The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-02-07
Grant and the President.

a peculiarly fresh interest from the
publication of the correspondence be
tween Gen. Grant and President John
son relative to the return of Mr.. Star.
ton to the War Department. This cor.
respondence was brought to light by 1
resolution of Congress calling for it,
The substance of it is about this: After
Mr.. Stanton had resumed his duties a:
Secretary of War, the President gave
Gen. Grant verbal instructions not tc
obey any orders received from Stanton,
Gen. Grant asked the President to put
these instructions in writing, SO that
there would be no misunderstanding OF
chance for misrepresentation.
This request Gen. Grant made the
second time, when the President en-
dorsed ON the back of his letter these
words:
Gen. Grant is instructed 10 writing, not
to obey any order from the War Department,
assumed to be issued by direction of the
President, unless such order is known by
the General commanding the Brmies Of the
United States, to have been authorized, by
the Executive. ASDREw JOHNSON.
January, 29th, 1868.
To this Gen. Grant promptly replied
that he was informed by the Secretary
of War that the President had not issu.
ed any orders or instructions impair
ing or limiting his authority, and there
fore until the authority of the Secretary
Of War was so impaired he should
obey his orders, This called from the
President lengthy letter, in which be
charges Grant with having promised
to resign the Office of Secretary of War
od interim before the Senate re-instated
Stanton, in order to give him chance
to appoint some one else. Grant briefly
replies to this, denying the President
datfooted, and winds up his letter with
the following singing words: |
And now, Mr.. President, when my honor
as soldier and integrity as man, has been
50 violently assailed, pardon me for saying
that can but regard this whole matter from
beginning to end, as an attempt to involve
me in the resistance of the law for which
you hesitated to assume the responsibility
in order thus to destroy my character before
the country. s,.. r
In this question of veracity between
Andrew johnson and Gen. Grant, the
country will sustain the latter. On the
one side, there are the assertions of the
President, several members of his cab
met and the NJ Y. World newspaper
on the other we have the word of Gen.
Grant, backed up by his integrity as a
man and his honor as a soldier. I-
The MassiIlOn Rail Road.
The Rail road meeting at Wellington
last week was attended by large num-
Der of delegates representing over forty
cities and towns. 1t was gathering Of
men Of intelligence and sound practical
sense, and the proceedings indicated &
singleness Of purpose and directness o
means, than which no better earnest
could be given of the success of the
object in view. The Massillon delegates
said their end of the line was in esrnes
in this enterprise, and would offer every
inducement for its prosecution. By
this Road Toledo and all the interveine
country would be supplied with coal il
inexhaustible quantities. AS the sense
of the meeting series of resolutions
were unanimously adopted, which, sf
ter stating that the Road should be
complete and independent of all othel
Roads, provided for the appointment
of proper committees o decide upor
choice of routes and all other matter,
of interest connected with the enter
prise.
The several points interested in the
two routes named in the resolu-
tons, then nominated gentlemen t.
constitute the Executive Committee, tc
whom was committed the preliminary
steps to permanent organization.
From this county the following gen
tlemen were named: B. Amsdeu, Ere
mont; Chas. Powers, Woodville; Geo
L. Pierce, Clyde;J. B. Higbee, Bellevue
The Executive Committee were in
structed to complete the duties assignee
to them and report on or before the la
of May next.