalitics were present The a
onrler, in its account of this elegant en- +,
'rtalnment, after noticing the brilliant a
ecoratlons worn 10y many Of the guests,
lys by way OF contrast;
" At a little before ten o'clock, Admiral
arragut arrived. accompanied by the