Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-02-07
q FBEsIDENr 70 GENERAL oRANT.
EXECUTIVE MAEsION n
Jan. 81. 1885.

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GENERAL; Ihave received your COM
muuicatiOn Of the 28th renewing your
j request Of the oath, that i shoul d repeat,
in written form, my verbal instructionB
Of the 10Th instant, viz That YOU obey
no order from the Hon. u. M. Stanton.
as Secretary Of War, unless YOU have
/ lnformatlon thatit was issued by the
Presidents direction. In submitting
this request, with which ID complied on
Y the 10Th, You take occasion to alIude 10
Frecent publications, Ia reference to cir-
lCumstanCes eOunected with the vsca-
] Ition by youfsslf of the ofice Of Secretn-
I ny ofiVFaE ddgessteriiN with the view Of
term niisrepr presentations, and give at
Ilsng6h yCur own recollection o II the facts
under which. without the sanction ofths
President from whom you had receive
cd and accepted the appointment, you
/ yielded the Department Of War 70 the
| present inchmbeht.
As stated fo your communication,
some time HfGer YOU had assumed du-
ties as Secretary OF War 0d interim, We
I interchanged views respecting the
course that should be pursued in event
Of the non-COneurrenc by the Senate
in the suspension of Mr.. stanton. I
sought that interview, calling myself
at the War Department. MY sole OBJ
| ject in then bringing the subject Of your
attention was to ascertain what would
| be your own action should such an at
tempt be made for his restoration to the
War Department. That object was ac-
/ EcOmPIished, for the interview termina-
/ ted with the distinct understanding,
| that if under reflection YOU should pre-
| fer not to become a party to the con-
trOversy, or should conclude it to be
your duty to surrender the Department
TO Mr.. Stanton upon action in his favor
othce to me prior TO decision by the
Senate, in order that if I desired to do
so, / might designate some one to sue
ceed you, it must have beer apparent
to you that had not this understanding
been reached, it was my purpose to re-
lieve you from further discharge of the
duty as Secretary Of War Gd interim,
and to appoint some other person IN
that capacity.
Other conversations upon the subject
ensuedi All having, on my part, the
same object, and leading to the same
conclusion as the first. 1t is not nee
essary, however, to refer to any Of them,
excepting that Of the Ilth inst, mem
toned in your communication. As it
was then known that the Senate had
proceeded in the case of Mr.. Stanton.
was anxious to learn your deter
minatiOn. After a protraCted inter-
view, during which Che provisions OF
the Tenure Of-O6ice bilI were fully
discussed, you said that, as &c had been
agreed upon in our first conference,
y
my possession in time to enable me
to appoint successor before the
final action by the Senate upon Mr..
SCantOn's suspension, or would re-
main at its head awaiting decision By
judicial proceedings. It was then un-
derstood there would be a further
conference on Monday, by which
time I suppressed you would be pre-
E2T04y. your final deci8-
yer, to i'll the
sday notified
Our business has has been Of your not
your midst for many years and mean =
.at we say IN our advertisements. Our
rye Cash SALES enable us 70 handle
y Goods on The most ihvoFabla terms,
d our customers shall share oil our goo
.Fgaina.
Very Respectfully,
,. II. MenEenbGEJ q Co.
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