The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-02-07

GRANT Az - A&UOBs
Th,t j. =. bstn -. al sr.y iasun5 Of
Andrew Johnsou and lii Cabisst, Il POSI-
Bile, to kill Of Gensral Grant = Prsidea-
t;sl candidate. il apparent. From the swing
ing round the circls up to this present this
seems "a hnss. hesn Ielasss par-
poss. sincs Nj. Bts1lon kss resumed charge
of the War Office, tho haaest attacks upon
General Graat, issuins from tho White House,
have been retaiIed in the newspapers. In
,Joh.ses' rely sGnasttis yrSrTa pc
IN hpsly ascesasry tokddihkanA RsdSes-
day morning, the 10Th, you called on me, IN
comrsny with Lieut.. Gen. Sherman. Aftsr
some preliminary conversation you remarked
that an article in the National 1naelligeacer Of
that date did You injustice. replied that l,
had net rad shesl steipcacr az ska morn
ing. Yon first told me that Il was your in
tention to urge Mr.. Stanton to resign. after
you had wiihdrawn. careful read the arti-
Gle Of which you speak, and found that its
statement Of the understanding between "
was substantially eyreet. On the 18th
caused that 10 t6read 10 four or i've members
of the cabinet, who were present ct our COM
the general accuracy Of Tho statsnent respect
ing oar conversation on that occasion"
Meetings Of the cabinet arc secret; yet
here was The cabinet meeting Of the l4th
published in the Presidsus's organ Of the 18th
the very next issue. Not the fall proceed
ings of the cabinet, to be sure, but Johason's
rersion Of them, giving only SO much as re-
lated to General Grant, and Of this eHly Mr..
Johnson's understanding Of trhat General
Grant said. But the President organ gave
more than the proceedings ofthe secret meet
ing Of the cabinet; it published the prirat,
understanding betreen The Presidenf and
General Grant Mr johnson says, II care>
fully read the assisle Of which you speak, and
found that its statement of Tie understanding
6etreen us was substantially correct" Now,
Mr.. johnson does no. claim thss there we're
any parties to that understanding save Grant
aud himself How does it get into the Intel
hgeacsr. thenf Not from Gessrsl Graut, for
he i sntprised II il appearance. And he
does not sbdessnnd = the nndsss.aadias b.
tween u.s. as the Intesligencer gives it. Ac,
companied by General Shernan he goes at
once to the President and protests against the
article as doing him injustice. But il the
intsuigencer does not give Grants, it doe.
give Mr.. Johnspn's exact nm Outstanding o!
''shs nnderssandins's between tAen. The
Intslligencer could get its information from No
source save His Accidency; the latter has
been using that organ. and the newspapers
generally, to belle and Islander Gen. Grant
Then as to the question OF veraci,y; the
cabinet meeting was on the I4th; the next
morningths published statement ofthe pro-
ceedings Of that meeting, so far as it was
claimed to relate to Grant, we're published
General Grant Immediately look General
Sherman, and goingto the President, pos>
tively denied the truth of the published state
ments; and If We may believe Washington
reports, Mr.. johnson disclaimed knowledge
of those statements, and denied that Gran,
had ever made the promises stated, yet went
,owork to try to make the people believe that
Gran. did make them and to try TO make
Grant himself believsthat be had made them
He hash succeeded worth cent with Grant.
and be won't succeed any better sith The
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