The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1868-02-19

1 the eepe,rl recyyscv of n. ,tat,m.n,s re.,.ct.
ing cur conversation upon that occas,ou..
In renjy 10 vour communication. T have
| deemed Il prorur: n, u-dsr 20 prcvent fnrtb,f
misunderstanding, to make tbi, ,impls recital
| Of facts. -4 .-r, ...
ns.. r, Very rcspeetful,v. yours, ....
. {SiShcs) Andrew JoHSSoN.
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| wAsuISaroy, ID. c., Feb. 3, 1858
His Ereeiieney A. John.o., P,e.;I..t of IN,
| United States:
| SIM have tin ksbos t6 Est,ot,,,su. o..
rccoipt of vour communication a, ,ho az,
ultmo. IN an,r,r d, min. ,e Al. as,b NJ,
Afser n careful r,a,,;no and cor,,,,,.,, "a, !,
with the sr,;e,, In tbo N,,,,,,I f,,,u;..,.
! Of the 18th u,t;no. ths aaic,o ov.r ,ho ;n;,;
nl,"J. r.. 8 "in m, Nov y,r,, wor,a ~ a..
27th ultimo. purport;ny 70 bc bs.sd ,,,,,, ;,i,,.
| abatement anil that - ,r.m,or, oe A.. c,,,,a,
therein named, 1 found II only to be hut a re-
iteration, only somewhat more In detail Of
! the "many and gross misrepresentation"
contained Ia these drtielss, and which my state
ment Of the facts set forth in my letter OF the
2sth ultimo was intended to correct, and here
l roasscrt the correctness OF my statements in
that letter, anything in yours in reply to il To
tho contrary notwithstanding.
| I confess ,hy surprise thut tho Cabinet off.
GERS referred to should so greatly mi.appre-
bend the facts in the matter of admission nj
legged to have been lnade at tie Cabinet meet
| ing of tho Ith ult., ms TO suffer THAR uamcs
to be made the basis OF tho CHARGES In the
newspaper articles referred To. or ,oree In
the accuracy, as You affirm tbcy do. of your
accotfut Of what occurred 6t that meeting.
| You know that VIC parted ON Saturday. tho
I1th uit., without nny promise on nv part
either expressed or implied. to the effect that
1 would hold ON to tho Office of secretary of
War ad interia. against the action of tho Som
ate, or declining to do 90 myself wosld surreu.
der it to you before such action waJ had, or
that would SEQ you again at any fixed time
on the subject.
The performance Of the promises alleged by
you to have been tuafe ~ lie aould have in
volvcd u resistance Of the law and an ipcon.
sistcncy with the whole history of my connoc-
ton with the suspension of Mr.. Stanton
From our conversation, and my written pros
tcst OF August 1st, 1867, against tho removal
Of Mr.. stnnt"n, you must have known that
my greatest objection to his removal or .as:
pension was the fear thrt some one would be
appointed in his stead who Would, by opposi-
tion to the laws relating 10 the restoration of
the Southern States to their proper relation to
the Governs'ept, embarrass the army in the
performance of the duties especially ifntosed
upon it by the laws, and that it was to prevent
such an appointment that accepted tho ap-
pointncnt Of Secretary Of War I'D ia,erim,
and not for the purpose of enabling you to get
rid OF Mr. Stanton, by my withholding il
from him, In opp"sitiOf to the law; or not
doing SO myself, surrender II to one who would,
as the statement and assumption in your COM
munication plainly indicate was sought.
And Il was TO avoid this danger. as we'll n.
to relieve you from tho setsonal embarr,s,.
mcnt in which Mr.. stanton's roinst.tcmcn,
would tiaco sou, that Urged ,be appoiptm.nt
of Gov. Cox, believing that Il would be arrec.
able to yot aud aIso to Mr.. StantoYf.- sa,i,6.d
ne NaS that 1t was the good of the countrv
and not tho Office tho latter desired,
On the 18th ultmo, in the presence of Gen.
eral Sherman; 1 stated to you that 1 thought
Mr.. Stanton woui resign, but did not say that
1 would advise hin, 10 do so. On tho 18th I
did agree with General Sherman to 70 and ad.
wise him to that course. and on the 10Th had
an interview alone with Mr.. Stanton, which
led mo to the conclusion that any advice to
him of this kind woutd Be Useless, and so in
formed General sherman. Before I consented
10 advise Mr.! stsnton to resign; unierstood
from him, IN eoiIcfsat:o on on tho tGtSeet i'm
mcdiIteiy after his rsinstatement, that it
was his opinion that the Act Of Congress, en-
titled AN Act temporarily to supply vacan-